{"1": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\\\l}.\\n^Mil\\n\\\\mti\\nV\\n3ji\\nly.-ft\\niiii ii! I\\ntsliiiliiiiiiii fell", "height": "3978", "width": "2208", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2294", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2294", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "f^\\n^1\\n2)!eDii(ra^\u00c2\u00aeiRl9.\\nTO THE\\nMEMORY OF THE BRAVE OLD PIONEERS,\\nKNIGHTS ERRANT\\nOF\\nTHE WOOD,\\nWho gave her Pilgrim Sons a home\\nNo Monarch s Step profanes\\nFree as the chainless Wmds that roam\\nUpon the boundless Plains,\\nTHIS WORK IS\\n^ftectiauatelHgcdicatccX bijtlxe .l^uthov.\\nH:", "height": "3862", "width": "2294", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "PREFACE.\\nWhen at the first I took my pen in hand\\nThus for to write, I did not understand\\nThat I at all should make a little book\\nIn such a mode nay, I had undertook\\nTo make another, which, when almost done,\\nBefore I was aware, I this begun. John Bunyan.\\n!^HE following History of Henderson County has long been an-\\nV-.y nounced as forthcoming, but interferences I could not control\\nprevented. It was, indeed, commenced several years ago, but its\\nprosecution has been frequently interrupted by other occupations and\\nembarassments, of which it is, perhaps, out of place here to speak. I\\nhave been compelled to await the indifferences of people, and, with\\nno one to assist me, have discovered for myself that the compiling of\\nhistorical matter, in book form, is a task rather to be ^hunned than\\ncourted. The labors of this work have been of the sever tand most\\npainful and patient character. Through the pity of some, the derision\\nof many, the rebukes of others, and with the good wishes of a few, I\\nhave steadily pursued my course in quiet, to the goal of my ambition,\\nand now return gratitude to God for what success has been achieved-\\nWith no guiding light or compass to direct my researches, I have\\nplodded along through a multitude of books and papers, as best I\\ncould, in search of I knew not what. I have faced a listless auditory,\\nand, by perseverance, have revived from the wreck of almost destroyed\\nmemories, matter that would soon have been lost to the world.\\nDoubtless there are many incidents and many sketches of persons\\nomitted but the fault is not with me. I have advised, I have plead, I", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "PREFACE. 5\\nhave done all, and more, too, than I ought to have done, and yet failed.\\nThe work is now done, and I have endeavored to execute my task\\nwith candor and fidelity, av(^ding all false coloring and exaggeration.\\nIn preparing this work, that course best adapted to suit the age, has\\nbeen pursued. The style of the work is not labored, but brief, plain\\nand simple, as the purpose in writing it required. I hope it is neither\\nbarbarous nor ungrammatical, for, though I make no claim to\\nelegance, I have endeavored to be correct, concise and intelligible.\\nIt has been my endeavor to present the series of events in a clear and\\nartless form, rejecting whatever was deemed irrelevant, and dwelling\\nchiefly upon those features most important. Considering the long\\nperiod embraced, the multiplied number of characters and events\\ndelineated, the extent of the field covered, the preservation of\\nhistorical unity has been no easy task. If any deficiences are found,\\nthey ought to be referred rather to the judgment than a willingness to\\nspare myself the care and tedium requisite to avoid them.\\nThat ill-fed and wounded vanity, small envy, jealousy and self-\\ninflated opinion may instigate hostility to the work, I expect, but to\\nthe people of Henderson and Henderson County, the work is\\nsubmitted with a profound deference, and in the hope that it may\\nmeet with that indulgence accorded works whose destiny has been\\nregarded with far less solicitude. In spite of all my efforts to the\\ncontrary, some typographical errors remain in the copy, but they are\\nso obvious that anyone can correct them.\\nI have gratefully to acknowledge the assistance of a number\\npersons particularly, I must mention Colonel E. W. Worsham, Dr.\\nP. Thompson, Robert A. Holloway, Walter S. Alves, Charles T.\\nStarling, Thos. E. Ward, Larkin White, E. L. Starling, Jr., Ben\\nHarrison, Hon. P. B. Matthews, Dr. H. H. Farmer, Thomas Soaper,\\nJohn T. Ruby, Jacob F. Mayer, Geo. H. Steele, L. F. Wise, W. S. and\\nC. H. Johnson, Geo. W. Smith, S. A. Young and Hawkins Hart.\\nRespectfully,\\nE. L. STARLING.", "height": "3862", "width": "2294", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "INTRODUCTORY.\\nNOTED historian has said that truth comes to us from the past,\\nj^ as gold is washed down the mountains of the Sierra Nevadas,\\nin minute, but precious particles, intermixed with infinite alloy, the\\ndebris of centuries. Research teaches that where the suns of many\\ndecades have shone upon a spot where events transpired among a\\nfew hardy pioneers, who manifested no solicitude about handing their\\nnames and deeds down to an admiring posterity, it is a difficult task,\\nindeed, to separate from the infinite alloy of narration and traditionary\\nlore, the minute, but precious particles, which are the quintessence\\nof true history in whatever guise or form it may be given the public.\\nMost of the men and women of pristine days seem to have enter-\\ntained the idea that events of those times were matters of temporary\\nconcern, brought about alone for the benefit and amusement of those\\nwho witnessed and enjoyed them, and not intended for those who\\nwere to follow after. Written evidence of old events, reminiscences\\nof true merit, were not made, or, if made, were not preserved, only so\\nfar as actual requirements demanded at the time. Even in records of\\na public character, the official in charge deemed it incumbent upon\\nhimself to write down as few words as possible, and make one sentence\\nsupply the demands of three. There were many incidents, doubtless,\\nin the early settlement of this part of Kentucky, which, had they been\\ncarefully preserved and handed down from parent to child, would\\nto day be treasured as bits of history beyond pecuniary valuation.\\nBlood curdling adventures of men and women, privations and suffer-\\nings of the early settlers, who gave their lives that we might enjoy the\\nheritage, come to us patched up by traditionary handling until we\\nscarcely know whether the story has been magnified or deteriorated in\\nits value and truthfulness.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "INTRODUCTORY. 7\\nHow strange this is, and yet this generation has gone on and on\\nfor forty years with the same apparent unconcern. Valuable papers\\nhave been stored away in ^me secluded corner, where the light of\\nday has not been permitted to peep in since the barrel or box was\\ntightly closed. Rats and mice have nibbled away valuable matter,\\nwhich, had it been assorted and compiled with a view to its material\\nand interesting value, would have proved of invaluable interest to\\nmany now living, and truly interesting to all persons who love to revel\\nwith intelligent antiquarians in reminiscences of the forgotten past.\\nYes, many of these old papers, which should have been carefully pre\\nserved, or better committed on pages, which would have forever pre-\\ncluded the possibility of their destruction, have not only been ne-\\nglected, but actually cast out to be scattered by the winds to the four\\nquarters of the compass. The fiery flames have consumed pages,\\nwhose ashes have become a part of the dust of the earth and, yet, if\\nthese ashes could speak, they could a tale unfold, whose telling would\\nawaken in many a keen interest for a further research into history\\nnow blotted out forever.\\nOld people who had a knowledge of incidents historical, and an\\neducation equal to the demand, have lived and died without e.ven so\\nmuch as leaving a line whereby their knowledge might be made per-\\npetual by some one more impressed with their historical value.\\nWhether this can be, and is yet to be, attributed to a lack of interest,\\nwant of inclination, or whether the information has failed to make a\\ndeserved impression, is not for the wiiter to say. These negligences\\nand ignorances, or whatever they may be called, meet the historian at\\neverv turn of his work, and will have to be overcome as best thev can.\\nOur readers will certainly exercise as much leniency as we have\\npatience in the long, tedious and difficult research, a history of which\\nfollows.", "height": "3862", "width": "2294", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "INDEX TO CONTENTS\\nAbinadab s Letters 172\\nAboriginal 23\\nAct Regulating Taxes 281\\nAdditions to To^v^l 304\\nAmusements 77\\nAnnus Miribilis 131\\nArms, taken possession of 204\\nAssessment, County and City, 1877 817\\nAttorney, Commonwealth 103\\nCity Impeached. 310\\nAudubon s Mill 148\\nBanks 150,170\\nPayments 246\\nCharter Wanted 261\\nCommonwealth 263\\nDeposit 342\\nFarmers 221, 224, 31 1, 325, 511\\nNational. First 513\\nPlanters 513\\nBarbecue, Gen. Harrison 172\\nMadisonville 241\\nBaptising 182\\nBattle Year 210\\nNew Orleans 142\\nBell, Station House 354\\nBible Society 488\\nBilliard Tables 312\\nBlacksmith, First 262\\nBoat Building 284\\nBonds, City 336-.354\\nRoyle, (ieo. A. Ordered away 194\\nBrass Band, Mechanics 316\\nBradley s Tavern 50\\nBoom, 1st, 2d and 3d 150, 188, 312\\nBoundary Ohio River 49\\nBridge, Commissioners 177\\nCounty 117, 121, 126, 186\\nOhio River 350, 370, 505\\nBuildings, First 26\\nOld 139, 261, 262\\nCor. First and Main 349\\nCalaboose 298-307\\nCapture Michael Sprinkle and others.. 27\\nCemetery, Fernwood 184, 278, 297, 302\\nOld 278,293\\nBodies Removed 328\\nCensus, County 249\\nTenth 201\\nCharter, Amended 292, 313\\n1854 301\\nNew 315\\n1867 .329\\nCholera 116, 180, 306, 327\\nChurches, Baptist, First 429\\nAfrican 476\\nFourth Street, Col 476\\nEarly History 427\\nCatholic 472\\nChristian 433\\nChristadelphian 471\\nEpiscopal 341,463\\nIsraelitish 474\\nGerman Evangelical 436\\nMethodist 439, 316\\nAfrican 474\\nGerman 474\\nOld Union 282\\nPresbyterian, First 327, 446\\nSecond 443\\nMission 462\\nSunday School. 461\\nCumberland. 278, 297\\nPleasant Hill 187\\nSt. Barnabas 470\\nSunday School, Prohibited 318\\nCircus, Stickney s 170\\nFloating Palace 306\\nCoal, Company 323\\nMining 161\\nPlague 142\\nScarcity of 242\\nTipple .342\\nOil 186\\nCold Friday 123,213\\nCold Winter 159, 182\\nComet, Charles Fifth 188\\nCompromise City, Alves Hart 267\\nAlves and Ci ty 307\\nBuckandCitv 266\\nCity and Clark 312\\nCity and Burbank 318\\nCity and Property Holders. 316\\nConscript 219\\nContrabanding 20!J\\nCordelling Boats 127\\nCorn Crop, Ruined 188\\nCotton Grown 130\\nCourts, County 100, 101, 102, 103\\nCircuit 140\\nCommon Pleas 242\\nQuarter Sessions 49\\nQuarterly 248\\nSuperior 252\\nTerms Changed 243\\nRules 125\\nHeld in iBaptist Church. .V. 79\\nCourt House, First 50\\nSecond 74", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "INDEX TO CONTENTS.\\nCourt House, Third 78\\nHow Received 53\\nSoldiers Occupy 83\\nIMutilation of 83, 235\\nBebuilt r... 84\\nDance Hall 80\\nUse Prohibited 81\\nSquare 70,107\\nCounty. Kentucky Formed 18\\nDivided 21\\nHenderson Formed 22\\nOrganized 48\\nHopkins Formed 123\\nUnion Formed 22\\nWebster Formed 22\\nCounty OflScials 822\\nCouncil, City 302\\nForced to Resign 323\\nWar Order 306\\nNew Hall 223, 241, 243\\nCreeks, Obstruction of 249\\nCrops Destroyed 248\\nCrops, Large 187\\nCurrency, Bogus 147\\nCut, Money 138\\nDebt, City Funded 355-356\\nDeadened Timber 250\\nDedicatory 3\\nDistricts, Appellate 182, 243\\nCongressional. i59, 168, 174, 210,246, 252\\nElection 181\\nJudicial 175, 186,256\\nSchool 159, 166\\nSenatorial... .123, 137, 169. 176, 242, 248\\nWorking Road 295\\nDistilling 342\\nDitches 275\\nDivorce 138\\nDraft, Military 212\\nDrouth 817\\nDuval, Stephen, Whipped 328\\nEarly Settlers ..17, 26, 27\\nEarthquakes 180\\nEastin Survey 299. .301\\nEclipse, Sun 186, 341\\nEducational 409\\nEarly History 409\\nCatholic 425\\nFemale Seminary 424\\nFirst School 96\\nFor Boys 425\\nGerman School 3.34\\nHigh School 421\\nHome School, for Girls 425\\nColored School 425\\nPublic School 422\\nSchoolchildren 344,351,354\\nSeminary, Old 413\\nElection, County 218\\nFor Mayor 301\\nInterfered With 212\\nSpecial .323\\nSoldier s Appear 235\\nPrimitive 108-109\\nTown Trustees 262, 283, 288\\nEmancipation, Slaves 94\\nEmployes R. R. Arrested 344\\nEpizootic 349\\nExplosion. Steamboat 238\\nSaw Mill 219\\nFair Company 187, 241\\nFarm, Values 250\\nFashion, foolish 189\\nFees, cheap 117\\nFence Company, Horse Shoe 243\\nWalnut Bend 248\\nFerries 259\\nMouth Green River 119\\nHenderson 119\\nSteam 311\\nFevers I6O\\nYellow, c 369\\nFire Companies 294, 350. 351, 354, 370\\nFlag of Truce 219\\nFort, Nigger 333\\nFoster, Col, John W 210\\nTake Charge 210\\nWar order 306\\nand City Council 321\\nCouncil Resigned 323\\nNegro Order 211\\nFrance Congratulated 296\\nFreedman s Bureau 238\\nFriday s ,188\\nFrontispiece\\nFruit, Killed I8I\\nGas Works 313, 324, 330, 333\\nGas, price reduced 370\\nGlass Works 276\\nGold Excitement 176\\nGreen, Marshall Co 327\\nGreen River 124, 131, 135, 156, 244\\nGuerrillas 214, 225\\nKillJim Pool 215\\nIn Hebardsville 216\\nIn City 215\\nRob Esq. McCallister 216\\nGunboats appear 213\\nStores closed 2I6\\nHabeas Corpus 125\\nHancock House 213. 228, 284, 311\\nHard times 162, 261\\nHard cases 105, 122\\nHardscrabble Addition 304\\nHarpes. Big and Little 104,623\\nHarris, Wra. killed 317\\nHawkin s, shot 225\\nHenderson, City of 253\\nCol. Rich, purchase 18, 19\\nGrant taken in 126\\nLaid off 255\\nIncorporated 260\\nHealth Reputation 169\\nHigh Water 138, 167, 176,209, 248\\nHogs and Town pump 291\\nHorse Disease 349, 350\\nHospital, City 296, 350\\nHotel, Spidel 284, 287\\nHot Weather 315\\nHughes Hovey s Raid 22\\nHurricane 138, 248,311, 316\\nIce House, Public 316, 343\\nInsurance I86\\nIntroductory 6\\nIonian Society 3(V4\\nIsland, Green River 247\\nIsland, Tow Head 170\\nJails 65-76\\nBroken 239\\nMobbed 334\\nKilled by Wolves 138\\nKnights Templars .369, 491\\nKnights Pvthias 369, 499\\nKnow Nothing Party 184\\nKu-Klux 334-338\\nLabor meeting 236\\nLand Dispute, City and County 190\\nLocated 118,121,123\\nPirates 280\\nLaws(1799) 20", "height": "3862", "width": "2294", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "10\\nINDEX TO CONTENTS.\\nLand Troubles 37\\nVacant 58\\nValueless 99\\nLadies Complimented 325\\nLaw, Stock 252\\nLawyers Licensed 94, 12o\\nLevy, County 94\\nLien Law, Mechanics 180, 242\\nLiquor Selling 116\\nMail. Daily 188, 328\\nManufactories and other Enterprises-\\nBanks, Farmers 511\\nNational. Fi rst 513\\nPlanters 513\\nBlacksmithing 519\\nBrickmaking and Tile 522\\nBridge, Ohio River 505\\nBrewery 518\\nBrooms and Mattresses 519\\nBuilding and Loan Association 520\\nBuggies and Carriages 519\\nCoal and Mining Co 510\\nSame Ice Co 510\\nCoal Mines, c 520-521\\nCoal Agents 520\\nCoal, St. Bernard Mines 521\\nCoal, Ohio Valley 521\\nCounty Roads. 522\\nCotton Mills 509\\nDistilling, Hill AVinstead 517\\nWitliers, Dade Co 518\\nWorsham, E. W. Co 517\\nFair Company 522\\nFlour and Grist Mills 519\\nFoundrv ana Machine Shops 519\\nGas Works 507\\nHotels 522\\nHominy Mills 518\\nIncorporated Companies 522\\nLands, Productive 522\\nRailroads 514\\nOhio Valley 514\\nLouisville Henderson 821\\nPeoples Homestead and Saving Co 520\\nPlaning Mill 521\\nRiver Facilities 515\\nSaw Mills 527\\nTelegraph Telephone 515\\nTobacco Manufactories 516\\nTobacco Stemmeries 515\\nWater Work^^ 502\\nWoolen Mills 507\\nMarriages, Pioneer 99\\nMarshal Town, Impeached 303\\nMayor Atkinson. Message .352\\nEnglish. Message 360\\nHeld, Message 350\\nStarhng. Message 335, 352\\nResigned 303\\nManufacturers Tax 349\\nMeasurement, Higli Water 818\\nMedical Society, State 351\\nMeteoric Showers 168\\nMill Burned, Hatchets 226\\nMill Torn down 313\\nMill, Audubon, John J 148\\nMills 97,107, 122\\nMilk Sickness 166\\nIlilitary. Arms stolen 203\\nCavalry and Refugees 206\\nCorydon Raid 215\\nHam G. Williams, arrested 227\\nHenderson Guards 315, 319\\nOccupied 208, 210\\nMilitia 161\\nMurray, Gen. E. H 231\\nNegro Troops 213. 217, 221 224\\nOhio River taken possession of 209\\nPiper Boys, killed 227\\nPolice employed 229\\nSoldier, hung at Geneva 225\\nSoldiers, (1812) 260\\nS])ottsville taken 221\\nState Guards 202\\nTroops to Spottsville 203\\nMining Coal Co 368\\nMcClain s Land Sale 243, 246\\nMob, First 116\\nMoney, Cut 138\\nMonument, L. W. Powell 244\\nMounds 25\\nMound Builders 24\\nMozart Society 820\\nMule and Cart 326\\nMusical 820\\nMurder, Chas. E. Carr 156\\nMurders 819\\nNaturalization 156\\nNegroes, Emancipated 171. 237\\nBought and Sold 195, 196\\nRunaway 174\\nPreaching 294, 296\\nTraders 195\\nVote 245\\nNewspapers 172\\nColumbian 279\\nNews 214, 216, 219, 234, 242, 821\\nReporter 199,201. 218,822\\nJournal 821\\nNicaragua Expedition 184\\nNight Walkers 295\\nOdd Fellows 294, 298\\nOfficials, County 88-289. 822\\nOfficials, City 370,821\\nOffices Consolidated 297\\nOpera, Coopers 315\\nOrdinances, Transylvania 255\\nPenal 280\\nPrinted 292, 342\\nOutlaws 26\\nOutlaws ana Captain Young 31\\nOutlawed 137\\nPanic, Jay Cook 351\\nParagon Morgan, died 191\\nPaupers, City.. 185, 304\\nPa iie, Sterling, killed 328\\nPetroleum Company 229, 238\\nPenitentiary 142\\nPioneer Trials 29\\nPhysicians, Pioneer 98, 166\\nPoor House 184\\nPost Office 191-192\\nPonds 279, 283, 286, 306\\nPork House, Inirned 311\\nPost Masters 819\\nPowder. Bought and Sold 318-319\\nPowell, Richard, killed 341\\nPrecincts, County Divided 157\\nCairo 377\\nCorydon 379", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "INDEX TO CONTENTS.\\n11\\nPrecincts, Geneva 382\\nHebardsville 383\\nHenderson 245, 253\\nNiagara 406\\nRobards 389\\nScuffletown 166, 396\\nSmith s Mills 401\\nSpottsville 403\\nTillotston s 406\\nWalnut Bottom 168\\nVoting places 110\\nPreface\\nPress Convention 351\\nPrisoners Escape 246\\nPrisoners Rebel 217\\nProclamation, Mayor 223, 339\\nLt. Commander Fitch 214\\nPublic Square .263, 274, 291 297, 310, 325, 334\\nPullty te 304\\nRacing Horses 289\\nRavnies 275.286,287, 288,305\\nRecord Lost 95\\nRed Ribbon, orcanized 356\\nRelief Board, Southern 242\\nRevenue, U. S 243\\nRevival, (1794) 34\\nRiver Frozen 137,175, 185, 186, 188\\nRoads, Gravel\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nounty to issue Bonds 252\\nHenderson and Cair.) 252\\nand Corydon 251\\nand Zioii 251\\nPublic 168, 169,172\\nClear Creek 56\\nCorydon 58\\nDiamond Island 58\\nDivided into Precincts 249\\nEvansville 57\\nEstablished .54\\nFloyd Lockett 61-62\\nKnoblick 58\\nMorganfleld 58\\nNuisance 63\\nOwensboro and Henderson 183\\nPlank 183\\nSmith s Ferry .54\\nSpottsville..*. 57\\nState 59\\nTo Hopkinsville 60\\nSurveyors 63, 107\\nTax.... 245,247\\nRailroad 167\\nEmployes Arrested 344\\nEvansville Jackson 247\\nEvansville, Henderson Nash-\\nville 330. 342, .348\\nHenders(m Hartford 244\\nEvansville, Henderson Nash-\\nville 269, 1.39. 300. 302. 308, 314, 316\\nHenderson Paducah 184\\nLouisville Henderson 821\\nRight of way. Fourth st 348\\nSt. Louis ^Southeastern 241. 344\\nSame Consolidated 348\\nSouthern Ky. Narrow Guage 344\\nStreet Railway 821\\nRiver Improvement 285\\nRiver Front 294\\nRunning Association 244\\nSalt Discovered 30\\nSalt Well 308\\nSaw Mill 307, 311\\nSal ri s 29o\\nSeminary. Female 370\\nSemniPS Admir? 834\\nSheep Dogs 249\\nSheriffalty, Farming out 120\\nShooting. John N. Wathen 230\\nSide Walks 298\\nSinking Fund. Commissioners 337\\nSketches and Recollections 523\\nAssassination Dr. W. A. Norwood 558\\nDog Supper 567\\nHarpe Tragedy 523\\nHanging of Cafr 535\\nHenderson Evansville Packet Co 531\\nLouisville Henderson Packet Co .530\\nMilitary and Quizzicals 561\\nShooting Ben O Neal. c 544\\nJames E. Rankin 547\\nPowell and Thompson 549\\nTom Forrest and Comrades 541\\nSinking Steamboat. Maj. Barbour 532\\nBelinont... 531\\nSuicide of Reuben Denton 532\\nof J. Elmus Denton 72\\nof Misses Mintner 532\\nof C\\\\Tithia Majors 533\\nof Dr. A. J. Morrison 533\\nSkating. Roller 543\\nSkirmish. King s Mills 232\\nSlander Suit 156\\nSlaves 99 279. 289. 290\\nSmall Pox 287 293 294\\nSnow Storm 245\\nSocial Pastimes 53\\nSocieties Secret-\\nGood Templars 501\\nGrand Army Republic 501\\nHarugari 501\\nIron Hall 501\\nKnights of Honor 501\\nof Pythias 499\\nTemplars 491\\nof Labor 501\\nMasonic, Blue Lodge 481\\nChapter 488\\nCommandery 491\\nOdd Fellows 249. 294, 494\\nEncampment 498\\nr.olored Lodge .502\\nSoldiers Revolution 162\\nSteamboats 119 136. 141, 149,167 170-\\n243 310 350\\nStemmery Burned 327\\nStreets opened and Improved. ..260 283\\n290 295 299 300. .307. 308. 310. 314. 316.-\\n.....317 320. .324. 326 328 333 334 337.342, 354\\nSupervisors of Tax 364\\nSupervisors Report Rejected 364\\nSurrender. Confederates 2.33\\nSwearing, Profane 105\\nTaverns Bradley s 50 257\\nRates Established 92, 162\\nTaxes 106, 153, 249, 251, 252. 278, 286\\nTelegraph. Cable 187, 243\\nTheatricals 29, 311. 315\\nThespian Society .312\\nTobacco as Currency Ill\\nInterest 114 341\\nInspection 112, 113\\nShortCrop 2.34\\nStemmeries 149 291\\nTown Pump and Hogs 291\\nTowns Establi. ^hed 157, 169. 171\\nTrees Planted 361", "height": "3862", "width": "2294", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "12\\nINDEX TO CONTENTS,\\nWarehouses, Established 120. 160\\nInspection 124\\nWar Mexico 175\\nWar. Confederate. .193, 197 201, 234, 237\\n_ gjy Q|g\\nWater Works .354! 502\\nWater. High 818\\nWathen. John N. murdered 231\\nWards City Divided 301 I\\nWeeds Cut down 292\\nWell, Town filled up 313\\nWharf ...279 280, 285, 293. 296 298. 299. 300.-\\n303 313. 327, 329, 336\\nWhipping Slaves 279, 290\\nWolves i88\\nVaccination. Compulsory 349\\n-.oe", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "General Index-\\nAbbott, William 172\\nAdams, George\\nAdams, Joseph .247, 323\\nAgnew, Smith\\nAgnew. R. W\\nAllen, William\\nAllen. J. C *.V.V 216,\\nAllen Captain Sam 227*\\nAlien. Rev. Wm. G\\nAlexander Mark\\nAlves, Walter 146\\nAlves, James 169, 266, 288!\\nAlves, R. H\\nAlves, S. J\\nAlves, G M V..;344V35i; 502,\\nAlves, Wm. J\\nAlves Bobt.H....:\\nAllison, Will. D.. 78 82, 278, 283 235V288.-\\n299 316\\nAllison Young E 69. TO. 82, 84, 190, 213\\n,V V 227, 301, 302,\\nAllison Sam l 175\\nAnderson, John D 78, l69, 286!\\nAnderson A. J 186\\nArtis, C. F 191*\\nAnthony Jonathan 66 119\\nAnthony, Jas. W\\nAtkinson, George 169, 283 29l, 299\\nAtknison. Hon. John C 202. 352,\\nAtkinson, Edward 500\\nAudubon, John J. ...123, 148, i59, 259, 261,\\nBach, Prof. J. M 756\\nBacon, James 79\\nBaily Cornelius 71 373 423\\nBall Hon. C.C ..i, 3?2\\nBanks, David 214, 217, 223, 232, 243, 323\\nBanks, David, Jr 513\\nBarbour, Ambrose 68, 74, 105, 108\\nBarbour, Philip 74,120 127\\nBarbour, Hal 191\\nBarbour, James 260\\nBarret, Alex. B....150, 161, 183, 195, 86.V\\n291,292,293\\nBarret, John H 236, 331, 766\\nBarret, John H. Jr 304, 341\\nBarret, James R 304 341\\nBarret, Wm. T 3IJ\\nBarnard, N. H 348\\nBarnett, Jacob 66 114\\nBasket, Jesse 71\\nBftum, B .V. .V.*. 216\\n351\\n108\\n650\\n169\\n783\\n137\\n323\\n228\\n243\\n99\\n266\\n801\\n229\\n236\\n506\\n266\\n307\\n613\\n818\\n568\\n776\\n330\\n802\\n259\\n311\\n612\\n356\\n512\\n793\\nBeatty, Gawin I\\nBell, James\\nBell, George E\\nBennett, Wm. E 190\\nBennett, Jake\\nBennett, Judge C 218\\nBeverley, Robt. G 2U, 29G, 305,\\nBeverly, Wm. P\\nBierschenk, William\\nBlbo, Barnard\\nBlack well, P. A 70, 323 342,\\nBlackwell, W. W 359\\nBlackburn, Wm. B\\nBorum. Joseph\\nBowen, Wm. R\\nBowling Family\\nBoyle, Gen. J. T 209\\nBradshaw, Robt. A\\nBratton^ Andrew\\nBrewster, Dr. Wm i\\nBroadnax, Judge Henry P 120, 122\\nBrashear. Barak 67 70 83\\nBristow, Gen. B. H\\nBrown, Hon. Jno. Y 234*236\\nBryce, P. B\\nBunch, Hon. Jno. T..*., 82\\nBuck, Charles\\nBullitt Family\\nBurbank, D R 29i SOS, sii 341,\\nButler, Harbison lee,\\nCabell Family 675\\nCabell, Dr. William 575\\nCabell, Robt 323\\nCallender, A. T 724\\nCarr. Charles E ;;;;;.i56; 536\\nCatlm, W. W 199\\nCheaney, Josephus is9 304\\nCheaney, Thomas F 237\\nCheatham. Edward \\\\aa\\nChurchill, W. P\\ncisseii Ben.p 236, 334\\nClark. Robert 299\\nClark, David 351\\nClay, James W V. 30l 303, 316\\nClay, James F 304, 348, 798\\nClore,Joseph 521 758\\nClore, W. H 758\\nClore, L, F 758\\nClore, J. O 356, ess. 758\\nColeman, Robert 108\\nCollins O Byrne 333 338\\n202\\n76\\n688\\n722\\n225\\n,242\\n323\\n814\\n330\\n224\\n664\\n778\\n103\\n103\\n68\\n576\\n330\\n815\\n116\\n307\\n130\\n301\\n206\\n243\\n330\\n198\\n264\\n576\\n804\\n172", "height": "3862", "width": "2294", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "14\\nGENERAL INDEX.\\n260\\n369\\n71\\n82\\n95\\n286\\n323\\n329\\n316\\n296\\n342\\n667\\nComfort, Rev. Daniel\\nCook, Dr. Jno. L\\nCooper, Win. T\\nCottingham, Ishain\\nCourteis, Vienginand\\nCowan, Joseph\\nCromwell, F. B\\nCrosby, F. H\\nCrockett, John W.. .83. 190, 198, 236. 238,\\nCunningham, F 236,\\nCnnningam, 11. H\\nCumnock. W. W\\nDallam, F. H 83, 191, 198, 236, 328, 792\\nDallam, L. C 356\\nDanforth. L. F 301\\nDanforth, L W 302\\nDavies, Rev. D. O 720\\nDavis. Chas 9i\\nDeacon, Rev. D. H 417, 467, 597\\nDelano, Ira 19S\\nDenton. J. Elmns 2\\nuezarno. John Baptist 131\\nDickens, Charles 174\\nDigman.R. H 343. 761\\nDixon, Gov. Archibald... 176. 181, 191, 198,-\\n200, 204, 217, 236, 3.34, 348, 575\\nDixonV Payne 139, 145, 172\\nDixon, Hon. H. C 588\\nDixon, Dr. Archibald 588\\nDixon, Joe C 229, 590\\nDixon, Capt. Hal 608\\nDixon, Robert 341, 343. 6\\nDixon, Robert, Jr 679\\nDixon, Geo. L 222\\nDixon, Wynn G 725\\nDodd, J. M 211\\nDorsey,Dr.J. N 7*7\\nDunn, Capt. John 27,95,96,255\\nDunn. Mrs. Hannah 97,107,254\\nDunn Isaac 93\\nDuncan, Marion 675\\nDuncan, Capt. Joe A 800\\nFades, C.C 84. 85\\nEakin s Family 680\\nEakins, Felix 681\\nEaKins, William 684\\nEastin, Henry J 183\\nEas tin, Robert 306\\nEastin, R. Scroggin 753\\nEaves, Charles 347\\nEiam,W.S 191,202,243,341\\nElam, Sam l 205\\nEvans, Rev. Thomas 289\\nFallen George W. 343\\nFarmer, Dr. H. H 781\\nFeatherston, Win 122\\nFigis, Konrad 95\\nFisher, Meridith 120, 124\\nFisher, W. P 202\\nFisher, Renz 391\\nFletcher, Thomas 116\\nFoard, M. D 176\\nFoster, Col. John W 210, 213, 320\\nFowler, Judge W. P 218\\nFulwiler, Jacob H 301\\nFunk, John 183, 241\\nGayle, George 169\\nGay le Isaac 292\\nGeibel. Konrad 691\\nGeibel, John 693\\nGilmour, Allan..., 341\\nGibson, B. F...^t|7. .^I.. 185\\nGivens, C C 671\\nGlass, Dr. Owen 283, 315\\nGlass, Robt. T 199, 202, 235, 236, 243, 244\\nGlenn,Col. Jno 227, 230\\nGobin, Joe. D 293, 296\\nGrady, Sam l William 725\\nGrant, J seph 316\\nGraves J ames 149\\nGrayson, Wm. P 172, 195, a\u00c2\u00a78- B\\nGreen, Grant.. .190, 191, 222, 224, 243, 326,-\\n327, 333, 606, 610\\nGreen John 286\\nGrimes, Stephen E 156, 535\\nGwatkin, Elizabeth D 171\\nHaflev, John 329, 335. 338, 354\\nHall, E. G 202. 316, 321\\nHainmill, Francis 68\\nHamilton, Jas. M 74, 259, 262\\nHamilton Robert 94\\nHanna, Dr. Wm 653\\nHancock. M. S 185, 186, 284, 287\\nHa nes. Big and Little 523\\nHarrison, Ben... 232,234,342, 348\\nHart, Richard J 266\\nHart, David 176\\nHa t Family 575\\nHatchitt. James D 183, 216, 236\\nHatchitt, William 412\\nHatchitt. Rev. A 737\\nHazelwood, E. T 82, 190\\nHaussman, John 27, 50, 94\\nHeld Hon. Jacob 243, 323, 303, 805\\nHenderson, Richard 99^788\\nHenderson, Archibald 99\\nHenderson Old Dick 819\\nHerndon, David 176\\nHerndon, Thos. H 279\\nHicks, Wm. S 184, 190, 218\\nHicks, 8. S 205\\nHillyer, James 563\\nHillyer, P. H 186, 263, 283, 299, 323\\nHodge, Dr. J. A 224,225, 721\\nHodge, Thomas 516\\nHoffman, P.... 334\\nHolloway, John 68, 114\\nHolloway, John G 78,183,186,309, 740\\nHolloway. Jas. H 202, 207, 229. 742\\nHolloway, John (i. Jr... 210\\nHolloway, W. S.... 216, 232, 243, 261,311, 323\\nHolloway, Geoije 254\\nHopkins, Saml 45, 51,65, 76, 259, 260 V\\nHopkins. Saml. Jr 74\\nHopkins, Edm dH.78, 79, 117,285,286,292, 297\\nHopkins, F 229\\nHopkins, W. A 229,247, 330\\nHopkins, Gen, Sam l.. 99, 103, 106,114,119, 796\\nHusbands, John 29, 49, 51, 65, 94, 106, 107\\nHusbands, Polly 106. 281\\nHusbands, John, Jr 108\\nHutchen, C. W 70, 84, 198, 219\\nIngram, Wiatt 169, 261, 283, 284, 297, 677\\nIngram, Mrs. Jane 308\\nJenkins, T. M 333, 348\\nJenkins, Dr. Anion 808\\nJohnson, Charles W 791\\nJohnson, Isoni 71, 184, 236\\nJohnson, J. M 71\\nJohnson, Elliott\\nJohnson, Gen. Adam R 218, 713\\nJohnson, Wm. S 202, 304, 348\\nJohnson, Col. Sam 234, 235\\nJohnson, Dr. Thos. J 166\\nJohnson, C. H 657\\nJohnson, Jas. H 330\\nJohnson, Pirant P 754\\nJohnston, Eugene 811\\nJohnston, Joe. B 807, 811\\nJohnston Philip Ludson 810\\nJones, Fielding 124\\nJones, Dr. Levi 278", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "GENERAL INDEX.\\n15\\nKeach, Richard 84\\nKennedy, A. F 363\\nKerr, Henry 218\\nKerr, Hugh 291\\nKing, Sam lE 735\\nKing, Geo. W ^72\\nKing, John 260\\nKing, P.H 348\\nKitchen, Dr. N. A 670\\nKleiderer, Fred 356, 695\\nKnightj Tlios. S 330\\nKnox, Hugh 96, 97, 103, 114, 122, 123, 166\\nKreipke, Fred 356\\nKriss, J. J 83\\nKossuth, Louis 182\\nKuykendall, John 27\\nKuylcendall, Abner 116\\nKuykendall, Amos 116\\nKyie, Peter 727\\nLabrey,Wm. E 726\\nLadd, W. H ...323\\nLame, Jesse 85\\nLambert, Joel.. 122, 143, 223, 281, 283, 297, 797\\nLambert, John H 69,298, 301\\nLambert, W.E 190\\nLangley, Sam l W 296\\nLanders, Abraham 65, los\\nLancaster, Wm. L 202\\nLewis, W. H 3f.5\\nLewis, H. E 660\\nLeslie, A. T 334\\nLetcher, Dr. Ben 221\\nLockett,W. M 24i\\nLockett, P. H 70, 8i\\nLockett, Judge J. F 68\\nLockett D. P 17()\\nLyne, Jas. B 70, 229\\nLyne, H. James 107, 278\\nLyne, Leonard 162, lej\\nLyne, James, Jr 176\\nLyne, L. H 202, 222, 247, 356, 443. 512\\nLyne, George 640\\nLyne, Henry 301, 511\\nLyne,W. S 640\\nManion, Edward 690\\nMarrs, Paul J 233, 64G\\nMarshall, W. J 632\\nMartin, Leroy 337\\nMariinB. F 82, 736\\nMay, Samuel 21, 26\\nMayer, V. M 205. 501, 807\\nMayer, G. A 275, 806\\nMayer, J. F 422, 505, 807\\nMathews, Hon. P. B 35, 323,329, 372. 655\\nMcBee, Squire 116\\nMcBride, Capt. Ed 70, 262, 298\\nMcBride, Daniel 74\\nMcCormick, Jno. S 241\\nMcCullogh, John 173, 412\\nMcClain, Jas. A 212\\nMcClain, Jackson 71, 813\\nMcClain, James 166\\nMcCallister, Aeneas.... 27, 30, 49, 51, 106, 133\\nMcCaUister, JohnE 215, 334, 356, 617\\nMcClure, George W 730\\nMcFarland, Thomas 385\\nMcLean, Alney 159\\nMcGary, Robert 116\\nMcGary, William 116\\nMcGary, Hugh, Jr 116\\nMcGary, Hugh 1 16\\nMcGready, Rev. James 34, 105\\nMcMullin, John 169\\nMerritt, Hon. M 656\\nMitchuson, Ning 694\\nMitchuson, Charles 695\\nMorris, George 281\\nMorrison, Dr. A. J 315, 533\\nMoss, Hugh 190\\nMullin Joshua 173, 287\\nMurrell, Jno. A 26\\nMurray, Gen. Eli H 231\\nNesler, Solomon 116, 301, 303\\nNewman, Jacob 94\\nNorris, John S 205\\nNorwood, Dr. W. A 558\\nO Byrn, John 348, 363, 739\\nOrr, Samuel 277\\n0-good,Rev. Nathan 166\\nOutlawry 818\\nOwen, Hon. J. V... I 739\\nParker, A. F 71\\nPennell,C. M 212, 279, 297, 316\\nPerkins, Capt. C. G 216,218,219,247, 749\\nPernet John 350\\nPeter, Hon. Jacob 755\\nPierman G. L 199\\nPitcairne, Huirh 345\\nPoint, J. B ...166\\nPosey, Gen. Thomas 648\\nPosey. Fayette 68\\nPowell, James 78\\nPowell, Gov. L. W..82, 172, 181, 186, 204,-\\n244,290,297, 591\\nPowell, Dr. J. N 730\\nPowell, Herbert A 190\\nPowell, Col. E. D 763\\nPowell, J. Henry 304, 765\\nPorter, J. W 782\\nPrentice, Geo. D 188\\nPriest G. M...184, 186, 222,236.240,244,-\\n247, 301,330, 333, 342\\nPriest, W. C 216\\nPriest, J. A 71\\nPritchett, Green W 71, 780\\nPurviance, Henry 99\\nRacing Horses 130\\nRatinsque, Constantine S 156\\nRankin, Dr. Adam.. 26, 66, 114, 117, 120,-\\n146, 259, 789\\nRankin, William. 78, 297\\nRankin, Adam 84\\nRankm, Sam. W 202\\nRankin, James E 216, 219,288, 301, 547\\nReutlinger Wm 337, 3.^\\nReeve, Mai. Jno. J 654\\nRice, J. Willy 274\\nRicketts, James E 176\\nRice, Dai\u00c2\u00bb (clown) 274\\nRobaids, J. D 759\\nRobertson, Edmund 183\\nRobinson, Jesse 222\\nRoss, Moses 300\\nRouse, R.G.Jr 310\\nRouse, H.E 332\\nRouse, James 79, 169, 280, 286, 298, 301\\nRo wdin A. J 202\\nRowan, Andrew 49, 106, 107\\nRoyster, Wilkins N 737\\nRoyster,C. S 71,84, 186\\nRuby,J.r 687\\nRucker, M. P 793\\nRudy John 241\\nRudy. C. A 224\\nRuggles, N. F 278, 282\\nSandefur, C. T 222\\nSandefur, W. H 323, 356\\nSandefur, W. A XiO\\nSchlesinger, H 216\\nSchlamp, Martin 356\\nSechtig, Chris 221\\nSemonin, Peter 186, 323\\nSemonin, Paul F 310", "height": "3862", "width": "2294", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "16\\nGENERAL INDEX.\\nShelby, Moses 96\\nShelby, William W 71, 84, 733\\nShingler, Jack 201, 296\\nShackelford, Gen, J. M 306\\nShook, Major 213\\nSimpson, Robert 96\\nSmith, Col. Robert 143, 260, 672\\nSmith, A. L 412\\nSneed,S.K 304, 356\\nSoaper, William 299. 770\\nSoaper, Richard H 771\\nSoaper, Thomas 334, a51, 773\\nSoaper, William, Jr 774\\nSoaper, Harry 775\\nSoaper, Robert 771\\nSpalding, Sam. P 186\\nSpidel, John 263, 287\\nSprinkle. Michael 27, 259, 313\\nSprinkle, Jacob 27, 124\\nSprinkle John 66\\nStaples, J. G 757\\nStapp, Jno. C 316,330, 342\\nStandley, John 66, 139\\nStarling, Edmund L 243, 287, 636\\nStarling, Chas. T 202, 303, 640\\nStarling, E. L....202, 203,204, 247, 337 ,341, 351\\nStarling, E. L. Jr 643\\nStarling, Stewart 644\\nStarling, Lyne 640\\nSteele, Wm 229, 238\\nSteele, Cjtus 210\\nSteele, George 356\\nSteele, Capt. O. B 210, 225, 228,* 332, 703\\nStegall, Moses 512\\nStites, Sam l 276,278,297, 801\\nStewart, Thos. J 643\\nStites, Richard 372\\nStewart, John H 799\\nStone James M 71. 184\\nSublett, John A 278\\nSugg, Calvin 282\\nSugg, Willie 79. 183\\nSwigert, Jacob 641\\nTalbott, A. H 310, 334,372. 422\\nTalbott, Edmund 50\\nTaylor, Brookin 107\\nTaylor, Maj. Walker 216, 227\\nTaylor L. D 287\\nTaylor, Jas. M 327\\nTaylor, James (Two Horse) 297\\nTaylor, Col. Chas. M 786\\nTerry, N. D 189\\nTillotson, James 192\\nThespians Theatrical 312\\nTliompson, Dr. P 334, 361.718\\nThornberry, R. R 184\\nlowles, Thos. Jr 288\\nTowles, Judge Thomas,.. 78, 120,147,261,-\\n266, 287, 781\\nTramp, First 131\\nTrafton, L. W 191, 204,304, 380, 751\\nToy, J. F 71,80, 84\\nTunstall, H. R 326, 371\\nTurner, Hiram 71\\nTurner, Hon. H. F. .83, 84, 85, 230, 236,\\n241, 330, 348, 732\\nUnselt, David H 301\\nUpp, John 27, 206\\nUrso, Camille 311\\nVanBussum, Philip 80, 384\\nVance, S. B... 198,236, 345\\nVandzandt, W. B 298, 299. 305\\nWalden, D. N 184,190, 219\\nWalker. F.E 70,84, 85\\nWalker, Thos. G 122\\nWalker, Cora 818\\nWard,Thos.E 784\\nWard, Judge E. C 412,374, 668\\nWathen, John N 230\\nWatson, Thos. P 219\\nWeaver, Littleberry 80\\nWebster, W.H 675\\nWilliams, Jenks W 223, 3:\u00c2\u00ab, 334, 809\\nWhite, Larkiu 79, 738\\nWhite, John L 205\\nWhite, George 205\\nWigal, James P 789\\nWilhams, John 99\\nWise, D. F 723\\nWoodruff, W. B 217, 342, 343\\nWorsham, E. W 247, 301, 330. 342, 623\\nWorsham, Andrew J 626\\nWorsham, Ludson 628\\nWorsham, D. W\\\\ C 630\\nWorsham, William 631\\nWright, Captain 232\\nWoodbridge, Rev. Jahleel 598\\nYarber, Lieutenant 213\\nYates, Capt. Dick 215, 219\\nYeaman, Harvy 198, 202, 236, 247, 347\\nYeaman, Malcolm 349, 356, 644\\nYoung, Judge Milton 210\\nYoung, S. A 3\\nYoung, Milton 697", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "HISTORY\\nOP\\nHENDERSON\\nAND\\nHENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nEARLY EXPLORERS AND SETTLERS.\\n\u00c2\u00a9R. COLLINS says the first white person history tells of having\\ndiscovered the Ohio River as low down as Henderson, was Col-\\nonel George Croghan, who, in 1765, passed down the Ohio to the\\nmouth of the Wabash. Captain Harry Gordan, in 1776, surveyed in\\nsome crude way the entire length of the Ohio. The land warrants or\\nbounty in lands given to the Virginia soldiers, who had served in the\\nold French War, were to be located on the Western Waters, hence\\nthe military survey so often referred to in title deeds recorded in the\\nHenderson County Clerk s Office.\\nIn the summer of 1774 parties of surveyors led by Colonel John\\nFloyd, Hancock Taylor, James Douglas, and two parties of hunters\\nand explorers under Captain James Harrod and Isaac Hite, came into\\nKentucky. The town of Harrodstown (now Harrodsburg) was laid off,\\nand the settlement of Kentucky began. On Thursday, June 16, 1774,\\nDaniel Boone, himself being present and assisting, four or five log\\ncabins were built, and immediately and permanently occupied.\\n2", "height": "3862", "width": "2294", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "18 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nCOLONEL RICHARD HENDERSON S PURCHASE.\\nOn March 17, 1775, Colonel Richard Henderson (for whom this\\ncounty and city were called) and others, purchased from the Cherokee\\nIndians the whole of that territory lying between the Cumberland\\nand Kentucky Rivers, amounting to over 17,000,000 acres of land,\\nupon which it was evidently his purpose to found a little empire of\\nhis own; but his object was frustrated by an act of the Virginia Legis-\\nlature, which made void the purchase, claiming the sole right to pur-\\nchase land from the Indians within the bounds of the Royal Charter.\\nThe great activity displayed by Colonel Henderson and his co-operators\\nin taking possession of the Cherokee Purchase and granting land to\\nnew settlers, was as we shall soon see all set at naught. Daniel\\nBoone was employed by Colonel Henderson to survey the country and\\nselect favorable positions, and early in the spring of 1775 the founda-\\ntion of Boonesborough was laid under the title name of Henderson.\\nThe present State of Kentucky was, prior to December 31, 1776,\\na part of the County of Fincastle, State of Virginia. By an act of the\\nVirginia Legislature, from and after that day Fincastle County was\\ndivided into three counties, Kentucky County being one of the three.\\nKentucky having thus been formed into a separate county, she there-\\nfore became entitled to a separate County Court, two Justices of the\\nPeace, a Sheriff, Constable, Coroner and militia officers. Law, with\\nits imposing paraphernalia, for the first time reared its head in the\\nforests of Kentucky.\\nIn the spring of 1777 the Court of Quarter Sessions held its\\nfirst sitting at Harrodsburg, attended by the Sheriff of the county and\\nits clerk, Levi Todd. The first court of Kentucky was composed of John\\nTodd, John Floyd, Benjamin Logan, John Bowman and Richard Cal^\\nloway. They had hardly adjourned when the infant Republic was\\nrocked to its center by an Indian invasion. The hunters and survey,\\nors were driven in from the woods and compelled to take refuge within\\nthe forts. Much injury was done, but the forts withstood their utmost\\nefforts; and, after sweeping through Kentucky like a torrent for\\nseveral weeks, the savages slowly retreated back to the North, leaving\\nthe agitated settlers to repair their loss as best they could.\\nVirginia s grant to colonel henderson.\\nOn Wednesday, November 4, 1778, the Virginia House of Dele-\\ngates\\nResolved^ That all purchases of lands made or to be made of the Indians\\nwithin the chartered bounds of this Commonwealth, as described by the con-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 19\\nstitution or form of Government, by any private persons not authorized by pub-\\nlic authority, are void.\\nResolved, That the purchase heretofore made by Colonel Henderson\\nCo., of the Cherokee Indians is void.\\nBut as said Richard Henderson Company have been at very great\\nexpense in making the said purchase, and in settling the said lands, by which\\nthis Commonwealth is likely to receive great advantage by increasing its\\ninhabitants, and establishing a barrier against the Indians, it is just and reas-\\nonable to allow the said Richard Henderson Co. a compensation for their\\ntrouble and expense.\\nOn Tuesday, November 17th, these resolutions of the House were\\nagreed to by the Senate and a few weeks afterwards\\nIt was enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That all that tract of\\nland situate, lying and being on the waters of the Ohio and Green Rivers, and\\nbounded as follows, to wit\\nBeginning at the mouth of Green River, thence running up the same\\ntwelve and one-half miles, when reduced to a straight line, thence mnning at\\nright angles with the said reduced lines, twelve and one half miles each side of\\nthe river, thence running lines from the termination of the line extended on\\neach side of Green River, at right angles with the same, till the said lines\\nintersect the Oliio, which said river Ohio shall be the western boundary of the\\nsaid tract, be, and the same is hereby granted the said Richard Henderson\\nCo., and their heirs as tenants in common, subject to the payment of the same\\ntaxes as other lands in the Commonwealth are, but under such limitations of\\ntime as to the settling of the lands as shall hereafter be directed by the General\\nAssembly but this grant shall, and it is hereby declared, to be in full com-\\npensation to the said Richard Henderson Co., and their heirs for the charge\\nand trouble, and all advantage accruing therefrom to this Commonwealth, and\\nthat they are hereby excluded from anj^ further claim to lands on account of\\nany settlement or improvements heretofore made by them, or any of them, on\\nthe lands so as aforesaid purchased from the Cherokee Indians.\\nThus by one sweeping act of the Virginia Legislature the pur-\\nchase of one million, seven hundred thousand acres of land, from the\\nCherokee Nation, and the great proprietary Government organized\\nfor its better regulation, was declared null and void, the government\\nof Boonesborough wiped out, and the Transylvania landed estate\\nreduced to what was estimated to be two hundred thousand acres.\\nThis was called the Henderson Co. Grant. Subsequently this\\ngrant was discovered to contain only one hundred and sixty thousand\\nacres, when in order to gain possession of the full amount, the lines\\nwere extended a few poles on the three sides. The whole of this\\ngrant of land is included in the present boundary of Henderson\\nCounty.", "height": "3862", "width": "2294", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "20 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nLAND LAWS OF 1799.\\nThe Legislative acts of 1799 were marked by the passage, by the\\nVirginia Legislature, of the celebrated Land Law of Kentucky, a\\nhistorical analysis of which would have but little bearing upon the\\nobject in view in this publication. It is enough to say it was well\\nintended and the settlement and pre-emption features were just and\\nliberal. The radical and incurable defect of the law, however, was\\nthe neglect of Virginia to provide for the general survey of the coun-\\ntry at the expense of the Government, and its sub-division into whole,\\nhalf and quarter sections, as has been done by the United States.\\nInstead of this each possessor of a warrant was allowed to locate the\\nsame where he pleased, and was required to survey it at his own cost;\\nbut his entry was required to be so specific and precise that each sub-\\nsequent locator might recognize the land taken up, and make his entry\\nelsewhere, required a precision and accuracy of description, which\\nsuch men as the surveyors of that day could not be expected to pos-\\nsess, and all vague entries were declared null and void. Unnum-\\nbered sorrows, law suits, and heart rending vexations were the con-\\nsequence of this unhappy law.\\nIn the unskillful hand of the hunters and pioneers of Kentucky,\\nentries, surveys and patents were piled upon each other, overlapping\\nand overcropping in endless perplexity. The full fruits of this were\\nnot reaped until the country became more thickly settled. The effects\\nof this old law can be seen by reference to old land suits, and accom-\\npanying depositions filed away in the Kentucky courts, perhaps as\\nmuch for relics of primitive days, as for evidences of titles long ago\\nsettled and recognized as facts beyond further dispute. The imme-\\ndiate consequence of this law, however, was a flood of immigration.\\nThe hunters of the elk and buffalo were now succeeded by the more\\nravenous hunters of lands, in the pursuit of which they fearlessly\\nbraved the hatchet of the Indian and the privations of the forests,\\nThe surveyor s chain and compass were seen in the woods as frequently\\nas the rifle, and during the years 1778, 80 and 81, the great and all-\\nabsorbing object was to enter, survey and obtain a patent for the rich-\\nest sections of land. Indian hostilities were rife during this period,\\nbut these only formed episodes in the great drama. The year 1780\\nwas distinguished by the vast number of immigrants who crowded to\\nKentucky for the purpose of locating land warrants.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 21\\nIn November, of 1780, the County of Kentucky was divided into\\nTHREE COUNTIES,\\nnamely: Fayette, Lincoln and Jefferson. They had now three Quar-\\nterly Courts, holding monthly sessions, three Courts of Common Law\\nand Chancery Jurisdiction, setting quarter yearly, and a host of Mag-\\nistrates and Constables. No court capable for trying for capital\\noffenses existed in the country nearer than Richmond, the capital of\\nVirginia. The Court of Quarter Sessions could take notice only of\\nmisdemeanors.\\nThe year 1781 was distinguished by a still larger immigration to\\nthe new country. Kentucky being now divided into three counties,\\nFayette, Jefferson anc^ Lincoln, the now County of Henderson formed\\na part of Lincoln In the year 1789 the people had become anxious\\nto have a separate and independent State Government, so, in the\\nmonth of May of that year, they elected delegates to the Convention\\nas prescribed in the third Act of Separation from Virginia, and in July\\nof the same year the delegates met in the town of Danville, now the\\ncounty seat of Boyle County.\\nTheir first act on assembling was to draw up a respectful memor-\\nial to the Legislature of Virginia, remonstrating against the new con-\\nditions of separation, which was promptly attended to by that State,\\nand the obnoxious conditions repealed by a new act, which necessi-\\ntated another Convention to assemble in 1790.\\nIn the meantime the new National Government had gone into\\noperation. General Washington was elected President, and the Con-\\nvention was informed by the executive of Virginia that the General\\nGovernment would lose no time in or^anizins; such a regular force\\nas would effectually protect Kentucky from Indian incursions. This\\nhad become a matter of pressing necessity, for Indian murders had\\nbecome so frequent that no part of the country was safe. In July,\\n1790, the Eighth Convention assembled and formally accepted the Vir-\\nginia Act of Separation, which thus became a compact between Ken-\\ntucky and Virginia. A memorial to the President of the United\\nStates and to Congress was adopted, and an address to Virginiaj\\nagain praying the good offices of the parent State, in procuring their\\nadmission into the Union. Provisions were then made for the elec-\\ntion of a Ninth Convention to assemble in April, 1791, to form a State\\nConstitution. The Convention then adjourned.\\nIn December, 1790, President Washington strongly recommend-\\ned to Congress the propriety of admitting Kentucky into the Union,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "ii2 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nand on the 4th day of Februar}^, 1791, an act for that purpose passed\\nboth houses, and received the signature of the President. Logan\\nCounty, of which Henderson was a part, was one of the first seven\\ncounties organized immediately after the admission of Kentucky into\\nthe Federal Union as a State, and in the same year, 1792, was the\\nthirteenth in order of formation, made from a part of Lincoln County,\\nand embraced all of the States lying south of Green River. In the year\\n1796 Christian County was taken from Logan and made a separate\\nand independent county. It was the twenty-first county established,\\nand comprised all of that territory now claimed by Henderson, Hop-\\nkins, Webster, Livingston, Union, Caldwell, Trigg, Hickman, Calloway,\\nGraves, McCracken, Crittenden, Marshall, Ballard, Fulton, Lyon, a\\npart of Todd and Muhlenberg, and the present County of Christian.\\nHENDERSON COUNTY FORMED.\\nSeven years after the admission of Kentucky into the Federal\\nUnion, Henderson County was formed of a part of Christian County,\\nand was the thirty-eighth county organized in the State, and named in\\nhonor of Colonel Richard Henderson. Henderson County, at the time\\nof its formation, embraced all of that territory now embraced in Hender-\\nson, Hopkins, Union and Webster Counties; Hopkins was taken\\nfrom Henderson in 1806, Union County in 1811, and Webster was\\nformed in 1860, of parts of Henderson, Hopkins and Union.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER II.\\nABORIGINAL.\\nTF Mr. Collins is correct in his excellent History of Kentucky, mod-\\nern Indians never inhabited Henderson County; yet, all along the\\nriver front, and in many other interior localities of this county, the\\nremains of some race of people are found in great numbers. The en-\\ntire river front from First Street up five or six squares, seems to have\\nbeen one vast burial ground, as hundreds of skeletons, bones and\\nrelics have been taken therefrom by excavators in the employ of the\\ncity. It is generally conceded, however, that the Indians were not\\nthe aborigines of Kentucky, but that there was, prior to their com-\\ning, a class of white people known as Mound Builders, who inhab-\\nited the country lying between the Alleghany and Mississippi Rivers.\\nHistorians and learned antiquaries have proved, so far as tradition-\\nary and scientific evidence is to be taken, that before the Indians were\\nthose strange, mysterious people of the mounds, who left no literature\\nand no monuments except forest-covered earth and stone works. As a\\nrace they have vanished utterly in the past, but the comparatively slight\\ntraces they have left behind tend to conclusions of deep interest\\nand importance, not only highly probable, but rapidly approaching cer-\\ntainty.\\nCorrespondences in the manufacture of pottery, and in the rude\\nsculptures found the use of the serpent symbol the likelihood that\\nthey were all sun-worshipers and practiced the rite of human sacrifice\\nand the tokens of commercial intercourse manifested by the presence\\nof Mexican porphyry and obsidian in the Ohio Valley mounds, satis-\\nf actorially demonstrate in the minds of antiquaries the racial alliance,\\nif not the identity of our Mound Builders, with the ancient Mexicans.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "24 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\nTheir wars were fierce and doubtless long and bloody. They met the\\nsavages with a determined and skilled resistance, but the attacks of\\ntheir ferocious enemies continued, perhaps throughout centuries, at\\nlast expelling the more civilized, and the Mound Builders vanished\\nfrom this part of the great country.\\nOften, especially for the works devoted to religious purposes, the\\nearth has not been taken from the surrounding soil, but has been\\ntransported from a distance. The civilization of the Mound Builders,\\nas a theme, has furnished a vast field for speculation, and theorists\\nhave pushed into a wilderness of visionary conjectures. It is gener-\\nally agreed by learned theorists that Prof. Short s conclusions may be\\nsafely accepted that they came into the country in comparatively\\nsmall numbers at first, and during their residence in the territory oc-\\ncupied, became extremely populous. They mined copper, which they\\nwrought into implements of war, also into ornaments and articles of\\ndomestic use. They quarried mica for mirrors and worked flint and\\nsalt mines. Their trade extended from the Lakes to the Gulf.\\nAmong all nations, in a simple and rude state, s tories will be\\nfound current which pass from mouth to mouth without the least sus-\\npicion that they are not absolutely true. They are not written, be-\\ncause thfey date from a time when writing was unknown, and the mere\\nfact of their being repeated by word of mouth causes a perpetual vari-\\nation in the narratives. In this, however, traditionary evidence respect-\\ning the aborigines of Kentucky, is so well founded in fact, and so well\\ncorroborated by historical evidence of a scientific nature, as to preclude\\nthe indulgence of historical skepticism.\\nMOUND BUILDERS.\\nIt is undoubtedly true that the Mound Builders at one time inhab-\\nited Henderson County. Dr. Stinson, an old resident of this\\ncounty, and one who has devoted a great part of his life to the study of\\narchaeology and archaeological investigations, in a letter written in 1 876,\\nsays Having examined the camping grounds and graves of the Mound\\nBuilders of Posey and Vanderburgh Counties in Indiana, and learn-\\ning the peculiarities of burying their dead and disposing of their estates,\\netc., I became anxious to learn whether or not the aborigines of Hen-\\nderson were of the same tribe and habits of those of the above-named\\ncounties across the river. Therefore I came into Henderson County\\nand have examined the southwestern portion of it with the following\\nresults I find that their mounds are similar, the mode of depositing\\nor burying their dead do not differ materially. I visited twenty mounds,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 25\\nsome of which I dug inlo, where I found some fine relics, and got in\\npossession of some excellent historical facts.\\nThe beautiful niound upon^which is situated Henderson s Tem-\\nple of Justice, has been the subject of debate for man} years, a num-\\nber claiming that it is a natural mound, while many others claim it to\\nbe the work of the Mound Builders Tradition has it that this hill or\\nmound in its originality was perfectly shaped, gently and gracefully\\nslopmg from its apex to its base, but that the rude hand of the con-\\ntractor, under the supervision of cruelly tasteless engineers, caused\\nits symmetry to be butchered on two sides. This mound at one time,\\nundoubtedly, sloped in every direction from its summit, as it does now\\nin the direction of Main Street. It is well known, also, that there\\nwere a great number of ponds in close proximity to this place, as well\\nas in other parts of the town. Couple this, then, with the historical\\nfact that the Mound Builders did not confine themselves to the taking\\nof dirt from the surrounding soil, but in the building of what they\\ntermed their sacred mounds, transported the soil from a long distance,\\none must at least become reasonably impressed with the belief that\\nthis most beautiful spot was the handiwork of that strange people,\\nwho have long since lost their identity, and not the work of Noah s\\nwaters, or any subsequent upheaving of the elements. It is, perhaps,\\nquite true that our Justice Hall stands upon ground once conse-\\ncrated to the peculiar worship of the aborigines.\\nHENDERSON COUNTY MOUNDS.\\nThere are other mounds in the county and from them have been\\ngathered many interesting relics of antiquity. Upon the lands of the\\nlate Colonel A. H. Major, several miles above the city, is a mound of\\nwhich the following notice was made several years ago.\\nIn digging upon these lands numerous skeletons, supposed to have been\\naborigines, were found. Colonel Major and D. R. Burbank, conducting the\\nsearch, are quite of the opinion that this was never an Indian burial ground,\\nbut ofa people who inhabited the country prior to the coining of the Indians.\\nManv articles of peculiar beautv and marked curiosity have been found, among\\nthe number pipes, bowls, cooking utensils, weapons of war, and evidences of\\nmilitary and official rank. In one grave was found three skeletons, the two\\nsmaller ones, supposed to have been femaies, sitting upon the larger one,\\nsupposed to have been a male, and in the mouth of each was found a pipe.\\nThis place must have been the burial ground ofa populous race of people, for\\nthe quantity of teeth found has never before been equaled,\\nOn the farm of A. J. Anderson, in Diamond Island Bend, are\\nmany mounds, four of which stood above the high water of 1883, the\\nhighest ever known. The ground upon which his house stands is a", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "26 HISTORY OF HENDERSON. COUNTY, KY.\\nmound, and in 1854, when digging for clay for the purpose of making\\nbrick, thousands of bones were found and many remarkable relics, in-\\ncluding glass trinkets handsomely carved. In addition to this, a lump\\nof lead three inches square was found. Mr. Anderson is satisfied in\\nhis own mind that his place was never an Indian burial ground, but\\nthat the bones and relics belonged to a race of people living here long\\nbefore the Indians.\\nEARLY OUTLAWS.\\nThe first white people of whose history anything is known, con-\\nnected with the prestine settlement of Henderson County, were a set\\nof graceless outlaws noted for their wicked deeds and incomparable\\nattrocities. It cannot be said that they claimed the Red Banks\\nas a permanent home, for their lives were devoted to wild adventure,\\nthievery and murder in all their manifold sins and wickedness. These\\nmen were the Mays, Masons and Wilsons, headed by the notorious\\nJohn A. Murrell and Samuel May. Their rendezvous was on the\\nbank of the river, and while here made it their business to rob boats\\nfloating upon the river, and, frequently, murdering the crews. This\\nwas their headquarters, and robbing boats their occupation up to the\\ntime Captain Young and his company (who had organized for the pur-\\npose of driving them out of the country) appeared in the neighborhood.\\nFor a number of years John A. Murrell camped at times upon the iden-\\ntical spot where the residence of A. J. Anderson now stands, opposite\\nDiamond Island, and gave to that place the poetic name it yet retains\\nForest Home. After the appearance of Captain Young, the clan\\nthen located at or near Cave-in-Rock, 111., where they continued to\\npursue their nefarious avocation.\\nEARLY SETTLERS.\\nPrior to the formation of Henderson as the thirty-eighth county\\nin 1798, there were but few settlers south of Green River. The first\\npermanent settlement, of which any knowledge is had, was made above\\nthe Red Banks now Henderson on Richard Henderson Co. s\\nland in the year 1791. These setclers, or a majority of them, were\\nGermans, therefore to that people may be accorded the credit of the\\nbeginning of Henderson. During the fall of 1791 two or three fam-\\nilies located above the now City of Henderson, on the ground which\\nhas borne for years the historic name of Hughes Field. Finding this\\nground to be low and marshy, they packed up and removed here as a\\nbetter site for building a village. Immediately after landing they com-\\nmenced, with what tools were then at their command, chopping from\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2the immediate forests surrounding the river bank, logs suitable for\\nbuilding such huts as would protect them from weather and make", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 27\\nthem comfortable. When a sufficient number of logs had been gotten\\ntogether, they commenced the building of a row of block-houses, or\\ncabins, after the primitive stylefon the river bank, extending from the\\npresent site of Clore s Mill, at the foot of Sixth Street, down to the resi-\\ndence of Dr. A. Dixon, at the foot of Powell Street. At that time\\nthere was a strip of territory one hundred and fifty feet in width lying\\nbeyond the present northwestern boundary of Water Street, and on\\nthis ground is where the first buildings in Henderson were located.\\nFrom the gradual washing of the river most of that territory has dis-\\nappeared. That part of it between Second and Third Streets was\\nremoved in building the present wharf.\\nTHE FIRST SETTLERS\\nhere were Michael Sprinkle, John Upp, William Smith, father\\nof William Finely Smith, John Husbands, John Haussman, Jacob\\nSprinkle, John Kurkendall, Eneas McCallister and John Dunn.\\nDuring the year 1792 Captain John Dunn was appointed Constable\\nfor this territory. Eneas McCallister, grandfather of the late John\\nE. McCallister, was detained here with his family by the ice, while\\nenroute from the Cumberland River country to Pittsburgh, Penn.\\nThere were not more than half a dozen little log cabins on the bank,\\nand two of these found vacant by Mr. McCallister were taken pos-\\nsession of and occupied by him and his family.\\nThere were no Indians at that time to be seen on this side of the\\nOhio, but on the Indiana side were to be found several tribes, among\\nthe number were the Shawnees, from whom Shawneetown derived its\\nname. They were very troublesome at times, and as heartless as\\ntroublesome. A party of young boys, of whom were Michael and\\nJake Sprinkle and John Upp, armed for the purpose of hunting,\\ncrossed the river in canoes, never once suspecting that Indians were\\nin that vicinity, and upon landing were surprised by a party in am-\\nbush, two of them captured, one shot down, the fourth being an expert\\nswimmer, and under providential favors, made his escape back to\\nKentucky. The two captives were tortured in many ways they were\\nmade to walk forced marches, then beaten with many stripes, and\\nfinally, after having undergone a terrible journey, bare-footed and\\nalmost naked, marched into Sandusky, on Lake Erie, from whence,\\nafter having lived a most frightful life, they escaped, and some time\\nafterward arrived at the Red Banks, to the joy of their kin and\\ncomrades.\\nFACE OF THE COUNTRY.\\nAmong the traditions of the country we are told that many years\\nanterior to the advent of the surveyors employed by Richard Hen-\\nderson Co., and even until the cessation of the annual fires, which", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "28 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nused to sweep the earth fore and aft, this country, from the begin-\\nning of the low lands which encircle the city, was a vast prairie or\\nbarren, extending as far as the eye could reach. Indeed, many set-\\ntlers now living, who came to this county long since the advent of\\nthe present century, remember when the greater part of the county\\nwas a barren territory. There was no timber only along the creeks,\\nwater courses and marshy places. This continued for many years\\nuntil a swamp of scrubby oak took possession of the land, and from\\nthis beginning a magnificent growth of timber, including the hickory,\\nash, gum, elm, maple, poplar, sugar, sugar maple, oak, catalpa, wal-\\nnut and sycamore grew up luxuriantly over the entire country.\\nDuring these early times the whole face of the country was covered\\nwith hazelnut bushes, pea-vines, wild strawberries, blackberries, and\\na variety of other kinds of wild fruits. Above and below the then\\nvilliage of Henderson, the country was one dense cane-brake, afford-\\ning an abundance of the best food for cattle, which were driven on m\\nlarge numbers. There were no Indians to be seen except a few\\nfriendly ones passing through.\\nWILD GAME, BIRDS AND ANIMALS.\\nThe hillsides and valleys were thickly populated with wild ani-\\nmals, such as wolves, wild cats, panthers, deer, and very frequently\\na large bear would be seen. Turkeys, geese, ducks, pheasants,\\nsquirrels, rabbits and other wild game of the smaller species were\\nhere in seemingly inexhaustible numbers. Vlr. Payne Dixon, who\\ncame to Kentucky and located near Henderson in 1805, in a most\\ninteresting conversation with the writer, indirectly mentioned the\\nfact of having seen, a short time after his arrival, a set of elk horns\\nremarkable for their size and length. These horns, when placed\\nwith their tip ends down, would admit a man five feet in height\\nwalking between the prongs and underneath the skull, without touch-\\ning it or bending his body. Among the winged birds, found at that\\ntime in great numbers, were those which are at this time total strang-\\ners to his country. They were the paroquet, a species of parrot, but\\nof much handsomer plumage, the raven, a bird made famous by\\nEdgar A. Poe, and many others, noted for the peculiarities of their\\nplumage. As the country gradually developed and became populated\\nthe birds migrated to wilder lands.\\nIn those days game was very plentiful, a large buck of fine flesh\\ncould be purchased for the small sum of fifty cents, while turkeys\\nwere given away. No apprehension was felt concerning a knawing\\nstomach, for the abundance of wild game insured a week s supply at\\nany time in a half hour s walk from the door of the cabin home. As\\nlong as there was powder in the house and lead in the pouch, the\\npioneer little worried or thought of hunger ever staring him in the\\nface, but kept his shanty stocked with meats which now command\\nfabulous prices.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER III.\\nSECOND COLONY.\\nTRIALS OF THE PIONEERS THE OUTLAWS DRIVEN OUT GREAT RELIG-\\nIOUS REVIVAL.\\nHE few pioneers who had settled here were, a few years afterwards,\\nreinforced by the incoming of the ancestors of many of the\\nbest families now living, among whom were the Hopkins, headed by\\nGeneral Samuel Hopkins, agent and attorney, in fact for Richard\\nHenderson Co., the Bells, Andersons, Holloways, Talbotts, New-\\nmans, Barnetts, Ashbys, McBrides, Fuquays, Rankins, Hamiltons and\\nothers.\\nAbout this time all of this section of the country, to the Ten-\\nnessee line ^nd including a great portion of the territory north of\\nGreen River, was infested and completely overrun by a band of noto-\\nrious murderers and thieves, who proved a terror to the better class\\nof people. Among this class of outlaws were the Harpes, the Masons,\\nthe Wilsons, the Mays, of whom mention has been made, and many\\nothers, who were not the avowed, but were the secret friends and\\nabettors of the outlaws. These fiends incarnate, thirsted for blood\\nthey rode the forests through and through, fearing neither the power\\nof God, nor the defense of the settlers. At that time cabins were far\\napart, and they connected only by paths and trails. For the settler\\nto attempt a defense by the use of fire-arms, was but an invitation to\\nmurder, and to undertake a union of forces at any time for the purpose\\nof combining against the outlaws, was as useless as it was next to\\nimpossible. Therefore, many men, solely, for self-preservation, were\\nforced to become apparent friends of these people. Outlawry was at\\nhigh tide, and deeds of violence, shocking to civilization, were perpe-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "30 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\ntrated with as little concern as though regulated by law, and carried\\nout by authority of the courts. A half hour s ride in any direction\\nwould place the highwayman out of the range of primitive danger, and\\nsafely away in a territory where they could not be found with a double\\nmicroscopic search warrant. For this reason, then, they were to be,\\nand were greatly feared by all honest men. The better class in those\\ndays were in the minority and had to content themselves and keep\\nabsolutely quiet in the enjoyment of their possessions, and in the occu-\\npancy of a purely neutral position.\\nSALT.\\nOne of the greatest privations the early settlers had to contend\\nwith was the great lack of salt. For months they were compelled to\\ndo their cooking without this necessity, and oftentimes forced to ride\\nhundreds of miles over a wild and untraveled country to obtain a\\nsmall sack, for which a fabulous price was charged. Accounts now\\nin possession of the writer furnish conclusive evidence of this import-\\nant fact. Ten dollars per bushel was often paid, to which had to be\\nadded the loss of time and the long and dangerous journey made to\\nsecure a small supply. From old records it would seem that this\\ncommodity passed current between men, and in very many instances\\nwas taken in exchange for land and stock. It was also frequently\\ngiven in exchange for labor and merchant accounts. In 1794, exter-\\nnal evidences suggested beyond question, the existence of salt water\\nin many parts of the county, and the feasibility of utilizing it so as\\nto supply the wants of the settlers. Hunters and surveyors traversing\\nthe woods and barrens in search of game and boundary lines chanced\\nupon buffalo trails and narrow paths, beaten by the hoofs of deer, and\\nfollowing them discovered what was known as licks. These licks\\nwere frequented by large numbers of wild animals, and as an indis-\\nputable evidence, hillsides were found to be undermined by the lick\\nof wild tongues, and numerous holes yet moist were found there to\\nattest the presence of a briny substance. Upon closer and more\\naccurate examination, the clay was found to consist of a strong part\\nsalt, and this determined some of the more enterprising settlers to\\nventure an enterprise which subsequently resulted in one of the great-\\nest blessings to the new country.\\nEneas McCallister, grandfather of the late John E. McCallister,\\nEsq., having discovered one of these licks on Highland Creek, about\\ntwenty miles from the Red Banks now Henderson much frequented\\nby buffalo and deer, conceived the idea of boring for salt water. He\\nat once proceeded to sink a well, and at a short distance found water", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 31\\nof very great strength in abundance. He erected here salt works, and\\nin a short time was able to supply all those living at the Red Banks,\\nthe adjoining neighborhood, and^-for many miles surrounding. He\\ncontinued to manufacture salt at this point for the term of three or\\nfour years, at the end of which time parties from Virginia appeared\\nupon the ground, not only asserting, but proving a better title to the\\nland under the laws as then understood. With these undisputable\\nevidences staring him in the face, Mr. McCallister immediately dis-\\npossessed himself and soon after located other wells three miles east\\non Highland Creek, at a point then and yet known as the Knob\\nLick. This soon became a noted locality, so much so that the most\\nimportant public road running south of west from the Yellow Banks,\\nnow Owensboro, was directed to that point. In the formation of\\nWebster County in 1860, this spot was included within the boundaries\\nof that county, and can be found three or four miles to the right of\\nSebree City.\\nAt the Knob Lick, Mr. McCallister found a stream of water\\nequally as strong as the one he had left at Highland Lick, and here\\nsalt was made as well as at Highland until the year 1827, when both\\nwells, from some unaccountable reason, ceased to flow, and the works\\nwere abandoned.\\nSimultaneously with the enterprise of Mr. McCallister, salt was\\nmade in large quantities at the Saline Wells in the Illinois Territory\\nby Captain James Barbour, of Henderson. Much of the salt used by\\nthe early settlers of Henderson County was obtained from these\\nworks, they going and returning on horseback, with two bushels or\\nless.\\nCAPTAIN YOUNG AND THE OUTLAWS.\\nDuring the year 1799, the outlaws, of whom mention has before\\nbeen made, had increased in numbers, daring and villiany. They rode\\nover a large territory of country, embracing the entire Green River\\nsection, extending as far northeast as Mercer County, and met with\\nno resistance adequate even to their discomforture. They were guilty\\nof hell-born iniquities, which would put to blush the demoniacal\\ndeeds of all ignorance and vice which had preceded their adventure\\ninto the new country. They were the terror of terrors, and so much\\nto be dreaded, that Captain Young, a dashing commander, with a\\nnumber of equally brave men of Mercer County, armed themselves\\nand determined at all hazards, to drive the villains from the country.\\nMounted upon fiery chargers of blood and metal, and armed with the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "32 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nbest weapons the country afforded, this body of liberty-loving, impet-\\nuous troopers, rushed to the deliverance of their country and friends\\nfrom this organized clan, not actuated by any lion-like temptation to\\nspring upon their victim or to satiate a long settled and deadly hate,\\nbut a clan organized to glut a savage vengeance unknown to the most\\nheartless red man. The life they led, was one of hire and salary, not\\nrevenge it was the counting of money against human life. It was not\\nonly the counting of so many pieces of silver, against so many ounces\\nof blood, but it was a life of inhuman nature, enveloped in depravity,\\nintensified in all of its paroxysms of crime. Murder, coupled with\\nrobbery, or murder alone seemed to have been the actuating impulse\\nof this Godless clan. The innocent, the weak and harmless, the sil-\\n^very locks of decrepit old age, the golden tresses of sweet infancy\\nand purity of charming maidenhood, served as no paliating medium,\\nbut these met the same fate as did hardy manhood. All, all, who\\nfell in the way of these highwaymen were sacrificed to satisfy their\\nthirst for blood, and died examples of the barbarity of incontinent\\nbrutes and fiends. To capture or slay these, was the ultima-thule\\nof Captain Young, and his men, and nothing short of a sad and ser-\\nious reverse, a grand and overwhelming victory for the outlaws, could\\ncheck them in their most holy, lawful and natural expedition.\\nA bright sun shone upon their departure, the blessings of the peo-\\nple followed them, the sweetest smiles and cheering words of female\\nbeauty greeted them and bade them God speed. The eolian whis-\\nperings of the winds cheered them on, the forests echoed, clear con-\\nsciences and a firm faith in the right and their ultimate triumph,\\nstrengthened them. In all of their adventurous plans and perilous\\nsurroundings, they recognized the coadjutant power of the Almighty,\\nin whose good will they most implicitly relied. Captain Young and\\nhis men recognized the perils of their undertaking they understood\\nthe wily machinations of the enemy, and with blood for blood emblaz-\\nened upon their banner, started upon their mission of capture or\\ndeath, utterly regardless of their own personal comforts or the hard-\\nships attending a campaign in such a wild and comparatively un-\\nmarked country.\\nExasperated by new stories told them as they passed on in search\\nof the outlaws, the feelings of the patriots became more and more in-\\ntense, and to slay an outlaw was an act commending the slayer to pro-\\nmotion. None of the sympathetic cords were to be touched, no re-\\npentance or contrition, no changing of minds firmly purposed, but the\\nkeenest ambition was to come in rifle range and then to unhorse the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 33\\nfleeing malefactor. To apply the knife to the throat of one of these\\nwas to be a favor graciously embraced by any one of the command.\\nSo determined was Captain Young and his men, Mercer County was\\nsoon delivered, and the outlaws fleeing for the south side of Green\\nRiver, many of them, however, were killed before reaching Green\\nRiver.\\nCaptain Young was not satisfied with the great and good work\\nthat had been done, but determined to pursue the villains until the\\nlast one of them was made to bite the dust, or flee for safety to some\\nother more congenial territory. To this end, therefore, he crossed\\nGreen River into what was then Henderson County, and it is asserted\\nas a positive fact that twelve or thirteen outlaws were killed in this\\ncounty. The citizens who had been so long under the terrible voke,\\ngave him all the aid possible and Henderson County was soon free.\\nThe mission of this God-serving band of brave and true men was ex-\\ntended through Henderson on down as low as what was known as\\nFlin s Ferry and Cave-in-rock, on the Illinois side of the Ohio\\nRiver. This place, it was said, and most generally known, was the\\nheadquarters of a numerous gang of Jack Shepard cut-throats, who\\nhad appointed it as a place of rendezvous, where they kept supplies\\nfor flatboats descending the Ohio. Here they held high carnival,\\nengaged in their debauches and planned raids upon the surrounding\\ncountry It was a secret hiding place, wild and frightful and danger-\\nous to attack. When rendezvous in sufficient numbers they frequently\\nattacked flatboats, murdered the crews and floated the boat on to\\nNew Orleans on their own account.\\nThis raid of Captain Young was the first check ever given the\\noutlaws, and for a time broke them up almost entirely. It was soon\\nfollowed by the killing of the notorious Uriah, or Big Harpe, and the\\nflight of Little Harpe, Mason and others, to the territory of Mississ-\\nippi, where they and their co-operators were killed by each other, or\\ncaptured and hanged by the law. Captain Young and his men re-\\nturned to Mercer, receiving the plaudits of the people, and were ever\\nafterward remembered in the prayers of those few settlers who had\\nlived in indescribable suspense. The country, though thinly settled,\\nwas now brought to a state of quiet security, every face beamed in\\nthe hallowed evidence of liberty and freedom of speech, which had so\\nlong been denied them, and honest men soon became outspoken\\nwhile the over-timid and secret abettors of the outlaws couched\\nlances with them in heralding the good name and daring deeds of\\n3", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "34 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nCaptain Young and his glorious little squad. The outlaws had no\\nfriends now.\\nGREAT REVIVAL OF 1797.\\nIt seemed as if by special divine will, that a yet greater check\\nwas to be given any future life of theirs in the Green River country^\\nThis came in the shape of a great religious revival, certainly the most\\nwonderful and remarkable ever known prior to that time, and per-\\nhaps ever known since. Religious interest manifested itself in a most\\nmagical way, sweeping* like a prairie flame, and extending its in-\\nfluence in every direction. The entire Green River country, beginning\\nwith Warren County, was affected with this wonderful contagion. In\\nthose days there were very few, if any church buildings, and the pop-\\nulation small and very much scattered. No matter, this excitement\\nseized the entire population, permeating every nook and corner of the\\ncounties, flying here and there with all the indications of an incom-\\nprehensible outbreak. These were the days of the great divine, Rev.\\nJas. McGready, whose strong preaching drew hundreds around him,\\nand engaged their earnest work in behalf of the Master and His\\nKingdom on earth. Camp meetings became the order of the day,\\noften continuing for a month or more. These meetings were attended\\nby people who had come from fifty to one hundred miles away\\nnot curious amusement seekers, but men and women who had heard\\nand had come to be taught and learn. They were bent upon more\\nlight and grace spiritually, than they had ever been enabled to gather\\nfrom the solitude of a wilderness life. When assembled the body was\\na large one, a grand one, and great numbers, indeed a very great ma-\\njority, connected themselves with the church. Among that astonish-\\ning number of converts were many who had been suspected of being\\nthe secret abettors of the outlaws, but, notwithstanding the repulsive\\ntaint attaching to their moral character, they were welcomed into the\\nchurch and did afterwards become respectable and useful citizens.\\nThese meetings were conducted by eminent divines, the most\\nnoted of whom was the Rev. James McGready, then came Revs. Ran-\\nkin Hodge and William McGee, Presbyterian preachers, and John\\nMcGee, a brother of the last named gentleman, who was a Methodist\\npreacher. In addition to these the Rev. William Barnett, of that part\\nof the country, now known as Caldwell County, frequently officiated.\\nMr. Barnett was a remarkable man, and in addition to his wonderful\\npulpit and revival powers, is said possessed a voice absolutely sur-\\npassing belief.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 35\\nHon. Philip B. Matthews, to whom I am indebted for much of\\nthe foregoing interesting recollections of early times, affirms that he\\ncould be heard and understood at a distance of one mile-\\nIt was at these revivals a disease if it may be so called farsical\\nin its intervention and never before known, manifested itself. This\\nanomalous evidence of regeneration a sample of faith never before\\nwitnessed, a disease pedantic in its form partook of an impassioned\\nrestlessness, then the tremors, then the wriggles, then the shakes,\\nthen the flounders, then the staggers, and then the whole epileptic\\ncatalogue of nervous jerks, seized the victims, while the victims seized\\nthe nearest saplings and exerted herculean powers seemingly to un-\\nhinge themselves. This very remarkable outcropping of religious\\nfanaticism permeated the entire camp, creating among many a con-\\nsiderable deo^ree of alarm. The whole country became christianized,\\nand. society, law and order became the gainers thereby.\\nAt this time and a little after, there was an influx of most desir-\\nkble immigrants from other States. The Dixons, Alves, Harts, Cow-\\nans, Hillyers and others, from North Carolina; the Towles, Cabells,\\nSubletts, Townes, Terrys, Wilsons and Atkinsons, from Virginia\\nJohn J. Audubon, from Louisiana, and the Ingrams, Herndons and\\nothers, from Central Kentucky. The population had not only in-\\ncreased greatly in numbers, but the improvement in morals and in-\\ntelligence became very noticable. Henderson society, at that early\\nday, would compare favorably with any in the West, and the deeds of\\nviolence which had been so frequently committed in the still earlier\\nsettlement of the county were of rare occurrence.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER IV.\\nPIONEER TRIALS.\\nTN addition to the activity of General Samuel Hopkins in disposing\\nof the lots and lands of the proprietors and inducing immigra-\\ntion, it must be said that the representatives of the young State were\\nawake to the importance of the times, and if Kentucky lagged, no\\nfault could be laid at the door of the capital. Numerous difficulties,\\nhowever, pressed hard around the faithful pioneers ignorance of the\\ncountry, of the laws, and, above all, a lack of education. The great\\ndifficulty of communicating with the seat of Government, and the fact\\nof being shut out from the few news centers of the world, were obsta-\\ncles which our forefathers were compelled to contend with.\\nIn the settlement of disputed land claims, to bring order out of con-\\nfusion, rightful owners of lands located and improved were oftentimes\\ndislodged by the projected intrigues of designing sharpers. Survey-\\nors were not so expert in those days, nor were the instruments used\\nso faltless in design and manufacture as at this day. Erom these, and\\nother causes, many of the early settlers became disheartened and re-\\nturned to their former homes, or else emigrated to other parts of the\\ncountry. Notwithstanding these drawbacks and innumerable uncer-\\ntainties of breaking up homes in a settled State and removing with\\nthe winds, to one wild and comparatively unknown notwithstanding\\nthe trials and perplexities to be surmounted in traveling over the wild\\nand yet uninhabited territory, the population continued to increase.\\nGlorious stories of the flower-land were carried back to the At-\\nlantic States, until many of the inhabitants, impressed with the im-\\nportance of the new territory and the abundance in store for those", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "38 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nwho would seek it, determined one with another to emigrate and\\nshare with those who had preceded them, the riches of that charming\\nland. With a horse and wagon, a buggy perhaps, a faithful wife and\\nchildren, a dog and a gun, many ventured to leave their Eastern\\nhomes in search of this new land upon which it was said nature had\\nlavishly showered its richest blessings. Young men, and old ones\\nwho had but a few years at best to live plodded along over mountains\\nand through valleys, through forests and cane-brakes, unmindful of\\nthe dangers attending their every step. The women, undaunted, but\\nas brave and fearless as the men, trudged their way, sharing those\\ntrials and dangers incident to the pilgrims progress in many in-\\nstances of State history exhibiting such marked courage and disre-\\ngard of self-comfort and safety, in the face of dangers, as to nerve\\nand strengthen their male protectors who were leading them to this\\ngreat land of promise.\\nLAND TROUBLES.\\nNew difficulties gathered around the settlers as the population\\nincreased. Every fellow of them had come for land, and land he\\nwould have, no matter how it was to be gotten. Of course there\\nwere those among the number punctilliously honest, yet there were\\nin those days, as there are now, man sharks, keen-witted, and un-\\nscrupulous men, who, regardless of the rights of the weak and igno-\\nrant, and impressed solely and alone with the one aim of feathering\\ntheir own nests, resorted to all manner of legal and social technicali-\\nties, to possess themselves of what was not their own, and to dispos-\\nsess those of weak and unguarded business capacity of what properly\\nbelonged to them. Squatters, the pests of all early settlements, be-\\ncame abundant, and to this day their impudent but successful chican-\\nery is felt by the descendants of many of the early settlers. In many\\nvery many instances, rightful owners of lands were non-residents,\\nand their agents were either self-interested and unscrupulous, or else\\nneglected the important trusts committed to their keeping. Settle-\\nments were permitted to go by default, squatters were permitted to\\nlocate second warrants, and so on until lands were cut up into serpen-\\ntine shape, while title boundaries became outrageously entangled.\\nTo straighten these rascally-worked boundaries, in order to allot,\\nto the honest settler what was due him, necessarily entailed an ex-\\npense perhaps greater than the value of the land in controversy. None\\nof this was the fault of the law, although it has been frequently charged.\\nFrom 1792 to 1831 the Legislature of Kentucky, by the- passage\\nof many acts encouraging and granting relief to settlers, not only", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 39\\nevinced a marked interest in the population of this section, but did all,\\nand more too,than they ought to have done to aid and encourage immiga-\\ntion. Every inducement, both hl^eral and explanatory, was freely offered,\\nand the settler who- moved in the dark owed his ultimate misfortune\\nto his own ignorance, loseness, or over-confidence in his better posted,\\nand, perhaps, perfidious neighbor. Thus, as a result, land suits multiplied\\nand misery and untold disappointments were piled upon many who\\nhad surrendered comfortable homes to come to this new paradise. No\\none can but feel for these hardy old pioneers, who sacrificed upon the\\naltar of ignorance and misguided confidence, all they possessed of an\\nearthly competence, to assist in clearing up and opening to the world\\nthis now productive and wide-awake country. These men faced dan-\\nger in all of its manifold forms they suffered privations untold, that\\ntheir descendants might inherit the richness of their labors, and\\nyet these man sharks, backed by this same law, intended to pro-\\ntect the weak as well as the strong, swallowed up the loose and unsus-\\npecting with a keen relish.\\nTradionary and documentary evidences tell the story of many\\nlords of the land, who moved in disingenious shabbiness, and w^hose\\nintemperance and sensuality were not more reprehensible than their\\ngrasping greed for things not their own. As before stated, the Legis-\\nlature had passed, and continued to pass, act upon act, many of them\\nacts explanatory of acts and intended to aid the settler acts for the\\nextension of time, for locating surveys, for filing necessary papers, for\\nthe payment of fees, and for relief in many other ways, were passed\\nat every session of the General Assembly. The laws were as plain\\nas laws could be made; the system laid down was as beautiful in sim-\\nplicity as it was simple in every feature, and had the people followed\\nas directed, there never could have been any reason for a single dis-\\npute or land suit\\nIt is said the primitive- settlers the very first who came to this\\nsection of Kentucky, were men of some education and some means\\nmost of them were in the decline of life however. The second gen-\\neration, owing to the unsettled condition, and the positive want of in-\\nstruction, even in the primary branches of education, grew up as the\\ncane, and from this ignorance arose the troubles of various complex-\\nions, including vice and immoralities, which proved to be a draw-back\\nto the rapid development and growth of the section. The surveyors\\nand others appointed to aid the settlers in locating land surveys\\ngranted them, were ignorant men. Upon a close study of the laws\\nfrom the time of the separation from Virginia to the time all needful", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "40 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nlaws, having for their object the untangling of bungling misapprehen-\\nsions, and establishing a simple and harmonious system in the future,\\nhad been enacted, we are satisfied that it will be agreed that the Leg-\\nislature did all that it could do under the circumstances to aid and\\nenlighten the settlers.\\nBeginning with the year 1779, it will be seen that all of the land\\nlying between the Green and Tennessee Rivers, from the Alleghany\\nMountains to the Ohio River, except the tract of two hundred thou-\\nsand acres granted to Richard Henderson Co., had been reserved\\nby the State of Virginia for tlie officers and soldiers of the Virginia\\nState line, or continental and State establishment, to give them choice\\nof good lands, not only for the public bounty due to them for military\\nservice, but also in their private adventures as citizens. No persons\\nwere allowed by law to enter any part of the said lands until they\\nthe officers and soldiers, had first been satisfied. -Notwithstanding\\nthis reserve, guarded as it was by authority of enactment, many per-\\nsons in their hurry to squat upon some of this land of promise, actu-\\nally settled upon this reservation, thereby jeopardizing the preference\\nand benefit intended by the State of Virginia and concurred in by\\nKentucky. Therefore, as a consistant remedy, in October, 1779, the\\nGeneral Assembly of Virginia enacted an ultimatum seemingly hard\\nupon the pioneers between the two rivers, yet in strict conformity with\\nother acts passed prior to that time. By this law, all persons settling\\nafter that date upon the lands reserved for the officers and soldiers,\\nor those who having already settled thereon, who failed to remove\\nfrom the said reservation within six months from next after the end\\nof that session of the Assembly, should forfeit all his or her goods and\\nchattels to the Commonwealth, and for the recovery of which, the\\nAttorney for Virginia, in the County of Kentucky, for the time being\\nwas required to immediately after the expiration of said term, to enter\\nprosecution, by way of information in the courts of said county, on be-\\nhalf 01 the Commonwealth, and on judgment being obtained, imme-\\ndiately to issue execution and proceed to the sale of such goods and\\nchattels and then, if such person or persons so prosecuted, should\\nnot remove in three months, the Attorney was required to certify\\nto the Governor the name or names of the person or persons so re-\\nfusing, who was required to issue orders to the commanding officer of\\nthe said county, or to any officer in the pay of the State, to remove\\nsuch person or persons, or any others who might settle thereon, by\\nforce of arms, except such persons as had actually settled, prior\\nto the first day of January, 1778.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 41\\nB}^ the terms of the compact with Virginia, passed December 18,\\n1779, it was agreed that no grant of land or land warrant to be issued\\nby Kentucky, the then propose^ State, should interfere with any war-\\nrant issued prior to -that time from the land office of Virginia, on or\\nbefore the first day of September, 1791. That the unlocated lands of\\nthis district, which stood appropriated to individual, or discription of\\nindividuals, by the laws of Virginia for military or other services,\\nshould be exempted from the disposition of the proposed State of\\nKentucky, and should remain to be disposed of by the Commonwealth\\nof Virginia, according to such appropriation, until the first day of\\nMay, 1792, and no longer, and thereafter the residue oi all lands re-\\nmaining ii) the military reservation, should be subject to the disposi-\\ntion of Kentucky.\\nBy an act of the Assembly of Kentucky, passed December 21,\\n1795, about three years and a half after the expiration of the time stip-\\nulated in the compact with Virginia, concerning the appropriation of\\nthese reserved military lands had expired, it was discovered that a\\nnumber of people had settled on the vacant lands south of Green\\nRiver, under a belief that they were no longer to be taken by military\\nwarrants, and that the Legislature would grant them settlements there-\\nfor, upon their paying a moderate price for the same.\\nThe Legislature, by right of vested interest, ordained that\\nevery housekeeper or free person above the age of twenty-one years,\\nwho had actually settled on any land within that boundary, set apart\\nfor the said officers and soldiers on the south side of Green River,\\nwhich had not previously been taken by a military warrant, on or be-\\nfore the first day of January next following, and should actually reside\\nthereon at the time, should be entitled to any quanity of land not ex-\\nceeding two hundred acres, including such settlement, provided the\\nsettlement did not include any salt lick, or any body of ore. For the pur-\\npose of ascertaining who should be the rightful owner of the land, it\\nwas further enacted that three persons should be appointed with power\\nand authority to hear and determine the right of settlement at a\\ncourt to be held in Logan County, of which county Henderson was\\nthen a part. This court was invested with full power to hear and de-\\ntermine all disputes between settlers, and their decision was to be\\nfinal and without appeal. In case of a contest respecting the right of\\nsettlers, the person who made the first improvement should be pre-\\nferred, that the lands located by virtue of this act should be surveyed\\nwithin six months, and a plat and certificate lodged in the Register s\\noffice within six months from the time of the survey, upon which the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "42 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nRegister should issue a grant. All fixed fees were required to be\\npaid, and for a failure on the part of the settler to comply with the\\nlaw, then the survey was to revert back to the State. It was further\\nenacted, that no person should settle on any vacant or unappropriated\\nland within the State in future, with the expectation of being granted\\nthe preference of settlement.\\nSubsequently an act, entitled an act, for encouraging and grant-\\ning relief to settlers, approved March 1, 1797, was amended and re-\\nvised by an act approved February 10, 1798. The act of 1797, which\\nwas an amendment to the act of 1795, having been found defective,\\nit was enacted by way of amendment and revision, that any widow or\\nfree male person above the age of eighteen years, and every other\\nfree person, having a family, who should have or might actually settle\\nhimself or herself on any vacant or unappropriated land on the south\\nside of Green River, on or before the first day of July next. following,\\nclear and fence two acres, and tend the same in corn, should be en-\\ntitled to two and not less than one hundred acres of land, to include\\nhis or her settlement in any part of the survey, which he or she should\\nexpress in his or her entry provided a certificate of a settlement\\nsh5uld not be laid on the lands set apart for any salt lick or spring,\\nwith one thousand acres around the same, or for seminary purposes.\\nEvery person entitled to a settlement by virtue of this act, was re-\\nquired to lay in his or her claim before a board of three Commission-\\ners appointed by the Governor, when setting for that purpose, describ-\\ning the bounds of his or her lands, and furnishing proof of his or her\\nrights of settlement. Each person to whom a settlement was granted\\nagreeably to this act, was required to pay into the Treasury of the\\nState for each one hundred acres of first-rate land, sixtv dollars, and\\nfor all lands of inferior quality, fifty dollars, and for a failure to pay\\nthe amount and to obtain the Auditor s quietus according to law for\\nthe same, within twelve months from the time of granting such certifi-\\ncate, the land was to be forfeited to the State. In addition to this,\\neach settler obtaining a certificate agreeably to this act, was required\\nto enier the same with the Surveyor of the county in which the land\\nshould lie, and the same surveyed as nearly in a square as the inter-\\nvening claims would admit of, and to return a plat and certificate of\\nsurvey, accompanied by the Commissioners certificate, to the Regis-\\nter s office of the State, within twelve months from the time of obtaining\\nsuch certificate, and upon the payment of the usual fees the Register\\nwas required to issue a grant. For the purpose of determining who\\nwere entitled to a settlement under the provisions of this act, the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 43\\nCommissioners appointed by the Governor were empowered to hear\\nand determine the right of settlement, and the class to which said\\nland belonged. The Commissio^iers were directed to meet at the Court\\nHouse in Christian County, to which Henderson then belonged, on\\nthe third Monday in October, and to continue by adjournment until\\nthe business brought before them should be completed. In all dis-\\nputes between settlers, the priority of settlement, the oldest improve-\\nment made after the first day of March, 1797, was to have preference,\\nand no person was to obtain a certificate for more than one settle-\\nment provided any person who had actually settled him or herself on\\nany vacant land prior to March 1, 1797, and complied with the re-\\nquisition of this act, and resided thereon at the time of the meeting of\\nthe Commissioners, and who had not obtained a certificate from the\\nformer Commissioners, should be considered the oldest improved, but\\nin a dispute between settlers concerning the priority of improvement\\nunder this act, no improvement was to be considered as sufficient,\\nunless the person having made the same should have actually settled\\nthereon within four months from the time of improving. It was fur-\\nther enacted that any person who should obtain a settlement by virtue\\nof this act. and not reside thereon, either by himself or his or her\\nrepresentative, a least one year next succeeding the date of his or\\nher certificate, should forfeit all right, title and interest and claim to,\\nor in such settlement, and the same was to revert to the State, Any\\nperson who had obtained a certificate for a settlement under the act\\nof 1795, heretofore recited, and had failed to pay as required, were\\ngiven the further time of nine months to pay the same, without any\\nforfeiture, by paying six per cent, interest per annum, and if the prin-\\ncipal and interest was not paid within the nine months from the date\\nof the act, the lands not paid for should be at the disposition of the\\nLegislatiiie until the whole amount due thereon was paid anv person\\nwho had obtained a certificate of settlement and neglected to enter\\nthe same within the time limited by law with the surveyor, was granted\\nsix months further time to do so any person, who by a mistake may\\nhave settled on a military claim and obtained a certificate from the\\nCommissioners in conformity to the act of 1795, was given by this act\\ntwelve months time to remove from the same and settle himself or\\nherself on any vacant and improved land on the south side of Green\\nRiver. On February 12, 1798, an act to prevent illegal surveys on\\nthe south side of Green River w^as approved and a heavy penaltv\\nfixed for a violation thereof. On the twenty-second day of Decem-\\nber, 1798, another act allowing? the settlers south of Green River to", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "44 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\npay the money due the State in equal instaHments and for other pur-\\nposes, was passed. This act, after reciting the fact that the settlers\\non the south side of Green River labored under great inconveniences\\nfrom the scarcity of money, and to remedy the same, it was enacted\\nthat all persons who had obtained certificates under this act, passed\\nat the last session\\nEntitled an Act to Amend and Revise the Act, Entitled an Act for\\nEncouragin.^ and Granting Relief to Settlers on the south side of Green River,\\nshould be allowed to pay the same by equal annual installments, of one-fourth\\npart of the purchase money, together with lawful interest annually due on the\\nsame, the first annual payment to be made on or before the 15th of the follow-\\nino- November, That all claimants under any former acts passed previous to\\nthe year 1795, for the encouragement and granting relief to settlers, should\\nhave the further time of six months to pay into the Treasury the several\\nsums due from them, and during the time no forfeitures should accrue for any\\nfailure of pavment, according to the provisions of any former law.\\nOn December 10, 1799, one year afterwards, another act was\\npassed granting to settlers prior to the year 1797, who had not paid\\nthe sums due from them, the further time of ten months to pay the\\nsame. This same extension was granted to all persons who had ob-\\ntained certificates under the act of February 10, 1798. This act also\\ngave to settlers who, through mistake, had obtained a certificate on a\\nmilitary or for prior claim, the still further time of eighth months to\\nremove and locate the same on any other land on the south side of\\nGreen River not at that time legally appropriated. The further time\\nof eight months was given all persons who had obtained a certificate\\nunder any of the before-recited acts to survey the land to which they\\nmay have been severally entitled by this or any former act. On De-\\ncember 11, 1800, one year after, an act was passed granting further\\nrelief to settlers on the south side of Green River. In this act the\\nLegislature directed that all monies due at that time and to become\\ndue for lands 2:ranted bv the Commonwealth to settlers south of Green\\nRiver, shall be paid in nine annual installments, to be paid on the\\nfirst day of December in each year thereafter, until the whole amount\\nbe paid, with five per cent, interest. Again by this act the further time\\nof twelve months was allowed to all persons, who, through mistake,\\nhad obtained certificates for settlements formed on military claims, to\\nre-locate the same on any land on the south side of Green River, not\\nat the time legally appropriated, or entered for by any other person.\\nThe still further time of two years was given to all persons who had\\nobtained certificates on the south side of Green River, to enter and\\nsurvey the same nor was this the end, nor were settlements made at", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 45\\nthe expiration of the time on the contrary, settlers continued to im-\\nportune indulgencies, and the Legislature continued to grant them.\\nAn act, entitled, An Act to Reciuce the Price of Head-right Lands\\non the South Side of Green River, Approved December 13, 1831,\\nafter going on to recite that it had been represented that the lands\\nto be paid for to the Commonwealth, derived under Commissioners\\nCounty and Circuit Court certificates, to settlers south of Green River,\\nwere generally poor and of little value and owned and settled by poor\\npersons, actually ordained that the owner or owners of any such claim\\nor claims should be permitted to pay for them at the rate of five dol-\\nlars per hundred acres, and at that rate for a greater or smaller quan-\\ntity at any time within twelve months from and after the first day of\\nJanuary, 1831, an act to repeal the law then in existence in relation to\\nhead-right settlers, and to dispose of the balance of the debt due\\nthe Commonwealth on Commissioners County and Circuit Court\\ncertificates south of Green River, should be filed in the office of the\\nCounty Court of the county wherein the party resided, subject to the\\norder of the County Court, which was directed after the first day of\\nthe following November, to be determined on what public highway\\nor highways within their counties the money or labor arising or due\\nfrom said head-right debtors should be appropriated. The court was\\ndirected to appoint an overseer to lay out the said money or labor\\nupon any road in whatever manner the Court might direct. The\\noverseer was directed to collect the amounts due the Commonwealth,\\neither in money or labor, as the debtor might elect, and the overseers\\nreceipt acted as a quietus to the land claim, so far as the State was\\ninterested. So much of the act in force at that time as authorized the\\nowners of head-right certificates to have them surveyed and patented,\\nwas continued in force for two years longer but all claims not sur-\\nveyed and returned to the Register s office before the end of the above-\\nnamed time, were to be forfeited to the State, and might be taken up\\nand surveyed by any person in the same manner as other vacant lands\\nbelonging to the State.\\nIt was further enacted that each of the County Courts of the\\nCommonwealth should have full power and authority, in their discre-\\ntion, to surrender up to any widow, or poor persons, who might be\\nunable to pay, and who had been a settler on the land, any balance\\ndue from him, her or them, and, without payment, grant a certificate\\nto the Auditor in like form, as if the payment had been made in money\\nor labor. Again on the seventh day of February, 1834, an act to\\namend an act concerning head-right certificates, was approved. In", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "46 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nthis the owners of head-right certificates were given an additional\\ntwelve months, to file in the office of the County Clerk, their certifi-\\ncate as required by the act of 1833. An act entitled an act to reduce\\nthe price of head-right lands on the south side of Green River, ap-\\nproved December 13, 1831, was continued in force until the first day\\nof January, 1835. From the foregoing acts of the Kentucky Legisla-\\nture, concerning the early settlement of the territory south of Green\\nRiver, it will be seen that body was not alone active in the interest of\\nthe new comer, but solicitous that he should choose a safe beginning,\\nand in choosing it, make sure of a prosperous future. No petition of\\nthe people went unheeded, and it is quite probable, through the liber-\\nality of the Representatives, they were often imposed upon and se-\\nduced into doing things, which in their results, culminated in injury\\nrather than good to the people.\\nIn this chapter I have endeavored to give a brief history of the\\nearly laws, as applied to settlers, and from it may be gained a lesson\\nof the trials and tribulations of our ancestors. They were poor and\\nignorant and thus necessarily, from surrounding inconveniences, fell\\nheir to great anxiety of mind and body. We now, in this enlightened\\nage, can but poorly estimate what was done by them for us.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER V.\\nESTABLISHMENT AND ORGANIZATION OF HENDER-\\nSON COUNTY.\\nIN the earl} days of Henderson, when settlements were very few\\nand far between, the country wild, no roads, no conveniencies, no\\nn:iode of travel, save upon the back of a horse, or on foot, the means\\nof obtaining information from other parts of the country were poor\\nindeed. There were no mail facilities, no way of getting the news,\\nonly through the medium of one to another, who happened to be\\ntraveling from place to place. It is not strange, therefore, that the\\nacts of the Legistature were a long time finding their way to the peo-\\nple, and the people then a long time complying with the law. Offi-\\ncers of the law were distressingly few, and to institute legal proceedings\\nto settle land rights, was an undertaking most of the settlers rather\\nshrank from, than wished to undertake. The nearest courts were one\\nhundred to two hundred miles away, with no roads or bridges. A nar-\\nrow passageway or trail beaten by wild animals meandering through\\nthe cane, pea-vine, prairie grass and forest undergrowth, offered the only\\nhighway, and to make this- journey was both difficult and dangerous.\\nFor this reason, perhaps more than any other, many people failed to\\ncomply with the law, and what they had earned by honest hard toil was\\ntaken away by the more active settler of a speculative and unscrup-\\nulous turn of mind. There were few men in those days to counsel\\nwith, and matters could not be brought from shapeless confusion,\\nwith such comparative ease and reasonable expense as they were\\nwhen the county became mpre thickly populated. During the nine-\\nties, settlements were made in the county and town until it was deemed", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "A\\n-^4 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nadvisable to establish another county therefore to aid in the more\\nrapid developement of the Green Ri^^er country, on the 21st day of\\nDecember, 1798, the General Assembly of the State passed the fol-\\nlowing act\\nSection i. Be it enacted^ ^c.. That all of that part of the Count}- of\\nChristian, from and after the 15th day of May next, included in the following\\nlands to-wit Beginning on Trade Water, opposite the mouth of Montgomer-\\nies, thence to the head of Drake s Creek, thence down Drake s Creek to Pond\\nRiver and down the same to Green River, and down the same to the Ohio\\nRiver, and down the same to the mouth of Trade Water, and up the same to\\nthe beginning, shall be one distinct county, and called and known by the name\\nof Henderson. But the County of Henderson shall not be entitled to a separ-\\nate Representative until the number of free male inhabitants therein contained,\\nabove the age of twenty-one years, shall entitle them to one representation,\\nagreeable to the ratio that shall hereafter be established by law.\\nSec. 2. The Qiiarter Sessions Court for the County of Henderson\\nshall be held annually on the first Tuesday in the months of March, May, July\\nand October, and the County Courts tor said county shall sit the same day in\\nevery other month, in which the Courts of Qiiarter Sessions are not herein\\ndirected to be held, in such manner, as is provided by law in respect to other\\ncounties within this State.\\nSec 3. The Justices of the Court of Qiiarter Sessions and County Courts\\nnamed in the Commissions for said county, shall meet at Samuel Bradley s\\nTavern, in the Town of Henderson, in the said county, on the first court day\\nafter said division takes place, and having taken the oath prescribed by law,\\nand a Sheriff being qualified to act, the Justices of the said courts shall proceed\\nto appoint a clerk, separately to their respective courts, as they may severally\\nchoose to do, and to fix on a place to erect the public buildings in said county\\nwhere the courts for said county thereafter shall be held.\\nThis act made it lawful for the Sheriff of Christian County to\\nmake distress fot any public dues or officers fees unpaid by citizens,\\nwithin the bounds of the new county at the time the division should\\ntake place also, that the Courts of Christian County should have\\njurisdiction in all actions and suits depending therein at the time of\\nsaid division, and should try and determine the same, issue process,\\nand award execution. This act took effect May 15, 1799. Hender-\\nson was now a full-fledged county, with established boundaries, includ-\\ning ample territory, one would think, for all practical and reasonable\\npurposes, yet there was a disposition to claim the peninsula north-\\nwest of the Ohio River, and now known as the bayou in Union Town-\\nship, Indiana. Title Papers calling for lines in that territory which\\nwas claimed as a part of Christian County, are of record in the County\\nClerk s office at this time. For a long time this disputed question\\nremained unsettled. On the 27th day of January, 1810, the Legisla-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "PIRST COURT HOUSE.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 49\\nture of Kentucky settled the question, by the passage of the following\\npreamble and enactment\\nWhereas, Doubts are suggested whether the counties calHng for the\\nOhio River in the boundary line extend to the State Hne on the northwest\\nside of said river, or whether the margin of the southeast side is the limit of\\nthe county\u00e2\u0080\u0094 to explain which-.5^ it enacted, -c.. That each County of this\\nCommonwealth calling for the river Ohio, as the boundary line, shall be con-\\nsidered as bounded in that particular by the State line, on the northwest side\\nof said river, and the bed of the river and the Islands thereof, shall be in their\\nrespective counties holding the main land opposite thereto within this State,\\nand the several county tribunals shall hold jurisdiction accordingly.\\nSubsequent to this in a suit of Handley s lessee, versus Anthony,\\nconcerning Kentucky s jurisdiction over the peninsula in Indiana\\nopposite the Town of Henderson, the Court of Appeals of Kentucky\\ndecided among other things\\n-That the boundary of the State of Kentucky extends only to low water\\nmark on the western or northwestern side of the river Ohio, and doesnotin-\\nclude a peninsula or island on the western or northwestern bank, separated\\nfrom the main land by a channel or bayou, which is filled with water, only\\nwhen the river rises above its banks, and is at other times dry.\\nThis decision has forever settled the boundary line of Henderson\\nCounty, so far as her northwestern line is concerned. In pursuance\\nof the act heretofore recited, creating the County of Henderson, the\\nfive Justices of the County Court and the three of the Court of Quar-\\nter Sessions, commissioned by his excellency, the Governor, met for\\nthe first time at Bradley Tavern, in the Town of Henderson, on the\\nfourth day of June, 1799, and organized their courts according to law.\\nThe first record says\\nThis being the day directed by an. act of the General Assembly, for the\\nmeeting of the Courts of Justices thereof aforesaid, for the purposes therein\\nexpressed, the said officer*- met as aforesaid, and constituted their courts in\\nmanner and form following: Present, Samuel Hopkins, Abraham Landers,\\nand Hugh Knox, Gentlemen Justices of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Hen-\\nderson County. Present, Charles Davis, Jacob Barnett, Daniel Ashby, John\\nHusbands, Eneas McCallister and Jacob Newman, Gentlemen Justices of the\\nPeace and County Court, for Henderson County. A commission from his\\nexcellency, the Governor of the State, bearing date December 22, 179S, di-\\nrected to Charles Davis, Jacob Barnett, Daniel Ashby, John Husbands,\\nEneas McCallister and Jacob Newman, Esq s., appointing them Justices of\\nthe Pea in this county, was produced and read, whereupon the said gentle-\\nmen took the oath prescribed by the Constitution, and were qualified a^ ccord-\\ningly commission from his excellency, the Governor, bearing date Decem-\\nber 22, 1798, directed to Andrew Rowan. Esq., appointing him Sherift of the\\nCounty, was produced and read, whereupon the said Andrew Rowan took the\\n4", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "50 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\noath prescribed bv the Constitution, and with Daniel Ashby and Jacob New-\\nman, his sureties entered into, and acknowledged their bond in the penalty of\\none thousand dollars for the said Rowan s duly and faithfully performing the\\nsaid office of Sherift according to law\\nThe Court of Quarter Sessions then proceeded to appoint a clerk\\nand John David Haussman was appointed, whereupon the said Hauss-\\nman took the oath, c., and entered into bond, with General Samuel\\nHopkins his surety. The County Court proceeded to appoint a clerk,\\nand John David Haussman was appointed, and with General Samuel\\nHopkins, his surety, entered into bond, c. Edward Talbott produced\\na commission from the Governor, appointing him Surveyor of the\\ncounty, whereupon he, with Isham Talbott, his surety, entered into\\nbond in the penalty of one thousand pounds for the faithful perform-\\nance of his duties.\\nThe Justices of the Court of Quarter Sessions, and the Justices\\nof the County Court consociated, proceeded to consider and fix upon\\na place for the seat of Justice of Henderson County, and having con-\\nsulted together, ordered and determined that the public buildings be\\nerected on the Public Square in the Town of Henderson, and that the\\ncourts for the county be held in the said Town. The Justices having\\ndetermined on such matters as were confided to them conjointly by\\nlaw, dissolved their sitting. The County Court continued in session,\\nall of the qualified Justices being present. The first business pre-\\nsented to the court, was an indenture of bargains and sale from\\nHenry Purviance for himself, and as an attorney in fact for others, the\\nsame was acknowledged and ordered to be recorded. The court then\\nadjourned to the school house.\\nRATHER INDEFINITE.\\nThe foregoing copy of the record is about as clear and compre-\\nhensive as most of the orders to be found during the official term of\\nMr. Haussman evidently that gentleman never expected a history of\\nthe county from its beginning to be written, and had he kept his books\\nwith the view of furnishing as little information to the historian as\\npossible, he could hardly have succeeded more thoroughly than he\\nhas done. It would be a hard matter at this time to tell from Mr.\\nHaussman s books and papers where Bradley s Tavern and the school\\nhouse stood at the time he was clerk. It would have been an easy\\nmatter, had he simply added the number of the lot or lots. After an\\nextended research through the old records, and repeated conversa-\\ntions with many of the oldest inhabitants, it is pretty generally settled\\nthat Bradley s Tavern stood on the east side of Main between First", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 51\\nand Second Streets, and the school house stood in the site now occu-\\npied by the store house of Thomas Evans, on the northeast corner of\\nMam and Second Streets. Th?se houses were built after the primi-\\ntive style, unhewn logs being used for walls arid logs hewn on one side\\nfor joists. The school house was a small affair, perhaps not exceed-\\ning fourteen feet square in the clear. To continue with the records\\nof the first County Court, we find that the non-cupative will of Joseph\\nMason, deceased, was produced in court, proved by the oath of\\nRachel Thompson, and ordered recorded. In this will a portion of\\nthe peninsula lying on the Indiana side, of which we have spoken,\\nwas devised and the same mentioned as being a part of Christian\\nCounty, lying in the northwestern part. The county being without\\na prison house, it was ordered that^Samuel Hopkins, Eneas McCal-\\nhster and John Husband, or any two of them, report to the next\\nAugust meeting a plan whereon to erect a public jail, likewise what\\naddition ought to be made to the present school house to make it\\nmore convenient for holding courts. Jonathan Anthom was appointed\\nthe first constable, executing bond and taking the oath prescribed by\\nlaw. Court then adjourned signed, Charles Davis.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER VI.\\nTHE FIRST COUNTY COURT HUMOR OF THE PEOPLE\u00e2\u0080\u0094 SURVEYING AND\\nOPENING THE ROADS.\\ny^HE meeting of the first court of Henderson County was the occa-\\nsion of much rejoicing. The Justices and under officers imme-\\ndiately became sovereign lords, and were gazed at, upon the adjourn-\\nment of that imposing body, as though they were of shape curious, or\\nhad mysteriously inherited the power of relieving all ills. They were\\ncourted and feasted, and button-holed, as though they were new-\\ncomers, with all authority and power. In those early days the honor\\nattaching to a commission signed and sealed by the Governor was as\\nhighly prized as though it was one of our modern papers, ornamented\\nwith variagated sealing wax, pink ribbons, or red tape, bearing upon its\\nface the authority to draw upon Uncle Sam for six thousand or more\\ndollars per annum. It was fortunate that there was but little use for\\nmoney, as there was but little of it to be had. There were no expen-\\nsive amusements, no extravagant social pastime, no glittering extrava-\\ngancies, or cultured professionals, to draw from the buckskin wallet\\nshining values for an hour s season with the great masters. But there\\nwas an abundance of good cheer; there was the rude, untutored,\\nuncultured swing, of the wild woods fiddler, as he made the welkin.\\nring, tickling the souls of unblacked brogans with the inspiring har-\\nmonies of Leather Breeches, Molly Put the Kettle On, or Buf-\\nfalo Gals. Little did those people know of your operas, grand recep-\\ntions, or swell occasion. A puncheon floor, splintery and unadzed,\\nwheron to dance a puncheon table, whereon to place their earthern\\nor wooden tableware, a log-heap, sending its sparks up to the clouds,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "54 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nwhereon to broil the richest of meats, and then to swing corners with\\nthe rosy cheeked lasses of the wild West, was fashion and glory enough\\nfor them. They had their pleasures, and snuffed freedom from every\\nbreeze. The woods, barrens and the water courses were theirs all\\ndescriptions of wild game were in gun shot of their cabin doors. The\\nland was susceptible of the highest culture, and thus the forefathers\\nof many of us stood monarchs over wants, rejoicing, as they had a\\nright to, in a promise of a bountiful plenty showered upon them with\\nan unmeasured hand. To open up the country to travel, to clear out the\\nundergrowth, to settle down to the realities of life, and to regulate the\\nsettlement according to the forms of progress and law, became the\\nmost important question. The State had been admitted into the\\nUnion of States, the county had been recognized by the State, and\\nup to this time the strong arm of the law had seldem ever brought its\\nprotecting fold around the few hardy pioneers of the Red Banks.\\nbut the DAY HAD COME.\\nThe settlement of the county was on the increase, and to keep\\nstep with their more advanced neighbors, was one of the determina-\\ntions formerly fixed Backed by the authority of the young Common-\\nwealth, they began in earnest to open up lands to bring an uninhab-\\nited wilderness from its rude originality to green fields of growing\\ngrain to substitute in place of wolves, herds of cattle and sheep, graz-\\ning upon a thousand hills; to bring civilization from a comparatively\\nwild state of individual laxity, by organizing courts, building rude\\ntemples of justice, and prison houses such as their limited means\\nwould allow substituting public roads for the trails of wild animals,\\nclearing up the land for cultivation, and such other things contem-\\nplated by law, and the progress of the times in other parts of this\\ngreat country. The second meeting of the County Court was held in\\nthe old log school house on the first Tuesday in August, 1799. The first\\nbusiness coming before the court was the proposition to establish pub-\\nlic roads, whereupon the following order was passed\\nsmith s ferry ROAD.\\nOrdered, that Samuel Hopkins, Jacob Barnett and Thomas Willingham,\\nor any two of them, mark and lay off a road from the Public Square, in the\\nTown of Henderson, to Smith s Ferry, on Green River, and Samuel Hopkins\\nis appointed surveyor of that road from the Town of Hendersr n to the main\\nfork of Lick Creek, and Thomas Willingham, from the main fork of Lick\\nCreek to the ferry; and it is further ordered, that the said Samuel Hopkins,\\nwith his own hands Arend Rutgers, with his hands; Jacob Barnett, with his\\nhands; Russell Hewett, with his hands; Joshua Fleehart, Thomas Smith and\\nRgl^ert B^ird, open the said road and keep it in repair from the public square", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 55\\nin Henderson to the main fork of Lick Creek, and that John Kilgore, Thomas\\nFreels, John Knight Nerod Franceway, Elijah Griffith, Lawrence Raw-\\nlasson, Jr., William Rawlasson, Isaac Knight, Nathan Young. Jacob Van-\\nkird, Michael Hog, Adam Hay, Alt^ McGlaughlin, Thomas Stoll, Charles\\nDavis and his male laboring tithables, Adam Lawrence, Jr., John Lawrence,\\nIsaac Lusade and Jesse Kimbell, upou the said road and keep it in repair from\\nthe main fork of Lick Creek, to Smith s Ferry.\\nThis was the first road established in Henderson County. It\\nran to a point two miles beyond Hebardsville, where it bore to the\\nright, and approached Green River at a point about one, or one and\\na half miles above the present Henderson and Owensboro Ferry.\\nThis was the crossing place for many years, but subsequently changed\\nto Calhoun Ferry, the now crossing place. Under an act concerning\\npublic roads passed by the General Assembly, February 25, 1797,\\nthis road was surveyed and opened, yet we have no record of viewers\\neven having been appointed. From this it is reasonable to conclude\\nthat this route had been opened prior to 1799 and recognized as a\\npublic road, considerably traveled. The distance from Henderson to\\nSmith s Ferry was fully twenty miles, and mostly over a hilly, rugged\\ncountry, hence the difficulties the few men who were required to mark,\\nlay off and keep in repair the said road must have labored under.\\nThere were but two surveyors and twenty-eight whites, and four or\\nfive colored laboring tithables to do the work required over the whole\\nline of twenty miles, a work which included clearing, grubbing, level-\\ning, filling and ditching thirty feet wide. From the list of men ap-\\npointed to do this work, the reader may form an idea of the popoula-\\ntion of the county at that time, remembering, of course, that many of\\nthose named lived fully five and some eight miles from the line of the\\nroad. Under the law of 1797, all male laboring persons from the age of\\nsixteen years or more, as well as colored male laboring tithables, were\\nappointed by the court, to work upon some public road. This being\\nthe first and only public road in the county and only twenty-eight\\npersons to be found within its whole length of twenty miles, it will\\nnecessarily be inferred that settlers at that early date were really few\\nand far apart. These few men and boys were required to open and\\nkeep this road in repair. The road was to be kept well cleared and\\nsmoothed thirty feet wide at least. Bridges and causeways twelve feet\\nwide were to be made and kept in repair, and for a failure to do anv\\nof the work required, the party failing to attend with proper tools for\\ncleaning the road, or refusing to work the same, subjected himself\\nto a fine of seven shillings for every day s offense. To comply with\\nthe law, was either an impossibiltity, or else the surveyors were totally", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "56 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nincompetent, for it will be seen as this work progresses with the\\nbusiness of the Court of Quarter Sessions, that it was a certain\\nfeature of that court s business, at each session to find bills of indict-\\nments against a large majority of road surveyors of the county for\\nfailure to keep some parts of their road or roads in repair.\\nCLEAR CREEK ROAD.\\nAt the same County Court when the Smith s Ferry Road had been\\ndisposed of, it was ordered that Abraham Landers, John McCombs,\\nJohn Seeper, William Stewart and John Rover, or any three of them,\\nbe appointed to mark out a road from the Public Square, within the\\nTown of Henderson, in the direction of Clear Creek, and report the\\nconveniences and inconveniences. At the September court, the\\nCommissioners reported having performed their duty, and marked a\\nroad running through the lands of Dr. Adam Rankin, Captain Ed-\\nmond Hopkins, John Slover, Sr., Isham Sellers, Jacob Newman, near\\nRobinson Lick, John Slover, Jr., on a fork of Trade Water, where it was\\nsupposed the road must necessarily divide itself into several forks, viz:\\nto Nashville, Lexington and Christian. They also reported the route\\nnearly a direct south one, and from its direction would tend much to\\nthe convenience and utility of the present inhabitants of the county\\nin general. A summons was directed to issue against the land own-\\ners, to show cause, if any, why the road should not be opened. At\\nthe following November meeting of the court, in obedience to sum.\\nmons, the land owners consented to the opening of the road, and\\nthereupon it was\\nOrdered that the said road from the Town of Henderson to the mouth\\nof Clear Creek he opened, and that Edmund Hopkins he appointed surveyor\\nfrom the Square in the Town of Henderson to tlie line of the Henderson\\nCo, Grant, and that he, witli his own male tithables Dr. Adam Rankin. Sher-\\nwood Hicks, James Worthington, Jocob Newman, Abraham Landers, John\\nLanders. William Laurence, Rawland Hughes Josenli Worthington and their\\nmale tithable open the road and keep it in repair. Wjjliam Black was ap-\\npointid sur\\\\e\\\\ or from the line of the grant to the old trace from Cumberland\\nto Robertson s Lick, and he, witli John Leeper, Jacob Newman Matthew\\nKenny. John Christian, Matthew Christian. Nevil Lindsay, Philemon Rich\\nards, James Veach, Isham Sellers, Ephriam Sellers John Slover, Isaac Slover,\\nJohn Slover, Jr., John McCombs. William McCombs. James Hopkins, Wil-\\nliam M. Fullerton, Henry Smith. Asha Webb. Andrew Black. John Locks,\\nWilliam IJui^hes. David Hughes, Eneas McCallister, Eneas McCallister, Jr.,\\nJesse McCallister. John Hancock, Robert Robertson, John Reyburn, John\\nReyburn. Jr Peter Ruby, Joel Sugg, John Suttles, Joshua Kates, Martin\\nKates, and such male tithabl^? as they may own, open and keep the said road\\nin repair.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 57\\nSince the establishment of this road, so many alterations have been\\nmade, and so many new roads established, that it is impossible to lo-\\ncate it with any degree o\u00c2\u00a3 accur^y. Enough is known, however, to\\njustify the conclusion that that portion of the Knob Lick Road to a\\npoint six or seven miles out, was the original Henderson and Clear\\nCreek Road. The same difficulties which attended the opening of the\\nfirst road established, were found in the opening of this road. Those\\nwho now ride over the broad smooth roads of the county little know\\nthe trials, troubles and hard work the handful of early settlers had\\nin opening and clearing these long lines of public thoroughfares. It\\nis not the purpose of this work to attempt the history of each road in\\nthe county, for that would prove an endless task, and so multiply its\\npages as to make it not only uninteresting, but cumbersome. We\\ntake it that the location of the main roads of the county leading out\\nof the city, and into which all of the other roads of the county run,\\nwill be all that is required and all that is necessary.\\nSPOTTSVILLE ROAD.\\nIn 1817 the road, which is now known as the Henderson and\\nSpottsville Road, was established twenty-five feet wide from the Town\\nto Race Creek, and from thence to Hopkins Ferry on Green River.\\nEVANSVILLE ROAD.\\nDuring the same year Richard Hart, John Weller, Enoch Sevier\\nand John Stayden were appointed to view a road from Henderson to\\nEvansville. In July, 1818, one year after, John Weller, John Upp,\\nDaniel Smith and Samuel Buttler were appointed to view the same\\nroute. In 1819, Daniel Smith, Daniel McBride, William Smith,\\nJohn Williams, and Robert Terry, were appointed for the same pur-\\npose and every report made by the viewers proved objectionable to\\nthe land owners along the line. At the August term, 1822, a writ\\nad quod damnum issued and was tried by the following jurors Robert\\nTerry, W. R. Bovven, Walter C. Langley, Joel Lambert, W. H. In-\\ngram, John Weller, Samuel H. Davis, Robert G. Slayden, James H.\\nLyne, Obediah Smith, Leonard H. Lyne and Thomas Herndon, who\\nreturned the following verdict.\\nWe, of the jury, find that John Smith, one of the contestants, is en-\\ntitled to five dollars and seventy-five cents. John Hart, to fifty dollars.\\nAn order was then made by the court, establishing this a public\\nroad, and the damages awarded by the jury to be paid out of the\\ncounty levy for that year.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "58 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nMORGANFIELD ROAD.\\nIn 1822 it was\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nOrdered by the court that the road leading from the Town of Hender-\\nson to the county line enr6ute to Morganfield, in the direction of Davis Mill,\\non Highland Creek, be opened twenty feet wide, cleared, smoothed and es-\\ntablished as one of the public roads of this Commonwealth, and that Charles\\nWalden be appointed surveyor, and directed to open the same,\\nDavis Mill was located about one mile below the present cross-\\ning on the Smith Mills route. Some time after the location of this\\nroad, Clementine Wimsatt and others procured an order changing the\\ncrossing from Smith Mills to the Union County line, to the one used\\nat the present time. For several years there was no bridge built\\nacross Highland Creek, and during the dry months it was easily\\nforded. In times of high water, and during the winter and spring\\nmonths, Mr. Wimsatt kept a ferryboat, which was used in crossing by\\nstage and other vehicles. Since that time there have been many\\nchanges made in this road.\\nDIAMOND ISLAND AND KNOB LICK ROAD.\\nIn 1823, a road from Diamand Island to the Knob Lick Road,\\nfifteen feet wide, was established. This road followed the Ohio River\\nto a point two miles below Alves Bluff, where it diverged at right\\nangles, passing and crossing the Henderson and Morganfield Road at\\nthe present site of the Town of Geneva, from thence to Corydon and\\nCairo, and thence to the Knob Lick Road.\\nCORYDON ROAD.\\nIn 1824 an order was passed to view a road fifteen feet wide,\\nfrom the bridge on the Henderson and Morganfield Road, to intersect\\nthe Diamond Island Road beyond Grixon Brown s. This was done and\\nGrixon Brown appointed surveyor. This road is now known as the\\nCorydon Road, and leaves the Henderson and Morganfield Road just\\nbelow the bridge over Canoe Creek, three miles from the city.\\nVACANT LANDS APPROPRIATED.\\nIn the year 1831, an act of the General Assembly of Kentucky\\nwas passed appropriating all vacant lands in Henderson County to the\\nimprovement of roads. By this act the Register of the land office was\\ndirected to issue to Henderson County, free of costs, two hundred and\\nfifty dollars worth of land warrants, containing five hundred acres\\neach, which said warrants the County Courts were authorized to have\\nsurveyed upon any vacant or unappropriated land lying in the county,\\nand carry the same into grant, and to then dispose of the same or any\\npart thereof, and apply the proceeds to the improvement of the mail", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 59\\nroad, from Smith s Ferry, on Green River, to the Union County line.\\nThese lands were designed to be sold agreeably to that act, and for\\nthat purpose William D. Allison^, clerk of the County Court, at its\\nJanuary meeting, was appointed agent for the county to dispose of the\\nland warrants granted to the said court, with full power to locate said\\nwarrants, or sell or transfer the same. Subsequent to this act the\\nCounty Court passed the following order\\nOrdered that the land warrants granted to the County of Henderson by\\nthe Legislature be appropriated to the road from the Town of Henderson to\\nthe Union County line on the road leading to Morganfield, and that Thomas\\nTowles be appointed Superintendent of the works.\\nIn the year 1834 the road from Henderson to the mouth of\\nGreen River was established fifteen feet wide, with John Weller, Sr.,\\nsurveyor, who was directed to open the same and keep it in repair.\\nIn 1835, February 18, the Legislature passed an act, providing that\\nall the lands within the Commonwealth east and north of the Tenn-\\nessee River, vacant and unappropriated on the first day of August,\\n1835, should be vested in the respective County Court of the counties\\nin which said lands might lie, to be sold at five dollars per one hun-\\ndred acres, and that the proceeds arising therefrom be appropriated\\nto a fund constituted for the improvement of the roads and bridges\\nof the county, and for no other purpose.\\nSTATE ROADS.\\nIn the same month of the same year another act was passed\\ndeclaring the Smith s Ferry and Henderson, and Henderson and Mor-\\nganfield Roads a State road in connection with the road running\\nfrom the mouth of Salt River to Shawneetown, Illinois. By this -act,\\nthe court was directed to lay off the road from Green River to the\\nUnion County line, into convenient precincts, and to allot to each\\nSurveyor a sufficient number of hands to keep the road in good repair\\nthirty feet wide and free from stumps. The County Court, under the\\nprovision of this act, was not allowed to alter or change this road. It\\nseems the Commissioner of the County Court experienced some diffi-\\nculty in finding vacant lands at that time, for at the October meeting\\nof the Court the following order was passed\\nAll persons finding and informing the court of this county of any va-\\ncant and unappropriated lands in this county, shall have a pre-emption right\\nof buying the same from the court at ten per cent, less than the assessed\\nvalue.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "60 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nThe revenue accruing to the county from this source, while not\\nlarge, was nevertheless a considerable help, going towards the object\\nfor which it was intended. Aside from this, the court was not punctil-\\nliously particular in appropriating the money arising from the sale of\\nvacant lands, as the Legislature intended, for we find in 1836 the\\nfollowing order passed at the October Court of Claims\\nOrdered that the sum of five hundred dollars heretofore appropriated\\nbe placed to the order of the Board of Internal Improvements to be applied,\\nin addition to tl\\\\e sum of one thousand dollars, appropriated by the Legisla-\\nture at their session of 1835 and 36, for the improvements of the roads of Hen-\\nderson County tolicused for the purpose of building a county poor liouse.\\nHowever, in 1838, the following appropriations for the improve-\\nments of roads, were made Three hundred to improve what was\\nknown as Robinson s flat, two and a half miles out on the Knob Lick\\nRoad, one hundred dollars to the road to Calhoun s Ferry, on Green\\nRiver, the ferry having been changed from Smith s, four hundred on\\nthe road leading to Madisonville and four hundred on the road lead-\\ning to Morganfield. For these amounts the Commissioners appointed\\nby the County Court to superintend the work were authorized to\\ndraw upon the agent of the Internal Revenue Fund.\\nSTATE ROAD TO HOPKINSVILLE.\\nIn 1841, an act, entitled an act to establish a State Road from\\nHenderson through Madisonville to Hopkinsville, was approved Jan-\\nuary 26. In obedience to this act, the County Court of Henderson\\nCounty appointed Willie Sugg and Levin W. Arnett Commissioners\\nfor the county, to meet Mark- A. Bone and Frederick Wood, of Hop-\\nkins County, and Reading Barfield, of Christian County, for the pur-\\npose of viewing the old road. At the October court the Commissioners\\nreported having viewed the route, and at the November court follow-\\ning, they, together with Samuel Morton, Surveyor William H.Thom-\\nasson and William Morton, chain carriers, and James Bishop, marker,\\nwere allowed such fees as the law prescribed should be paid. Mr.\\nMorton was allow^ed for three days work, the time spent by him in sur-\\nveying the route through Henderson County. The report of the Com-\\nmissioners was adopted and the road established and recognized as a\\nState road, although a route from Henderson to Madisonville had been\\nestablished many years prior to that time, yet this was the first impor-\\ntant recognition of the road.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 61\\nFLOYD AND LOCKETT ROAD.\\nIn 1855 application was ma^e by Dr. W. B. Floyd and Thomas\\nJ. Lockett, for the opening and location of a public road from Thomas\\nW. Royster s to intersect the Madisonville Road at a point between\\nthe old homestead of John T. Hopkins and Canoe Creek. On this\\napplication it was ordered by the court, that Enoch Spencer, William\\nG. Denton, Joseph McMullen, and John D. Weller, be appointed\\nviewers to this John T. Hopkins and S. J. Hawkins, through a por-\\ntion of whose land it was proposed to locate the road, objected, and\\non their motion another set of viewers, to-wit James Alves, Mad-\\nison M. Denton, John A. Randolph, Wyatt H. Ingram and W. R. Rudy,\\nwere appointed to view the road from Thomas W. Royster s to\\nintersect the Madisonville Road at a point two or three miles\\nfurther on toward Madisonville. The route, as proposed by Floyd and\\nLockett, began at Thomas W. Royster s and ran thence through the\\nlands of Joseph McMuUin and Thomas Spencer, thence on the lines\\nof Elizabeth Denton, John H. Spencer, Thomas B. Higginson, Samuel\\nD. Denton, William G. Denton and Enoch Spencer, thence over the\\nlands of Madison M. Denton, Thomas D. Talbott, Mary S. Talbott,\\nThomas J. Lockett, and on to the old Slover Flat Road, thence over\\nthe lands of Mrs. Chinoe Smith, to Sugg s corner on Alves line, thence\\non this line to his corner, thence on Edgar Sugg s line to the corner\\nof the horse-lot on the Edgar Sugg s farm, now owned by Gabe D.\\nSugg, thence over the land of S. J. Hawkins to what is known by the\\nname of the Agnew route, thence with said Agnew s route to the\\nMadisonville Road leading to Henderson. On the twenty-fifth day of\\nFebruary, 1856, the viewers reported and summons was directed to\\nissue against the land owners, a writ of ad quod dam?ium was issued\\nand tried as to all except Hopkins, in whose case the jury hung.\\nJune, 1856, the apjplicants and J. T. Hopkins entered into agreement\\nthat Y. E. Allison, Judge of the County Court, might go upon the land\\nof said Hopkins and assess the damages. This the Judge very sensi-\\nbly declined to do. August, 1856, Hopkins and Hawkins moved to\\nquash the returns. This motion was overruled and the road ordered\\nto be opened and established as a public road thirty feet wide from\\nThomas W. Royster s to the Henderson and Madisonville Road at\\nJohn T. Hopkins and over and along the route reported by the\\nviewers. It was further ordered that the expense of building five\\nbridges reported to be necessary, was too great for the precinct or pre-\\ncincts of the road. To all of this Hopkins and Hawkins objected\\nand prayed an appeal to the Circuit Court, which was granted At the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "62\\nHISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nDecember term of the Circuit Court, a decree was rendered reversing\\nfor sufficient reasons, the proceeding of the County Court, so far as\\nHopkins and Hawkins were concerned. On the twenty-ninth day of\\nOctober another writ of ad quod da7}iniim was awarded by the hi^^her\\ncourt and was tried upon the premises by the following jurors J. E.\\nJackson, Larkin White, R. E. Moss, Thomas McFarland, P. D. Neg-\\nley, VV. S. Pamplin, James S. Hicks, E. T. Cheatham, John Walden,\\nJames White, W. B. Smith and J. W. Tapp. This jury returned the\\nfollowing\\nVERDICT\\nJohn Hopkins, for damages, one thousand and seventj-seven dollars;\\nS, J. Hawkins, for same, two hundred and eighty-one dollars and seventy-five\\ncents.\\nApril, 1858, Thomas J. Lockett, Wm. Lockett and Andrew Agnew\\nagreed with the County Court to have three of the five bridges built at\\nno expense to the county, whereupon it was ordered that the road be\\nopened as first directed. This proceeding was still resisted by Hop-\\nkins and Hawkins, but finally compromised. Then the road was\\nestablished and laid off into one precinct, with Thomas Spencer as\\noverseer. There was never, perhaps, a public county road established\\nwhich engendered so much bitterness of feeling and had such a bill of\\ncosts attaching to it as was the case in this Floyd and Lockett Road.\\nFor three years it was fought in the courts, and a host of witnesses\\nsummoned to testify. Eminent lawyers were employed on both sides,\\nand every technicality known to the law was taken advantage of by\\nboth parties. The road cost the co nty a large amount of money nev-\\nertheless, it has been a blessing greatly enjoyed by the inhabitants of\\nFrog Island and others adjacent to the line.\\nA NUISANCE.\\nThe old road service, or system, established by law for road-work-\\ning, was always regarded by most persons as one faulty in the extreme,\\nand not more than one remove from a nuisance. All male laboring\\npersons of the age of sixteen years or more, except such as were mas-\\nters of two or more male laboring slaves, of the age of sixteen years\\nor more, were appointed by the court to work on some public road.\\nEvery person so appointed was required, upon notice of the Surveyor,\\nplaced over him, to attend with proper tools for clearing the road, or\\ndo such work as might be allotted him, or to find some other person\\nequally able to work in his room. In case of his failure to attend\\nwhen summoned, he was required to pay the sum of seven shillings,\\nsixpence for every day s offense. If the delinquent was an infant or", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 63\\nminor, the sum was to be paid by his parent, guardian or master, or,\\nif a slave or servant, by his overseer or master. The amount could\\nbe recovered by the overseer of the road before any Justice of the\\nPeace within his county, and one-half of the fine was to go to the\\noverseer of the road. For this work the laborers were entitled to\\ncredit on their account of good citizenship. This continued until 1821,\\nwhen payments were then made for the use of teams and implements.\\nDUTY OF ROAD SURVEYORS.\\nThe surveyors of roads occupied an unenviable position, for to him,\\nand him alone, did the traveling public look for a good and safe\\nfoundation to travel over. It was made his duty to superintend the\\nroad in his precinct and to see that the same was cleared and kept in\\ngood order and repair, and upon his failure to do this, he was sub-\\njected to a fine of any sum not exceeding ten dollars, nor less than\\ntwo dollars and fifty cents, to be recovered by indictment. For years\\nand years, at each term of the Court of Quarter Sessions, and then\\nthe Circuit Court, it was the custom, whether from the force of habit,\\nor spite, for at least two-thirds of the road surveyors to be summoned\\nto answer an indictment or indictments found against them, for neg-\\nlecting some part of the road under their charge.\\nRoad overseers, as they were called, were subjected to an ordeal\\nin early times that would hardly hold these piping times of limitless\\ncivilization. Yet, those people who paved the way to a glorious and un-\\nthought of future, we must bow our heads in humble acknowledgment,\\nthat while public matters are at this day more systematically arranged,\\nthere is more wealth behind, more of everything conducive to success\\nyea, more; that had we to-day, as a people, to undergo what was their\\nlot, we should miserably fail. We must confess that the children and\\ngrandchildren have not inherited the hardy, indomitable spirit of pio-\\nneer manhood.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "CHAPTEPx VII.\\nGETTING READY FOR WORK PRISON HOUSE TO BE BUILT, ETC. SUICIDE\\nOF J. ELMAS DENTON, JAILER.\\nT the July meeting, 1709, of the County Court, initiatory steps\\nwere taken looking to the building of a prison house of suitable\\nsize for those times. General Samuel Hopkins and John Husband\\nwere appointed a committee to investigate and report a plan for such\\na building as in their judgment would meet the views of the court.\\nAt the August term of the said court, the committee made the follow-\\ning report. The report is copied verbatim and was evidently written\\nby the learned architect who furnished the plan of the then royal\\nlockup:\\nThe Commissioners appointed to report a plan of a goal, and the\\nnecessary repairs of the school house to make it convenietit for holding the\\ncourts therein, reports the plan of the goal as follows: the lower room to be\\ntwelve feet in the clear, built of square timbers ten inches thick, each wall three\\ndouble, with the middle timbers standing upright, the floors double ten inches\\nthick crossing each other, the loft in the same manner, the upper room of\\nsquare logs eight inches thick, both stories eight feet high and clabboard roof,\\nand the necessarv^ grating for the windows and locks for the doors, to be doub-\\nled and fifty dollars to repair the school house.\\nSAMUEL HOPKINS,^\\nJOHN HUSBAND,\\nCommissioners\\nWHEREUPON IT WAS\\nOrdered, that a jail be built on the Public Square in the Town of Hen-\\nderson. Abraham I^andcrs, Jacob Barnett and John Husband arc appointed\\nCommissioners to let the building and the additions to the school house, to", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "66 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nthe lowest undertaker; provided, however, such alterations do not materially\\nexhaust the amount oi funds insight and report.\\nAt the September meeting, the Commissioners reported having\\nlet the building of the jail to Jonathan Anthony, for the sum of three\\nhundred and thirty-nine dollars, to be built according to the plan\\nand specifications reported. This report was adopted, and the Com-\\nmissioners continued with instructions to make further efforts to let\\nthe additions to the old school house, to any person who would un-\\ndertake the work, for a sum not exceeding fifty dollars. This, the first\\npublic building in Henderson County, was soon begun and completed.\\nVIEWERS APPOINTED.\\nAt the February term of the court, and the first court held after\\nthe completion of the new jail, the following order passed\\nOn motion of Jonathan Anthony, it is ordered that Adam Rankin,\\nJohn Standley and John Sprinkle gentlemen to view the house built by said\\nAnthony, for the public jail of the county, and make report of the repairs to\\nbe made to said house in order to make it sufficently strong for the safe keep-\\ning of prisoners of the court.\\nAgreeably to this order the Committee of the court did view\\nthe jail, and returned to the court the following report:\\nviewers report.\\nBy order of the court we proceeded to view the jail, and find the doors\\nof the lower story to be about three and a half inches thick, not well spiked,\\nand that part of the hinge which goes into the log for the door to hang on,\\ndoes not go through to clinch, the facings of the doors are not spiked, the sta-\\nples are not sufficient, some of the logs of the upper floor of the under story are\\nloose and ought to be made fast the locks we can t say anything about, as\\nthev are not at the doors, the bars of the window not an inch thick, the door of\\nthe upper story not well spiked, nor the facing, which ought to be done; the\\nwindows not so large as called for, and the facing not well spiked, some of the\\nlogs not squared and not sufficiently close.\\nADAM RANKIN.\\nJOHN HUSBANDS,\\n*JOHN SPRINKLE.\\nA FAULTY GOAL.\\nFrom this report the court determined that Mr. Anthony, the\\ncontractor, had not complied with his contract, but, on the contrary,\\nhad failed to convince them that he was a respectable mechanic.\\nHowever, when the new jail had been completed, it was the pride of\\nthe town, not so much owing to its architectural beauty and finish, as\\nto the fact of its being the first public building in the county. It had\\ntwo stories and two doors, one door opening into the lower story, the\\nother a trap-door opening into the upper story. It had one small", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 67\\nwindow or light-hole in the second story. The lower story was called\\na dungeon, the upper the debtors prison, where persons arrested for\\ndebt were confined. A comrtfon split ladder furnished the poor\\ndebtor a pathway from the dungeon to his abode above. There was\\nno fire-place in the jail, so during cold weather those confined in it\\nwere compelled to go to bed, keep up a lively calesthenic drill or\\nfreeze. This little log prison house, no better than a majority of the\\ncattle stables of the county at this time, was received in 1800, and re-\\ncognized as headquarters for criminals and debtors, until proving in-\\nsufficient.\\nA NEW JAIL.\\nWas ordered to be built in 1807. From accounts on file in the office\\nof the County Clerk, it is safe to say that during each year of its ex-\\nistence more money was paid out by the county for jail guards than\\nthe miserable little concern cost originally. This insignificant hut\\nwas located on Court Square on the spot where the front gate now\\nstands. This second prison was built in 1808 and was of the follow-\\ning dimensions\\nThe dungeon for criminals sixteen feet square, the sides of hewed logs\\nten inches in diameter and three logs thick, the floors of the same kind of logs,\\nand two logs thick, laid at right angles to each other, the inner door made ot\\ntimber three inches thick spiked with iron spikes three inches apart, hung on\\nstrong and sufficient iron hinges with staples and two strong bars to secure\\nthe door on the outside the outside of the door of the same dimension, and\\nfinished in the manner as the inner door, except that it shall be secured with a\\nstrong jail lock with a window nine inches wide, and two feet in length, se-\\ncured with a strong iron grate. Hie debtors apartment immediately above and\\nof the same dimensions as the dungeon, appendant to the dungeon on the side\\nout of which the door may be cut, a room sixteen feet square of hewed oak logs,\\none story high, with a good plank floor and loft, a brick or stone chinmey in\\nthe end, with a door or window in the front of the house, and completely and\\ncomfortablv finished for a guard room. It was further ordered that each of the\\nbefore described looms be covered with good jointed shingles and lastly that\\nthe dungeon, debtors room and room for the guard, be begun and finished in\\na workman-like manner, on or before the first day of October, 1808. Benja-\\nmine Talbott, having agreed, with the consent of the court, to do the above de-\\nscribed work, and for which he is to give bond with security in the Clerk s\\noffice, with covenant, agreeing with the order of the court in this particulai, he\\nis permitted to make use toward completing this work, of such iron taken from\\nthe late jail as he may think proper.\\nThis jail was used until the year 1820, and during its- twelve years\\nof existence was never regarded as a safe prison, and was a continual\\nexpense to the county. Accounts running from fifty to one hundred\\ndollars were presented annually for guard service, and it may be", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "f\\n68 HISTORY OF HEND*ERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nsafely said that five times the cost of the building was paid for guard\\nservice alone. These claims continually coming in, awakened the\\nMagistrates to the importance of building a stronger house, so at\\nthe October Court of Claims, 1816, five hundred dollars were levied\\nfor that purpose. In 1817, 18, 19 and 20, additional levies were\\nmade for the same purpose. In the year 1818 Ambrose Barbour,\\nFayette Posey and John Holloway were appointed commissioners to\\nhave built a good and sufficient jail. They presented a plan with\\nspecifications, which were approved and adopted. A contract, on the\\nthe twelfth day of June, 1819, was entered into with Francis Ham-\\nmill, the then leading contractor in the town, and for the sum of five\\nhundred dollars, but from some unknown cause was annuled, and\\nanother made on the third day of September, with William R. Bowen,\\nat, and for the same price, according to the copy and minute of the\\ncourt, but for the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars, accord-\\ning to the contract signed and entered into between the parties. That\\nour readers may know the character of the building which stood on\\nthe brow of the Court Hill for forty-three years, the specifications\\nadopted by the Commissioners are here inserted\\nTHE THIRD JAIL.\\nThe house to be of brick, forty feet long, twenty-six feet wide, two\\nstories high, the tower story to be nine feet high between the sleepers and joists\\nor floors, and the upper story to be eight feet high between the floors they\\nmust be divided in the lower story by a brick partition midway the house.\\nThe lower story two and a half bricks thick, the upper story two bricks thick in\\nthe walls, and two bricks thick in the partition, the underpinning to be stone\\nto the tables, the upper room to be divided into three rooms or cells, each room\\nto be 11x12 feet in the clear, the outer wall of which to be lined with timbers\\nsix inches thick, upright, to be faced crosswise with two-inch oak plank, and\\nat least two inches thick and nailed or spiked to the timbers. The parti-\\ntion walls, of and between each of the upper rooms or cells, to be made with\\nupright timbers, eight inches thick and faced on each side, crossing with two-\\ninch oak plank, as aforesaid. The lower floor to be laid with one and one-halt\\ninch oak plank, with strong sleepers, the plank to be seasoned and jointed, but\\nneed not be dressed. The floors to the second story to be laid with timbers,\\nclose, ten inches thick and faced with two -inch oak plank, seasoned and joined\\nas aforesaid, above and below the floor. The upper rooms above to be made\\nwith ten-inch timbers, as aforesaid, to be taced cross-wise below with two-inch\\noak plank. There must be a passageway to the upper room, six feet wide, made\\nwith ten-inch timbers, and faced with two-inch oak plank, as aforesaid; on\\neach side, the timbers in all cases, must be placed upright and close together,\\nand the oak plank for the facings must be seasoned and joined, but need not be\\ndressed. To the lower rooms there must be an outside door, and window of\\neighteen lights to each room, opposite to each and midway of each room,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 69\\nexcept the room in which the stairway is run up. The stairs to be tour feet\\nwide and the railing strong the steps to be made of oak planks one and one-\\nhalf inches thick, seasoned and joinied. The door to enter the passage above\\nTnust be a falling or ti ap-door of two-inch oak plank, seasoned and jointed\\ndouble, and spiked crosswise together, to be locked below with a double bolted\\npadlock, and strong hinges let into the timber above. The doors to each of the\\ncells above to be made of sheet-iron at least one-eight of an inch thick, faced\\nwith a door of two-inch oak plank, spiked with strong iron spikes,\\nand the facing of each door to be of the same material and thickness, fastened\\nto the timbers, and plank facing with strong iron spikes. The locks to each\\nof the cell doors must be locked with large and strong locks outside. There\\nmust be an iron netting above each cell door of one inch square, twelve inches\\nhio-h and as wide, as the door. The windows above to be opposite each cell\\ndoor, of eight lights each, to be gurded with an iron netting one inch square,\\nand the facings must be iron as aforesaid. There must be a chimney at each*\\nend of the jail, with a fire-place in each room below, to be placed outside of the\\nwall above, so as not to weaken the wall to the outside cells. The materials of\\nevery kind must be of the best kind, and the whole work must be done in a\\nstrong, substantial manner. It is to be, and is understood, that the upright\\ntimbers are to be let into the timbers above and below with a tenant or groove\\nof two inches deep in the whole width. The roof to be made in the usual way,\\nfor instance, as the Court House, in form and material. The rooms in the\\nfirst story and partition must be plastered, as the Court Room of the Court\\nHouse.\\nThis building wa.s located on Court Hill in the rear of the Court\\nHouse, and in 1820, was completed and received from the contrac-\\ntors by the County Court. Outside of necessary repairs, it was never\\nof much expense to the county, and was never broken but twice in\\nits history of forty-three years. During that time many of the hard-\\nest characters known to the law were incarcerated in it.\\nThere are incidents connected with this old building interesting\\nand amusing; there are also painful truths, which it is not the purpose\\nof this book to tell about. In 1853 the following order was passed,\\nwhich will no doubt amuse the reader\\nOrdered that the jailer of Henderson County purchase for W J.\\nPhiHps, a prisoner in the county jail on the charge of felony, one comfort,\\nan i take fire three times a day, in a pan, for him to warm by, and to guard the\\nfire while said Philips is warming.\\nA NEW JAIL TO BE BUILT.\\nFor several years prior to 1860, great complaint had been made\\nto the court concerning the county jail, and at the January, 1860,\\ncourt,\\nItwas ordered that John H. Lambert, William B. Beatty, Barak Bras-\\nhear, Y. E. Allison, and L. W. Brown, be appointed commissioners to exam-\\nine the jail building of the county, and report whether the same can be heated", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "70\\nHISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY KY.\\nbv any safe means, and if not, and they think a new jail ought to be built to\\nreport a plan and the probable cost of the work\\nThe Commissione rs returned their report to the March court fol-\\nlowing, and thereupon the Magistrates of the county were summoned\\nto consider the same. In April the Magistrates met, and after hav-\\ning considered the premises for which they had been summoned,\\nIt was ordered that William B. Beattj, Y. E Allison, F E Walker\\nBarak Brashear. and Mat J. Christopher be appointed commissioners of the\\ncounty to have made and report a suitable plan and specificaiions for a new\\njail and dwellin.^^ house for the jail, the cost of the same to be fixed at cash\\nprices. It was further ordered that P. A Blackwell, F, E Walker and P\\nH. Lockett be appointed a committee to ascertain and report what amount of\\nmoney the county may have to bo.row, and upon what terms the same can\\nbe secured, upon the credit of the county for the purpose aforesaid.\\nThe Commissioners appointed to report a plan and specifications,\\ndid so, but from some cause the report did not suit the minds of the\\nMagistrates, and thereupon another set of commissioners, to wit\\nJames B. Lyne, Edward D. McBride, and C. W. Hutchen were ap-\\npointed to draft a plan of a good and sufficient jail, and report at this\\ncourt. Five cents on the one hundred dollars was levied, to be col-\\nlected and paid into the jail fund. At the November court, 1862, the\\nCommissioners reported a plan and specifications prepared by F. W\\nCarter, of Louisvil e, an architect of considerable reputation, and the\\nsame were adopted and approved by the court. On motion Mr.\\nCarter was allowed one hundred and fifty dollars for his work. On\\nmotion it was\\nOrdered that C. W. Hutchen, Y. E. Allison, F. E. Walker. E D Mc-\\nBride, and Jesse Lame be appointed a committee to le^ out the building of the\\nnew jail to the lowest and best bidder and superintend the building as it pro-\\ngresses.\\nThey were also directed and empowered to borrow money on the\\ncredit of the county at any rate of interest i^iot exceeding 8 per cent.\\nIn 18G4 this jail was completed, and received, and Y. E. Allison ap-\\npointed and directed to sell the old building. The present residence\\nof the jailer was built at that time, and in its rear stood the prison\\nwhich was thought to be strong enough for all purposes. Around the\\nprison was a brick wall fifteen or twenty feet high, which was thou-ht\\nto be amply sufficient to prevent the escape of any one who might\\nbreak jail, but this theory proved to be incorrect, and the jail proved\\nto be more vulnerable than the old one, which had been torn down.\\nAfter some years it became notorious, and regarded as totally unlit\\nfor the purpose for which it was intended.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 71\\nSTILL ANOTHER JAIL.\\nThe Magistrates, in commission June, 1871, by order appointed\\nC. Bailey, Isom Johnson, and Jackson McClain commissioners to ex-\\namine the jail building. They were authorized to employ skilled ad-\\nvice, and if in their opinion the building could be repaired, to report\\nwhat repairs were necessary, and the probable cost, and if in the\\nevent the prison could not be made secure, then to report a plan,\\nspecifications and probable cost for a new prison house. The Com-\\nmissioners soon determined that the jail standing at that time was\\nworthless, the timbers having rotted, and at no time was it such a\\nhouse as to command the respect of an expert jail bird. They de-\\ntermined that a prison large enough and strong enough should be\\nbuilt, and to better do this, they visited several large cities and made\\npersonal examinations of prison houses, built upon the most modern\\nplan, with a view to convenience, strength and security against jail\\nbreakers. After thoroughly posting themselves they reported to the\\nAugust term, 1871, as the result of their labors, a plan and specifica-\\ntions which received the approval of the court. The court in session\\nat that time was composed of the following named Magistrates G. W.\\nGriffin, J. E. Denton, J. M. Johnson, Jesse Basket, James M. Stone,\\nAsa F. Parker, Ben F. Gibson, J. A. Priest, Green W. Pritchett, C.\\nS. Royster, Hiram Turner, J. F. Toy, William S. Cooper and William\\nW. Shelby. The Commissioners were instructed to advertise for bids\\nand contract for building the new jail, to contain at least sixteen\\nwrought iron cells, and if, in their opinion, the walls standing at that\\ntime would not do to be lined with iron, and they should deem it best\\nto build the jail entirely new. This they were authorized to do, hav-\\ning the walls built of blue limestone, or good hard well burnt brick,\\nand lined with iron as in their opinion would be best for the interest of\\nthe county, taking into consideration the cost and durability of the\\nwork. At this same term, to wit August, 1871, bonds of the county,\\nto the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars, w^ere authorized to be\\nissued bearing 10 per cent, interest, payable semi-annually, and re-\\ndeemable after five years at the pleasure of the county. November 23,\\neight thousand dollars additional bonds were directed to be issued.\\nA number of bids were received by the Commissioners, and upon a\\ncareful and close investigation the contract for building the jail was\\nawarded to Haugh Co., of Indianapolis, Indiana. Subsequently the\\ncontract was assigned to Norris Hinckly, who completed the build-\\ning at and for the sum of thirty-three thousand four hundred dollars,\\nincluding all alterations and changes. Major J. M. Stone, who was", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "72 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nappointed superintendent of the work, and also a committee to have\\nprinted and dispose of the bonds of the county. He did his work\\nwell, and paid into the county treasury between sixteen and seventeen\\nhundred dollars premium, received upon the face of the bonds. Major\\nStone and Asa F. Parker were appointed a committee to. sell and have\\nremoved the old jail when it was determined to build the present jail\\nentirely new from the ground up. It was sold to the City of Hender-\\nson for a small price, and all of the material of value used in build-\\ning the present handsome city building. On November 30, 1872, final\\npayment was made the contractors. This prison when completed\\nwas thought to be invulnerable. It was built upon the most approved\\nplans of prison architecture, including strength and durability, and\\nyet it has been broken or cut through as often, or perhaps oftener,\\nthan any of its predecessors, showing conclusively that there is nothing\\nthat tools will make that tools will not unmake. One of the saddest in-\\ncidents in history is associated with this jail. In December, 1875, dur-\\ning the official term of J. Elmus Denton, a high-strung, impetuous,\\nhonorable gentleman, the inmates of the jail effected their escape.\\nThe excitement attending the escapade prayed heavily upon his\\nmind, and completely unnerved and prostrated his sensitive, though\\nfearless spirit. He was not to be intimidated by a hundred men, but\\nthe censure of the public was more than he could withstand. He\\nthought of nothing else, he allowed his imagination to run wild, and\\nwhile his friends were far from censuring him, he yet imagined that\\nthey did, and within his mind resolved to take his own life rather than\\nface, as he apprehended, a reproving and complaining public. On\\nthe morning of December 18, he walked, as was usual for him, up on\\nMain Street, and while there settled several accounts that he owed.\\nReturning to the jail, and without intimating to a soul on earth, or\\ntaking a farewell look or kiss of his devoted wife, went immediately\\nto a room in the second story of the residence, bolted the door, and\\nfired a leaden ball through his brain. He fell upon the floor and ex-\\npired immediately. His wife hearing the report, rushed to the room\\ndoor, little anticipating what her eyes would soon behold. Other\\nfriends came, and before an entrance could be effected the door had\\nto be broken in. Upon the opening of the door there lay the noble\\nframe of J. E. Denton, enhearscd in death. The scene was a terri-\\nble one, completely unnerving those present. Major J. M. Stone was\\npotified and immediately caused a jury to be empanneled for the pur-\\npose of holding an inquest. Upon the body was found the note\\nwritten a short while before the fatal shot, which settled the question\\nas to the cause. He admitted his weakness, and hoped that his\\ndeath would atone for the jail escapades.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER VIII.\\nT HAVE stated in the first chapter, that when the first commis-\\nsioned justices of the County of Henderson met, that meeting was\\nheld in Bradley s Tavern in June, 1779. After organizing both the\\nCourt of Quarter Sessions and County Court, the respective courts\\nadjourned to meet in the old school house, as it was called, without\\ndefining its location. This old hut, as it was nothing more, was leased,\\nor perhaps taken for the use of the two courts. Of this, however, the\\nclerk failed to leave any testimony. Whether it was used as a school\\nhouse during the interim of the courts, and vacated by the schools at\\nthose times, is a fact we shall never know more about than is now\\nknown. This house was adjudged inadequate for the purposes of the\\ncourts, and a committee was created for the purpose of having such\\nrepairs and additions made to it as would make it both comfortable\\nand convenient. The school house, as I am best informed, stood in\\nthe woods, corner of Main and Second Streets, on the spot where now\\nstands the two-story brick owned by Joseph Adams estate, and occu-\\npied byThos. Evans as a grocery store. The Commissioners appointed\\nto investigate its primitive build and condition, were instructed to bring\\nthe cost of improving the house within the limit of a fifty-dollar bill, and\\nby no means to exceed that amount. The means of the infant county at\\nthat time, as well- as for many years thereafter, were extremely lim-\\nited, and to repeat a common expression, A cut four-pence in the\\neye of a pioneer was as big as a buffalo. On this account the greatest\\ncaution had to be exercised in creating debts, even for necessary im-\\nprovements. The people were not taxed heavily, but there was no\\nmoney of any consequence, and no commercial relations to attract\\ncapital. The Commissioners experienced great difficulty in getting the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "74 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nschool house fitted up as the Justices wished, and whatever became\\nof it will never be known, from the fact the records from a few months\\nafter this to 1816 are lost, therefore the story of the old school house\\nmust come to a sudden and unsatisfactory termination. From old,\\nworn, mutilated papers found tied in a shapeless bundle, with strings\\nwhich have rotted from absolute old age, I have discovered enough to\\nknow that the courts of the county continued to hold their meetings\\nin the old school or some other similar house until the year 1814,\\nwhen they took possession and were installed, in all of the pomp and\\nceremony attaching to occasions of that kind, in their new Temple of\\nJustice built on the site now occupied by the present Court House.\\nTHE FIRST COURT HOUSE.\\nAt the January term of the County Court, held in the year 1813,\\nDaniel McBride, Samuel Hopkins, Jr., James M. Hamilton and Am-\\nbrose Barbour were appointed commissioners to inquire into the ex-\\npediency of building a new Court House, and if expedient, to report\\na plan and specifications for the information of the court This was\\nsoon done, and the plans and specifications drawn and written by\\nSamuel Hopkins, Jr., were adopted, and an order entered, that a\\nCourt House be built of brick according to that plan with the varia-\\ntions in the same, that there should be no gallery or jury rooms be-\\nlow, and such other changes in the plan of the inside of said build-\\ning, as the court should think proper. The aforesaid Commissioners\\nwere authorized and instructed to contract for said building:, and\\nsuperintend the work during its progress.\\nOn the sixth day of February, 1813, the Commissioners en-\\ntered into contract with Philip Barbour, at and for the sum of five\\nthousand one hundred and forty dollars to build the said Court House\\nand deliver the keys to the Commissioners, as per plans and specifi-\\ncations. The specifications of this house are reproduced, not for their\\nintrinsic worth, but as an architectural literary ponderosity worthy of\\nperusal. It is a settled fact that but few persons will be interested,\\nand perhaps but f6vv will undertake the perusal of this long-winded\\nstring of some man s brain, which had b^en neglected for a long time,\\nand was offered this opportunity of unloading. We doubt very much\\nif the specifications furnished for the Capital at Washington consumed\\nmore space or were more minute in each and every particular. Here\\nthey are\\nSPECIFICATIONS.\\nThis house to be built of brick made in moulds not above nine inches\\nlong, four and three-eighths inches wide, and two and three-quarter inches\\nthick or deep, well and truly made, and burnt and laid in mortar made in the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. V5\\nbest manner from cement. The house to be fortj-four feet long, including\\nthe walls, and twenty-eight feet wide in the clear that is inclusive of the\\nwalls, from the foundation to the sm-face of the earth of, say one foot at the\\nbase, to be three bricks in length thick, from thence to the water table one foot\\nto be two and a half bricks length thick, from ihence to the joists fourteen feet\\nto be two bricks lengths thick, thence to tlie top of the wall eight feet of one\\nand a half brick lengths thick. The gable ends to be one brick length thick,\\na chimney at the one, and with a fire-place in the upper story of an appropri-\\nate size, for the room for which it is intended, being twenty-eight feet square.\\nThere shall be two doors below in the middle of each side of the house, that\\nis one on each side of equal length with the top of the windows, and made of\\ntwo folds of panels to each, each fold containing at least four panels, and\\nworked on both sides. The said doors are to be of a thickness suitable to the\\nsize thereof, there shall be eight windows in the lower story, four of twenty-\\nfour lights each, and four of twenty lights each. The glass of good quality\\nand ten by twelve inches in size, which windows are to be placed, the larger\\nones in the sides at equal distance from the doors, and ends of the house, and\\nthe smaller four in the two ends There shall be ten windows in the upper\\nstory of twenty lights each, of the same size glass, to be placed six in the two\\nsides and four in the two ends. The frames for the said doors and windows\\nshah be the most durable timber, especially the doors, with double architraves,\\nworked out of the solid and good stone sills, suitable for the doors, to be\\nworked and prepared and fitted in said doors, in lieu of so much of the frame\\nthereof. The house to be well corniced with a plain cornice, proportioned to\\nthe size of the house in heiglith. The rafters to be well framed into the joist,\\nand of suitable size to their length and the magnitude of the building and cov-\\nered with shingles well nailed on sheathing plank joined together. The shin-\\ngles not to be more than four inches wide eighteen inches long and not less\\nthan five-eights of an inch thick at the but, well jointed and rounded, to be\\nmade of cypress, catalpa, sassafras or walnut, or some kind of wood equally\\ndurable in the opinion of the Commissioners, and shall show only one-third\\npart of their length or less. The inside of the building below siiall be well\\nfloored from the Judge s stand so tar forward as to include the lawyers. The\\nbar to be of well quartered plank, made of oak or ash timbers, and the balance\\nof the floor to be well laid -with brick placed edgewise. The Judge s seat to have\\na good flight of steps to ascend each end, to be ornamented with appropriate\\nhand rails and banisters the space for said seat shall be feet, well floored\\nas below said seat, with a strong seat quite across, fitted into the Avail with\\narms raised thereon, imitating chairs, which are to be three in number. The\\nfront of said seat shall be ornamented with hand rails and banisters, with boards\\nor tables whereon to write or put papers, etc. The newel posts to be capped\\notYwith appropriate mouldings, the hand rails and banisters to be ornamented,\\nthe first with mouldings and the latter to be turned in a lathe. The jury boxes\\nto be four in number, and the lawyers bar shall be made, formed and placed\\naccording to the directions of the Commissioners. They shall be made and\\ncomposed of railing and banisters, as above mentioned, and shall have boards\\nor tables whereon to write, put papers, etc., fixed on the front part of the bar,\\na suitable and convenient stair-case is to be formed with necessary hand-rails,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "76 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nbanisters and ceiling, to ascend the second story, which story shall be di-\\nvided into three rooms, two at the end of the house above the Judge s seat, and\\none at the other end, of such size as the Commissioners may direct, with a fire-\\nplace as aforesaid to the larger room, leaving a passage or entry between the\\nrooms of each end across the width of the liouse, so jilanncd and i^laced and\\nmade as the Commissioners may direct. The upper floor, shall as the lower\\nfloor, be made of good lieart plank, of quartered oak or ash timber, at least\\none and one-quarter inch thick, tongued and grooved together, not less than\\none inch thick, quartered and plained on both sides, except the swinging pe-\\ntition, which is to be ofpanneled work, and one and one-half inches thick, and\\nfurnished with bolts for fastenings. The upper doors shall be six pannels each,\\nand well faced, each inside door and one outside door are to have suitable\\nknob locks, proportioned to the size of the door, and the use. of said locks.\\nThe other outside door is to be well secured with a crOss-bar. The windows to\\nthe lower story shall be furnished with goodpanneled window shutters, at least\\none and one-quarter inches thick, each window to have two folds of three pan-\\nnels each well hinged with suitable fastenings or hooks and catches on the\\ninside thereof there shall be suitable chair-boards and wash-boards, both to\\nthe lower and upper rooms with appropriate mouldings. The ends of all the\\nnaked flooring shall be arched over on the brick work, so as to put on others\\nhereafter without injuring the walls. Blind arches shall also be turned over\\nthe lintels of the doors and windows for the like purpose. The inside walls of\\nthe lower and upper rooms shall be plastered with good mortar that is the\\nwork shall be well done, the plastering below shall be painted or stained as\\nthe Commissioners may direct, instead of being whitewashed. The joists of\\nthe lower and upper rooms shall be ceiled with good plank, not above four\\nteen inches wide, and three-quarters of an inch thick at the best. The roof,\\nwindows and all the inside work of timber or plank shall be painted as the\\nCommissioners shall direct. Finally all the timber and material of this build-\\ning shall be of the best quality, and the work done in the best possible manner.\\nThe walls of the house shall be built and the roof put on by the fifteenth day of\\nOctober. 1813. The stair-case put up, the rooms of the upper story, the\\nJudge s seat and lawyers bar finished, and jury boxes made on or before the\\nfirst day of April, 1814, and the whole work completed on or betore the first\\nday of October, 1S14. The Commissioners reser\\\\ e to themselves the right of\\ndirecting the dimensions of the frame work and difl erent timbers for the Court\\nHouse.\\nMr. Barbour, the contractor, accepted the specifications, clearly\\nof the opinion no doubt, that no misunderstanding could arise, if\\nlength and silly description in an instrument of writing was to be\\nconsidered. He entered into bond with James Bell and Samuel Hop-\\nkins, gentlemen, securities. The new temple was completed accord-\\ning to contract and dedicated to Justice, as perhaps the most magnifi-\\ncent edifice to be found anywhere in the western wilds. It soon be-\\ncame the sine qua no7i, and at once most interesting to the inhabitants\\nin general, A two-story brick house with a dwarfish bell on its roof,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 77\\nencased in a contrivance similar to a pigeon house, was one of those\\ninstitutions too seldom seen to be hooted at. It was believed Justice\\ncame from this new temple m re evenly balanced than when deliv-\\nered from the old school house. Attorneys donned new clothes, jurors\\nwere required at least to wash their faces before entering its sacred\\nwalls, while eloquence grew grand, and was dished out with lavish\\nliberality. Yea, be it known, this costly structure, which came nigh\\nbeing written to death in the beginning, seated upon a beautiful\\nmound, a mound seemingly built for that purpose, was then the chief\\namong the sights of the town. But the beauty of this new house,\\nlooming up in the morning sunshine and decreasing with the early\\ntwilight, was impaired by great forest trees in full leaves old mon-\\narchs, whose sap had left the root for the last time, undergrowth,\\nstumps and other unsightly surroundings. To remedy this, at the\\nNovember County Court, 1815, the first order concerning the im-\\nprovement of the Public Square was passed. It was ordered that\\nthe nnprovement of the Court House square be let to the lowest bid-\\nder. That the trees be topped, the ground grubbed and cleared of\\nthe brush, undergrowth, underwood and dead trees, and inclosed with\\na post and rail fence made of catalpa, sassafras, locust, mulberry or\\nCyprus timber, and large blocks placed at the four places facing the\\nfour sides of the Court House, of size to cross the fence. This work\\nmust be done in the best workman-like manner. JVo security will be\\nrequired^ but the Commissioners will keep the money until the wotk is com-\\npleted:\\nDOWN ON AMUSEMENTS.\\nFor several years, indeed from its completion, the large room in\\nth^ second story of this Court House was used for all public pur-\\nposes. It was the only hall in the town shows, concerts, balls, par-\\nties, dances and church entertainments were all held in this room.\\nFrom some cause, which the records failed to explain, the Magis-\\ntrates in 1S20 became dissatified with this course, and by order,\\nplaced the property under the control of the jailer, with peremptory\\ninstructions to clear the Court House of all incumbrances and en-\\ncroachments. The jailer, failing to comprehend the meaning of the\\ncourt, a subsequent order, explanatory of the first, was passed, to wit\\nThe order heretofore passed by this court, directing the jailer to\\ntake possession of the Court House, and to remove therefrom all in-\\ncumbrances and encroachments, is construed to apply only to play\\nactors, but the house may be used for any decent uses or purposes.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "78 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nThis order was a terrible blow to the few professionals who\\ntraveled in those early times, and whether it originated from a reli-\\ngious opposition or dissatisfaction with one or more exhibitions, the\\nrecord fails to tell. It is sufficient to know that it was a sweeping\\norder, and if for the punishment of one or more troupes, eventuated\\nin shutting out the whole fraternity. The new Court House was used\\nuntil the year 1S22, without any expense to the county, but at the\\nApril County Court the following order was entered of record Or-\\ndered that Obediah Brown and Daniel McBride be appointed com-\\nmissioners to have the Court House underpinned with brick where\\ndecayed, and a brick fioor laid down and the judge s seat underpinned\\nwith brick.\\nThis building: continued in the service of the courts of the\\ncounty until 1843.\\nA SECOND COURT HOUSE BUILT.\\nAt the x ^pril court, 1840, it was determined that the Court House\\nwas insufficient for the purpose of the county, whereupon it was Or-\\ndered that Thomas Towles, John G. Holloway, William Rankin,\\nGeorge Brown, James Powell and John D. Anderson be and the\\\\- are\\nhereby appointed a committee to inquire into the expediency and\\npropriety of building a new Court House for this county; that they\\nreport apian for the same and the probable cost thereof, a majority\\nof all the Justices in commission being present and concurring\\ntherein.\\nAt the following October court the committee reported. Where-\\nupon it was adjudged both expedient and necessary that a new Court\\nHouse of sufficient capacity to meet the demands of the times should\\nbe built, but the plan and cost reported by the committee was re-\\njected. Yet the court included in the levy made at that meeting, the\\nsum of thef two thousand seven hundred dollars to be set apart as the\\nCourt House fund. AtVhe February term, 1842, Edmund H. Hop-\\nkins, William Rankin and William D. Allison were appointed com-\\nmissioners to draft a plan for a Court House and make a report of the\\nprobable cost thereof. At the April term the Commissioners re-\\nported, whereupon it was ordered, That the said Commissioners,\\nwith Thos. Towles, Sr., added, are instructed to reconsider the report\\njust made on the building of a Court House for the county, and so\\nmodify the same as in their discretion that the whole cost of the\\nbuilding shall not exceed", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 79\\nTEN THOUSAND DOLLARS,\\nAnd that they advertise in someLpuisville and Evansville newspaper\\nthat the building of -the said Court House will be let to the ^west\\nbidder at next May County Court.\\nAt the May court the following order was made: Ordered\\nthat Edmund H. Hopkins, James Rouse, Willie Sugg and Larkin White\\nbe appointed commissioners to let the building of a new Court House\\naccording to the plan and specifications submitted to the court by Ed-\\nmund H. Hopkins, Thomas Towles and William Rankin, and this day\\nhaving been duly advertised and made known, as the day for letting\\nthe building of said new Court House. It is further ordered that the\\nsaid Commissioners proceed to let the same forthwith at public auction\\nto the lowest bidder, and take bond with security to be approved by\\nthe court.\\nThe new plan and specifications were received by the court and\\nadopted, a majority of all the Justices being present and concurring.\\nLittleberry Weaver became the undertaker at and for the sum of nine\\nthousand four hundred dollars. At the same time the following order\\nwas passed Ordered that the Commissioners heretofore appointed\\nto secure a plan for a nev^? Court House are continued, and hereby\\nempowered, authorized and directed to sell the old Court House at\\npublic auction to the highest bidder upon a credit until the first day\\nof March, 1843, taking bond and requiring the purchaser to remove\\nthe same by a day to be named and fixed by the court. It is further\\nordered that Edmund H. Hopkins be and he is appointed a commit-\\ntee to superintend the building of the new Court House, whose duty\\nit shall be to examine all material, inspect and superintend the work\\nas it p/ogresses, and see that the same be done faithfully according to\u00c2\u00bb\\ncontract, and for these services and* for drawing the plans and specifi-\\ncations of the house to be built, he is to be allowed the sum of four\\nhundred and twenty-five dollars.\\nIn the month of June the old Court House was dismantleed,\\ntorn away and work begun on the new house. It became necessary\\nthen that some suitable building should be secured for the purposes\\nof the court, and to that end a lease for a time was affected with the\\nTrustees of the Baptist Church, which had been built and completed\\nthis same year, to be paid for at the rate of one hundred and fifty dol-\\nlars per year. The church was used until October, 1843, when the\\nkeys of the new Court House were turned over by the contractors, and\\nthe building received by the county. James Bacon was the contractor", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "80 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nfor the wood-work, assisted by Philip Van Bussum. John F. Toy did\\nthe painting, A bell costing one hundred and sixty dollars was pur-\\nchased and hung in the cupalo by Philip Van Bussum. That same\\nbell still hangs, and for the last sixteen years has struck the hours\\nto the great comfort and convenience of the population. The speci-\\nfications of this building can not be found, and as for the plan,\\nthe building is yet towering in its majesty and is likely to remain tlie\\nrecognized temple of justice for many years to come. The original\\nroof was made of slate, but in November, 1849, the Sheriff was directed\\nto pay Barak Brashear and Alfred Oliver the sum of four hundred and\\nfifty dollars for removing the slate from the roof and re-covering the\\nsame with shingles. Several changes were made in the original plan,\\nfor one of which Mr. Weaver was paid five hundred dollars. From\\nthe amount of caution and taste exercised in completing this building,\\nit would seem that this new and handsome edifice would meet all of\\nthe demands of the most fastidious, but judging from the following-\\nsarcastic order entered by the Clerk of the County Court at the Octo-\\nber meeting, 1845 in some particulars, at least the reverse seems\\nto have been the case Ordered, That Littleberry Weaver, for cut-\\nting stone and lumber, and making platform in the Court house, called\\na bar, but looking more like a bake oven, and then removing the same,\\nit being found useless, inconvenient and exceedingly unsightly, one\\nhundred and twentv dollars and sixtv-four cents.\\nThe new Court House was not only large and convenient, but it\\nwas most graciously arranged for all the public purposes, particularly\\nso for dancing. The young people of the town was delighted, of\\ncourse, and as a consequence, social balls and hops were frequently\\nheld in the new building Anti-Socialists lived in those days, as well as\\nnow, and when their cynical blood became heated from intentional or\\nunintentional slight, they very naturally, intensified their deformities\\nof disposition by a reckless appeal to the pen, which they in all life,\\nhave regarded as mightier than the sword. Among the many anony-\\nmous articles addressed to the honorable court concerning the use of\\nthe building for dances and such like, the following is, perhaps, the\\nmost characteristic. We copy verbatim\\nTo the Honorable County Court\\nGentlemen As you are the guardians of the public property\\nof the county, and as it is your duty to see that this property is not de-\\nstroyed or misused, I beg leave to call your attention to the danger\\nto which the Court House is exposed by being used as a datice house.\\nMany of your body perhaps are not aware that the house is used almost\\nevery week by a company called a Social Club for the purpose of danc-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 8l\\ning^ yet such is the fact, for the truth of which I refer you to some of\\nthe members of your honorable body, by being thus used. The walls\\nin a short time will become damaged and need repairs. Who will\\npay for these repairs, the Social Club or the Taxpayers The fires, I\\nunderstand, are left to take care of themselves, no one member of\\nthe so-called Social Club taking it upon himself to see to them. Should\\nthe house burn down through carelessness, the County Court will find\\nit their business to rebuild it, for the Club will not be apt to do so.\\nOn several occasions I understand the use of the house has been asked\\nfor for the purpose of holding religious worship. Does preaching the\\nGospel within the walls do the house any injury It was said at the\\ntime by those who objected to it, that it was not built for a meeting\\nhouse. So I think myself, but still I do not think it was built for a\\nDa?ice House. They also said there were plenty of churches in town\\nto preach in. So there is and there is also public houses enough in\\ntown to dance in. The Court House should not be used for either.\\nMany also objected to its being used for a public exhibition of the\\nscholars connected with one of your schools, a matter of far more im-\\nportance to the public than the drawing of cat gut and the bloivijig of\\npipes. The house was built for the purpose of holding the courts in it.\\nLet it be so used. It cost about ten thousand dollars, and it should\\ntherefore be well taken care of and not used for any other purpose than\\nwhat it was designed for when built. The whole county is interested\\nin this matter, and not merely a few in town. In conclusion, I ask\\nyour honorable body to look well into this matter. You now have\\ntimely warning of the danger to which the house is exposed, and in you\\nis vested the remedy. Will you apply it By so doing you will comply\\nwith the wishes of more than one.\\nTAXPAYER.\\nDecember, 22, 1845.\\nTaxpayer was no doubt one those easy whittling kind who watched\\nall of the points of public and private interest, except those which\\nmost concerned himself. He evidently had been black-balled bv the\\nSocial Club and was not held in high esteem bv the church. He\\nwas a selfish fellow, for he opposed the using of the Court House\\neven for religious purposes but then he was a smarter cuss than he\\nwould have the world believe in his disguised epistle to the court.\\nHis complaint, consistent as it appeared, failed to attract the attention\\nof the court. Flitting feet, inspired by the Draiving of Cat Gut^\\nand ^Blowing of Pipes continued to revel in terpchicorean pleasure,\\nand religious denominations used the house whenever they pleased, to\\nthe disgust of this perhaps Poll Tax payer. But at the October\\ncourt, 1852, the following was passed Ordered, that the jailer shall\\nnot hereafter suffer or permit the Court House or any room thereof\\nto be used for any show or exhibition for a sight of which any\\n6", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "82 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nmoney is charged. Nor shall he rent or let said building, or any room\\nor any apartment thereof, to any painter, daguerreotypest, musician\\nnecromancer, spiritual rappings, jugglers, rope dancers, slight-of-hand\\nperformance, or any other monte bank whatever.\\nAt the same court a six-foot gravel walk was ordered to be made\\naround the foot of the incline. This was the first walk of any impor-\\ntance ever ordered by the county around the square. At the October\\ncourt, 1853, the sweeping order of 1852 was modified by authorizing\\nthe jailer to let the building to any religious denomination. This\\nnow old building has been the scene, in its time, of social occasions\\nboth charming and brilliant. Many persons living can turn over\\nmemories leaves and find recorded some of the happiest hours of life\\nspent within the walls of that old temple, dedicated to Blackstone and\\nother matchless masters. Many young hearts bursting with love have\\nbeen soothed beneath its roof. Many young student, whose heart\\ntickled his throat, has met his success or re^ -erse there. Political\\nhacks have been hatched in its rostrum, while eloquence and oratory\\nhave caused its walls to resound the thundering applause of an excited\\nand gratified multitude.\\nIts bar was the professional battle ground of a host of brilliant\\nmen Towles, Dixon, Powell, Cook, McHenry, the Barbours, Crock-\\nett, Cissell, Hughes, the Dallams, the Yeamans, Turner, Bunch, Glass,\\nKinney, Vance and a host of others, while the ermine was graced by\\nsuch shining lights as McLean, Shackelford, Stites, Dabney, Calhoun,\\nCook, Fowler and others. In 1857, a necessity for the alteration of\\nthe interior plan of the house manifested itself so apparently, the\\ncourt at its September sitting ordered, That John T. Bunch, L. W.\\nBrown, W. D. Allison, James H. Priest, L. W. Powell and Henry F.\\nTurner be- appointed commissioners to examine the Court House, and\\nreport what alterations and repairs are in their opinion necessary, and\\na plan of such alterations, and the probable cost of the whole work,\\nand how long it will take to complete the same.\\nAt the September court the Commissioners reported a plan not\\nto exceed in cost fifteen hundred dollars. Justices Hiram Turner, B.\\nD. Cheatham, W. H, Cunningham, William E. Bennett, E. F. Hazel-\\nwood and Y. E. Allison, Judge of the County Court, voted for the\\nmotion made to adopt the plan and directing said alterations and im-\\nprovements to be made. Justices B. T. Martin, Isham Cottingham,\\nH. L. Cheaney and William S. Hicks voted in the negative. The\\nmotion prevailed, but upon consultation, it was thought best to defer\\nthe whole matter until a fuller court could meet. October following,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 83\\nthe aforesaid Commissioners were removed and the following order\\npassed Ordered that John Bunch, Y. E. Allison, William D.\\nAllison, William E. -Lambert and Philip Van Bussum be appointed\\ncommissioners to draft and fix upon a plan for the alteration and im-\\nprovement of the interior of the Court House, and let the same to the\\nlowest bidder. This motion was concurred in unanimously. From\\nsome reason these Commissioners failed to do their duty, as will be\\nseen from the following March court, 1858 The Commissioners\\nappointed by the court to draft a plan, and have the interior of the\\nCourt House repaired, having failed to act, it is now ordered that\\nthe said Committee be removed, and that Barak Brashear, L. W.\\nBrown, H. F. Turner, John W. Crockett, F. H. Dallam and I. G.\\nLivers, be appointed a committee to act in the place of those removed,\\nand they proceeded to act forthwith. At the April court following,\\nthe Commissioners reported a plan and specifications made by J. J.\\nKriss, architect, which were adopted. The contract was awarded L\\nG. Livers, and one thousand dollars ordered to be paid him for mak-\\ning the improvements. The interior of the building was completely\\noverhauled, and made both comfortable and convenient. The\\nJudge s stand was removed to the center of the rear wall, handsome\\ntables inclosed by a nicely finished iron railing, were placed in front\\nof the Judge for the use of the Clerk, a large space in front and on\\nboth sides of the Judge and Clerk was set apart for the use of the bar,\\nthis also was inclosed by a handsome iron railing outside of the bar;\\nthe entire interior, with the exception of ample passageways, was pro-\\nvided with seats elevated one above another from the floor to the\\nwall. The improvement was a grand one, springing from the old\\nopen brick concern, as cold in winter as the north end of an arctic\\nblizzard, to a modernized interior comfortably and conveniently ar-\\nranged. This, now much to be enjoyed building, was used until the\\nsecond year of the war, when it was taken by the soldiery and occu-\\npied as a military headquarters, a prison house, hospital, cook-house\\nand a means defensive against the attacks of the enemy. While\\nmany court houses throughout the State and adjoining counties were\\nburned to the ground by one side or the other of the enemy, this old\\nveteran was permitted to stand, presenting at the close of the war,\\nunbroken walls and columns, but an indescribably mutilated interior.\\nPews and benches, flooring and other necessary appendages had been\\nsacrificed to the flames or whittled into ingenious trinkets. Its ruth-\\nless inmates had laid destroying hands upon evidences of value, torn", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "84 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nfrom its walls the beauties of architecture, and knifed into shape-\\nless confusion the bench from which justice had been delivered. As\\na result of this unwarranted deviltry upon the part of those whose\\nduty it was to protect, and not to destroy, the following, which ap-\\npears of record in the fall 1865, will explain His Honor, C. W.\\nHutchen, Judge of Henderson County, having had the Justices of the\\ncounty summoned to meet, the following answered to their names\\nRichard Keach, Hiram Turner, P. H. Lockett, Charles C. Eades,\\nJohn F. Toy, C. S, Royster, William C. Green, F. E. Walker, and C.\\nC. Ball. Judge Hutchen explained the object of the meeting to be\\nfor devising ways and means for repairing and re-organiznig the Court\\nHouse, which had been rendered worthless from causes growing out\\nof the late war. Thereupon the following order was entered of re-\\ncord Ordered, that the sum of five thousand dollars be appro-\\npriated to the remodeling and repairing of the Court House, and that\\nP. H. Lockett, Henry F. Turner and C. W. Hutchen be appointed\\ncommissioners to devise plans and have said work done. It is further\\nordered that the said Commissioners will not begin said work until\\nthey have consulted with an advisory board hereby appointed, consist-\\ning of Richard Keach, C. S. Royster, Thomas B. Long, Hiram Turner,\\nCharles C. Ball, William W. Shelby, Frank E. Walker and John F.\\nToy. When said advisory board are satisfied that the war is over\\nand that the house will not again be occupied by soldiers and that\\nmartial law is repealed, and shall so express themselves to the Com-\\nmissioners heretofore appointed, then they are authorized to act.\\nOrdered, that Y. E. Allison, Adam Rankin and William Green be ap-\\npointed a committee to borrow on the credit of the county the said\\nsum of five thousand dollars, bearing interest not to exceed 8 per\\ncent.\\nThis set of Commissioners it seems failed to make a satisfactory\\nreport, and at the March term, 1866, the following order was passed\\nOrdered, that a committee of three be appointed, whose duty it shall\\nbe to employ an architect, who shall draw under the direction of said\\ncommittee, a plan and specifications, which plan, if adopted by the\\ncourt, shall be carried into effect, said committee to advertise, let, and\\nhave built, the alterations necessary to the improvement, and perfect-\\ning the Court House in Henderson County. It is further ordered\\nthat the sum of twelve thousand dollars be, and is hereby appropri-\\nated for the purpose of reconstructing and repairing the interior of\\nthe building. It is further ordered, that the committee consist of", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 85\\nHenry F. Turner, Jesse Lame and Charles C. Eades, and that they\\nare authorized to borrow that amount on the faith of the county,\\nat a rate of interest not exceeding- 10 per cent, for the purpose afore-\\nsaid.\\nAt the May term, 1865, the committee reported a plan and speci-\\nfications, whereupon the following order was passed Ordered, that\\nthe report of the building committee this day made, and the plans\\nand specifications of the architects, Mursinna and Boyd, as now shown\\nto the court, be received and adopted, and that the building committee,\\nto-wit Messrs. Turner, Eads and Lame, be and they are hereby\\nclothed with power to either let the building, repairing and recon-\\nstructing of the Court House, at either puplic or private contract, or\\nhave the same done under their supervision and control. It is fur-\\nther ordered that Frank E. Walker be and he is appointed a commit-\\ntee to borrow any sum of money necessary to complete the repairs\\nand reconstructing of the Court House, upon the best terms he can\\nat any rate of interest not exceeding 10 per cent per annum, and\\npledge the faith of the county for the redemption of the same, and\\nthat he pay the same out on the order of the building committee.\\nThe internal arrangement of the building was completely revolu-\\ntionized by the architects, the lower story, which had always prior to\\nthat time been used as a court room, was now divided into four lart^e\\nrooms, with halls between and the Circuit Court room moved to the\\nsecond story. The County and Circuit Clerks offices were left be-\\nlow, but moved from two brick rooms forming an ell to the house into\\nthe main building. In this change a large vault was built for the pur-\\npose of preserving the records of the county against fire. The brick\\nwork was done by Weaver and Digman, the carpenter work by James\\nH. Johnson. At the December term, 1866, the building committee\\nreported the work completed according to contract, and the same was\\nreceived in discharge of the original contract.\\nThe old temple was once more agreed to be as good as new, and\\nfar more convenient and comfortable than ever before. The Circuit\\nCourt room, now located in the second story, proves easy of ventilation,\\nthe breezes roll, in undisturbed waves, through its large openin^^s dur-\\ning the heat of summer, and are controlled by ordinary fires durino-\\nthe cold months of winter. Located high up above the sins of the\\nworld, eloquence towers over the heads of the populace, and the keen\\ncall of the Sheriff can be recognized for squares. How long this old", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "86 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nbuilding will serve the people or supply the demands of these times\\nof railroads and electricity, no one can tell suffice it to say, before\\nanother history is written we shall see a stone structure standing in\\nits place worthy of the great county.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER IX.\\nCOUNTY clerk s OFFICES, ETC.\\nTN the two preceding chapters I have given a complete history of\\nthe county jails and court houses, beginning with the rude log hut\\nused in 1799 and ending with the present magnificent building, stand-\\ning in beautiful prominence on Court Square.\\nDoubtless this has proved uninteresting, and many may say it might\\nhave been left out. It is a material part of the county s history,\\nhowever, and in the judgment of the local historians, if their work is\\nto be accredited, is most worthy of being perpetuated.\\nThe county has greatly changed since the lonely debtor sat in\\ngloomy suspense in his prison room, situated in a log cabin, no better,\\nand perhaps not so good as a majority of the stables of the county,\\nbrooding over a reckless disregard of credit extended him. Indeed\\nhas the county changed. Where wolves and wild animals roamed un-\\nmolested, where flocks of wild fowls picked berries from the unculti-\\nvated hillsides and valleys, we now see green fields dotted with im-\\nproved breeds of cattle and sheep.\\nWhere by-paths, trails and traces used to guide the hunj:er\\nthrough the forests, we now see a cleared country, with main roads\\nand cross roads, webbing the county from its extreme northeastern\\nto its extreme southeastern corner.\\nIn place of bringing the mails from Hopkinsville on horseback\\nonce a week, the iron horse now rushes over his iron roadway, ex-\\nchanging the mails as often as once, twice and thrice a day. We\\nmight go on and enumerate until wearied and worn, lay down and\\nnap it for a new beginning.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "88 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nThe clerks offices of the county, as yet unassociated with any\\nchapter of this work, are no less important in many respects than\\nthose already mentioned.\\nThe records kept by the first clerk of the county failed to men-\\ntion his official habitation. Whether he abode his time at Bradley s\\nTavern or in one secluded corner of the old school house, or carried\\nhis office in his coat tail pocket, is a matter of which we shall never\\nknow more than we now do, unless some expert spiritualist should\\nhold converse with the spirit of that departed and long ago pulver-\\nized official. Even then should this cunning manipulator of messages\\nfrom the spirit world meet the historical grievance, so common to all\\ncompilers of ancient records and traditionary testimony, face to face,\\nit is likely that he would soon discover his inability to enlighten his\\nanxious auditory. Old age in human kind is a terrible infirmity and\\nterribly damaging to the faculty of memory. Presuming that old\\nspirits are as averse to the worry of recalling long lost events and as\\ninaccurate in dates and locations as old mortals, we are prone to be-\\nlieve from experience had with the latter class, that the entranced\\nmedium would meet with but little headway in his spiritual interview,\\nfor the gentleman from whom he could hope to get his information has\\nbeen dead, lo, these eighty-three years. The question naturally arises,\\nis the memory of an old spirit brighter than that of an old mortal\\nand this question I decline to entertain, leaving it to our learned\\ntheologians, determined at all times to give a hearty amen to what\\nthey may say coHcerning it.\\nBut about the first clerk s office it must have been a shabby af-\\nfair, for we learn from the records that Mr. John D. Haussman, the\\nfirst clerk of the county, presented a bill to the first Court of Claims\\nin November, 1779, amounting to thirteen dollars and eighty-nine\\ncents for office rent and clerk s services, from the time of his ap-\\npointment in the previous June. Twelve years after this, and some\\nyears after the death of Mr. Haussman, Ambrose Barbour, Clerk of\\nthe^ Court of Quarter Sessions and County Court, presented a bill to\\nthe court, then sitting as a Court of Claims, in November, 1811,\\nwhich read as follows\\nAmbrose Barbour vs. County\\nTo ofiice rent since November 1 1810, one year $20 00\\nThis account includes house rent and office articles, such as chairs, tables, etc.\\nTo paper, ink, quills, etc 17 00\\nFrom this it is reasonably safe to conclude that office rents, tables\\nand chairs were cheap in those days, or else paper, ink and quills\\nwere reasonably enormous.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 89\\nIn 1813 the first Court House was built, and an order passed\\nsome time prior to that eventful year, was enforced that is, that the\\noffice of the clerk of the court Should not be over a square from the\\ncourt building. Upon the application of Mr. Barbour he was per-\\nmitted to remove his office into the second story of the new Court\\nHouse.\\nHere he continued until his death in 1822. Harrison H. Grixby\\nsucceeded to the office and held this room until his death in 1824.\\nWilliam D. Allison succeeded to the office, and live years afterwards\\nwas successful in securing from the County Court an order directing\\nthe building of suitable offices for the purpose of the courts of the\\ncounty. A committee consisting of Wm. D. Allison, Edmunds H.\\nHopkins and one or two others were appointed to draft a plan and\\nreport.\\nThis was done, and the plan adopted by the court, with instruc-\\ntions to the committee to receive bids and contract for said work.\\nA short time thereafter the contract was awarded to Mr. James\\nAlves, and the work of building commenced. The building cost nine\\nhundred and fifty dollars, and was completed a few months after it\\nhad been contracted for. A large majority of the readers of this\\nbook remember it, for it stood as an ell with two rooms extending out\\nfrom the main building in the direction of the Public Square, and was\\nused and occupied up to the year 1866, the time the Court House\\nnow standing was completely remodeled. When this old-time deposi-\\ntory of record evidences was rased to the ground one of the principal\\nland marks of the county was destroyed the prestine headquarters of\\nsocial gatherings, the meeting place of jokers, the auditorium where\\ngathered musicians and mirth-provoking masters, the seclude of con-\\nvival hospitality, all of these and more too,, found a welcome pastime\\nwithin the walls and beneath the roof of this primitive judicial addi-\\ntament. If bricks could only talk, if they could only be interviewed,\\nwhat a wealth of wit and humor now lost forever, would be disclosed.\\nEach brick could a tale unfold, whose very telling would revive old\\nmemories and cause even the stoic indifferent to loosen the pegs of\\nhis boots in convulsive laughter. But it is too late, Old Time has\\nconsigned most of these humorous incidents to the tomb of the\\nCapulets, while those yet remembered come in such a questionable\\nshape as to render their accuracy a matter of very great doubt. Hun-\\ndreds of men have gone from their old retreat happier than the sport-\\ning lamb, bearing with them the legal warrant to blend two souls into", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "90 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\none hundreds have gone therefrom confident in the justice of law,\\nwhile there are others who have left it with broken purses, if not\\nbroken hearts. All of the vicissitudes of life have been witnessed\\nthere, and it is a pity that those old walls, for old acquaintance sake,\\nmight not have been permitted to stand for generations to come.\\nIn 1866, when the internal design of the Court House had been\\ncompletely changed, and the Circuit Court room and jury rooms re-\\nmoved into the second story of the building, the Circuit and County\\nClerks offices were located in rooms on the first floor. Nine years\\nafterward it was deemed necessary to make a change occasioned by\\nthe growing demands of the county, and thereupon, at the August\\nmeeting of the County Court, 1875, a committee appointed at a former\\ncourt to consider the advisability of such change, and a suitable plan,\\nreported. The report of the committee was adopted, and, upon\\nmotion of Thomas Spencer, a sum not exceeding three thousand dol-\\nlars, to be appropriated out of the levy of 1874, was set aside for the\\npurpose of building an addition to the Court House and improve the\\nvaults for the safe-keeping of the records of the county. Judge P.\\nH Lockett and P. B. Tribble were appointed a committee to procure\\nplans and report. Judge P. H. Lockett, J. M. Stone, David Banks,\\nJr.; J. E. Denton and G. W. Smith were appointed a building com-\\nmittee to contract for and superintend the building of said addition,\\nand authorized to draw orders on the Sheriff of the county for the\\npayment of the same as the work progressed.\\nThe contract was let to P. B. Tribble, and a short time thereafter\\na handsome two-story wing was built, and the lower wing set apart for\\nthe office of the Circuit Court Clerk and the records of his office.\\nAdjoining this room was built, at the same time, a large, roomy\\nand conveniently arranged brick vault for the safe-keeping of all the\\nrecords and papers of the office.\\nThis building, a two-story one, planned with an eye to symmetry of\\narchitectural design and harmony with the main building, added greatly\\nto the appearance of Court Hill, but rather left it in an unfinished ap-\\npearance. It was said by many, who professed to possess a knowl-\\nedge of architecture, and a taste for harmony in such matters, to\\nresemble too closely, a cow with one horn.\\nPRESENT BUILDING.\\nThis complaint, however, was soon remedied, and all causes for\\nfault-finding was entirely removed. The office of the County Clerk", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 91\\nbecame cramped, the vault had rapidly filled up and was growing too\\nsmall day by day; other offices were needed, and above all, a room\\nwas badly wanted for the purp-^se of the sessions of the County Court\\nand the semi-annual terms of the grand jury. To this end, therefore,\\nand for the additional purpose of completing the original architectural\\ndesign of having one handsome and roomy building for all purposes\\nof the county, at the October court, of 1880, the following order was\\nmade\\nOn motion it was ordered that the County Judge appoint a\\nbuilding committee to investigate into the necessity for building a wing\\nto the Court House, for a County Clerk s office and grand jury room,\\nsaid committee to report at the February term of this court, where-\\nupon the following were appointed such committee Samuel R. Hop-\\nkins, J. M. Stone and J. W. Eakins. At the March, 1881, term, the\\ncommittee reported that they considered the building of a clerk s office\\nand grand jury room a necessity.\\nThis report was received and approved, and by a unanimous vote\\nof the court then sitting, it was determined to build the same.\\nThe following order was then passed Ordered, that an addi-\\ntional levy of five cents on the one hundred dollars be made to pay\\nfor the addition heretofore ordered, and that Samuel R. Hopkins, J.\\nW. Eakins and J. M. Stone, be appointed a committee to procure a\\nplan and let out the building of said addition. That Judge P. H.\\nLockett and J. M. Stone be appointed a committee to borrow a suffi-\\ncient sum of money to pay for the same, until the amount levied at\\nthis term can be collected by the Sheriff of the county.\\nP. B. Tribble furnished the plan and specifications, and upon ex-\\namination, the same were adopted by the committee. John Mundo\\nbeing the lowest bidder, the work of building was awarded to him, and\\nW. H. Sandefur appointed superintendent of the work. This addi-\\ntion cost the county a little over two thousand and two hundred dol-\\nlars, and was completed and occupied by the County Clerk before the\\nfall of 1881. It has been said of the County Clerk s office, that it\\nhas adjoining a magnificient fire-proof vault, large enough to accom-\\nmodate the business of the county for many years to come.\\nThis completes the public buildings of the county, so far as the\\ncourts and their necessary adjuncts are concerned, and leaves the\\ncounty at this time the possessor of an imposing structure, which it is\\npresumed will serve all purposes for years to come. In the one main\\nbuilding and the two wings, are now located the offices of the Circuit\\nand County Court Clerks the County Judge, with a fire-proof vault", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "92 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nfor all the records of his office the Sheriff, County Treasurer, Mas-\\nter Commissioner, and the two City District Magistrates. In the\\nsecond story of the west wing is a handsome room fitted up for\\nthe use of the meetings of the County Court and grand juries. In\\nthe second story of the main building, are the Circuit Court and jury\\nrooms.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER X\\nCOUNTY COURT PROCEEDINGS 1779 TAVERN RATES FIXED, ETC.\\nSOMETHING OF THE EARLIEST SETTLERS FIRST STORES, SCHOOLS,\\nETC. THE COURTS.\\npZ^AVING given a history of the main thoroughfares, Court Houses^\\njails and offices of the county from their beginning in 1799, to the\\npresent time, I return to the second meeting of the County Court held\\nin August of that j^ear. Having disposed of all road and public\\nbuilding matters brought before them, the court proceeded to enter-\\ntain such motions of minor interest as any citizen or any member of\\nthe court may have thought for the general good, or legally required\\nto come before it.\\nFIRST TAVERN RATES.\\nA motion was made to establish rates for the government of all\\ntaverns of the county. The following is a copy of the order:\\nTAVERN RATES AUGUST, 1779.\\nThe court fixes the tavern rates in this county as follows\\nBreakfast and Supper, each is\\nDinner is 6d\\nLodging 6d\\nCorn per gallon, or Oats 9d\\nHay or fodder, per night and stabl cage Is 6d\\nPastureage 4 d J^s\\nWhiskey per gallon I2s\\nDrink, per half-pint 2d\\nBrandy per gallon I8s\\nBeer and Cider, per quart is\\nPROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST COURT.\\nIsaac Dunn, a poor orphan, and represented to be a bad boy, was\\napprenticed to John Sutton to learn a trade. This young man en-\\njoyed the honor of having been the first person apprenticed in the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "94 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\ncounty. The first appeal from a Magistrate s Court was that of An.\\ndrew Burk, 7^s. Wiley Thornton, made to this term of the court. The\\nfirst indenture of sale, Samuel Hopkins to John Husbands, was\\nacknowledged in this court. The first record evidence of slaves was\\nmade at this court.\\nAt the September court, Robert Hamilton produced a license\\nfrom examiners appointed by law to practice as an attorney in the\\nCourts of the Commonwealth. Mr. Hamilton was the first lawyer\\nlicensed to practice in the county.\\nFIRST EMANCIPATION.\\nA certificate of emancipation of a negro woman and a negro man,\\nnamed respectively, Patience and Scipio, belonging to Joseph Mayes,\\nof Henrico County, Virginia, was filed and ordered to be recorded.\\nThe county being without a record book, and also a seal, the follow-\\ning order was made Ordered, that the clerk furnish this county\\nwith the necessary record book, likewise procure a seal, with a devise\\nof a man standing with a sickle in his hand, with words Henderson\\nCounty, for the circumspection of the court, and a chest to hold the\\nrecord books and papers belonging to the county.\\nAt the November term of the County Court there were present\\nCharles Davis, John Husbands and Jacob Newman, gentlemen Jus.\\ntices. John D. Haussman, Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions for\\nthe County, made oath to, and filed an account amounting to two dol-\\nlars and seventy-five cents, of taxes alienations and county sales from\\nthe commencement of his office, June, 1799, to the first day of Octo-\\nber last, which was ordered to be certified to the Auditor. This be-\\ning the first Court of Claims the court proceeded to lay the county\\nlevy and stated the accounts against the county as follows\\nTHE COUNTY.\\nFor building the jail \u00c2\u00ab339.00\\nTo the Clerk for his office and services as per account 13.89\\nTo the same for three record books and freight on same from the Falls of the\\nOhio 30.75\\nThe same for the County seal 8.00\\nTotheSherifE 30.00\\nTo the same for his services in tlie County Court 25.00\\nSherilt commissions for collecting ^499.50, at 6 per cent. 30.00\\nThe County ....$476.64\\nBy 333 tithables at f 1.50 each, levied for the use of the County ^499.86\\nBall 23.22", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 95\\nOrdered^ that the Sheriff of this county collect from each tithable person\\nin this county, one dollar and fifty cents, and therewith discharge the above\\nallowances and account with the coiy;t for the balance.\\nFrom the foregoing it will be seen that the tax-paying population\\nof the county in November, 1799, was only three hundred and thirty-\\nthree, and that the tax levied was one dollar and fifty cents per head.\\nFor some time the tax duplicates increased slowly, and the delinquent\\nlist was distressingly large. As has been said before, the records of\\nthe county from the beginning of the year 1800 to 1816, are lost, so\\nfor the time during that break, I have filled the gap as best could be,\\nfrom such assistance as was to be obtained from old papers and scraps\\nof evidence found bundled away in the County Clerk s office.\\nVIENGMAND COURTEIS, THE TRADER.\\nIn 1792, Viengmand Courteis built him a small log hut on the\\nriver bank and traded in hides and skins of all kinds.\\nWhat he did with them, or where he found a market, we shall\\nnever know. He bought mostly bear and otter skins. What he ex-\\nchanged for these skins we do not know. In those days French trad-\\ners occasionally passed down the river and to these perhaps he ex-\\nchanged his merchandize for money or other articles of value.\\nIn 1796 he was joined by Conrad Figis. At this time Captain\\nDunn was the only recognized officer of the law known in all of this\\nterritory, and owing to the increase of settlers the following order was\\nsent him by the Senior Justice:\\nChristian County, State of Kentucky.\\nTo Mr. John Dunn\\nSir\u00e2\u0080\u0094 You will raise three men to act under you as a patrol in said county\\nat the Red Banks, to do your duty agreeably to law. September 2o, I796.\\nSigned, MOSES SHELBY.\\ndunn s store.\\nCaptain Dunn was a man of great importance at that time, from\\nthe fact of his official position, and also that he was the proprietor of\\nthe only store in the Red Banks. His house was located on the cor-\\nner of Fourth and Main Streets, where the old foundry now stands,\\nand from record evidences it is to be adjudged that he did pretty\\nmuch all the business at that time. The following is a copy of one\\nof his accounts\\nJesse Stmmonds, Dr. to John Dunn\\n1 lb. powder 7-6 \u00c2\u00a30 7\\n2 bear skins, loaned in exchange 12", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "96 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\n1 quait cherry bounce, 4-6 0. 4. 6.\\n\u00c2\u00a31. 4. 0.\\nSir\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Please to pay tlic above bill to Robert Simpson, .and this shall be your re-\\nceipt.\\nAttest: Ebknkzku Simpson. JOHN DUNN.\\nJune 24, 1794.\\nFIRST SCHOOL.\\nThe first school, of which anything is known, was taught some-\\nwhere in the neighborhood of Diamond Island, and whether this Dia-\\nmond Island was either of the islands near Henderson, or Diamond\\nIsland sixteen miles below, no one can speak with any degree of cer-\\ntainty. Captain Dunn was a patron of this school, as the following\\nwill show\\nCaptain John Dunn;\\nSir Please pay Mr. Russell Hewitt, or order, ten shillings, yourquar-\\nterly subscription to my school, at the Diamond Island, and this shall be yoiu-\\nsufficient receipt. Signed, HENRY PATMERS\\nOctober 2G, 1794. Test: John Devritt,\\nIn the year 1795 the following curious bill of sale Dassed title in\\na horse\\nKnoii) All Men by these Presents\\nThat I, Robert Simpson, do give, grant and sell, and convey to John\\nDunn, one bay mare, about fourteen hands high, in consideration of twenty\\npounds paid to me in hand, the same creature I lent to John Patterson to hunt\\non. I likewise authorize John Dunn to take the same mare wherever he can\\nfind her, and at my risque.\\nROBERT SIMPSON.\\nAttest: Uel Lambkin, Daniel Kerr\\n29, December, 1795.\\nHUGH KNOX AS A JOKER.\\nIn this same year, Hugh Knox, who was appointed the\\nthe first Justice of the Court of Quarter Sessions, and a man of\\nstrong mind and great will-power, got himself into quite a financial\\ntrouble for those times, by indulging his ungovernable disposition for\\npractical jokes. Mr. Knox was a man full of life and fire, and would be\\nconsidered by the more settled people of this day, what is commonly\\ndenominated a fast man. The following letter addressed to Peter\\nSmith, near Louisville, is reproduced, more on account of its historical\\nconnection, than as a literary curiosity. At that time our grand juries\\nmet in the town of Russellville, Logan County, in what was called the\\nDistrict Court, and residents of the Red Banks now Henderson had\\nto ride through the wild woods, a distance of one hundred miles, when\\nsummoned, to attend as parties or witnesses, in criminal or civil actions.\\nFrom this letter, also, will be seen the difficulties parties had to un-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "COURT HOUSE.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 97\\ndergo in procuring legal service. This letter was sent to Louisville by\\nhand\\nCOPY t)F LETTER.\\nDear Sir I have hitherto neglected informing you what happened me\\nat Logan Cort, in consequence of our Kuyckingdall frolick. The old Jezebel\\nwas there and presented me to the grand jury, by little Hugh White, making\\noath that Michael Sprinkle and I were the men that don the execution, upon\\nwhich a Cort was Cauled in fiv^e days after, in which time I had to ride sixty\\nmiles for a lawyer, to which I had to give a fee oi fifty dollars, and was acquit-\\nted with honor. With that and the other expenses of witnesses, amounts to\\nten dollars a man. which they have all agreed to bear an equal part of the bur-\\nden, and the most of them has paid me. If you will be so good as to bear\\npart of the burden with me, I shall be obliged to you. and shall take the amount\\nof the ten dollars in corn or flour at Louisville, at the market price. I shall\\nsend an order by Captain John Dunn, which you will discharge at this time,\\nas I stand in great need of bread at the salt works that I am opening. The\\nfavor shall be greatly acknowledged by your very humble servant.\\nMr. Pete Smith H. KNGX\\nJuly 20. 1795.\\nIn order to get this ten dollor s worth of corn or flour, Captain\\nDunn went to Louisville and carried the same back to the salt works,\\non Highland Creek, for which he only charged the moderate sum of\\nfive dollars.\\nFIRST GRIST MILL.\\nThe first grist mill of which anything is known, was built by\\nCaptain Dunn, in the year 1796, and was operated by him up to his\\ndeath a few years afterwards. For several years this was the only\\nmill in the settlement, and where it was located, or what character of\\na mill it was, the records fail to explain. In Captain Dunn s old\\naccount book, a little blank paper affair, with a thin, blue paper back,\\nsix inches long and four inches wide, is to be found seven accounts\\nagainst the following persons, respectively Richard Taylor, John\\nChristian, Andrew Rowen, Walter Thorn, Hugh Knox, Michael Sprin-\\nkle and Peter Thorn all for grinding and packing. His usual charge\\nfor this work was three shillings sixpence per bushel. The charge\\nfor packing was taking the meal in sacks on horseback from the\\nmill to the home of the purchaser. So, from this, it will be seen that\\nthe system of delivering goods was adopted at the Red Banks as\\nearly as the year 1796.\\nHANNAH DUNN.\\nWhile Captain Dunn was busy with his mill and official business,\\nMrs. Hannah Dunn, his efficient helpmate, was occuppied in watching\\nthe store and little tavern on the corner of Fourth and Main Streets.\\n7", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "98 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nShe must have been a woman of indominable energy and great mus-\\ncular strength. Oftentimes, in addition to her daily labors, she was\\nknown to do a man s work chopping cordwood, heavy lifting, and many\\nother things nowadays men would consider too laborious, to say noth-\\ning of the women of 1887. She was as fearless as she was energetic,\\nand during her husband s absence would go into the woods, attack\\nbear, and most generally bring one home with her. Nor was this all,\\nshe was no more afraid of a man than she was of a bear, and many\\ntimes she was known to take an overdosed, quarrelsome, wild, wild\\nwoodsman by the nap of his neck and lift him from the bar-room out\\nof the tavern. She was boss, and never failed to impress her author-\\nity whenever occasion demanded it.\\nQUEER RECEIPTS.\\nAt that time what is known as Henderson County, was called\\nthe Big Barrens, from the fact that little timbers grew over the\\ncounty, save along the water courses.\\nOwing to the scarcity of salt, that necessary commodity sold at\\nan enormously high price, ten dollars per bushel being the regular\\nprice, while in many cases as high as fifteen and twenty dollars was\\npaid.\\nPeople had a curious way of writing receipts. Here is a speci-\\nmen\\nReceipt from John McCallister,\\n8 bu salt on account of John Dunn,\\nI say receipt by me this Jany 7, 1796,\\nROBERT LANE.\\nMost all receipts at that time were written in the same peculiar\\nphraseology.\\nMuch of the country immediately around Henderson was low and\\nmarshy, and stagnant water stood in ponds and low places, conse-\\nquently the whole settlement suffered from ague and fever.\\nFIRST PHYSICIANS.\\nAt this time there were few physicians, and from what can be\\nlearned they were uneducated and really knew but little more than\\nany other observing or experimenting settler. Dr. James Hamilton,\\na man of fine natural and considerable acquired intelligence, prac-\\nticed, and was regarded as really the only physician of any respecta-\\nbility, until the coming of Dr. Adam Rankin, in 1800.\\nEARLY MARRIAGES.\\nFor sometime prior to the organization of the county, and for\\nmany years afterwards, Eneas McCallister, father of the lamented\\nSquire John E. McCallister, did the duty of parson on marital oc", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 99\\ncasions. He was one of the first magistrates, and was authorized by\\nthe County Court to perform that service. In 1800 he married Cap-\\ntain Daniel McBride and Mary--Bennett, Jacob Sprinkle and Axy Mc-\\nLean, Moses Stegall (whose first wife was brutally murdered by Big\\nand Little Harpe, and he himself afterwards killed) and Sally Vane.\\nIn 1804 he married Dr. Adam Rankin and Haney Gamble.\\nYOUTHFUL WEDLOCKS.\\nIn primitive days men and women if they could be called men\\nand women inter-married at an earlier period in life than they do\\nnow.\\nOftentimes girls at fourteen and sixteen years of age were given\\nin marriage to youngsters from nineteen to twenty-one, and in some\\ninstances to men of mature age. Instances were known, and are\\nknown to this day, of girls becoming mothers before arriving at the\\nage of sweet sixteen.\\nIt is also a fact that marriages, considering the population, were\\nfar more frequent than nowadays. Computing the number of mar-\\nriages in 1797 and 1800, and up even to 1810, with a corresponding\\nregard to numbers, the list of marriages annually at this modern day,\\nto correspond with the list in those years, would reach fully fifteen\\nhundred, if not more, per annum.\\nCHEAP LAND.\\nThe finest lands in the county were insignificantly cheap, so that\\nany man of ordinary industry could secure himself a home. For in-\\nstance, in 1798 John Williams, Robert Burton and Archibald Hender-\\nson, surviving executor of Richard Henderson, sold to General Sam-\\nuel Hopkins and Mark Alexander, all of the land on the Ohio near the\\nmouth of Green River, and one hundred acres adjoining the town of\\nHenderson, amounting in the aggregate, to five thousand six hundred\\nand fourteen acres, for the price of seventy-five cents per acre, and\\nthat on credit.\\nOne year later. General Hopkins sold to Henry Purviance, four\\nlots of one acre each, in the town of Henderson, and lots Nos. 4 and\\n5, containing ten acres each, for the round sum of one hundred and\\nninety dollars.\\nSLAVERY.\\nIn 1799, settlers began to import slaves to the county. At the\\nOctober Court of Quarter Sessions General Samuel Hopkins re-\\nported a bill of sale for record, which conveyed the title from John\\nHopkins, of Mercer County, to General Hopkins, of this county, in\\nand to seven negro slaves, two men, one woman, one boy and four", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "100 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nsmall children, two sorrel horses and one black mare, for and in con-\\nsideration of two hundred and forty three pounds, eleven shillings\\nand eight pence.\\nTHE COURTS.\\nThe courts of Henderson County, as established and authorized\\nby the Act of December 21, 1798, consisted of a County Court and\\nCourt of Quarter Sessions. The Court of Quarter Sessions was\\ndirected to sit annually on the first Tuesday in the months of March,\\nMay, July and October. The County Court the same day in every\\nother month in which the Courts of Quarter Sessions were not directed\\nto be held.\\nThe Court of Quarter Sessions was composed of three Justices\\nappointed out of the Justices of the Peace for the county. This\\ncourt was authorized to sit six judicial days, unless the business be-\\nfore them could be sooner determined. Each Justice was a conserva-\\ntor of the peace, and the Court was clothed with authority and power\\nto hear and determine all cases whatsoever, at the common law, or\\nin chancery, within their respective counties, except such criminal\\ncauses where the judgment upon conviction should be for the loss of\\nlife or murder, in which causes they had no jurisdiction, except as an\\nexamining court.\\nIn all causes of less than five pounds, current money, or one\\nthousand pounds tobacco, this court had no jurisdiction. It did have\\njurisdiction of all matters respecting escheats and forfeiture, arising\\nwithin the county, to award writs of ne exeat injunctions, and habeas\\ncorpus^ and power to empannel grand juries. The County Court\\nwas composed of a sufficient number of Justices of the Peace,\\nand was given by law, jurisdiction of all causes respecting wills, let-\\nters of administration, mills, roads, appointment of guardians, and\\nthe settling of their accounts; admitting of deeds and other writings\\nto record, to superintend public inspections, grant ordinary license, to\\nregulate and restrain ordinances and tippling houses, appoint proces-\\ncessioners, to hear and determine by law the complaints of appren-\\ntices and hired servants against their masters and mistresses, or of\\nthe master or mistresses against their apprentices, or servants to\\nestablish ferries, to provide for the poor of the county, to erect nec-\\nessary public buildings and purchase land therefor, and to appoint\\ninspectors, collectors, surveyors of roads, constables and county jail-\\ners and cause a ducking stool to he built in such place as jnight be conve-\\nnient for the punishment of minor offenses.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 101\\nThe Justices of the County Court were conservators of the peace,\\nand were given cognizance of all causes of less value than five pounds,\\ncurrent money, or one thousand pounds tobacco.\\nAn act of 1801, reduced the annual terms of the Court of Quar-\\nter Sessions from four to three courts, to be held on the second Mon-\\nday in the months of May, August and November.\\nBy the terms of the following act, approved December 20, 1802\\nCircuit Courts were established throughout the State.\\nWhereas, The present judiciary system is found to be inconvenient and\\nexpensive.\\nBe it enacted, etc.. That the present district courts shall be, and are, abol-\\nished as soon as this act shall take effect. The Circuit Courts shall be and\\nthey are herebj^ established that each Circuit Court shall hold three times in\\nevery year.\\nThey shall have jurisdiction in all causes, matters and things at laws, and\\nin chancery, within their respective districts, except in cases of less value than\\nfive pounds current money, or one thousands pounds of tobacco.\\nThey shall have the same power, authority and jurisdiction given to the\\nDistrict and Quarter Session Courts, and be governed by the same rules,\\nThe Circuit Court, as established by this act, was composed of\\none Judge for the circuit and two assistant Judges, resident in the\\ncounty.\\nThis act abolished the Court of Quarter Sessions and directed\\nthe clerk of such courts to deliver all records and papers over to the\\nClerk of the Circuit Court upon demand. By the term of this act the\\nJudge to be appointed and the two assistant Judges, were made con-\\nservators of the peace.\\nAn amendatory act, passed and approved December 13, 1804,\\nwith jurisdiction over all causes which may have originated within the\\nbounds of the circuit, was given this court.\\nAn act approved February 13, 1816, represented the act creating\\nthe office of assistant Judge alone, all the power and authority for the\\ntrial of criminal and civil cases, and authority to hold one or more ad-\\nditional terms for the trial of chancery causes, or for the trial of any\\nperson apprehended on a charge of felony.\\nFrom the organization of the county, in the year 1799 to April,\\n1805, the Court of Quarter Sessions held its regular terms, being pre-\\nsided over during that time by General Samuel Hopkins, Abraham\\nLanders, Hugh Knox and Dr. Adam Rankin, neither of whom was a\\nlawyer.\\nApril 1, 1805, the first Circuit Court for the county commenced\\nits sitting and was presided over by Henry B. Broadnax, of Lebanon,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "102 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nJudge, and Hugh Knox and Dr. Adam Rankin, assistant Judges. By\\nthe terms of the act of December, 1802, establishing Circuit Courts,\\nthe Counties of Muhlenburg and Henderson formed one circuit and\\nthe courts for the same were directed to be held in the Court House\\nin the County of Muhlenburg.\\nAt the February term, 1808, of the General Assembly, to-wit on\\nthe twenty-third day an act further to amend the act entitled an\\nact establishing Circuit Courts was approved.\\nThis act divided the State i^ito ten districts, and Henderson then\\nbecame a part of the sixth district, composed of Breckenridge, Ohio\\nMuhlenburg, Henderson and Hopkins Counties. The terms of the\\ncourts commenced in Henderson, on the first Mondays in April, July\\nand October, and continued one week. In Hopkins, on the fourth\\nMondays in March, June and September, and continued one week.\\nThe Judges appointed under this act were required to make their\\nallotments by districts, and it was made the duty of each Judge to at-\\ntend the courts of the district to which he was attached. The Hon-\\norable Henry B. Broadnax, was allotted to this, the Sixth District.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XL\\nFIRST CRIMINAL COURT THE FIRST JAIL \u00e2\u0080\u0094THE HARPES PROFANE\\nSWEARING WATER MILLS SUMMARY TREATMENT OF\\nLOAFERS ELECTIONS.\\nON Tuesday, the second day of July, 1799, the first Court of Crim-\\ninal Common law and chancery jurisdiction, held its sitting in\\nthe village of Henderson, the presiding Justices being General Sam-\\nuel Hopkins, Abraham Landers and Hugh Knox, Esqs. Thus, for\\nthe first time. Law with its imposing ceremony asserted its power and\\nauthority in this then the extreme western county along the Ohio\\nRiver. William B. Blackburn and Robert Coleman, Esqs., bearino-\\nwith them commissions as attorneys-at-law in the Courts of the Com-\\nmonwealth, took the oaths of office and were admitted to practice in\\nthe Henderson court. The court then proceeded to appoint a Com-\\nmonwealths Attorney for this county. The vote was taken by ballot\\nand William B. Blackburn receiving a majority vote, was declared\\nelected. A grand jury was then empanneled, consisting of the follow-\\ning names Andrew Burke, (foreman), Edmond Hopkins, William\\nLawrence, William Gates, Thomas Housely, David Johnston, John\\nLawrence, Thomas Smith, John Slover, John McCombs, Isham Sel-\\nlers, Ezra Owens, Jacob Upp, Warner Buck, William Wells, Sher-\\nwood Hicks and Rowlin Hues. These gentlemen being sworn, a\\ngrand jury of inquest, for the body of the county, received their charge\\nand retired to consider of their presentments. Where they retired to\\nis not known more likely than otherwise underneath the shade of\\nsome dense foliage tree, for there were no buildings at that time, the\\ncourt room itself, being a miserable log hut, with only two openings.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "104 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\na small door, and a very large dirt chimney. However, the jury hav-\\ning spent sometime in deliberating, returned into court the following\\nreport of their labors,\\nFirst. The grand jury of the body of Henderson County upon their\\noaths, present Isaac Dunn, a minor, hving in this county, for profane swearing\\nthe thirtieth day of June, on liis return from sermon, Jacob Upp, Hving in this\\nTown and Warner Buck, Hving in this Town, both of the grand jury in\\nformers.\\nFive indictments were returned against men and women for liv-\\ning in adultery, but this must not be taken as an evidence of the\\nwickedness of the times, but attributed rather to ignorance, and a\\nwant of legal arrangements, authorizing marriage. These people\\nwere living in the wild woods and were perhaps as poor as settlers\\nwere ever known. A distance of one hundred miles, attended by\\ngreat difficulties and dangers, had to be traveled in order to procure a\\nlegal warrant or license. Horses were few, and many other almost\\nunsurmountable barriers interposed to force them to violate the law,\\ntherefore there is some apology at least to be made for the course of\\nthese ignorant poor people. Jacob Robertson was presented for being\\na vagrant, and then the first grand jury adjourned.\\nFIRST JAIL.\\nEvery indictment was found upon the evidence of the grand\\njurors, no other witnesses appearing before the jury. The following\\norder was then passed.\\nOrdered, that the block house near John Husbands be considered the jail\\nfor the county, and that the Sheriff caube a door and lock to be fixed to the\\nhou ^e and charge the same to the county. Whereupon the Sheriff, Andrew\\nRowan, accepted to the sufficiency of the said jail.\\nThe block house mentioned in this ordev was located on the river\\nfront near the site of the railroad bridge. It was uninhabited at the\\ntime, was a small concern built of rough logs, and not near so comfor-\\ntable or strong as an ordinary nowaday stock stable.\\nTRIAL OF THE HARPE WOMEN.\\nBig Harpe, one of the brutal murderers of Mrs. Moses Stegall,\\nher little son and William Love, having been pursued and killed, and\\nthe three wives of Big and Little Harpe captured, the three women\\nwere brought to Henderson and placed in the county jail. On the\\nfourth day of September, 1799 following, a Court of Quarter Sessions\\nwas called and held for the axamination of Susanah and Sally Harpe,\\nand Betty Roberts, wives of Big and Little Harpe, and commuted for\\nbeing parties to the murder of Mrs, Stegall and others, and the burn^", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 105\\ning of the house on the night of the twentieth of August, General Sam\\nuel Hopkins and Abraham Landers, presiding. The prisoners were\\nset to the bar by the Sheriff, aRfl being charged with the following,\\ndenied the fact witnesses were sworn, and upon the evidence being\\nheard, it was adjudged by the court that the women were guilty and\\nthat they ought to be tried before the Judges of the District Court at\\nRusselville. They were remanded to jail and, guards placed over\\nthem. John Rieper, Neil Lindsay, Isham Sellers and Mathew Chris-\\ntian were recognized to appear before the district court at its next\\nsession. Andrew Rowan, High Sheriff, and Amos Kuykendall,\\nJohn Standley, Green Massey and Gibson Hardin, guards, were or-\\ndered to proceed with the Harpe women to Russellville, which they\\ndid. The wives of Big and Little Harpe were the first prisoners in-\\ncarcerated in the first prison house of the county.\\nOLD-TIME HARD CASES.\\nAt the October court a grand jury was empanneled, and after de-\\nliberating, returned two indictments, one against Amos Kuykendall\\nand Matthew Christian, quite noted characters at that time; and pos-\\nitively notorious afterwards. These two men were indicted for pro-\\nfane swearing, and for stripping and ill-treating the company at David\\nJohnston s house-raising, The second indictment was against Amos\\nKuykendall and William Hunford, for riding through the roads of the\\ntown naked. These men were terrible fellows when under the influ-\\nence of liquor, and no more daring or unsightly scene had ever\\nbeen witnessed. They were mounted upon spirited horses, unsaddled\\nand at railroad speed dashed up, and down, out and in each of the pub-\\nlic roads of the town. Their imitation of Indian habits, was more\\nthan the good people could bear, and as a preventive of future parades,\\nthe strong arm of the law was called in to punish this, their first ex-\\nperiment.\\nAt the March term, 1800, Ambrose Barbour was appointed tempor-\\nary clerk of the court, and executed bonds in the sum of one thou-\\nsand pounds.\\nPROFANE LANGUAGE.\\nEarly in this year Rev. James McGready, a very distinguished\\ndivine, in what was called the Green River country, held his great re-\\nvival of religion. The outlaws had been driven out of the^ county,\\nhonest men ventured to speak, primitive society settled down to the\\nrealities of busy life and religious excitement ran high.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "106 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nEverybody became enthusiastic, for it was not to be denied that\\nthe untiring labors of Mr. McGrjsady, and those who assisted him,\\nhad been the means of restoring the country to law and order, and\\nregulating rude ways to a proper observance of moral and true busi-\\nness principles. That looseness, which had hitherto governed men\\nand women in their character and actions, had given way to the more\\nrefined and virtuous teachings of the preachers, and although men\\nprofained themselves, they did not justify profanity in others. A\\ngrand juror, who half an hour before had secretly taken the name of\\nthe Lord in vain, was willing to sign his name to an indictment against\\nhis less fortunate neighbor who had done the same thing, but in\\npublic.\\nThere seemed to be a religious determination to put a stop to pro-\\nfane swearing, and no matter who sinned, if detected, he was sure to be\\nmade a victim of the law. At this court, General Samuel Hopkins,\\nEneas McCallister and Andrew Rowan, the first Chief Justice of\\nthe court, under whose authority the grand jury was empanneled, the\\nsecond Chief Magistrate of the County Court and the third High\\nSheriff of the county, were each indicted for profane swearing, and\\nlike old patriots, confessed the fact and paid their fines without a mur-\\nmur.\\nThe annual report of taxes received by John David Haussman,\\nformer Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions and County Court, pur-\\nsuant to an act of the Assembly, approved the twenty-eighth of Febru-\\nary, 1797, entitled, An act to amend and reduce into one, the several\\nacts establishing a permanent revenue, was presented, and will give\\nan idea of the littleness of court business in early times\\nTo tax on 5 original writs 25c. each, ^l 25\\n4 deeds of land 25c. 1 00\\n2countyseals 25c. 50\\n$2 75\\nCommissions, 5 per cent 13.7\u00c2\u00bb^\\n$2 61.2 /2\\nJohn Husbands was directed to let the building of a stray-pen on\\nthe Public Square, for the benefit of the county, to be two poles square\\nof posts and rails, with a sufficient gate, fastened with a good pad-\\nlock. This pen ornamented the square up to the year 1822, when\\nJoel Lambert, (who, by the by, married Miss Polly Husbands, the\\naccomplished daughter of John Husbands), was awarded the contract\\nfor removing it, and rebuilding a new one at a cost of seventy-four\\ndollars and seventy-five cents.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 107\\nWATER MILLS.\\nFrom 1800 to 1813 numerous applications were made to the\\nCounty Court for the right to dam the several creeks of the county,\\nand erect mills on the sites selected. Between the bridge on the\\nOwensboro Road and the mouth of Big Canoe Creek, opposite the-\\nLower Island, there were built five mills, all to be operated by water-\\npower, furnished by dams built across the stream. There were several\\non Sheffer^s Creek, one or more on Strong Water, and half-dozen\\nor more on Highland Creek. There were certain seasons for run-\\nning these mills mainly in the fall and spring months. In dry\\nweather thev were useless. Of all these mills, not over three or four\\nof them made much pretentions to grinding. Notably among the num-\\nber, were the Brookin Taylor Mill, at the crossing on the Madisonvllle\\nRoad, and the James Lyne Mill, at the crossing on the Morganfield\\nRoad.\\nIn order to assist the County Court in the erection of public\\nbuildings, General Samuel Hopkins, agent of Richard Henderson\\nCo., directed George HoUoway to survey and set apart to the\\ncounty, for public purposes, two acres, to be taken off of the public\\nsquare. This survey was made, and includes the place where the\\nCourt House now stands.\\nAt the July term of Court,1810, the High Sheriff, Andrew Rowan,\\nindulged too freely of a mild, spiritual intoxicant, called bounce,\\nand spoke a profane line or two, contrary to the peace and dignity of\\nthe Commonwealth, for which he was bounced upon by the grand\\njury and made to pay a good round sum. The indictment accused\\nhim of being drtinl:, and nevertheless it was about time to celebrate\\nthe Fourth of July, which fact failed to serve as a vindication or ex-\\nemption.\\nThe County Court appointed Abner Kuykendall, William Gates\\nand Humphrey Barnett, commissioners, to view a road from the Town\\nof Henderson to the main fork of Highland Creek. This road crossed\\nCanoe Creek about one hundred yards above the old ford on the trace\\nto Diamond Island.\\nUnruly boys were not tolerated in those days. Isaac Dunn,\\nson of Captain John Dunn, of whom mention has heretofore been\\nmade, become a pest to his mother, who was then a widow, and like-\\nwise an eyesore to the comriiunity. He had been apprenticed, but did\\nnothing more than annoy his master. The court took official notice\\nof his behavior, and John Husbands one of the Magistrates, wrote a\\nnote to Mrs. Dunn, informing her that the court would not tolerate", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "108 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nhim longer, but would proceed to enforce obedience. What the court\\ndid is not known. Loafing men and boys received but little encour-\\nagement or countenance from the court. They were apprenticed or\\nproceeded against as vagrants.\\nThe second felony case brought to the attention of the Court of\\nQuarter Sessions was that of George Adams, for stabbing John Hus-\\nbands, Jr., a son of the Magistrate, and brother of Mrs. Joel Lambert.\\nAmbrose Barbour, who had been appointed temporary Clerk of\\nthe Court of Quarter Sessions and County Court, produced in open\\ncourt a certificate, signed by two Judges of the Court of Appeals, cer-\\ntifying to his qualifications to do the duties required in the office, and\\nwas thereupon appointed Clerk of both Courts, to hold his office\\nduring good behavior.\\nELECTIONS.\\nUnder the old constitution elections were not conducted as they\\nnow are. A copy of the law, approved December 21, 1799, will suf-\\nfice to explain\\nBe it enacted, etc.. That the Sheriff of each county within this Com-\\nmonwealth, shall, at least one month previous to the first Monday in May, 1800,\\nand at least one month previous to the first Monday in August, in the year 1801,\\nand also previous to the first Monday in August, in every year forever there-\\nafter, notify the inhabitants of his county, by advertisement setup at the door\\nof the Court House thereof, of the time and place of holding the election then\\nnext ensuing, and what offices are to be fillejd by such election The Sheriff\\nor other presiding officers, shall, on the day of every election, open the poll by\\nten o clock in the inorning, and continue the same open until at least one hour\\nbefore sunset each day, Tor three days successively, if necessary, or if any one\\nof the candidates for any of the offices to be filled by such election, shall re-\\nquest it, the Justices of the County Court shall, at their court next preceding\\nthe first Monday in May, and at their court next preceding the first Monday in\\nAugust, J 801, and also at their court next preceding the first Monday in\\nAugust in every year forever thereafter, appoint two of their own number as\\njudges of the election next ensuing, and also a proper person to act as clerk,\\nwho shall continue in office one year. In case the County Court shall fail to\\nmake said appointments, or the persons, or any of them fail to attend, the\\nSheriff shall immediately preceding any election appoint proper persons to act\\nin their stead. Any person, who shall vote tnore than once at any election,\\nshall, upon conviction, forfeit and pay for every such vote, ten dollars, to be re-\\ncoverable with costs, before any justice of the Peace, one-half to the use of\\nthe county, and the other half to the person suing for the same.\\nUnder this act, a voter was allowed to cast his vote in any pre-\\ncinct of the county, but not to vote more than once, under penalty.\\nThe Sheriff, or one of his deputies, was required to be in Frankfort\\non the seventeenth day succeeding the day of the commencement of", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 109\\nany general election, to assist the Sheriffs of other counties in com-\\nparing the polls taken at the election for Governor and Lieutenant\\nGovernor.\\nIt was further enacted^ That this State shall be diveded into two districts\\nthat is to say, all the counties lying on the south side of the Kentucky River\\nshall compose one district, and all the counties on the north side of the said\\nriver shall compose another district. The persons qualfied to vote by law for\\nmembers to Congress, to the House of Representatives, shall assemble at their\\nrespective Court Houses on the first Monday in August, in the year 1801, and\\non the same day every two years thereafter, and then and there vote for some\\nproper and discreet person, being an inhabitant of this State, who shall have\\nattained the age of twenty -five years, and have been seven years a citizen of the\\nUnited States, as a member of the House of Representatives of the United\\nStates for the term of two years. Immediately after the poll is closed, the\\nSheriff, Judges and Clerk shall proceed to examine the vote, and after truly\\nascertaining the same, shall proceed to make return, which shall be delivered\\nto the Sheriff holding such election, which return shall be taken by the Sherifis\\nin the Southern Districts to the Court House of the County of Mercer, and\\nthere compare and certify the election. For this service the Sherifts shall re-\\nceive for their trouble and expense, the sum of one dollar per day ferriage,\\nand three cents per mile for traveling to and returning from the county in\\nwhich they are required to meet.\\nAnd he it further enacted. That for the purpose of choosing four electors\\nin behalf of this State, to vote for a President and Vice President, the several\\ncounties in this Commonwealth shall be allotted into four districts in the fol-\\nlowing manner, to- wit: The counties of Lincoln, Mercer, Garrard, Madison,\\nPulaski, Logan, Warren* Barren, Christian, Livingston, Henderson, Muhl-\\nlenburg and Ohio shall compose the Second District. JThat the persons quali-\\nfied by law to vote for members to the General Assembly in each county com-\\nposing a district, shall assemble in their Court Houses on the second Tuesday\\nin November, in the year 1800, and on the same day in every fourth year suc-\\nceeding, and vote for some discreet and proper person, being an actual resident\\nin such district, lor one year preceding, as an elector for such district, to vote\\nfor President of the United States.\\nUnder an act for apportioning the representation among the sev-\\neral counties, and for laying off the State into Senatorial Districts,\\napproved December 19, 1799, the counties of Livingston and Hen-\\nderson were made one representative district, and entitled to one\\nmember. The countiesof Livingston, Henderson, Muhlenburg and\\nOhio, made one senatorial district, and entitled to one member. John\\nCaldwell, of Muhlenburg, was elected first Senator, and General Sam-\\nuel Hopkins, of Henderson, first Representative. Henderson and\\nLivingston Counties continued as one district until, by an act approved\\nDecember 27, 1803, Henderson was made one district, and given the\\nright to elect one Representative.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "110 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nI\\nPRECINCTS.\\nFrom the first election held in 1800, to the last election held in\\n1804, there was but one voting place established in the county thit\\none at the Court House, in the Town of Henderson. On the sixth\\nday of December, 1804, the following act was approved\\nAnd he it further enacted, That the County of Henderson shall be divided\\ninto two election precincts, by a line beginning at the month of Deer Creek, on\\nGreen River, thence up the said creek to the mouth of Black s and Newman s\\nsugar camp branch, thence up the same to the head thereof, thence such a\\ncourse as -will strike the Crab Orchard lork of Tradewater at the nearest port,\\nthence down said fork to a large lick, about two miles above the mouth of\\nCaney Fork, thence a southwest line to Tradewater.\\nTwo years thereafter, to-wit on the sixth day of December, 1806,\\nan act creating the County of Hopkins, was approved and included\\nin its bounds the greater part of the second election precinct. Prior\\nto that time, however, it will be observed with what difficulties settlers\\nhad to contend, in order to exercise the right to elective franchise.\\nFor that reason the elections were held three days. Under the old\\nconstitution magistrates and sheriffs were appointed by the Governor.\\nJailors, coroners, constables, collectors, inspectors, processioners, sur-\\nveyors and other minor officers were appointed by the County Court.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XII.\\nTOBACCO AS A CURRENCY TOBACCO INSPECTION RISE OF THE TOBACCO\\nINTEREST PRIMITIVE COURTS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 INDICTMENTS, MARRIAGES,\\nBRIDGES, ETC.\\ny^HIS decade opened with all of the machinery of government\\nrunning more smoothly and a greater disposition on the part of\\nthe people to improve the country, as they had their morals. The\\nlaws by which they were to be governed had become pretty generally\\nunderstood, and a determination to obey and enforce obedience, if\\nnecessary, was a settled conviction of a large majority of the settlers.\\nLarger crops ware grown, and the system of cultivating, tobacco\\nparticularly, had been adopted.\\nNo body of land offered superior quality of soil for the produc-\\ntion of cerials and tobacco. In fact the low lands, as well as a greater\\npart of the hill lands, were found to be superb in producing capacity.\\nTOBACCO AS A CURRENCY.\\nTobacco, as far back as 1792, was the equal of money in every\\nrespect. All officers fees at that time, fixed by law, were chargeable\\nand receivable in tobacco. By an act of the Assembly, approved\\nJune 28 of that year, this law was repealed and all fees made charge-\\nable and receivable in the currency of the State. This act went fur-\\nther, to wit And for every pound of tobacco allowed by any ex-\\nisting laws, to any officer, witness, or other person as a compensation\\nfor any service, they shall in lieu thereof be entitled to receive one\\npenny current money of Kentucky. That for all forfeitures and fines,\\nin tobacco, in force in this State, suits may be instituted and recov-\\nered in money at the same rate.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "112 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nAn act approved December 21, 1792, revived the English law of\\n1745, so far as the same related to sheriffs, and gave them their fees\\npayable in tobacco at one penny, half penny per pound. December\\n22, 1792, the old act was revived as to coroners, they to be paid their\\nfees in specie, or transfer tobacco, at the rate of one penny, half\\npenny per pound, at the option of the party charged therewith. Even\\nup to 1813 and 1815 the penalty attaching to constables bonds was\\nmade payable in tobacco.\\nTOBACCO INSPECTION.\\nInspection warehouses having been established in many of the\\ncounties of the State, on the tenth day of February a general law\\nwas passed, regulating the handling of tobacco.\\nHenderson being the largest tobacco growing county in the State\\nat that time, those interested in the growth of the weed will doubtless\\nbe gratified to know something of this law and how it affected their\\nancestors and predecessors in selling and shipping.\\nSuch parts of the law as are deemed material for this purpose\\nare here incorporated\\nIt was enacted, etc.. That no person shall put on board or receive in any\\nboat or vessel in order to be exported therein, any tobacco not packed in\\nhogsheads or casks, to be in tliat or any other boat or vessel, exported out of\\nthis State, before the same shall have been inspected and reviewed, but that\\nall tobacco whatsoever, to be received or taken on board of any boat for ex-\\nportation, shall be received and taken on board at the several warehouses, or\\nsome one of them, and no other place whatsoever/\\nMasters of boats were prohibited from carrying unstamped to-\\nbacco under a penalty of a fine of fifty pounds, while the servants\\nhad the following law to guide them\\nAnd if any servant, or other person, employed in navigating any such\\nboat or other vessel, shall connive at, or conceal the taking or receiving on\\nboard, any tobacco in bulk or parcel, he shall pay the sum of five pounds,\\nand if such servant or other person shall be unable to pay the said sum, he or\\nthey, and every slave so employed, shall by order of a magistrate receive on\\nhis bareback, thirty -nine lashes, tvell laid on.^^\\nThe owners of tobacco were authorized to break any hogshead for\\nthe purpose of repacking or prizing for the convenience of storage,\\nprovided the original package had been stamped, and that the -change\\nwas made at the warehouse where the same was inspected, weighed,\\nmarked and stamped.\\nOwners of tobacco were allowed to carry the same in bulk or\\nparcels on board of any boat to a licensed warehouse, or from one", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 113\\nplantation to another for better handling or managing thereof, or thev\\nwere allowed to bring their tobacco by boat to a warehouse to be re-\\npacked, sorted, stemmed or prized, provided it was packed in hogsheads\\nor casks. The warehouse keeper was allowed as rent three shillings\\nfor each hogshead of tobacco received, inspected and delivered out\\nof his house. In addition he was allowed on all tobacco remaining\\nin the warehouse over twelve months three pence per month, to be\\npaid by the owner.\\nInspectors were allowed four shillings and sixpence on each hogs-\\nhead. This was their full fee and no salary or other fee was allowed.\\nAll tobacco that was brought to a warehouse was required to be in-\\nspected by two licensed inspectors, who were required to reject all to-\\nbacco that was not sound, well conditioned merchantable and free from\\ntrash. In case any tobacco was refused by the inspectors, the owner\\nwas at liberty to separate the good from the bad, but in case he re-\\nfused or failed for one month to do this, the inspectors were to employ\\none of the pickers attending the warehouse to pick and separate the\\nsame, for which they were paid one-fifth part of the tobacco saved,\\nand the tobacco adjudged unfit to save was placed in a funnel\\nerected by law and burned.\\nIf any tobacco packed in any hogshead or cask by any overseer,\\nor the hands under his care, was burned by the inspectors, by reason\\nof its being bad, unsound or in bad condition, the overseer who had\\nthe care of making and packing the same, suffered the loss of the to-\\nbacco so burned. All tobacco brought to the warehouse for exporta-\\ntion by the owner was required to be examined and weighed, and if\\nfound good to be stamped and the owner given a receipt, stating\\nwhether the tobacco so received was sweet scented or Oronocko, stemmed\\nor leaf, and whether tied up in bundles or not. For every hogshead\\nexported by land or water the owner was required to pay seven shil-\\nlings and six pence and find the nails for securing the same, or pay\\neight pence per hogshead for each hogshead so secured by the inspec-\\ntors.\\nOn the twenty-first day of December, 1825, the following act was\\napproved That froni and after the passage of this act all purchas-\\ners of tobacco within this Commonwealth shall be at liberty to export\\nthe same without having the same inspected.\\nTobacco inspection warehouses were established by law in Hen-\\nderson, and from 1801 up to the passage of the act, December 21,\\n1825, all tobacco was handled by and passed through some legally\\nauthorized warehouse. In those days every planter packed his to-\\n8", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "114 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nbacco into hogsheads and boxes, and such a thing as bringing a crop\\nto market loose was unknown. Subsequent to December, 1825, stem-\\nnieries were erected, and the business of inspecting and handling to-\\nbacco gradually grew less, until the warehouses were finally exter-\\nminated. They continued to do business, however, until 1835. After\\nthe establishment of stemmeries, planters ceased, to a very great ex-\\ntent, to pack in hogsheads, but begun the system of delivery of loose\\ntobacco by wagons.\\nRISE OF THE TOBACCO INTEREST.\\nHenderson soon became the first strip market of the country,\\nand those who engaged early in stemming made large fortunes. The\\nOhio and Mississippi Rivers furnished an outlet for all the produce\\nof the country. Flat boats and barges being used before the intro-\\nduction of steam machinery, many of the earlier citizens of Hender-\\nson engaged in floating merchandise to New Orleans where they, after\\ndisposing of their produce, would either sell their boats orelse cordelle\\nthem back up the river. It was indeed a very common custom to\\nfloat down the rivers and return overland on foot.\\nGeneral Samuel Hopkins having resigned his commission as Chief\\nJustice of the Court of Quarter Sessions, Jacob Barnett was ap-\\npointed by the Governor in his stead, and at the March term, 1801,\\ntook his seat upon the bench.\\nMr. Barnett served but a short time when he died. Abraham\\nLanders resigned and the two vacancies were filled by the appointment\\nof Dr. Adam Rankin and John Holloway in 1802. That court at this\\ntime was composed of Hugh Knox, Dr. Rankin and John Holloway.\\nA PRIMITIVE COURT.\\nThis primitive court, as is the case with all such, was a sort of\\nfree and easy. The ordinary hanger-on considered himself the equal of\\nthe Judge, in point of legal intelligence, and reserved to himself the\\nri ^ht to perpetrate jokes, prop his feet upon the window sill, and\\neven at times to elevate them along side of the Judge on his punch-\\neon bench, just as the humor moved him.\\nJudge Knox, the Chief Justice, after the death of General Hop-\\nkins, was a man of many good points, an old bachelor, and one given\\nto bachanalian frolics, sometimes social looseness, for which he was\\nfrequently indicted by the grand jury. Whenever an indictment was\\nfound against him he plead guilty, and was fined without a murmur,\\nand then with commendable promptness would pay his fine. He was\\nnever known to ask mercy or favor, but having settled his own little", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, ICY. Il5\\ndifficulties, would return to the bench and administer similar justice\\nto others who had violated the written law.\\nThe two assistant Justices, Dr. Rankin and John Holloway, were\\nmen quite unlike the Chief Justice they were thorough business\\nmen, of settled habits and fine intelligence. They believed in up-\\nholding society and bringing it under the highest standard of morals,\\nvirtue and religious training.\\nIf one is to be justified in what he may read in the early records,\\nit is safe to infer that society in the early days of the county was\\nrather below par.\\nIt was a very common occurrence for men to sue for debt and\\nfail ingloriously to make out a case, from the fact the debt had been\\npreviously paid, and the defendant fortunately for himself, held a re-\\nceipt. In this case the order of the court would conclude It is\\ntherefore ordered that the plaintiff take nothing by his bill, but that\\nhe be in mercy of the court for his false clamor, etc.\\nA peculiar, and perhaps unheard of proceeding, was had in one\\nof the early courts A grand jury was empanneled composed of the\\nrequired number of veniremen, who returned to the court several in-\\ndictments, found upon the evidence of members of the jury. The\\nnext day when the indictments were called for trial, there were not a\\nsufficient number of legally qualified males in the house, or around\\nthe village from which to secure a petit jury, so a part of the jury\\nwas made up of the grand jury, who had found the indictments. It is\\nperhaps the only case known where the same man served as grand\\njuror in finding an indictment and petit juror in trying the same.\\nAt this term, to wit May, 1801, Wm. B. Blackburn, who had\\nmade an efficient Commonwealth attorney for the county, resigned\\nhis office, and James Bell, Esq., was appointed to fill the vacancy.\\nA DRUNK JURY.\\nAt the same time there was another rather strange procedure, at\\nleast it would be so regarded at this time. In the suit of William\\nDunn vs. John Lankford, after the jury had been sworn, and the evi-\\ndence heard, and the case argued, it appeared as well to the court as\\nthe parties interested, tljat Thomas Houseley, one of the jurors, was\\nvery drunk, so much so as to be incapacitated to render any verdict.\\nBy consent of the parties and their attorneys and at the command oi the\\ncourt, Houseley was withdrawn and Jonathan Anthony, a bystander,\\nwho had heard the evidence, and the arguments of the attorneys of\\nboth parties, was called and his name affixed to the panel. He was", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "116 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nexamined, elected, and then sworn to try the issue. After awhile it\\nwas discovered that another juryman was too far gone, as to know\\nwhether he was sitting in a jury box or in a variety theatre. By this\\ntime the court became disgusted and ordered the case to be contin-\\nued to the next court, not, however, without first placing the two jury-\\nmen under a two dollar obligation each, which they were ordered to\\nmake good else be locked in the dungeon.\\nFIRST LIQUOR DEALER INDICTED.\\nMr. Hugh McGary, who figures in several parts of the early his-\\ntory of this work, was indicted for selling liquor without license, and\\nwas the first person found guilty of such an offense in the county.\\nSQUIRE m bEE and MARRIAGE.\\nIn 1802, there being so few ministers, old Squire Silas McBee\\nwas authorized by the County Court to solemnize the rites of mar-\\nriage, and from what can be learned from him, he was rather given to\\nhumor, and indulged the propensity frequently.\\nMinisters were licensed to solemnize marital rites, according to\\nthe rules of the church to which they belonged, and required to re-\\nturn the license to the clerk of the County Court with his indorse-\\nment thereon. Many of these old-time returns are amusing, as much\\nperhaps for their illiterate entierty as their originality. The license\\nsometimes directed the parties to be married according to the rules\\nand rites of some certain church. Esquire McBee happened to be\\ncalled in on one occasion and was given a license intended to be sol-\\nemnized by a Cumberland Presbyterian. He, in his hurried way,\\njoined the parties in marriage, and returned the license with the fol-\\nlowing- indorsement I jined them according to the rites and cere-\\nmonies of the Cumberland Church, to which church, I say now, I\\ndon t belong. The old Squire was honest to say the least of it.\\nFIRST MOB.\\nAmos Kuykendall, of bare-back notoriety Abner Kuykendall,\\nand James Walton, concluded to take the village, and were arrested\\nby the Sheriff. A short time afterwards, a mob (the first one ever-\\norganized), composed of Robert McGary, William McGary, Hugh\\nMcGary, Jr., Andrew Bratton, Thomas Fletcher and Solomon Nesler\\nappeared in the presence of the Sheriff and demanded the surrender\\nof the prisoners. Being overpowered, he had but one alternative left\\nhim, and that he exercised. The prisoners were given up. For this,\\nat the May term of the Court of Quarter Sessions, each member of\\nthe mob was indicted, for rescuing with force and arms, said prisoners", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 117\\nfrom the custody of the Sheriff, in the Town of Henderson, on the first\\nday of August.\\nBRIDGES.\\nThe County Court, during this year, turned its attention to the\\npropriety of building bridges over several creeks at important fords,\\nbut nothing was done in the way of building until the year following,\\n1803. In this year, Edmund Hopkins and Dr. Adam Rankin were\\nappointed conrmissioners, with power to bridge Canoe Creek, at the\\ncrossings on the Owensboro Road, Madisonville Road, and Morganfield\\nRoad, as now. This they did, paying tor the bridges the sum of\\nninety dollars each. No spike nails were to be had at that time, so\\nthe poles were pinned down at each end with wooden pins. These\\nwere cheap structures, of course, and lasted but a short time however,\\nwere far better than nothing, and correspondingly appreciated by the\\npeople.\\nFIRST FELONY ON DOCKET.\\nOn the tw^enty-first day of April, 1803, the little village was com-\\npletely upset by the arrest of Hugh McGary, charged feloniously steal-\\ning and carrying away nineteen English guineas, two half-eagles, thirty\\ndollars in silver and six hundred dollars in bank notes, the property of\\nSamuel Baker, a guest of McGary s Tavern and whisky shop. This was,\\nperhaps, a greater bulk of metalic and paper values than McGary had\\never seen before, and the temptation to grow rich, even at so great a\\nrisk, was more than he could withstand. The District Court met at\\nthat time at Russeliville, and what became of the prisoner the writer\\nis unable to say.\\nCHEAP SERVICE.\\nAs an evidence of cheap travel and cheap service, the April court,\\n1804, received and certified to the Auditor of Public Accounts, the ac-\\ncount of John Bilbo, acting Sheriff, for the sum of seventeen dollars,\\nfor traveling three hundred and sixty miles on horseback, and attend-\\ning to compare the polls of the election of a Senator of the State As-\\nsembly, and for a Representative in Congress.\\nAt this court the first indictments were returned against over-\\nseers of roads, but subsequent to this. time it was a common custom to\\npresent at each court a majority, if not everyone of those unfortunate\\noffice holders.\\nA TOWN ON PAPER.\\nAt the May County Court this year, John Gray and Willis Mor-\\ngan executed bond to the County Court, in the penalty of one thou-\\nsand pounds, for an order granted them for the establishing of a town", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "118 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\non their lands purchased of Thomas B Evans. Where this town was\\nto be located, the writer has been unable to learn from any source, only\\nthat it was to be on the Ohio River and in Henderson County.\\nLOCATION OF COLLEGE LANDS.\\nFebruary 10 and December 22, 1798, the Legislature created a\\n.lumber of academies, and for the purpose of encouraging education,\\nauthorized and empowered the Board of Trustees, or their agents, to\\ncause to be surveyed, on any vacant or unappropriated land to be\\nfound on the south side of Green River, six thousand acres each. Un-\\nder the authority thus given. Bethel Academy, July 20, 1800, by\\nDaniel Ashby, agent, located twenty-nine hundred and fifty acres,\\non Clear Creek Fork, and three thousand and fifty acres on Caney\\nFork of Tradewater.\\nLivingston County, on December 20, 1802, by Justinian Cart-\\nwright, agent, located five thousand two hundred and fifty acres on\\nTradewater River.\\nPendleton County, on December 22, 1802, by Justinian Cart-\\nwright, located one hundred and ten acres between Pond River and\\nTradewater.\\nLivingston Academy, April 10 and July 15; 1802, by Cartwright,\\nagent, located three hundred and fifty and two hundred and fifty acres\\nthe North and Clear Creek Forks of Tradewater.\\nHarrodsburgh Seminary, on July 2, 1804, by Peter Casey, agent,\\nlocated three thousand acres on the North Fork of Tradewater River.\\nThis made a total of fifteen thousand seven hundred and sixty acres\\nof Henderson County lands, given by the State, to counties and acad-\\nemies in other parts of the State.\\nIn October, 1804, the last Court of Quarter Sessions was held,\\nthe same having been abolished, and a Circuit Court substituted in its\\nstead.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XIII.\\nESTABLISHMENT OF FERRIES THE FIRST BOAT FARMING THE SHER-\\nIFFALITY MANLY COURSE OF JUGE TOWLES WHIP-SAWING\\nCOLD FRIDAY HOPKINS COUNTY FORMED AUDU-\\nBON WORKING GREEN RIVER, ETC., ETC.\\n/(pwHE year 1800 was ushered in with a greatly increased population\\nand still brighter hopes of the future. A number of families, com-\\nposing the best people of the States, had found their way to the new\\nland, and were actively engaged with the earlier settlers in opening\\nup the wild woods, clearing the barrens and preparing the lands for\\nan intelligent cultivation.\\nFERRIES.\\nFerries were established at Henderson and several points in the\\nthe county along the Ohio and Green Rivers. Roads were opened\\nand bridges built, and while the revenue was yet very small and the\\ndelinquent list correspondingly large, still every dollar of the peoples\\nmoney was judiciously expended with a view to the ultimate good of\\nthe county. General Samuel Hopkins estabUshed the first public\\nferry at the mouth of Green River, from the Kentucky to the Indiana\\nshore. The first ferry at Henderson was established by Jonathan An-\\nthony in 1802.\\nAN OHIO RIVER SHIP.\\nThe first vessel of any magnitude, or even respectability, which\\npassed Henderson en route to the Mississippi, was a ship built at\\nElizabethtown, Pennsylvania, in May, 1800. She started on her first\\njourney with seven hundred and twenty barrels of flour. At Louis-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "120 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nville she was detained on account of low water, till the following Jan-\\nuary, but during that month, while the river was clear of ice, she came\\nsailing on down, passing Henderson two days after leaving Louisville.\\nAt Fort Massac, Illinois, she added to her cargo, for the New Orleans\\nmarket, two thousand bear skins and four thousand deer skins. In the\\nspring of 1805, a beautiful little sailing vessel, of seventy tons burthen,\\nfitly called the Nonpariel, passed down for New Orleans.\\nIn this year two warehouses were established for the inspection\\nof beef, pork, flour, hemp and tobacco. Philip Barbour and Meri-\\ndith Fisher were appointed inspectors.\\nOn the first day of April, 1805, the first Circuit Court held its sit-\\nting, with Judge Henry P. Broadnax upon the bench, assisted by\\nDr. Adam Rankin and Hugh Knox. William Featherston, Samuel\\nWork, Christopher Tompkins, James Bell and John Daviess were au-\\nthorized and admitted to practice as attorneys in this court. William\\nFeatherston was appointed Commonwealth s Attorney for the county.\\nAt the July term of this court, John Grey, Alney McLean, Charles\\nHenderson, Henry Delano and John Campbell, were admitted as at-\\ntorneys.\\nFARMING THE SHERIFFALITY.\\nThe Sheriffs of the county, prior to 1805, and for sometime after-\\nwards, were extremely loose in their mode of doing business, and in\\nmore than one instance came to grief from their own negligence and\\nthat of their deputies. Under the old constitution, the oldest serving\\nMagistrate was entitled, by rot.ition, to the office of sheriff, and was\\ninvariably appointed as such by the Governor, and yet there is not\\nmore than one, perhaps two instances, wherein the legally appointed\\nsheriff performed the duties of the office. It was the custom of the\\nMagistrate receiving the appointment, even up to the adoption of the\\nnew constitution, to farm out the office that is to say, sell the\\noffice to some one or two parties, and take from them bond to secure\\nhim from loss.\\nThere was no objection urged to this system until 1835, at which\\ntime Judge Thomas Towles was entitled to the office, but waived his\\nright, and consented to remain on the bench. The county then, as\\nnow, had its meddlers and office-seekers, and of course there were\\nmen to insinuate and complain. Judge Towles at that time failed to\\nbe apprised of what was said, but hearing of it afterwards, determined\\nto exhonorate himself from any degree of discredit. At the next\\nmeeting of the County Court, he called the attention of the Court to\\ncertain objections to his longer serving, and at the same time tendered", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTV, KY. 121\\nhis resignation as magistrate. There was a determination not to ac-\\ncept it, but the Judge was positiv^e upon that point, and the court very\\nreluctantly consented to his resignation, not, however, without passing\\nthe following order.\\nSome years ago the County Court, having failed at the proper court to\\nrecommend a sheriff to the Governor, the said Thomas Towles, being the oldest\\nand senior justice of the said county, waived his right to the sheriff ally and by\\ngeneral consent John Green was appointed sheriff for the term to which said\\nTowles would have been entitled, and the said Towles, by reqiiest, continued\\nin office as a justice, and did not resign until this day, when some objections\\nbeing made to the practice of justices selling the sheriffalty and holding on to\\nthe office of magistrate, he, the said Towles (although urged not to do so),\\nthereupon resigned. The Justices present reposing entire confidence in the\\nintegrity, judgment, legal knowledge, skill and ability of the said Thomas\\nTowles, Sr., and believing his assistance as a member of the County Court\\nto be important to the interest of the county, have therefore recommended\\nhim to the Governor to fill the vacancy occasioned by his resignation.\\nIn a month afterwards Judge^Towles was reappointed and reas-\\nsumed his labors as before, and this forever hushed any complaints.\\nOn the twenty-third day of February, 1805, the Harrodsburgh\\nSeminary, by Peter Casey, agent, made another grab of Henderson\\nCounty land, locating at this time on Highland Creek three thousand\\nacres.\\nBRIDGES.\\nEarly in the fall of 1806 the first bridges built commenced giv-\\ning way, and how to repair them or rebuild them was a question the\\nCounty Court found considerable difficulty in determining, from the fact\\nof the smallness of the levy and the greatness of the delinquent list.\\nFinally, after considering the matter thoroughly, it was determined to\\nrebuild the bridge leading toTradewater River over Canoe Creek, on\\nthe now Madisonville Road, and one over the Town Fork of Canoe lead-\\ning to Owensboro, by subscription, if possible, if not, to raise by that\\nmeans as great an amount as possible and to pledge the county for\\nthe remainder. A contract was entered into with William Anthony\\nto build a new bridge over the crossing leading to Tradewater at a\\ncost of two hundred and twenty-two dollars, one hundred and thirty-\\ntwo dollars more than the first bridge cost, and with John Stanley and\\nWilliam Kavanaugh to bridge the crossing leading to Owensboro at a\\ncost of ninety dollars, the same cost as the first bridge. As has been\\nsaid in a previous chapter, the original bridges were cheap structures,\\nmostly built of poles. To give an idea of the second structures the\\nspecifications of the Town Fork bridge are here inserted The", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "122 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nbridge is to be twelve feet wide in the clear, with two arches, the first\\nacross the stream 27 feet, the second to where -it lands on the west\\nside to be 23 feet, the two t* ussels to be 3 feet high from the top of the\\nmud sill, the mud sills to be hewn 20 inches by 16, the cap sills 18 by\\n14, the trussel posts 15 by 12, braces 14 by 6, sleepers 16 by 6, to be\\nlaid in sixteen inches of each other, the plank to be sawed a foot or\\nmore inches and 3 inches thick.\\nWHIP SAWING.\\nFrom this the reader would judge that such a thing as a sawmill\\nhad been established in the county, but that is a mistake there were\\nno sawmills. Planks were ripped from hewn logs by a system denom-\\ninated whip sawing, an upright saw, working perpendicularly, with\\none man above the other, to do the work now done by engines and\\nsteam. This was a tedious process, yet the weather-boarding and\\nframing timbers for all of the houses built in Henderson prior to 1818,\\nwas sawed in this way. There are at the present time, three houses\\nstanding in the city with the same weather-boarding which was nailed\\non at the time of their building, between 1810 and 1818. These\\nbuildings will be noticed in their proper order.\\nThe April, 1806, Circuit Court came on, and with it that pests of\\nall pests, the grand jury. Judge Knox, one of the Associate Justices,\\nwas once again made a victim on account of his passionate indiscre-\\ntions, and with his usual adamantine face and limitless cheek, con-\\nfessed the corn and paid his fine.\\nHenderson County was now eight years old by legislative recog-\\nnition, and yet the morals of the people had not been reduced to that\\nbeautiful simplicity and religious standard the punctilious so devoutly\\nwished. Some men would profanely take the name of the Lord in\\nvain and yet punishment was as certain as taxes. The grand jury\\nwas no respector of persons, on the contrary they rather took a de-\\nlight in making examples of the leading men whenever the opportu-\\nnity presented itself. Henry P. Broadnax, Judge of the Circuit Court,\\nWilliam Featherston, Commonwealth s Attorney, Joel Lambert and\\nThomas G. Walker were each indicted at this term for profane swear-\\ning and fined the round sum of five shillings each, which they paid\\nwithout a wordf It is just to say, however, that the morals of the\\nyoung county were far better, considering the character of the popu-\\nlation as a whole, than well could be expected of a similar settlement\\ncomposed of men of these days. There were but few indictments\\nbrought in by the grand jury, and they were mostly confined to minor\\noffenses.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 123\\nSEMINARY LANDS.\\nIn the month of April the trustees of the Hartford Academy\\nlocated on the north fork of Tradewater two hundred and forty-\\nfour acres of land. On the twentieth of Semptember Bethel Semin-\\nary, by David Ashley, a^ent, entered one thousand acres on some\\nsmall branches emptying into the Ohio River.\\nOn the eleventh day of February Henderson and Hopkins\\nCounties were declared by law one Senatorial district, and at the fol-\\nlowing election Daniel Ashby,of Hopkins, was elected.\\nCOLD FRIDAY.\\nNothing particularly interesting occurred during 1807, except the\\never \u00e2\u0080\u00a2memorable Cold Friday, which was the subject of talk for\\nyears among those who felt its piercing chills.\\nMr. Collins says On Thursday, February, 1807, the mercury\\nwas caused to fall sixty degrees within twelve hours by the cold winds.\\nAt nightfall it was mild and cloudy. After night it commenced rain-\\ning with a high west wind. This rain soon changed to a snow, which\\ncontinued to fall rapidly to the depth of six inches, but the wind, which\\nmoved at the rate of a hurricane, soon lifted and dispersed the clouds,\\nand within the short space of twelve hours from the close of a very\\nmild Thursday, all Ke^ntucky was treated to a gentle rain, a violent\\nsnow storm, and a bright sunshine morning, so bitterly cold that by\\nacclamation it was termed Cold Friday, On the morning of this\\nday the trees in the forests were cracking like the report of guns, and\\neverything was bound in the fetters of ice.\\nThe County of Hopkins was formed during the early part of this\\nyear, although the act of the Legislature sub-dividing Henderson\\nCounty was approved December 9, 1806.\\nThe first case under an act to permit debtors to confess judg-\\nment in a summary way, was heard at the July term of the Circuit\\nCourt.\\nAssistant Judge Hugh Knox, who also held the distinguished\\noffice of surveyor of one of the roads, was indicted and fined during\\nthis court for non-performance of duty.\\nAUDUBON.\\nMr. Collins, in a short biographical sketch of the life of the re-\\nnowned ornithologist, John J. Audubon, places his arrival in Hender-\\nson during 1807, but Mrs. Audubon, in her book of his life, places it\\nduring the year 1812. From the most reliable testimony attainable,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "124 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nit IS most probable that his arrival dates from 1810 or 1812. On- De-\\ncember 22, 1813, he purchased from General Samuel Hopkins, agent\\nof Richard Henderson Co., lots Nos. 95 and 96, half of the square\\nlying on the west side of Third Street, between Green and Elm. On\\nthe third of September, 1814, he purchased lots Nos. 91 and 92, half\\nof the square lying on the west side of Second Street, between Green\\nand Elm.\\nEARLY HENDERSON STREETS.\\nThe first mention of High Street is made in this year, and that\\nin connection with an order from the County Court, appointing Meri-\\ndith Fisher, John Husbands, Joseph Fuquay and Jacob Sprinkle com-\\nmissioners to view a roadway from High Street, in the Town of Hen-\\nderson, and such other streets and lots as to them may seem best to\\nintersect the roads leading to Highland a.nd Green River, at the\\nmouth of Lick Creek. From the best information, the present First\\nStreet was originally called High Street, as Second Street was origi-\\nnally known as Mill Street.\\nA tobacco, hemp, flour and pork inspection warehouse was es-\\ntablished at Perryville, Henderson County, and one in the Town of\\nHenderson, on the lot of Philip Barbour, to be called and known by\\nthe name of Henderson Inspection.\\nNothing of importance occurred during ttie year 1808 save it be\\nthe building of common board warehouses for the reception of to-\\nbacco and articles of general merchandise. It is evidently true,\\nhowever, that the people were distressed for money during that year,\\nfor out of a depositum of ninety-seven dollars and ninety-eight cents,\\nreported by Fielding Jones, acting Sheriff, he also reported a delin-\\nquent list amounting to seventy-five dollars and thirty-seven and one-\\nhalf cents.\\nWORKING GREEN RIVER.\\nOn the sixteenth day of February the following act was ap-\\nproved\\nBeit enacted, etc. That it shall and ina\\\\ be lawful for the County\\nCourts of the several counties through or by which so much of Green River\\nmay run as is navigable, to cause the same to be cleared out and kept in a sit\\nnation fit for navigation, and for that purpose shall annually in the months of\\nJuly, August or September, lay off said river into precincts and appoint an over\\nseer to each precinct, and allot a sufficient number of hands of the male titheables\\nof the county to keep the same open for navigation. That it shall be the duty\\nof the overseers respectively, to call on the hands, to each of them alloted\\nand within one month thereafter, or as soon thereafter as practicable, to pro-\\nceed with such hands and remove all fish pots and dams of every description,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 125\\nremove all logs, cut and clear away all timber projecting over said stream,\\nshrub all points of islands, and remove such other obstructions in the channel\\nas may impede the navigation of said river. Any overseer failing to do his\\nduty shall be subject to the same penalties as are provided against overseers of\\nroads, and every titheable failing when called on, shall forfeit and pay the sum\\nof seventy-five cents for each day. All titheables working on the river shall\\nbe exempt from working on any of the public roads, and the number of days\\nhe shall be required to work on the river shall not exceed three in any one\\nyear.\\nFor many years men were appointed to work Green River as\\nregularly as they were appointed to work the roads of the county.\\nFIRST HABEAS CORPUS.\\nThe first writ of habeas corpus was granted at the April term of\\nthe Circuit Court, 1809, to Joseph and Sarah Wendell, and they were\\ndischarged from the custody of the jailer.\\nCIRCUIT COURT RULES.\\nThe first Circuit Court rules were read, recorded aud established\\nat the July meeting, and are as follows\\nFirst. There shall not more than two lawyers appear in any civil suit\\nor motion, nor shall any lawyer speak more than once, unless where he appears\\nalone for the plaintiff, or by leave of the court.\\nSecond. The counsel for the defendant shall a Iways have his pleas ready\\nwhen his suit shall be called, if not, the writ of inquiry shall forthwith be exe-\\ncuted.\\nThird.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The plaintiff shall not put his suit at the end of the docket, until\\nhe has first shown by legal grounds for a continuance, then the clerk shall\\nput it at the end of the docket.\\nFourth. A party obtaining a leave to amend (if any amendment operates\\nas a continuance) shall pay the whole cost of the term,\\nFifth. On motion for a new trial, the grounds upon which such motion\\nshall be made, shall be stated in writing, and affidavit filed where proof is nec-\\nessary.\\nSixth. No motion shall be made for a continuance until an affidavit is\\nfiled, stating the grounds for such continuance and where a witness lives out\\nof the State, or a second motion is made on account of the absence of the\\nsame witness, the affidavit must state what the witness will swear.\\nSeventh.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Whenever any suit shall be laid over by consent, it shall be\\nput at the end of the docket.\\nEighth, No motion will be heard after the business of the day is taken\\nup.\\nAt this time, and prior to this time, it was frequently the case to\\nrender judgment especially in cases where the pla intiff was non-\\nsuited\u00e2\u0080\u0094payable in tobacco, one hundred and fifty pounds or more.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "126 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nAt this term of the court William B. Smith was indicted and\\nfined one hundred dollars for assaulting Uriah Blue, High Sheriff.\\nDANGEROUS WOMEN OR A COWARDLY MAN.\\nThere were dangerous women in those good old days, or else\\nthere was one great coward. Joseph Wendell, a hard character, who\\nhad, with his wife been confined in jail and released under a writ of\\nhabeas corpus, came into court and made affidavit that he feared great\\nbodily harm would be done him by Lydia Johnson, Mary Ann and\\nSarah Horton, and prayed that they be recognized to keep the peace.\\nThis was done, and General Sam l G. Hopkins, to give emphasis to\\nhis extreme disgust, or to show his keen appreciation of the female\\nsex, volunteered security, which was accepted. Immediately there-\\nafter at the instance of Mrs. Wendall, the aforesaid Joseph was placed\\nunder similar bond, but there was no General Hopkins to volunteer\\nsecurity, and Joseph was once again placed behind the bars.\\nThe County Court contracted with John Williams to bridge Lick\\nCreek at the Owensboro crossing, and at that time the floor sills were\\nonly required to be twenty-four feet long.\\nThe depositum reported by the Sheriff for this year, was two\\nhundred and thirty-eight dollars and twenty cent. The delinquent\\nlist thirty-three dollars.\\nBy an act of the General Assembly the whole of Richard Hen-\\nderson Co. s grant of land was taken into Henderson County.\\nThis was done by an act entitled, An act to add part of Ohio\\nCounty to the County of Henderson^^ approved January, 1809, and is\\nas follows\\n*5e it enacted, etc., That from and after the first day of April next, all\\nthat part of Ohio County comprised within the following bounds, shall be\\nadded to, and considered a partot tiie County of Henderson, to wit beginning\\non the Ohio at the mouth of Green River and running up the Ohio to where the\\nline ot Henderson Co. s grant strikes the same, thence with said line to\\nGreen River, thence down the same to the beginning.\\nBy this act, what is now known as the Point Precinct, was added\\nto Henderson County.\\nDuring this year, Mr. Phillip Barbour was largely interested in\\nthe manufacture of salt, at the United States Saline Territory, of Illi-\\nnois, and while that necessity was not so unreasonably high in price as\\nit was a few years prior to that time, it was yet too high for the con-\\nvenience of the ordinary pocket-book. It was now manufactured in\\ngreater quanities, from the fact, with the opening up of the country,\\nlarger supplies of water had been discovered, and greater convenience", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 127\\nsecured for boiling and evaporating. From an old letter found, the\\nfollowing is taken, to give a limited idea of the salt trade, and how it\\nwas carried on from this section;,at that time. Only a few years be-\\nfore, it was a difficult matter to supply Henderson and the surround-\\ning country, but the jdiscovery of the Saline Wells overstocked this\\nmarket, and directed the attention of dealers to other and more\\npopulous markets.\\nOn July 25, 1809, Stephen Cantrell, Jr., Co., Nashville, Tenn.,\\nwrote Mr. Barbour, acknowledging the receipt of a quantity of salt,\\nand stating that the general price of salt in that town had been for\\nsome weeks past, steady at two dollars per bushel, but in order to\\neffect a ready sale of his shipment, they had disposed of the entire lot\\nat one dollar and seventy-five cents per bushel further, that the price\\nwould likely fall the approaching season, owing to the exportation of\\nlarge quantities looked for. In this letter was an account of sales in\\nwhich they charge up 5 per cent, commissions for handling and sell-\\ning. In Mr. Barbour s old papers, the following bills of lading were\\nfound\\nShipped in good order and well condition, in and upon the good boat\\ncalled, the Nancy. 31 bbls. salt, for account James Wilson, bound to Nash-\\nville, Tennessee, Charles Stewart, Master.\\nAprillO, 1809. Shipped in good order, bv Philip Barbour, in and upon\\nthe good boat called, the Ohio Packet, James Barbour, Master, bound for\\nLouisville, eighty-four bbls. salt; freight to be paid at the rate of sixty-six cents\\nper hundred weight\\nCORBELLING.\\nThe Nancy and Ohio Packet, were keelboats or barges,\\npropelled by hand, for it is well known that there were no steamboats\\nat that time. These were drawn up stream by ropes in the hands of\\nmen trudging on shore by the water s edge. The immensity of this\\nundertaking can hardly be realized at this time, for it is something\\nfearful nowadays to move an empty barge a few hundred yards up-\\nstream, but in early days, before the introduction of steam, men cor-\\ndelled heavily ladened barges, unconscious of the enormity of the un-\\ndertaking, and plodded along in quite as good humor, as will usually\\nbe found displayed by the crew of one of the largest and finest Ohio\\nRiver steamers.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XIV.\\nMISTAKE IN THE CENSUS COTTON CULTURE CONTEMPT OF COURT\\nHORSE RACING WORKING GREEN RIVER THE EARTHQUAKES\\nTHE FIRST STEAMBOAT\u00e2\u0080\u0094 FLOOD OF 1812\u00e2\u0080\u0094 CUT MONEY\\nHURRICANE, ETC.\\n^^HE year 1810 found the village of Henderson with a much\\nV-y smaller population than it was reported to have had in 1800. The\\ncensus return for 1800 gave Henderson a population numbering two\\nhundred and five souls; tlie census return for 1810 gave a population\\nof one hundred and fifty-nine souls. There was evidently a mistake\\nin the first enumeration, and this is to be accounted for on the ground\\nof ignorance on the part of those employed to take the list. It is\\nhighly probable, and no doubt the fact, that the population of a greater\\npart, if not the entire surrounding country, was accredited to the\\ntown in the census of 1800 certainly there was no falling off in the\\npopulation from 1800 to 1810. The census return for 1800 gave\\nHenderson County a population of one thousand four hundred and\\nsixty-eight souls, and Henderson County at that time embraced all of\\nthe territory now embraced in the four Counties of Henderson, Hop-\\nkins, Union and Webster. The return for 1810 places the population\\nat four thousand seven hundred and three souls, an increase of three\\nthousand two hundred ^nd thirty-five, and yet Hopkins County em-\\nbracing a territory forty miles in length and twenty six in breadth had\\nbeen taken from Henderson. It maybe taken as a settled fact, there-\\nfore, that there is an important inaccuracy somewhere, and most posi-\\ntively certain that the village of Henderson did not contain a popula-\\ntion of two hundred and five souls actual residejits during^ the year\\n1800.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "130 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nIt is very much to be doubted if the village of Henderson con-\\ntained a legitimate population of one hundred and fifty-nine souls in\\n1810, for, by reference to the poll books of an election held on the\\nfirst day of May, 1819, for the purpose of choosing five trustees of\\nthe village, only twenty-one votes were recorded. Estimating the pop-\\nulation at seven to the voter, and assuming that the vote owing to its\\nimportance was pretty near a full one, the population of the place at\\nthat time would have been only one hundred and forty-seven.\\nHEMP AND COTTON CULTURE.\\nHemp and cotton were both grown in the county this year, but\\nwith what success it is unknown. G. W. Warde, living on the Ohio\\nRiver between Evansville and its mouth, cultivated both, and at the\\nDecember term of the County Court, made application for the estab-\\nlishing of an inspection warehouse.\\nCONTEMPT OF COURT.\\nAt the July term of the Circuit Court Judge Broadnax had his\\ntemper and judicial courage thoroughly tested by Edward Cheatham,\\none of the venirmen, who was a man of some importance at that time.\\nMr. Cheatham engaged in conversation, and being rather strong\\nof lung, inteirupted the business of the court. He was admonished\\nby the Judge and yet persisted. He was fined six dollars, and this\\nseemed to incense him he was fined ten dollars once, twice, and yet\\nhe refused to be quiet he was fined thirty dollars, once, twice and\\nthree times, and still he defied his Honor, the Judge. Finally he was\\nordered to prison in the custody of the jailer, there to remain until\\nhis several fines, aggregating one hundred and sixteen dollars, were\\npaid, or secured to the Commonwealth. He ranted and raved, as he\\njourneyed on to the house of correction, and not until having slept one\\nnight a prisoner, and calculating the cost, did he come to a proper\\nunderstanding of how foolishly he had acted, and the extent of his\\nbeligerency. He succumbed to the magesty of the law, and prayed\\npardon, which was granted next day. This determined course of Judge\\nBroadnax ever afterwards secured him the respect due his position,\\nand no more self-important men tempted his authority.\\nHORSE RACING.\\nHorse racing was extremely fashionable in 1810, and perhaps\\nmore than half a dozen tracks were located at different points in the\\ncounty, where men would congregate and bet from a gill of cider to\\ntwenty-five, and even fifty dollars lawful money. Those men who* fre-\\nquented such places were, as a general rule, wild fellows, given to\\nfrolic and recklessness, and caring little for the Sabbath day.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 143\\nmilitia was descending the Mississippi River to aid in the defense,\\n.and when it arrived at New Orleans, was almost entirely without arms\\nor ammunition, nor were there-^^-any adequate magazines in the city\\nfrom which they could be supplied. Several boat loads of arms had\\nbeen shipped at Pittsburg, and were then struggling through the\\nshoals of the Ohio, and such was Jackson s preparation for defense.\\nGeneral Thomas Division of Kentucky Militia arrived in the early\\npart of January, but could not at first muster over five hundred mus-\\nkets. Immense exertions were made to arm them, and even on the\\nday of battle, there were six hundred ready and anxious to fight, who\\ncould not procure a musket or shotgun, with which to defend their\\ncountry.\\nHENDERSON SOLDIERS.\\nEarly in December, Captain Robert Smith, of Henderson County,\\nand father of the present County Clerk, embarked with his company\\non board a flatboat en route to join the other Kentuckians, who were\\nmoving down the river to reinforce Jackson s little army. Hender-\\nson was represented in this command by Captain Robert Smith First\\nLieutenant, Morton Rucker Asa Turner, Ensign Thomas Kilgour,\\nPayne Dixon, Joel Lambert, John McGraw, William Lambert, Wil-\\nliam Sandefur, Charles M. Brown, William Arnett, John Mayho,\\nStrother Berry, John Vickers, William Tupin, Dan. Powell, Philip Mc\\nNamar, Thomas Skillet, Eneas Hardin Obediah Keach John Fu-\\nquay, Jesse Stephens, Samuel Butler, Daniel Bromley, John Slayden,\\nStephen Rouse, Captain Holmes, Handley Harmon, Captain J. B.\\nAnthony, and many others.\\nIn this boat they proceeded as far as Smithland, at the mouth of\\nCumberland River, where they were transferred to an ordinary horse-\\nboat. This was a miserable, rickety affair, and absolutely filthy, so\\nmuch so, many of the mfen were taken sick, and seven of them died be-\\nfore reaching Natchez. This sickness and death was attributed to the un-\\nhealthy condition of the horse-boat, ^nd upon arriving at Natchez,\\nanother boat was provided, and in this they floated to their landing\\nplace, at the bank in front of the city, arriving on the evening of the\\nfourth of January, 1815.\\nThus we find Captain Smith and his little band of patriots landed\\nat the City of New Orleans. They arrived there late in the evening\\nof the fourth, every man eager to be assigned a place directly in front\\nof a Red Coat, or, if needs be, on the picket line.\\nMore than one of them had promised friends and relatives, whom\\nthey had left behind, a red coat, as a memento of the great battle to", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "144 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nbe fought, and actuated more by this, perhaps, than any other incen\\ntive, they were almost uncontrolable. They fumed and fretted, they\\ncomplained, and yet it seemed as though they were destined to be\\nleft behind. The company had no arms, and for a time it looked as\\nthough they would never be supplied. This enraged many of them,\\nand all the camp guards and strict military regulations were hardly\\nsufficient to restrain these determined fellows and keep them within\\nbounds. Several of them, disregarding all rules of discipline, secretly\\nabandoned camp, and before morning returned with a gun apiece which\\nthey had purchased or purloined. On January 7, their great anxiety\\nwas satisfied by the arrival of guns and ammunition, and they, with the\\nother Kentucky troops, were assigned a most important place in the\\nline of battle.\\nTHE MORNING OF THE EIGHTH\\nWas cloudy and misty, and about daybreak General Packenham pre-\\nsented his compliments, by the firing of two rockets in the air, which\\nwere the signals to move forward. The Kentuckians little dreamed,\\nwhile floating down the Mississippi unarmed, and suffering the priva-\\ntions incident to those early times, that they were so soon to stand\\nface to face in front of the Duke of Wellington s trained soldiers sold-\\niers who had met and defeated the great Napoleon only a short time\\nprevious soldiers who had been taught to know no fear, to respect no\\ndanger but these were the men whom the militia had volunteered to\\ndrive from Louisiana soil. About eleven hundred Kentucky militia,\\nand a Tennessee brigade, formed the center of Jackson s army be-\\nhind breast works.\\nThe Kentuckians were commanded by General Ad ir, who\\nformed a reserve corps, and were directed to march to the assailed\\npoint and strengthen the line there. Lt was well understood that an\\nattack would be made on the eighth, and the Kentucky troops were\\nmarched to the lines before daylight, and halted a few yards from the\\ncenter uotil the grand point of. attack should be disclosed. An em-\\ninent historian says in his story of the battle\\nIt was intended that the lines should have a depth of ten files at the\\npoint of attack, so that the stream of fire should be incessant Thf front rank\\nalone would fire as fast as the nine ranks behind could pass forward their\\nloaded muskets, receiviiig those discharged in their places,\\nWhen the point of attack had been clearly disclosed, the Kentuckians\\nwere ordered to close up with the Tennesseans, upon whom it was evident the\\nstorm was about to burst.\\nIn three columns the English veterans of six glorious campaigns, cov^\\nered with renown as with a garment, and hitherto victorious on every field,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HEND ERSON COUNTY, KY. 145\\nrushed against an earthen breastwork, defended by men who had hurried from\\nthe plow and the workshop, to meet the invaders of their country. The fog\\nlay thick and heavy upon the ground, but the measured step of the center col-\\numn was heard long before it became visible, and the artillery opened upon\\nthem, directed by the sound of the mighty host, which bore forward as one\\nman to the assault. At the first burst of artillery the fog slowly lifted and dis-\\nclosed the center column advancing in deepsilence, but with a swift and stead}\\npace.\\nThe field was level as the surface of the calmest lake, and the artillery\\nplowed through the column from front to rear without a moment slacking its\\npace or disordering the beautiful precisions of its formation.\\nIts head was pointed against the center of the Kentucky and Tennessee line,\\nwhose ten ranks of musketry stood ready to fire, and as soon as it came within\\none hundred and fifty yards the musketry opened with destructive efl:ect. Then\\nthere was a inoment s pause in the fire. The artillery along the whole line\\ndischarged showers of grape, the roar of musketry was as one deep uninter-\\nrupted thunder like the roar of one hundred waterfalls, and the central breast-\\nwork tor four hundred yards was in a bright and long-continued blaze, which\\ndazzled the eye, yet the heroic British column still bore forward into the\\nvery jaws of death. The head of the column actually reached the American\\nditch, and were there killed or taken. The residue f)aused and seemed be-\\nwildered for a moment, and then retired in disorder under the same extermin-\\nating torrent of fire, which had greeted their advance.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Their commander, General Packenham, and Generals Gibbs and Kean,\\nnext in command, had fallen. A host of inferior oflicers had shared the same\\nfate, and their organization for the time was destroyed\\nCAPTAIN PAYNE DIXON,\\nWho fought with undaunted courage throughout the entire battle, de-\\nclared to the writer that at times his gun, from extreme heat produced\\nby rapid firing, became unbearable to the hands. During the greater\\npart of the firing, so dense was the smoke, the enemy could not be\\nseen, and when the firing ceased and the British were found to be in\\nfull retreat, several of the Henderson boys mounted the breastworks\\nand were about to rush out upon the field to secure a red coat, when\\nthey were peremptorily ordered back. The Henderson company\\nfought on both sides of the Mississippi, having crossed over after the\\nrepulse of General Packenham to reinforce General Morgan, who\\nwas engaging the enemy with about 1,000 militia. On that side the\\nAmericans were repulsed.\\nAfter the battle the troops went into camp, and remained until\\nApril, when the Kentucky boys started on their journey home over-\\nland, on foot.\\n10", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "146 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nAN OVATION.\\nIn passing through New Orleans, the ladies and citizens\\ncheered them lustily, the ladies showering upon them bouquets of\\nbeautiful flowers, as an evidence of their high appreciation of the bril-\\nliant and self-sacrificing service rendered in behalf of the safety of\\ntheir beautiful Southern home.\\nThe march from New Orleans to Natchez was a terribly hard\\none, and by some means the commissary department had been\\nneglected, and the soldiers were actually suffering from the want of\\nsomething to eat. At Natchez, several of the soldiers traded for and\\npurchased horses, which they ro^e home.\\nARRIVAL HOME.\\nIn the month of May the Henderson soldiers arrived at their\\nhome, and were received with shouts of joy by their friends and kins-\\nmen. They had performed a noble duty, and won for themselves the\\ngratulations of their countrymen. They had been foremost in the\\nbattle, and had been chiefly instrumental in defeating, certainly one\\nof the grandest armies the sun had ever shown upon.\\nFLOOD OF 1815.\\nIn April of this year the flood in the Ohio River was higher than\\never known since 1793.\\nFIRST COUNTERFEITER.\\nAt the March term of the Circuit Court James Davis was in-\\ndicted for felonously counterfeiting money. He was tried, and sent\\nto the State prison for three years. A specimen of his work is on\\nfile in the Circuit Court Clerk s office, and is certainly the equal of\\nany engraving done at this day. With the exception of the paper\\nused, the work is very superior.\\nAt this term of the court Assistant Judge Knox was again in-\\ndicted for the exercise of one of his youthful indiscretions, which\\nseemed to hang to him in his comparative old age.\\nWalter Alves, who had been commissioned to fill the vacancy\\noccasioned by the resignation of Dr. Adam Rankin, Associate Judge,\\nproduced his commission and was qualified at the June term.\\nAN ACT CONCERNING CIRCUIT COURTS.\\nOn the third day of February, 1816, the following act to further\\nregulate Circuit Courts was approved\\nBe it enacted, etc., That so much of any and every law, as creates the\\noffice of Assistant Judge, shall be, and the same is hereby repealed, and the Cir-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 147\\ncuit Judge of each Circuit Court shall alone possess all the power and author-\\nity for the trial of criminal and civil cases as the Circuit Courts heretofore\\npossessed.\\nIn obedience ta this act, Assistant Judges Hugh Knox and Wal-\\nter Alves stepped aside, and left Judge Broad nax alone in his glory\\nfor the first time.\\nIn the early part of this year Benjamin Stevenson, of the Ter-\\nritory of Illinois, sold to Samuel Givens, of Union County, four hun-\\ndred and five acres of land for one thousand gallons of whisky, esti-\\nmated to be worth nine shillings per gallon. On the sixteenth day\\nof January\\nTHOMAS TOWLES\\nWas appointed and commissioned one of the judges of the Illinois\\nTerritory. Upon a superb piece of parchment and written in a bold,\\nlegible hand, appears the following\\nJames Madison, President of the United States of America to all who\\nshall see these j^^ ^sen^s greeting. Know ye. that reposing special trust and\\nconfidence in the wisdom, uprightness and learning of Thomas Towles, of\\nKentucky, I have nominated, and by and with the advice of the Senate, do\\nappoint him one ot the judges in and over the Illinois Territory, and do au-\\nthorize and empower him to execute and fulfill the duties of that office according\\nto law, and to have, and to hold the said office with all the powers, privileges\\nand emoluments to the same of right appertaining, during his good behavior or\\nduring the existence of the government established by the act of the Congress\\nof the United States, passed the third day of February, 1809, entitled an act\\nfor dividing the Indiana Territory into two separate governments, and the or-\\ndinance of Congress passed on the thirteenth day of July, 1787, therein re-\\nferred to, he to reside in the said Territory. In testimony,\\nBy the President\u00e2\u0080\u0094 JAMES MADISON,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2James Monroe, Secretary of State.\\nSubsequent to this, Mr. Towles qualified, as will appear from the\\nfollowing certificate\\nIllinois Territory\\nPersonally appeared before me, Ninian Edwards, Governor of the Ter-\\nritory aforesaid, Thomas Towles, who took the oath of fidelity to the United\\nStates, and the oath of office as judge in and over the Territory aforesaid.\\nGiven under my hand and seal, this seventh day of March, 1816.\\nNINIAN EDWARDS.\\nbogus currency.\\nWhile both population and business were increasing, and the\\ntown and county were otherwise steadily growing, great difficulty was\\nexperienced in the effort to get a satisfactory medium of exchange.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "148 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nThis was the beginning of the period when the old banking system held\\nsway. Paper money of all kinds and denominations began to flood\\nthe country, worthless bank-notes, private bills, and other shin-plas-\\nters, seemed determined to crowd out the specie currency, that had\\nbeen common in use. Disaster came upon many of the business men,\\nand a want of confidence limited all kinds of transactions in which\\nmoney played the greater part. During the year, petitions were circu-\\nlated over the counties of the State, praying for banking facilities.\\nEvery county wanted a bank, and Henderson, like the rest, was\\ngreatly excited over the proposition. As I go along through the years\\n1817 and 18, the reader will see what was the effect of this financial\\ncraze.\\nAUDUBON S MILL.\\nOn the sixteenth day of March John J. Audubon, who had been a\\nresident of Henderson since 1812, and Thomas W. Bakewell, under\\nthe firm name of Audubon Bakewell, made application to Daniel\\nComfort, William P. Bowen, Wyatt H. Ingram, Fayette Posey and\\nBennett Marshall, trustees of the Town of Henderson, to lease for the\\nterm of ninety-five years, a portion of the river front, for the purpose\\nof locating and erecting a steam sawmill. The Trustees, after\\nmature deliberation, and fully considering the premises, granted to\\nthe petitioners the margin of Water Street, beginning at a post two\\nhundred feet from the upper corner of lot No. 4 on the cross street,\\n(Second Street), thence down Water Street two hundred and twenty\\nfeet to a post, thence at right angles from each of said posts to the\\nOhio River, reserving the free and uninterrupted use of the front for\\nnavigation and landing of boats, etc., for, and in consideration of the\\nsum of twenty dollars to be paid annually. During the year the mill\\nwas built, and is yet standing to-day, perhaps the strongest frame in\\nthe city. It is the second or far section of the David Clark factory,\\nnow standing on the corner of Water and Second cross streets, and is\\nthe oldest building now standing in Henderson.\\na GOOD SCHOOL.\\nHenderson, during 1817, enjoyed, as she had done for several\\nyears previous, the privileges of a good school. The Trustees of the\\nold Seminary had in their employ one Elisha N. Plumb, of Philadel-\\nphia, a man of fine training and considerable experience as a teacher.\\nIn the Seminary building religious services were held on the Sabbath,\\nand all in all the religious and educational interests of the community\\nwere well provided for.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 149\\nThe commercial advantages of the town had become more sisnifi-\\ncant, and as a general thing all branches of trade then established\\nwere doing at least a. living business. The crops of the county were\\nlarger this year, and indeed, had assumed magnificant proportions.\\nThe inspection warehouses during this year handled over fifteen hun-\\ndred hogsheads of tobacco, of this number the Henderson house re-\\nceived three hundred and eighteen hogsheads, and Ingram nnd Posey\\nsix hundred and eighty-four.\\nFIRST STEAMBOAT BUILT AT HENDERSON.\\nThe first steamboat built in Kentucky, and the fourteenth boat\\nbuilt on the Western waters was the Pike, built by J. Prentiss at\\nHenderson. She was a twenty-five ton boat, and built for the trade\\nfrom Louisville to St. Louis afterwards ran in the Red River\\ntrade, and was lost on a sawyer in March 1818.\\nThis same year Samuel Bowen and John J. Audubon, built a\\nsmall steamboat, and a short time after her completion, the officer in\\ncommand ran her out of the Ohio, and Audubon thinking all was not\\nwell, followed on in a skiff, but failed to overtake her until his arrival\\nat New Orleans. Here he seized the boat and rather than suffer fur-\\nther annoyance, sold the craft at a sacrifice.\\nITEMS OF 1818.\\nThe value of real estate in the growing village had considerably\\nincreased, and the future promised great things. Audubon and Bake-\\nwell had not only built, and were successfully working a large steam\\ngrist mill, but in addition had built and were successfully opera-\\nting a large sawmill. The old-fashioned whip-saw, with its long and\\ntiresome stroke, had now to succumb to the work of machinery, driven\\nby steam. A bank was promised, and before the end of the year was\\nin full blast brick yards had been established, and a strong disposi-\\ntion to build, manifested itself among the inhabitants. The house in\\nwhich Mr. James Graves and family now reside was built by Harris\\nTobin. All of the interior wood work, and most of the weather-\\nboarding, which was made of pine, is still intact, and better to-day\\nthan that which has been replaced within the last ten years. All of\\nthe brick work done at that time was laid in the Flemish bond, a more\\nexpensive, and far more substantial mode than is adopted at this time.\\nBrick work done after the Flemish bond system, in after years be-\\ncame, it is said, as solid as stone and almost impossible to be torn to\\npieces. About midway of the same square, between Main and Elm\\non Clay, or Lower Third Street, Harris Tobin built and operated,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "150 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nfor years, the first tobacco stemmery known in this section of the\\ncountry. This old house stood back from the street line and was only\\ntorn down when incapacitated by age, and inferiority of design and\\ncapacity to successfully compete with larger, and more conveniently\\nlocated houses. In this house A. B. Barrett, first commenced the\\ntobacco business, and continued there until he was better suited in\\nanother house, higher up-town.\\nA BOOM.\\nAbout this time there was one of those periodical booms, which\\nHenderson has so often experienced, and by which up to this time she\\nhas been so little benefitted. Land and town lots (to use a common\\nexpression), went clear out of sight, and wages out of all reason.\\nThe people seemingly went wild, and fully ten or fifteen houses were\\nbuilt durins: the vear.\\nThis was one of the years, for which the civil history of Kentucky\\nis memorable, by the dreadful monetary derangement which lead to\\nthe passage of the relief laws, and gave rise to the most embittered\\nand violent conflict of parties which has ever occurred in Kentucky.\\nThe financial affairs of the civilized world were in a painful state of\\ndisorder. The long wars of the French revolution had banished gold\\nand silver from circulation as money, and had substituted an inflated\\npaper currencv, by which nominal prices were immensely enhanced-\\nAt the return of peace, a restoration of specie payments, and the re-\\nturn of Europe to industrial pursuits, caused a great fall in the nom-\\ninal value of commodities, accompanied by bankruptcy upon an enor-\\nmous scale. In Kentucky the violence of this crisis was enhanced by\\nthe charter of forty Independent banks, with an aggregate capital of\\nnearly ten millions of dollars, which were by law permitted to redeem\\ntheir notes, with the paper of the bank of Kentucky, instead of specie.\\nThese banks were chartered at the Session of 1817-18. Every little\\ntown and village in Kentucky wanted a bank, and Henderson was\\namong the foremost. On January 26, 1818, an act to establish inde-\\npendent banks in this Commonwealth was approved.\\nFIRST BANK.\\nAmong the number is the following: A bank, to be denom-\\ninated the Bank of Henderson, in the Town of Hendersqn, with a\\ncapital of one hunded and fifty thousand dollars, to be divided into\\none thousand five hundred shares of one hundred dollars each, un-\\nder the direction of Samuel A. Bowen, James Wilson, James Hillyer,\\nWalter Alves, Nicholas C. Horseley, Leonard Lyne and Wyatt H.\\nIngram, or a majority of them, for the sale of stock, and continue", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 151\\nopen for sixty days, unless the stock is sooner taken up. The sub-\\nscribers, their successors and assigns were made a corporation and\\nbody politic in law, and in fact, b^ the name and style of the President,\\nDirectors and Company, of the Bank of Henderson, and were au-\\nthorized to continue until the last day of December, 1837.\\nThis bank was given plenary, or full banking powers, and directed,\\nas soon as one-fifth of the capital stock was actually received on ac-\\ncount of the subscriptions, to give notice in two newspapers, printed\\nin the State, to notify a time and place in the town, giving at least\\nthirty day s notice for proceeding to the choice of a president and\\neight directors. The Board of Directors were invested with all power\\nusually given officers of such corporations. The bank notes thrown\\ninto circulation, were restricted to three times the amount of capital,\\nover and above the moneys then actually deposited in the bank, and\\nin case of excess, the directors shall be individually liable for the\\nsame. Under this act, the Bank of Henderson organized, with what\\namount of paid up capital, it has been impossible to ascertain. Cap-\\ntain Samuel Anderson was elected the first president, and James Hill-\\nyer the first cashier. Monied transactions were pretty heavy in those\\ndays, as is evidenced by old notes appearing here and there, in old-\\ntime papers, now worthless.\\nThe Bank of Henderson commenced business in a two-story log\\nhouse, which stood on the southeast corner of Main and Second\\nStreets, and at the same time commenced the building of a brick bank-\\ning house on Main Street. As a great many corporations have foolishly\\ndone before, the directors of this bank concluded to furnish all mate-\\nrials, and pay. for all labor by the day, or by the job, as the case might\\nbe. Moses Morgan and John Mason were employed to do the wood-\\nwork, and Francis Hammill, the brick-work. The lumber was pur.\\nchased from the Henderson Steam Mill, operated by John Audu-\\nbon Co., and the brick manufactured by the company. As a conse-\\nquence of this plan, the house cost a third more than it ought to have\\ncost, and the building committee engaged in a continued dispute with\\nthe workmen. Francis Hammill sbill was disputed, and by agreement,\\nsubmitted to John Lewis and Charles Peck, brick masons, who after\\ncalmly considering and investigating, gave Hammill more than he\\nclaimed. Another trouble, was the delay in getting work done. Most\\nof the directors had a hand in the building, yet everyone of them\\ncharged liberally for all he or they did. This building, which is now\\nknown as the Kerr, Clark Co. Counting Room, was begun in May,\\n1818, and completed the latter part of 1819. The following is the\\nestimate made by Lewis and peck, of the number of brick used", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "152 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nAmount of brick in the Bank House, Henderson\\nBasement story 32,410\\nFirst story 03,570\\nSecond story 43,580\\nParapet walls 10,136\\nVault 19,800\\nShaft of chimney 1,575\\n171,071\\nDeduction for chimney 3,000\\n168,071\\nJOHN LEWIS,\\nCHARLES PECK.\\nFrancis Hammill s bill for brick work, which was allowed by the\\ncommittee of arbitration, was three dollars per thousand for laying\\nin the wall, twelve arches at three dollars each, and one arch at five\\ndollars. This was the arch over the front door. The following is\\none of Audubon s bills\\nTo the President and Directors of the Bank of Henderson, to Henderson\\nSteam Mill. Dr\\nTo three pieces of scantling. 56 feet, at 4V c $2 52\\nTo two pieces of scantling, 34 feet\\nTo sixty rafters. 714 feet, at 4c 28 56\\nTo five pieces scantling, 40 feet, at 3c 1 20\\nTo fifteen joints, 278^ feet, Gc 16 71\\n$48 99\\nJ. J. AUDUBON CO.\\nThe putty thirty pounds used in glazing, cost forty cents per\\npound, only thirty-six cents per pound more than the same material\\nis worth at this time. In the same summer of 1818, when the Bank\\nof Henderson commenced business, the State was flooded with paper\\nmoney, and to add to this financial uncertainty, our bank turned loose\\na goods boxfull of her notes. With this, speculation sprung up in all\\ndirections, large loans were rashly made, and as rashly expended.\\nMost of these financial bubbles exploded within one year, and only a\\nfew were alive at the end of two vears. Following: in the wake of\\nthe unfortunates, the Bank of Henderson, after two years of unsuc-\\ncessful business, turned her toes to the daisies, and effected a settle-\\nment as best she could. In the meantime, the pressure of debt be-\\ncame terrible, and the power to replevy judgments was extended by\\nthe Legislature, from three to twelve months, by an act passed at the\\nsession of 1819-20.\\nThe following bit of history, as much to be applied to Hender-\\nson as any other county, is reproduced simply to give the reader a", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 153\\nfaint idea of the frightful condition of monetary affairs throughout\\nKentucky, after the forty banks had been incorporated and let out\\ntheir circulating issue. During the year 1819, this monetary distress\\nbecame more and more alarming, and in the summer of 1820, the cry\\nfor further relief became overwhelming. Vast majorities of both\\nhouses of the Legislature were pledged to some measure which should\\nrelieve the debtor from the consequences of his rashness. The reign\\nof political quackery was in its glory. The sufferings of the patient\\nwere too acute to permit him to listen to the regular physician, who\\nprescribed, time^ industry and economy as the only honest and just rem-\\nedy. He turned eagerly to the quacks, who promised him instantane-\\nous relief, by infallible nostrums, and specifics tvithout pain, luithout\\nself-denial, and without paying the penalty which nature always im-\\nposes upon any gross violation of her laws. The great cry of the people\\nwas, more money, and their heaviest complaint was, debt. Therefore\\nthe Legislature of 1820-21 chartered the bank called the Bank of the\\nCommonwealth, which was relieved from all danger of suspension,\\nby not being required even to redeem its specie. Its paper was made\\npayable and receivable for public debts and taxes, and certain lands,\\nowned by the State, south of Tennessee River, were pledged for the\\nfinal redemption of its notes. Its business was to pour out paper in\\nprofusion, in order to make money plenty. The creditor was required\\nto receive this bank paper in payment of all his debts, and if he refused\\nto do so, the debtor was authorized to replevy the debt for the space\\nof two years. By more mad legislation, the paper of the new bank\\nsank rapidly to one-half its nominal value, and the creditor had his\\nchoice of two evils one was to receive half of his debt in payment\\nof the whole, and the other was to receive nothing at all for two\\nyears, and at the end of that time, do the best he could, running the\\nrisk ot new delays at the end of that time, and the bankruptcy of his\\nsecurities. The indignation of the creditor at this wholesale confis-\\ncation of his property, can be imagined, and as a consequence, society\\nrapidly arranged itself into two parties, called Relief and anti-Relief.\\nThe constitutionality of the Commonwealth Bank act was tested and\\ndecided against the State. This decision created intense indignation\\namong the debtor class, which was at that time in a large majority. An\\nappeal was taken to the Court of Appeals, and the question came di-\\nrectly before them at the fall term, 1823. Their decision was awaited\\nwith intense anxiety by all parties. Terrible denunciations of popu-\\nlar vengeance in advance, if they dared to thwart the will of a vast\\nmajority of the people, were intended to warp their judgments or", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "154 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\noperate upon their fears. The Judges had maintained an unbroken\\nsilence, but when called upon, delivered their opinion seriatim and at\\nlength, calmly concurring with their brethren of the Circuit Court,\\nthat the act was in violation of the Constitution of the United States\\nand totally void. The opinion created an immense sensation through-\\nout every county of the State, and the conflict of parties was renewed\\nwith redoubled fury.\\nThe majority now determined to sweep from their path, and\\nmake an example to future ages, of the three calm and recluse stu-\\ndents, who had dared to set up reason against rage, and the majesty\\nof truth and law against the popular will. The great majority had\\nbeen accustomed to make and unmake, to set up and pull down at its\\nsovereign will and pleasure. The judiciary, by the Constitution,\\nheld their offices during good behavior and nothing less than two-\\nthirds of both houses could remove them.\\nThe canvass of 1824 was conducted with the hope of obtaining\\nthis result. General Joseph Desha, candidate of the relief party,\\nwas elected by a large majority, a vast majority of both houses were\\nof the relief party. At the following meeting of the Legislature the\\nthree Judges were summoned before the Legislative bar and assigned\\nreasons at length for their decision. This was unsatisfactory to the\\ncrazed majority, and a vote was taken to remove the Judges of the\\nSupreme Court, but a constitutional majority of two-thirds could not\\nbe obtained. They found they could not remove the Judges by im-\\npeachment or address, because their majority, although large, was\\nnot two-thirds of each house, but they could repeal the act, by which\\nthe Court of Appeals had been organized and could pass an act or-\\nganizing a new court.\\nA bill to this effect was drawn up and passed by a large major-\\nity in the House of Representatives, and by a nearly equal majority\\nin the Senate. No time was lost in organizing the new court, the old\\ncourt, however, denied the constitutionality of the act, and still con-\\ntinued to sit as a Court of Appeals. A large majority of the bar of\\nKentucky recognized them as the true court, and a great majority of\\nthe Circuit Court Judges obeyed the mandates as implicitly as if no\\nreorganizing act had passed. The title of parties now changed from\\nrelief and anti-relief to old court and new court.\\nGreat activity was exerted in. the canvass of 1825, and never\\nwere the passions of the people more violently excited. The result\\nwas the triumph of the old court party by a large majority in the\\npopular branch of the Legislature, while the Senate still remained at-\\ntached to the new court.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0152.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 155\\nIn the canvass of 1826 both parties arrayed in final struggle for\\nthe command of the Senate, and the old court party again tri-\\num )hed. At the ensuing sessfon of the Legislature the obnoxious\\nact was repealed, thcopinion of Governor Desha to the contrary, and\\nthe three old Judges re-established de facto as well as de jure. Their\\nsalaries were voted them during their forcible and illegal removal\\nfrom office, and all acts of the new court treated as a nullitv. This\\ncertainly was one of the most signal triumphs of Irw and order, over\\nthe fleeting passions of people, which has ever been recorded in the\\nannals of a free people.\\nThe fate of the Commonwealth Bank, and its almost unlimited\\namount of worthless paper currency, and the replevin laws connected\\nwith it, was forever sealed by the triumph of the old court party. The\\nreplevin laws were repealed, and the bank extinguished by successive\\nacts of the Legislature, which directed that its paper should be grad-\\nually burned, instead of reissued. In a few years, its paper disap-\\npeared from circulation. New banks were afterwards chartered and\\nanother vast quantity of paper money put afloat to stimulate the wild-\\nest spirit of speculation. Everybody rushed into the market to borrow\\nmoney to carry out some pet thought or wild scheme, but this fabric was\\ntoo baseless, and unreal to endure. In the spring of 1837, all of the\\nbanks of Kentucky suspended specie payment. In this state of things\\nthe Legislature of 1837 met and legalized the suspension of the banks.\\nBy the exercise of superior business tact, the financial condition of\\nthings was again brought to a satisfactory conclusion, and the coun-\\nties of the State again took on new life. During these troublous\\ntimes Henderson County was fortunate to be represented by Leonard\\nH. Lyne, Samuel G. Hopkins and Judge George Morris. Hender-\\nson County s history during this time, and since, is so closely inter-\\nwoven with that of the State that it would be impossible to give a sat-\\nisfactory view of the subjects which engrossed the attention of the\\npeople, without entering into details forbidden by the plan of an out-\\nline sketch like this. It is safe to say, however, that political relief\\nand anti-relief, old and new court, excitement ran as high in Hender-\\nson as in any other county in the State, but from the character of men\\nelected to represent the county during the time, we may safely con-\\nclude that Henderson stood by the honor of the State, and was en-\\nrolled with those, whose inherent attachment to sober and rational\\nliberty, guided them in every action, public or private.\\nTOWN LOTS SOLD FOR TAXES.\\nDuring this year a number of town lots and lands, sold under the\\nact of Congress of March 5 and April 26, 1816, for direct tax, were\\nredeemed. The following receipt goes to show how low down the\\nGovernment of the United States did go in those days for tax money:\\nReceived, the twentj-ninth dav of November, 18. 8, from Thomas K,\\nMoore, the sum oi ihirty-Jive cents, being the amovmt of the purchase money", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0153.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "156 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nfor one lot in Henderson Counlj, in the Fifth District of Kentucky, contain-\\ning one lot in Henderson, on Water Street, sold under the acts of Congress\\nMarch 5 and April 26, 1816, to satisfy the direct tax of 1816, and additions\\nthereto, due by Jacob Keel for tax 29 cents. John II. Moore, addition of 20\\nper ct 6-35 cts. collector designated by the Secretary of the Treasury in the\\nState of Kentucky.\\nCONSTANTINE S. RAFINISQUE,\\nA native of Galota, near Constantinople, Turkey, a naturalist of\\ngreat reputation, spent some time during the early part of this year\\nwith Mr. Audubon.. He came down the river in an Ark, which he\\nowned and occupied conjointly with another.\\nIMPROVEMENTS OF GREEN RIVER.\\nDuring the session of the Legislature, 1818, an act for the im-\\nprovement of Green River was passed and approved. This act did\\naway with the system of working Green River by overseers ap-\\npointed by the County Court, and appropriated ten thousand dollars\\nannually of the State dividend of the stock of the Bank of Ken-\\ntucky, for the purpose of improving the navigation of the river and\\nits navigable branches.\\nA GRACEFUL COMPLIMENT.\\nAt the regular term of the Circuit Court the only order entered\\nof record, was written by Judge Broadnax, in his own hand, and was\\nquite a compliment to the Circuit Clerk. The following is a copy of\\nthe order\\nIt appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that Ambrose Barbour, clerk\\nof this court, is too much indisposed to attend to the duties of his office during\\nthe present term, it is ordered that court adjourn until the next term.\\nHENRY P. BROADNAX.\\nThe first murder, of which the Circuit Court had judicial notice,\\nand the second one since the formation of the county, was committed\\nin 1818. This was the celebrated case of Stephen Grimes and Charles\\nE. Carr, for killing Lemuel Cheaney, near Colonel Elias D. Powell s\\nmeadow farm, a brief sketch of which will be found under the head\\nof Sketchs and Recollections.\\n1819.\\nAt the March term of the Circuit Court, John Boyle was the\\nfirst British subject to renounce allegiance to the Queen.\\nCharles E. Carr was tried at this term for the murder of Lemuel\\nCheaney, found guilty, and sentenced to be hung was subsequently\\nhung, to-wit on the twenty-sixth day of July.\\nJean Spidel, for himself, wife and children, late subjects of the\\nDuke of Wertemburg, Germany, asked to become a citizen of the\\nUnited States. The family consisted of Jean Spidel, thirty-three\\nyears of age Charlbtte Elizabeth Spidel, thirty-five years John,\\neleven vears, and Christian, three vears of ajje.\\nThe first suit for slander, brought in the county, was that of Dan-\\niel Toole vs. Gabriel Homes, brought at this term of the court. Toole\\nproved his case, and was given a verdict for four hundred and twen-\\nty-five dollars.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0154.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XVI.\\nCOUNTY DIVIDED INTO PRECINCTS BANKS AND BANKING CONGRESS-\\nIONAL DISTRICTS ITEMS OF INTERISTS 1820.\\n/^HE census of 1810 gave Henderson County 4,703 population.\\nThe census of 1820 gave a population of 5,714, an increase in\\nten years of 1,011 souls. The population of the Village of Hender-\\nson, in 1810, according to the census, was 159. The population for\\n1828, is not given. Assuming the increase of the village population\\nto have equaled that of the county, as a whole, we may conclude as\\nthat of the county was over twenty per cent., the village may safely\\nbe estimated at twenty per cent., which would then make the popula-\\ntion in 1820, the year of which we are now writing, 1,191, all told. A\\nsort of boom struck the county this year, and immigration came in\\nfast, both to the county and village. Immigration had been alarm-\\ningly slow prior to that time, and as an evidence of it, the liberal\\nterms offered by General Samuel Hopkins, agent of Richard Hen-\\nderson Co., in the disposition of their town and out lots, had been\\nembraced by but very few persons. The lot on the corner of Water\\nand Upper Fifth Street, now the property of Hugh Kerr, was not dis-\\nposed of until 1819, and then it was donated to Wyatt Ingram.\\nCOUNTY DIVIDED INTO PRECINCTS.\\nAgreeably to an act of the Legislature to divide the county into\\ncertain precincts, and to allot a constable to each district, the county\\nproceeded to lay off the county as follows\\nFirst Precinct, to include the Town of Henderson and all that\\npart of the county lying above the Smith s Ferry Road. Second Pre-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0155.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "158 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\ncinct, between the Smith s Ferry Road and the road to Christian\\nCounty Court House, and the Third Precinct, below the Christian\\nRoad, and between that and the Ohio River. There had been but\\nt one voting place prior to that time, and that was at the Court House.\\nThis division of three precincts, created three voting places one\\nat the Court House, one at Zachariah Galloway s, near what is now\\nknown as Hebardsville, and one at Cannon s, ^in what is now known\\nas Walnut Bend. Owing to the old system of three days election,\\nample time was given each voter to attend and cast his vote.\\nThere were two new towns mushroom like sprung up in the\\ncounty, this year. One was called Bellville, and the other Felixville.\\nArrangements for grinding grain became more satisfactory, for\\nthe reason a great number of grist mills were established. Most of\\nthese mills were built along creeks, to be run by water, during the\\nrainy or wet weather seasons, and in addition had what was known as the\\nsweep attachment, to be operated by horses or oxen, but subsequently\\nthe tread was substituted for the sweep.\\nDuring this year an established rate of fare between the Falls of\\nthe Ohio and New Orleans, was agreed upon, in which a passenger\\nfrom New Orleans to the Red Banks, or Henderson, was taxed one\\nhundred and ten dollars, and going down stream, from the Falls of\\nthe Ohio to Henderson, the sum of ten dollars. While this would be\\nconsidered an exhorbitant charge at this time, at that time it was con-\\nsidered so much cheaper than walking, no man who could spare the\\nprice of passage, would have been safe to complain.\\nIt is calculated that this year there were sixty-eight steamboats on\\nthe rivers, with an aggregate tonnage of twelve thousand seven hun-\\ndred and seventy; yet, for a long period, until economy of time be-\\ncame more important in human life, travel and freight stood mostly\\nby the old keel and flatboats.\\nThe Court of Claims for Henderson County, in estimating the\\nnecessary expenditures of the county for this year, laid the levy at\\none dollar and twenty-five cents per tithable. The Commissioners of\\nTax reported, for 1820, fifteen hundred and forty-six tithables, and\\nthis number, at one dollar and twenty five cents, gave the county one\\nthousand nine hundred and thirty-two dollars and fifty cents, from\\nwhich amount, delinquents had to be deducted.\\n1821.\\nFrom some cause, unknown to the records, the Court of Claims\\nthis year reduced the annual levy. The Commissionors of tax reported", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0156.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 159\\nsixteen hundred and sixly-four tithables, and the court laid the levy\\nat one dollar each, making a total of $1,664 subject to delinquencies.\\nThe winter of eighteen hundred and twenty-one and two, is said\\nto have brought the mercury to the intense degree of twenty degrees\\nbelow zero.\\nDecember 21, an act was approved directing a change in the time\\nof holding the courts of the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit,composedJof the\\ncounties of Muhlenberg, Henderson^ Hopkins, Union, Daviess, Breck-\\nenridge, and Ohio. Under this act the courts of Henderson were\\nheld, commencing on the fourth Monday in March, June, and Septem-\\nber, and continued six juridical days.\\nAn act passed prior to this, but during the same month, directed\\nthat a Circuit Judge and Commonwealth s attorney be appointed for\\nthe Fourteenth District, who should reside in the district. Soon after\\nthe passage of this act. Judge Alney McLean of Muhlenberg, was\\nappointed, and served for years with great ability and satisfaction.\\nIn the latter part of this year or the early part of 1822, John J. Audu-\\nbon removed from Henderson.\\n1822\\nCommissioners reported, fifteen hundred and sixty-eight tith-\\nables, and the levy was laid at one dollar and a quarter per head. It\\nwill be observed that the tithable population fluctuated greatly, and\\nthat the solid growth of the county was lamentable about this time.\\nThe tithable population in 1821, showed sixteen hundred and\\nsixty-four, ninety-six more than the present year, and this number\\nwas not agam reached before 1828.\\nSCHOOL DISTRICTS.\\nAgreeably to an act of the General Assembly, the County Court,\\nby Commissioners, divided the county into twelve school districts.\\nThis, with the exception of the splendid achievement of the Trustees\\nof the Henderson Academy, was the first public recognition of the\\nnecessity of a general diffusion of knowledge throughout the county\\nyet nothing was done for many years subsequent to that time.\\nIt was enacted December 11, That whenever there shall be\\nfive Mondays in the months of March, June and September, or either\\nof them, the term of the Henderson Circuit Court, appointed by law\\nto be held in those months, shall be extended to two weeks, if the busi-\\nness thereof shall be required.\\nCONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.\\nBy an act, approved May 23, the State was divided into twelve\\nCongressional Districts, and Henderson then became a part of the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0157.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "160 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nEleventh District, composed of Henderson, Muhlenburg, Butler,\\nOhio, Grayson, Breckenridge, Daviess, Hart and Hardin.\\nUnder an act passed January 1, the County Courts of Henderson\\nCounty were directed to be held on the fourth Monday in every month,\\nin which no Circuit Court was held.\\nAn act, passed December, Be it further enacted^ That the County\\nof Henderson shall be entitled to sixteen Justices of the Peace, and\\nno more, two of whom shall reside in the town, and one north of\\nGreen River.\\nAGGRAVATED FEVER.\\nIn the summer of this year, an aggravated bilious fever, visited\\nmost, if not all of the river towns of Kentucky, and while it was not so\\ndistressing at this point as at others, it was yet frightful. So terrible\\nwas this disease in form and character, it gained and deserved the\\nname of yellow fever. The mortality was very great, and the alarm\\nexisting on account of it, throughout the whole interior of the neigh-\\nboring States, was of the most exciting character. It has been said\\nby graphic writers, that during the months of July, August, and Sep-\\ntember, so strongly were the inhabitants of this and other towns pre\\ndisposed to this disease, by joint influence of climate, and the miasm\\nof marshes, ponds, and decayed and decaying vegetable matter, that\\nthey may be compared to piles of combustibles, which needed bu^\\nthe application of a single spark to rouse them to a flame.\\nThis frightful malady, was the most terrible blow ever given the\\nplace, and for many years afterwards, the name of Henderson was\\nsynonemous with that of Grave Yard. Emigrants dreaded to pass\\nthrough the place, and of those who had determined to locate herej\\nmany were dissuaded from their purpose, by the assertion that it was\\nrushing upon death to make the attempt. This occurred, too, just at\\na period when the resources of the town, beginning to develope them-\\nselves, were attracting the attention of capitalists. Had the feeling\\nof alarm ceased with the disease, it would have been less of a blow\\nbut for years after, it was referred to as a warning against emmigra\\ntion hither.\\nThis year, the County Court had new bridges built over Canoe\\nCreek, at the Madisonville and Morganfield crossings.\\n1823.\\nSeveral new bridges were built this year, and the county levy was\\nreduced from one dollar and twenty-five cents, to sixty-two and a half", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0158.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 161\\ncents. Outside of this, nothing of a public nature worthy of notice\\nappears on the records.\\nJ 824.\\nThe Commissioners returned forty-eight more tithables this year\\nthan Last. This was the year of the Walton murder. This murder\\nof Walton was one of the most heartless, cold-bloo*ded and incarnate\\nspecimens of human depravity to be found in the records of any\\ncounty. It has never really been surpassed in savage lands.\\n1825.\\nThe militia was now in its glory, and all able-bodied men were\\nrequired to turn out to company, batallion and regimental muster.\\nIt was a great bore to all but a few ambitious officers and privates.\\nThomas K. Newman, and John Newman, as field officers of the forty-\\nfirst regiment, settled with the paymaster January 31, and then a great\\njollification was had.\\nAn act, approved January 3, changed again the time of holding\\nthe Circuit Courts. Under this act, the courts were held on the third\\nMonday in March, June, and September, and were directed to sit\\ntwelve juridical days, and where there were five Mondays in the\\nmonth, to sit eighteen days, if the business of the court required it.\\n1826.\\nThe Commissioners of tax reported this year sixteen hundred\\n^^nd twenty-fou: tithables, and the court levied eighty seven and one\\nhalf cents, making a total of fourteen hundred and twenty-one dollars.\\nIt was reported to the court, that the jail was uncomfortably cold, and\\nout of the abundance of fellow-feeling, James Rouse jailer, was\\ndirected to furnish criminals coal, during the day time, and blankets\\nat night.\\nCOAL MINING\\nIt may be asked where coal was brought from so early as 1826\\nthere were no mines at that time. In the early times there\\nwere many places on the Ohio River where coal cropped out\\nof the surface of the bank, or decline, between the bluff bank and the\\nwater ?.dge. Notably among those locations was the mouth of Sugar\\nCreek, above the water-works. At this point coal was taken out with-\\nout mining or blasting, dumped into boats, and floated down to the\\ntown. This mine furnished the town of Henderson up to 1850 with\\nmost of the coal used. Dr. Thomas J. Johnson, even between 1850\\nand 1860, dug coal at Sugar Creek and boated it down to the town,\\nreserving a year s supply to himself, and selling the remainder at a\\n11", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0159.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "162 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nprice about equal to the expense of getting out the whole amount.\\nThere were wealthy men in those days as there is now for instance,\\nLeonard H. Lyne, assessed this year sixty-eight slaves, four hundred\\nand fifty-one acres of farming land, and twenty-eight horses.\\nCongress had passed a law appropriating a certain amount to be\\npaid to surviving soldiers of the Revolutionary War. The County\\nCourt of Henderson County received a number of declarations of\\npensions, and ordered them to be certified to the Secretary of War.\\nThe following are of record Wynn Dixon (father of Governor\\nArchibald Dixon), John Martin, William Brown, Thomas Baker, Joel\\nGibson, William Frazier, Furna Cannon, Peter L. Matthews, John\\nRamsey, Isham Sellars, General Thomas Posey, Dr. Joseph Savage,\\nGabriel Green, and Nathaniel Powell. Fourteen of the old patriots,\\nwho fought that America might be free, lived their latter days in\\nthis county, and were buried beneath its sod. The gallows, upon\\nwhich was hung the lifeless body of Calvin Sugg, cost the county the\\ngreat sum of ten dollars. It was built by James Rouse, and the\\ncourt, thinking perhaps that it might be needed again, passed in sub-\\nstance the following order. James Rouse being regarded as a\\nfit person, it is ordered that he be appointed to take care of the\\ngallows.\\nThe County Court deemed it necessary to revise the tavern rates\\nheretofore established, and the following is a copy\\nTAVERN BATES.\\nDinner, supper and breakfast, each 25 cts\\nLodging 12% cts\\nHorse per night 50 cts\\nHorse per feed 12 cts\\nForeign spirits, y^ pint 6Ji cts\\nAll to be paid in specie.\\nForeign liquor was just eight times the price of domestic.\\n1827.\\nThe Commissioners of Tax reported for this year fifteen hundred\\nand sixty-four tithables sixty less than last year and laid the levy\\nat 75 cents 12^ cents less than last year. The effect of the panic\\nand hard times had not worn away. Many men had fled the State,\\ntaking with them their slaves to avoid the levy of executions for debt.\\nIt is a fact that many slave-holders left the State with their slave\\nproperty for this very purpose, and afterwards, by permission of the\\nCounty Court, returned again. This, perhaps, may explain the dis-\\ncrepancy so noticeable during the years of hard times, as they were\\nknown. Political excitement in Kentucky ran high during this year.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0160.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 163\\nUnder the law, passed February 23, 1808, free negroes and mulattos\\nwere prevented from migrating to Kentucky, unless allowed to do so\\nby a special act. During this y^-ar a number of free negroes came to\\nthe State, and by special act were freed and exempted from the pains\\nand penalties of the law of 1808. Frank Hogg, one among the first,\\nif not the first, was granted the right to remain in the Commonwealth,\\nand authorized to hold real estate. From this beginning quite a col-\\nony of free negroes migrated to the county, and so far as is known,\\nwere orderly, well behaved and industrious people.\\n1828.\\nThe Commissioners of Tax reported this year seventeen hundred\\nand thirty tithables, and the levy was fixed at one dollar twelve and\\na half cents, making a total of nineteen hundred and forty-six dollars\\nand twenty four ents. It will be observed that the number of tith-\\nables reported this year is one hundred and sixty-six greater than\\nlast year, and the tax increased thirty-seven and a half cents.\\n1829.\\nThe tithable population reported this year was seventeen hundred\\nthirty less than last year and the levy fixed at 68^ cents \u00e2\u0080\u0094forty-\\nfour cents less than last year.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0161.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0162.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XVII.\\nMILK SICKNESS SCHOOL DISTRICTS THE CHOLERA EPIDEMIC MIAS-\\nMATIC PONDS METEORIC SHOW^ERS, ETC., ETC. 1830.\\n^HE census for 1830 gave Henderson County a population of six\\n^y thousand six hundred and fifty-nine souls, an increase of nine\\nhundred and forty-five during the preceding ten years. Seventeen\\nhundred and eighty-seven tithables were reported this year, and the\\nlevy fixed at what it was in 1828, one dollar twelve and a half cents.\\nMILK SICKNESS.\\nFor some years prior to 1830, the milk sickness had made its ap-\\npearance in Kentucky, but, during this year, it was unusually annoy-\\ning and frightful in Henderson County. Particularly along the banks\\nof Green River, it did its work undiscovered. Scientists endeavored\\nto discover the true cause of the disease, but all their efforts failed.\\nJanuary 29, the Legislature of Kentucky offered a reward of six hun-\\ndred dollars for the discovery of the cause, and a specific cure, yet\\nno discovery was ever made. It was only with the clearing up of the\\nwoods and timbered lands, that the dread disease disappeared. There\\nhas been no cases of milk sickness reported in Henderson County for\\nmany years.\\nOn the twenty-ninth day of January, an act was approved, incor-\\nporating a company under the name and style of the Green River\\nNavigation Company, for the purpose of constructing locks, dams,\\ndocks, basins, canals, chutes and slopes upon Green River and its\\ntributary streams. The capital stock of the company was fixed at", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0163.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "166 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nsixty thousand dollars, divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each.\\nBooks for the subscription of stock were directed to be opened on the\\nfourth day of March, and Leonard H. Lyne and James McLain ap-\\npointed commissioners for Henderson County. The scheme proved\\nan utter failure.\\nUnder and by authority of an act of the Legislature, approved\\nJanuary 29, Henderson County was divided and laid off into public\\nschool districts.\\n183L\\nThe Commissioners of Tax reported this year, nineteen hundred\\nand sixty-nine tithables, and the county levy was fixed at sixty-two\\nand a half cents, making a total of one thousand two hundred and\\nthirty dollars and sixty-two and a half cents. From this, it will be\\nseen that the tithable increase from the Court of Claims in October,\\n1830, to the Court of Claims, 1831, was one hundred and eighty-two,\\nthe greatest increase for any one year known up to that time.\\nThe population in what is now known as the Point, or Scuffle-\\ntown District, had so increased, that on the twenty-first day of Decem-\\nber, an act of the Legislature was approve d, establishing it as an\\nelection precinct, and fixing the voting place at the house of Doak\\nPrewitt.\\n1832.\\nNineteen hundred and sixty-nine tithables were reported this\\nyear, and the levy fixed at seventy-five cents. The county had now\\nbegun to grow rapidly, and everything assumed a more cheerful as-\\npect, but during the year the cholera brought grief and gloom, and\\nbusiness stagnation in Henderson, as well as many other points in the\\nOhio River Valley.\\nThis epidemic visitation occurred in the month of October, and\\nabsolutely paralyzed the whole comniunity. Business was suspended,\\nand the panic complete. Men were seized with the disease while\\nwalking in the streets, and were dead in ten hours. The population\\nof Henderson at that time was about seven hundred, and fully ten\\nper cent, of that number died. The physicians stood manfully at\\ntheir posts, and administered calomel and opium without limit. The\\npractitioners at that time were Drs. Levi Jones, Thomas J. Johnson,\\nOwen Glass, Henry M. Grant and Horace Gaither. Among those\\nwho died, were Rev. Nathan Osgood, Rector St. Pauls Episcopal\\nChurch, and J. B. Pollitt, husband of the first wife of Governor Dixon.\\nMr, Bqtler, father of Harbison Butler, came into the town one day,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0164.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 1 167\\ntransacted his business and returned to his home in the country, and\\nbefore twelve o clock that night, died of cholera. The negroes suf\\nferred more, perhaps, than the v^hites.\\nHenderson, at that time, was a victim of ponds, those frightful\\ngenerators of misasma, being located all over the place. At the\\ncorner of First and Elm Streets, was one covering as much as one\\nacre of ground. In the center of the intersection of Main and\\nSecond Streets, was the public well, and this furnished impure water\\nfor the greater part of the citizens. Those who drank water from the\\nriver bank, escaped the cholera, while those who drank of the well,\\nwere to a great extent victims of the disease.\\nThis was also the year of the great flood, when the river rose at\\nCincinnati to the almost incredible height of sixty-two and a half feet\\nabove low water mark.\\nTHE FLOOD.\\nThe youthful city did not feel the visitation of the flood, but the\\nriver bottoms suffered immensely. This great rise commenced on the\\ntenth day of February, and continued until the twenty-first of that\\nmonth, having risen to the extraordinary height fifty-one feet above\\nlow water mark at Louisville. Nearly all of the frame and log build-\\nings near the river, either floated off or turned over and were de-\\nstroyed. The marks made by the Government engineers, for that\\npurpose, at the head of the Canal and foot of the Falls, at Louisville,\\nshowed a maximum height at the head, of forty-six feet above low\\nwater, and sixty-nine feet above low water at the foot of the Falls.\\nThis was by far the greatest rise ever known in the Ohio at that time.\\nA RALROAD CURIOSITY.\\nAs an evidence of the progress of the age, it may be noted that\\nduring this year upon a circular track, in George Atkinson s Factory,\\nformerly Audubon s Mill, was exhibited a small locomotive made sev-\\neral years before at Lexington, by Mr. Thomas H. Barlow. To this\\nlocomotive was attached a small car, in which many people took their\\nfirst railroad ride. This miniature engine ran smoothly, and was a great\\ncuriositv. A small amount was charged for riding, which the i)eop1e\\npaid most cheerfully. This was the first railroad or railroad engine\\nand car ever seen by but very few, if any, of the citizens of Henderson.\\n1833.\\nTwenty-one hundred and fifty-two tithables were reported this\\nyear, one hundred and eighty-three more than last year, and the levy\\nfixed at 81 cents. The cholera returned to Kentucky this year,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0165.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "168 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nand raged from about May 30 to August, only two months, but with\\ngreat virulence and deadly effect. Beginning as high up as Maysville,\\nit soon spread through the State, slaying large numbers in town and\\ncountry. Within nine days after its appearance at Lexington, fifteen\\nhundred persons were prostrated by it, and fifty deaths occurred in\\nsome single days. Many places, altogether spared in 1832, were des-\\nolated this year. In Henderson there were but few cases This was\\nthe year also of\\nMETEORIC SHOWERS\\nIt was about two o clock in the morning when the stars began to\\nshoot, and before daylight such an incessant cross-firing of heavenly\\nbodies had not only never been seen, but had never beea heard of. The\\nheavens presented a most gorgeous picture, and yet many of the\\nsuperstitious believed it to be the beginning of the end, and that soon\\nthe trump of Gabriel s horn would announce the coming of The New\\nJerusalem. Everybody was up to see it, and closely they scanned\\nthe firmament until the grand display was shut out by the light of day.\\nJanuary 25 an act was approved establishing a precinct in that\\npart of the county known as the Big Bend of the Ohio (now known\\nas Walnut Bend), to be called and known as Big Bend Precinct, and\\nthe elections to be held at the residence of William B. Cannon.\\nOn the second of February the State was divided into thirteen\\nCongressional districts, elections to be held on the first Monday in\\nAugust. Henderson County, with Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg,\\nButler, Ohio, Daviess and Hancock, formed the Second District. A\\nlevy of $500 was made for the purpose of building a poor house, but\\nthe project was abandoned, and, in 1836, this amount was placed to the\\norder of the Board of Internal Improvements, to be applied with the\\nadditional sum of $1,000, appropriated by the Legislature at their ses-\\nsion of 1835-36, for the improvement of the roads of the county.\\n1834.\\nTwo thousand one hundred and fifteen tithables were reported\\nthis year, and the levy fixed at seventy-five cents. By an act of the\\nLegislature the county was divided into five precincts, one at Hender-\\nson, one at Galloways, now Hebardsville, one at Sellers, now Cairo,\\nand Robard s Station, one at Prewitts, now Scufileton in the point, and\\none at Wm. B. Cannon s, now Walnut Bottom.\\n1835.\\nTwo thousand two hundred and sixty-eight tithables were re-\\nported this year, and the levy fixed at fifty cents.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0166.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 169\\nOwing to its terrible surroundings, Henderson was yet as un-\\nhealthy as a place well could be, and as an evidence of it, the follow-\\ning incident related to the write^by Dr. H. H. Farmer, is here inserted\\nWhen a boy i 1835. I was going to Virginia in company with my uncle\\nand grandmother. We were traveling in a carriage, and when near Crab\\nOrchard Springs I was taken suddenlv ill; my uncle wished to stop at some\\nhouse on the road, but the people learning we were from Henderson, refused\\nto take us m, fearing some dreadful contageous disease. The very name of\\nHenderson seemed to inspire the mountaineers with terror. My disease was\\nslight, however, aud we suffered no serions inconvenience.\\nHenderson in early times suffered more from malarial disease\\nthan for many years past. The disease at that time was more severe,\\nbut the great cause of its fatality was ignorance on the part of the\\nphysicians of its proper treatment.\\n1836.\\nTwo thousand two hundred and sixty-five tithables were reported\\nthis year, and the levy fixed at fifty cents. On the twenty-ninth day\\nof February the State was apportioned into thirty-eight Senatorial\\nDistricts, Henderson, with Hopkins and Daviess forming the Fifth\\nDistrict. December 23 the election district formerly known as Sel-\\nlars, was changed to William Buttons.\\n1837.\\nTwo thousand two hundred and eighty-nine tithables were re-\\nported this year, and the levy fixed at seventy-five cents. February\\n8 an act was approved incorporating the Henderson Nashville\\nRailroad. The capital stock fixed at fifteen thousand shares, and\\nWyatt H. Ingram, George Atkinson, James Rouse, John D. Ander-\\nson, George Gayle, and James Alves were appointed Commissioners\\nto open books for the subscription of stock.\\nFebruary 27 the town of Steamport, on Green River, was in-\\ncorporated upon the plan formed and laid down by Isaac Harman.\\nThe Trustees appointed in the act were Isaac Harman, Owen Thomas,\\nJohn McElroy, James M. Edwards, and James Thomas.\\nA DIRT TURNPIKE.\\nOn February 23 an act was approved creating a company for\\nthe purpose of building a dirt turnpike on the Virginia plan, from\\nHenderson to Hopkinsville. Wyatt H. Ingram, George Atkinson,\\nSmith Agnew, and John McMullin were appointed Commissioners\\nfor the purpose of carrying out the object of the act. The Commis-\\nsioners were authorized to locate toll-gates, but no two gates were to", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0167.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "IVO HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nbe nearer together than ten miles. At the next meeting of the Legis-\\nlature the time for opening stock books was extended twelve months,\\nand finally the plan was abandoned entirely.\\nBANK FAILURES.\\nOn the nineteenth day of April a financial cricis came. The banks\\nall over the State suspended specie payment, and closed their doors.\\nThe full force of this blow was sadly felt, confidence fled, and every-\\nthing before so radiant with the springtime of hope and promise, was\\nchanged to the sad autumn lines of a fruitless year. Petitions were\\nsent to the Governor to convene the Legislature in extra session, but\\nthis he declined to do but, when that body met in regular session, it\\nlegalized the suspension of the banks in the State, and refused either\\nto compel them to resume specie payment, or to forfeit their charters.\\nThe people of Henderson County suffered, as did the people all over\\nthe State. Times were extremely pinching, and not for twelve months\\nwas any relief experienced, and that when the banks ventured to re-\\nsume specie payments.\\nAN ISLAND.\\nIt was in the low water of 1837 that the tow-head above the city\\nfirst made any pretentions to being an island. Prior to that time there\\nhad been no island there, and since that time it has become the respect-\\nable body of land it now is.\\nThis year, William Wurnell, the notorious murderer of Abner\\nJones, was captured and confined in the county jail.\\n1838.\\nTwo thousand three hundred and seventy-seven tithables were\\nreported this year, and the levy fixed at one dollar and twenty five\\ncents. A glance at this will show, that, in spite of the commercial dif-\\nficulties of the previous year, the population increased. During this\\nyear the county was re-districted, additional school districts being estab-\\nlished.\\n1839.\\nTwo thousand four hundred and ninety tithables were reported\\nthis year, and the levy fixed at one dollar twelve and a half cents.\\nThe first iron steamer on a western river or lake, the Valley\\nForge, passed Henderson in the month of December.\\nOctober 16, all of the Kentucky banks again suspended specie\\npayment.\\nThis was a great year for old, young and middle-aged people, for\\nthe greatest of sights, a circus with an elephant, a trick-mule, and a\\npony, came to town during the summer. Stickney s Great Circus,\\nwith Lou. Lippman and Frank Wilmot, and Ricards, the clown, ex-\\nhibited in the Public Square, and every man, woman and child, who\\ncould squeeze inside the tent, was there to witness the show.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0168.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XVIII.\\nSLAVES EMANCIPATED THE HARRISON CAMPAIGN ABINADAB S LET-\\nTERS CHARLES DICKENS RUNAWAY SLAVES RIVER\\nCLOSED, ETC., ETC. 1840.\\nSHE official returns for 1840, place the population of Henderson\\nCounty at nine thousand five hundred and forty-eight, an in-\\ncrease, since the census of 1830, of two thousand eight hundred and\\neighty-nine souls. Of this number, six thousand one hundred and\\neighty-one were whites, three thousand three hundred and nineteen\\nwere slaves, and forty-eight were free blacks.\\nTwo thousand five hundred and ninety-five tithables were reported,\\nand the levy fixed at one dollar and fifty cents.\\nDuring the year 1825, Elizabeth D. Gwatkin, grandmother of\\nAdam and Gwatkin Rankin, died. By her will, thirty-eight negroes\\nbecame the property of Horatio D. Gwatkin, for the term of fifteen\\nyears, and at the expiration of that time, they were to be given their\\nfreedom according to law. At the June term of the County Court\\nthis year, the thirty-eight slaves were brought into court, their names\\nentered of record, and they given their freedom. A poor old man,\\nwho had fought throughout the War for American Independence, be-\\ncame a pauper upon the county. John Ramsay and wife were allowed\\nthe round sum of fifty dollars for his annual support.\\nIn January the voting place, then known as William Sellar s, was\\nchanged to Wesley Norman s.\\nFebruary 17, a town called LaFayette, was incorporated and", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0169.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "172 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nestablished upon the plan of Geo. W. King, proprietor. The trustees\\nof this town were Geo. W. King, Payne Dixon, William P. Grayson,\\nWilliam Y. Nelson and Harbison Butler. The site of LaFayette\\nwas on the Ohio River above Evansville. This was the year of the\\nHARRISON CAMPAIGN,\\nForever memorable in the history of American politics. The hero of\\nTippecanoe and Tyler Too, received a handsome majority in Hen-\\nderson County, for President of the United States. During the sum-\\nmer an immense barbecue was given in a grove which was located on\\nthe river above Powell Street, and in front of the gas works. This\\nwas a beautiful grove, and was a great trysting place for lovers and\\nthose sentimentally inclined. Lovers Grove, as it was called, suc-\\ncumbed to the lashing waves of the Ohio many years ago. There is\\nnot a vestige of it to be seen at this day. The Harrison barbecue\\nwas largely attended, and many eminent speakers addressed the mul-\\ntitude that day. The ladies were largely interested, and wore white\\naprons with log cabins painted and printed upon them. The long\\ntables were decorated with imitation log cabins built of stick candy.\\nThis was a gala day in Henderson.\\n1841.\\nTwo thousand six hundred and thirty-one tithables were reported\\nthis year, and the county levy fixed at one dollar and fifty cents.\\nIt will be remembered, that in 1837, an act was passed by the\\nLegislature, incorporating the Henderson Hopkinsville Dirt Turn-\\npike Company, on the Virginia plan, and appointing commissioners\\nto open stock books. What the Commissioners did is not known, but\\nit is safe to say nothing was done, for, on the twenty-sixth day of Jan-\\nuary, of this year, Lazarus W. Powell and William Sugg, of Hender-\\nson, and John Ruby and William Bradley, of Hopkins, were ap\\npointed commissioners to view and mark out a road to Hopkinsville,\\nto be built as other roads were at that time. This the Commissioners\\ndid, and from that time to this, there has been an established road\\nbetween the two places.\\nABINADAB S LETTERS.\\nIn the spring of this year, William R. Abbott, who had displayed\\nconsiderable newspaper talent, asked, and was granted the right to\\nbuild a frame printing office on the Public Square in front of, and to\\nthe right of the Court House, and immediately across First Street\\nfrom James McLaughlin s grocery. In this building Mr. Abbott pub-\\nlished the Columbian, a file of which would this day command a", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0170.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 173\\nhandsome sum of money. It was during the days of the Columbian\\nthat the inimitable Abinadab letters made their appearance. They\\nwere written in biblical style, and for caustic wit, have never been sur-\\npassed. Each issue of the paper was as anxiously anticipated as\\nthough it was known to contain the only reliable information from the\\nseat of some great battle, in which each inhabitant was personally and\\ndeeply interested. Abinadab was never known, yet he knew every\\nman in the town, and would select six or more each week, to whom he\\nwould address himself in most graceful, but cutting English, to the\\nintense delight of every inhabitant. His pen-pictures of men were\\nso perfect, a mistake in placing the victim was impossible. Abina-\\ndab was the delight, as well as the terror of the town.\\nA few years afterwards, Mr. Abbott departed this life, and in dis-\\nposing of his effects. Rev. John McCullagh became the purchaser of\\nthe printing office, and had it, removed to his lot, where now stands\\nMiss McCullagh s Female Academy. The building was then used as\\na school house up to about the year 1850, when Mr. McCullagh gave\\nup teaching. This old literary and educational establishment was\\npermitted to remain until a few years ago, when it was torn down.\\n1842.\\nTwo thousand seven hundred and fifty tithables were reported\\nthis year, and one dollar thirty-seven and a half cents fixed as the levy.\\nA toting place was established at Steamport. Joshua Mullin and his\\nwife\\nOLD MRS. MULLIN,\\nof ginger cake notoriety, had come to Henderson and opened a\\nsmall confectionary and eating house on Mill Street (now Second),\\nin a little frame building, which sat above the street near where M.\\nLaucheim s Grocery now stands. They had taken out what is called\\na tavern license, or more correctly speaking, a liquor license. During\\nthe early part of the year, Mr. Mullin applied to the County Court,\\nthen in session, for a renewal of his license, but was refused, as the\\nfollowing amusing order entered of record will show.\\nThis day Jo hua Mullin came in and moved the court to renew his\\ntavern license, there being ten Justices on the bench, a majority of all those in\\nCommission, and mature deliberation being thereupon had, the vote was taken\\nupon said motion, and the result was as follows: Yeas 2, Nays 8, and there-\\nupon the said Mullen silently withdrew from the presence of the court, and\\nwith a countenance bitter with anguish and deep indignation, he rushed from\\nthe Hall of Justice.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0171.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "174 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nCHARLES DICKENS.\\nIn the early part of this year, Charles Dickens, the renowned\\nnovelist, then best known as Boz, and quite a young man, was a\\npassenger on the steamboat Fulton, en route from Louisville to St.\\nLouis. The steamer was detained here, takmg freight, and during a\\ngreat part of the time Mr. Dickens amused himself walking around\\nthe town, and viewing the sights, of which there were none more im-\\nportant than the town pump, which stood in the intersection of Main\\nand Second Streets.\\n1843.\\nThree thousand and forty-six tithables were reported this year,\\nand the county levy fixed at one dollar and twenty-five cents of this\\nnumber fourteen hundred and seventy-three were whites, and fifteen\\nhundred and seventy-three were blacks. The locks and dam on Green\\nRiver, at Spottsville, were completed this year, and a toll-gate es-\\ntablished.\\nMay 9, an act of the Legislature was approved, re-apportioning\\nthe State into Congressional districts. Henderson, with Christian,\\nMuhlenburg, Daviess, Ohio, Butler, Hancock, Breckenridge, Grayson,\\nEdmondson, and Mead, became the Tenth District. Several shocks\\nof earthquake were felt this year.\\n1844.\\nThree thousand and seventy-three tithables were reported this\\nyear, and the county levy fixed at seventy-five cents. Of this number\\nfourteen hundred and forty-nine were whites, and sixteen hundred and\\ntwenty-four were blacks. Tobacco inspection warehouses were still\\nin vogue, but doing a comparatively small business to what was done\\nmany years prior to that time.\\n1845.\\nThree thousand one hundred and ninety-seven tithables were re-\\nported this year, and the county levy fixed at fifty-five cents. Of\\nthis number fifteen hundred and eighteen were whites, and sixteen\\nhundred and seventy-nine were blacks. On the tenth day of Febru-\\nary the voting place was changed from Zachariah Galloway s to the\\nhouse of Geo. M. Priest, in the village of Hebardsville.\\nRUNAWAY SLAVES.\\nIn 1843 began, and in 1844-45 was steadily developing the sys-\\ntematic enticing away, or stealing of slaves from Kentucky, and run-\\nning them off to Canada by a cordon of posts, or relays, which came", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0172.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 175\\nto be known as the underground railroad. Few were stolen at first,\\nand occasionally cases of recapture on Ohio soil, and restoration to\\nowners occurred. In several ^ases, Ohio juries, under the just laws\\nenacted to meet the exigencies, gave judgment for damages, to the\\nreasonable value of the slaves rescued, but in no cases were the judg-\\nments paid. This semblance of justice continued to grow lax, and\\nmen, who, at first, were willing to see stolen, or runaway slaves, re-\\nstored, soon became indifferent, and in a few years, themselves en-\\ncouraged this growing interference with the property rights of the\\npeople of Kentucky.\\nOn the sixth day of December the Ohio River was closed by ice,\\nfor the first time in ten years, so early as this. It remained closed\\nbut four days, breaking up on the tenth.\\n1846.\\nThree thousand three hundred and thirty-six tithables were re-\\nported this year, and the county levy fixed at ninety cents. Of this\\nnumber, fifteen hundred and forty-eight were whites, and seventeen\\nhundred and eighty-eight blacks.\\nAn order was passed in the spring, granting to the Trustees of\\nthe town of Henderson a ferry license, from the town to the Indiana\\nshore, and James Rouse appointed keeper. February 19, by an act\\nof the Legislature, Henderson, with Christian, Hopkins, and Union,\\nwere constituted into the Seventh Judicial District. During the ses-\\nsion of the Legislature a joke was played upon Samuel Allison, the\\nnoted humorist, the greatest of all jokers. A bill, changing his name\\nfrom that of Allison, to that of Samuel Allison Jones, was quietly\\nslipped through both houses, without his knowledge or consent.\\nWAR WITH MEXICO.\\nThe struggle with Mexico had now been initiated, and Kentucky\\nhad been called upon for her quota of volunteers. However, parties\\ndiffered as to its justice or policy. The call so struck the popular\\nchord as to enlist thirteen thousand seven hundred volunteers, while\\nthe call was for, and only less than five thousand could be accepted.\\nHenderson County responded promptly, but only a few of her volun-\\nteers were accepted.\\nMajor Philip Barbour, one of the most distinguished officers of\\nthe war, and who was killed while leading his men, at the storming of\\nthe breastworks of the City of Monterey, was from this county. This\\nis the year the renowned wag, Bill Pew, was arrested and confined\\nin the county jail, charged, with others, with the murder of George\\nRobards, on Green River.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0173.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "176 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\n1847.\\nThree thousand four hundred and forty-four tithables were re-\\nported this year, and the county levy fixed at ninety cents. Of this\\nnumber fifteen hundred and sixty-one were whites, and eighteen hun-\\ndred and eighty-three were blacks. An act was approved January 12,\\nsubmitting the question of calling a convention, to revise and amend\\nthe second Constitution of Kentucky, which was adopted August 17,\\n1799. At the August election this act was defeated, in Henderson,\\nbut adopted by a large majority in the State.\\nAnother great flood occurred in the Ohio during the month of\\nFebruary, and reached a point within nine inches of the line reached\\nin 1832. The chief reason for .this great rise, and almost unprece-\\ndented freshet, was the great rain-fall, the heaviest ever known in Ken-\\ntucky in so short a time. On the nights of the ninth and tenth of\\nDecember, the smaller Kentucky streams arose with wonderful and\\nalarming rapidity.\\n1848.\\nThree thousand four hundred and sixty-eight tithables were re-\\nported this year, and the county levy fixed at ninety cents. Of this\\nnumber, fifteen hundred and forty-one were whites, nineteen hundred\\nand twenty-one were blacks. It will be observed that for several years\\nthe black tithables had gained in number over the whites. On the\\ntwenty-ninth day of February the Legislature re-appointed the Sena\\ntorial Districts, constituting Henderson and Daviess the Fifth, On\\nthe same day an act was approved, changing the voting place from\\nDavid Sights to William Sutton s,\\nThe discovery of gold in California caused a vast and unparal-\\nleled emigration to the shores of the Pacific, from every quarter of\\nthe globe, and Henderson was not behind in sending her quota; quite\\na company, mounted upon mules, left overland from this place, and,\\nafter many trials, succeeded in reaching the Golden Gate. Among the\\nnumber, were Jas. E. Ricketts, David Hart, David Herndon, Moses\\nFoard, James Lyne and David Lockett. In August the question of call-\\ning a convention to revise and amend the constitution of the State,\\nwas again submitted, and carried in the State by an overwhelming\\nmajority. Gov. Archibald Dixon was elected a delegate from this\\ncounty, and was decidedly one of the most active, energetic and intel-\\nligent members of that great body.\\n1849.\\nThree thousand five hundred and twenty-five tithables were re-\\nported this year, and the county levy fixed at one dollar. Of this", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0174.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 177\\nnumber, fifteen hundred and fifty were whites, and nineteen hundred\\nand seventy-five were blacks.\\nOwing to the increase of^* population in the lower end of the\\ncounty, an election precinct was established at the residence of Col.\\nRobert Smith, near the Point, or what is now known as Smith s Mills*\\nWalter C. Brown entered into contract with the county to build\\na bridge over Canoe Creek, at the crossing leading to Morganfield, at\\nand for the price of nineteen hundred dollars. The bridge was built,\\nbut a very short time after was discovered to be unsafe. The court\\nappointed B. Brashear, A. OUiver, and Wyatt H. Ingram, commis-\\nsioners, to investigate the structure, and after doing so, they reported\\nit unsafe, and incapable of reconstruction, in its condition. There-\\nupon the county appointed James M. Taylor, William Jones, Addison\\nPosey, and E. F. Randolph, commissioners to build another, and di-\\nreicted suit to be entered against Brown and his securities. After\\nseveral trials, and much trouble, the suit was compromised, by the\\ncounty loosing heavily, as is generally the case.\\n12", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0175.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0176.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XIX.\\nNEW CONSTITUTION INCREASE IN POPULATION SUSPENSION BRIDGES\\nCOUNTY POOR HOUSE HENDERSOM ASSUMES THE CARE OF HER\\nSTREETS AND PAUPERS OHIO RIVER FROZEN FOR FIF-\\nTY-THREE DAYS FINE CROPS STATE AGRI-\\nCULTURAL MEETING, ETC. 1850.\\ny^HREE thousand six hundred and twenty-six tithables were re-\\nported this year, and the county levy fixed at one dollar and\\nfifty cents. Of this number sixteen hundred and thirty-four were\\nwhites, and nineteen hundred and ninety-two were blacks.\\nThe Convention to revise the Constitution of the State had com-\\npleted its work, having been in session from the first day of October\\nto December 21, 1849.\\nIn March, an act was approved, submitting the question of chang-\\ning the constitution to the people for their adoption or rejection.\\nMay 7, 1850, the new Constitution was adopted by a large popular\\nmajority, and on June 3, the convention again assembled and adopted\\nseveral amendments, and June 11, adjourned after proclaiming the\\npresent or third constitution.\\nThe great underlying cause of dissatisfaction with the second con-\\nstitution, was the life term of judges, and clerks of courts, justices of\\nthe peace, and some other offices, which led to the radical change of\\nmaking nearly all offices eligible directly by the people. After thirty-\\nthree years of experience, it is still an open question with many\\nwhether the change in this regard has subserved the public interest\\nor the cause of justice, or improved the public morals. Henderson", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0177.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "180 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nCounty opposed the change. A majority of the most interested busi-\\nness and most intellio^ent of her citizens voted against the change.\\nThe official count for this year gave Henderson County a popu-\\nlation of twelve thousand one hundred and seventy-one souls, an in-\\ncrease of two thousand five hundred and twenty-three since the cen-\\nsus of 1840. Of this number seven thousand six hundred and fifty-\\none were whites, four thousand three hundred and ninety-seven were\\nblacks, and one hundred twenty-three free colored.\\nThe cholera appeared again this year, but was by no means so\\nsevere as in previous years.\\nThe earthquake was an unwelcome visitor again. It came with a\\nsingle sharp shock, at five minutes past eight o clock on the evening\\nof April 4. No damage, worse than fright, was done.\\nFebruary 9, the provisions of the Mechanics Lien Law were\\nmade to apply to Henderson, as well as other cities and towns in the\\nState.\\nNEW BRIDGES.\\nDuring the summer and fall of the year, the first suspension and\\ncovered bridges were built by Samuel Caruthers. The bridge over Ca-\\nnoe Creek, at the Madisonville crossing, was built at a cost of one thou-\\nsand nine hundred and ninety-two dollars, while the abutments and ap-\\nproaches cost five hundred and forty-nine dollars. The bridge over\\nCanoe Creek, at the Morganfield crossing, cost, all told, three thou-\\nsand nine hundred and fifty dollars. Prior to 1850, the bridges at the\\nmain public crossings, had been a continual expense to the county,\\nand no bridges had been built to last longer than five or six years.\\nVery little money has been expended on the bridges built by Mr.\\nCaruthers, and they are in the most excellent condition to this day.\\n1851.\\nThree thousand seven hundred and ninety-two tithables were ro-\\nported this year, and the county levy fixed at one dollar and fifty\\ncents. Of this number, sixteen hundred and eighty-three were whites,\\nand two thousand one hundred and nine were blacks. The new con-\\nstitution was now in full force, and also the laws, as far as written.\\nThe acts of the Legislature had been revised and amended to con-\\nform to that document.\\nCOUNTY OFFICIALS QUALIFIED.\\nAt the January term of the County Court, the old Magistrates\\nand other officers retired, and at a special session for the purpose of\\nqualifying all officers elected, under the new constitution and laws,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0178.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 181\\nWilliam Rankin, County Judge William i). Allison, County and Cir-\\ncuit Clerk; J. M. Stone, Sheriff; James Rouse, Coroner; D. N. Wal-\\nden, Surveyor; Thomas J. Lockett, Assessor, and L. W. Brown, Jailer,\\ntook the oaths required and were qualified. There were six districts\\nin the county, and elections for magistrates and constables having\\nbeen held, the following appeared and were qualified:\\nMagistrates. Robert Dixon, John T. Moore, James H. King,\\nJames Thomas, Joel E. Gibson, Russell K. Thornberry, Ben. Tal-\\nbott, John F. Grider, William E. Bennett, Isom Johnson, H. L. Chea.\\nney, William S. Hicks, L. Weaver and Isaac M. Freels\u00e2\u0080\u0094 two justices\\nto each district,\\nConstables. District No. 1, B. F. Martin No. 2, Harbert A.\\nPowell No, 3, George A. Long; No. 4, Achilles H. Norment No.\\n5, Hansford E. Rouse No. 6, Joseph Priest. A few weeks after\\nMr. Priest resigned, and Edward T. Hazelwood was appointed in his\\nstead.\\nElection districts and voting places were established as follows\\nDistrict No. 1, Gibson s No. 2, Corydon No. 3, Randolph Ors-\\nburn s No. 4, Achilles Norment s No. 5, Henderson No. 6, Ed.\\nD. Bennett s.\\nUnder the old constitution the Magistrates received no pay. Un-\\nder the new, they were allowed two dollars per day, and since 1850,\\nthe pay has been increased to three dollars per day for every day they\\nare called to meet.\\nFRUIT KILLED.\\nThe spring of 1851 was the coldest and most severe known since\\n1834. On the first day of May, there was a heavy black frost, destroy-\\ning all kinds of fruit and many tender trees. Fires and overcoats\\nwere indispensible, while the thermometer registered 20\u00c2\u00b0 above zero.\\nPOWELL and DIXON.\\nIn this year the Democratic party, for the first time in many\\nyears, succeeded in electing their candidate for Governor. This\\ngentleman was a distinguished son of Henderson County, Lazarus W.\\nPowell. The defeated Whig candidate was also a distinguished resident\\nof Henderson, Archibald Dixon. The excitement in the county was in-\\ntense, of course, but no matter which of the two, the county felt itself\\nhonored in his election.\\nMarch, 1851, the voting place in District No. 6, was changed from\\nE. D. Bennett s to Hebardsville. An act was approved, dividing the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0179.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "182 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nState into four Appellate Districts, for election of judges of the Court\\nof Appeals. Henderson, with Fulton, Hickman, Ballard, Mc-\\nCracken, Graves, Calloway, Marshall, Livingston, Crittenden, Union,\\nHopkins, Caldwell, Trigg, Todd, Logan, Simpson, Warren, Allen,\\nChristi.4n Muhlenburg, Daviess, Ohio, Butler, Edmondson, Hancock,\\nGrayson and Breckenridge, became the Fourth District. An act was\\napproved, creating twelve Judicial Circuits, and Henderson, with\\nCaldwell, Trigg, Christian, Todd, Hopkins and Union, became the\\nSecond District.\\n1852.\\nThree thousand eight hundred an twelve tithables were reported\\nthis year, and one dollar and fifty cents fixed as the county levy. Of\\nthis number, sixteen hundred and eighty-four were whites, and twen-\\nty-one hundred and twenty-eight were blacks.\\nA COLD winter.\\nThe winter of 1851-52 was a severe cold one. On the night of\\nJanuary 19, the he viest snow known for years covered the earth.\\nThe Ohio River closed that night, for the second time during the sea-\\nson, the first instance of the kind within civilized memory. The ther-\\nmometer was below zero all day, and at midnight was reported at 30\\ndegrees below.\\nLOUIS KOSSUTH,\\nthe great Hungarian patriot, and his party, passed down the Ohio\\nthis year, and hundreds of people of all ages visited the river to get\\na glimpse of him.\\nunceremonious baptizing.\\nOn a Sunday afternoon, during the spring of this year. Old Willis\\nWalker, as he was called, a noted colored Baptist divine, held a bap-\\ntizing at the foot of First Street. The bank, for some distance from\\nthe lilufT, inclined but little, in fact, seemed almost on a level with the\\nwater. On this sandy plane was congregated a vast concourse of peo-\\nple, anxious to witness the ordinance performed. While the multitude\\ngathered at the water s edge, and were engaged in singing, the great\\nsteamboat, Eclipse, came up the river, running, perhaps, not ex-\\nceeding two hundred feet from the shore, and as she passed by, the\\nwater was drawn from its rightful line at least ten feet. To this great\\npower of the wonderful steamer, the excited, singing multitide ap-\\npeared oblivious, but followed the water-line, when as quick as thought,\\nthe water returned with a great swell, and quicker than thought, an\\nhundred or more were freely baptized up to and above their knees.\\nFrom this unceremonious ducking, and ruining of their starched Sun-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0180.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 183\\nday clothes, it is unnecessary to say the unfortunate, and those more\\nfortunate, scampered as fast as their pedal extremities would permit.\\nDuring 1852 the Owensbojo Road crossed Canoe Creek, about\\none hundred yards on a direct line below where the present bridge is\\nlocated, and ran from thence over the ground where the railroad round-\\nhouse is situated, thence in the rear of Tames P. Breckenridge s resi-\\ndence, and thence to Center Street, on the ground now occupied by\\nthe residences of L. F. Clore and Thomas Gilligan.\\nAt that time Center Street was not opened beyond Adams Street,\\nbut all that territory, now so handsomely improved, was a woodland,\\nowned by James Alves, and inclosed by a running plank fence. At\\nAdams Street was a gate, which opened to a roadway leading to his\\nresidence on the hill, now owned and occupied by Hon. Jno. Young\\nBrown and Major John J. Reeve. Upon petition of Mr. Alves, and\\nothers, an order was passed by the County Court changing this road\\nto the road coming in Third Street, and then the old road was closed\\nup. In 1852 Samuel Caruthers built the present covered bridge over\\nCanoe Creek, and, at the October Court of Claims, moved the court\\nto allow him his contract price, to-wit, sixteen hundred dollars, and\\nhere the first objection to the change of road was suggested. The\\nmotion of Caruthers was overruled, it being claimed that the bridge\\nwas not built at the place lawfully designated and fixed by authority\\nof the court, and that Caruthers knew it. At the same court James\\nAlves and Joel Lambert presented a claim for three hundred and sixty\\ndollars, for abutments, which was also rejected. This unaccountable\\nbehavior on the part of the court continued until the April court,\\n1854, when the claims were allowed, and a committee appointed to\\nsell the bridge to the Plank Road Company, for the best price they\\ncould get, in money or Plank Road stock.\\nAt the August court, 1853, Joseph Borum, John G. Holloway, A.\\nB. Barrett, John Funk, and James D. Hatchett, who had united as a\\ncompany, for the purpose of building a plank road, five miles in length,\\nfiled an agreement and subscription in open court, whereupon, Henry\\nJ. Eastin, Willie Sugg, and Edmond Robertson, were appointed to\\nview a route the committee did so, and their report was received, and\\nthe road located. Failing to sell the bridge to the Plank Road Com-\\npany in 1859, the following order was passed\\nFor sufficient reasons appearing to the Court, the County releases and\\ntransfers to the Plank Road Company, all the interest and claim of the County\\nin and to the bridge over the town fork of Canoe Creek, on condition that the\\nsaid company keep the said bridge in good repair at its own expense", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0181.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "184 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\n1853.\\nThree thousand eight hundred and twenty tithables were reported\\nthis year, and one dollar and fifty cents was fixed as the county levy.\\nOf this number, sixteen hundred and seventy-eight were whites, and\\ntwenty-one hundred and forty two were blacks.\\nThis year Fernwood Cemetery was established. The cholera\\nagain visited Henderson, and in some localities was distressingly fatal,\\nparticularly was this the case along First Street, where the land was\\nlow and marshy.\\n1854.\\nThree thousand nine hundred and forty-eight tithables were re-\\nported this year, and one dollar and fifty cents was fixed as the\\ncounty levy. Of this number, seventeen hundred and twenty-seven\\nwere whites, and twenty-two hundred and twenty-one were blacks.\\nMarch 10 an act was approved incorporating the Paducah Hen-\\nderson Railroad, with L. W. Powell, Grant Green, Joel Lanibert, Al-\\nexander B. Barrett, F. H. Dallam, and C. W. Hutchen, incorporators.\\nIt is to be regretted that this road was never begun, completed, and\\nended. It did end in nothing being done.\\nThe Know Nothing Party had come into existence, and Hender-\\nson County was claimed by that party.\\nThe Ohio River was lower in September of this year, than at any\\ntime since October, 1838, at which time it was lower than ever before\\nknown to the white man.\\nA filibustering expedition against Nicaragua was quietly organized in\\nKentucky this year, and Henderson furnished her quota of impetuous,\\nmisguided youths. Robert Burbank, a brilliant young man, enlisted\\nand died while in that service.\\nCOUNTY POOR HOUSE.\\nUp to this time the county paupers were leased out by the year,\\nbut in 1853 the County Court became convinced that it was best to\\npurchase and maintain a county poor-house, and in accordance with\\nthat conviction,\\nOrdered that Jas. M. Stone. Geo M. Priest, D. N. Walden, and Joel\\nLambert, be appointed commissioners to select, and report the most suitable\\ntract of land, and eligible location in the county for a poor house, the said\\ntract to contain not less than one hundred acres, and not exceeding two hun-\\ndred acres.\\nThe court not approving of the report of this committee, William\\nHicks, Isom Johnson, and R. K. Thornberry, were appointed to", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0182.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 185\\nselect a site. In December, 1854, the committee reported, and\\nCharies Elliott s land, containing one hundred and eight acres, lying\\non the Madisonville Road, eight and a half miles from the city of\\nHenderson, was purchased for fhe sum of two thousand dollars. In\\nthe year 1872, it was deemed advisable to sell the Poor House farm,\\npurchased in 1854, and Ben V. Gibson and C. S. Royster were ap-\\npointed to report upon the propriety of selling, and also to select and\\nreport a suitable site, contract for a building of ample size to accom-\\nmodate the demand made upon the county, but not to exceed the sum\\nof three thousand dollars.\\nThe committee reported a sale of the old farm to John M.\\nWhitledge, for the sum of two thousand three hundred and four\\ndollars and forty cents, and the purchase of B. P. Green, on the\\nroad leading from Corydon to Cairo, of eleven acres and ten perches,\\nfor three thousand dollars. May 12 the report was adopted, and since\\nthat fhne the county Poor House has remained where then located,\\nupon one of the prettiest and most cheerful sites of the county.\\n1855.\\nThree thousand eight hundred and thirty tithables were reported\\nthis year, and the county levy fixed at one dollar and fifty cents. Of\\nthis number, fifteen hundred and fifty-eight were whites, and twenty-\\ntwo hundred and seventy-two were blacks.\\nCITY AND COUNTY COMPROMISE.\\nBefore the levy was made by the Court of Claims, the Mayor of\\nthe City of Henderson, Martin S. Hancock, appeared before the court\\naccording to law, and satisfied that body, that the city was amply able\\nto care for her own streets and paupers, whereupon, an order was\\nentered of record, releasing the city from the county levy of one dollar\\nand fifty cents, deducting from the list of tithables reported, two hun-\\ndred and ninety-four whites, and two hundred and twenty-six blacks,\\nthe estimated number living within the city limits.\\nFrom this, it will be seen, that the assessed tithable population\\nof the City of Henderson, in 1855, was five hundred and twenty.\\nOn the third day of February, the river was closed by ice, and\\nremained closed for eleven days.\\nPolitical excitement ran high this year, and was intensified by\\nthe terrible riot, on August 6, in the city of Louisville, commonly\\nknown as Bloody Monday.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0183.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "186 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\n1856.\\nThree thousand two hundred and thirty tithables were reported\\nthis year, and the county levy fixed at one dollar.\\nOn the fifteenth day of February, an act was approved, appor-\\ntioning the State into thirteen Judicial Districts. Henderson, with\\nHopkins, Caldwell, Trigg, Christian, Todd and Muhlenburg, composed\\nthe Second District.\\nOn the twenty-seventh day of February, the closure of the Ohio\\nRiver by ice, for the surprising period of fifty-three days, ceased, and\\nthe river broke up.\\nParafifine oil, of great illuminating power, extracted from the can-\\nnel coal found near Cloveiport, Breckenridge County, was first intro-\\nduced this year, and aided, as it was, by the ingenious lamp,* soon\\nsuperseded the old tallow candle.\\nMarch 10, an act was approved, directing the Quarterly Courts\\nof Henderson County to be held on the first Monday in January,\\nApril, July and October.\\nMUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY.\\nOn the same day, an act was approved, incorporating the Ken-\\ntucky and Henderson Mutual Insurance Company, John G. Holloway,\\nP. H. Hillyer, George M. Priest, Joel Lambert, A. J. Anderson, Peter\\nSemonin, M. S. Hancock and Samuel P. Spalding, incorporators, for\\nthe purpose of insuring their respective dwelling houses, stores, shops,\\nother buildings and household furniture, against loss by fire. The\\ncompany was authorized to insure similar property in other parts of\\nthe State. So far as has been ascertained, this company was organ-\\nized, but never carried the object of the charter of incorporation into\\neffect.\\nDuring this year steamboats ran only two months, owing to ex-\\ntreme low water and ice.\\nJanuary 31, the river closed by ice, and remained closed until Feb-\\nruary 28, when the first steamboat passed down.\\nGovernor L. W. Powell was elected President of the Henderson\\nNashville Railroad. This was a year of\\nASTRONOMICAL WONDERS.\\nThere was a total eclipse of the sun, April 5, and an annual\\neclipse, September 28. On the twenty-eighth of April and thirteenth\\nof October, there was a partial eclipse of the moon.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0184.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 187\\nApril 5, the Henderson, Hopl ins Union Agricultural and Me-\\nchanical Association, having organized a few weeks before, purchased\\nof Nestler Beverly the beautiful grounds yet owned by the\\nHENDERSON FAIR COMPANY.\\nAt this time A. B. Barrett was President, and Cuthbert Powell,\\nSecretary.\\nOn the twenty-seventh day of July, a new church at Pleasant Hill,\\non the Madison ville Road, eight or nine miles from the city, was ded-\\nicated.\\nOctober 21, the first Fair was held. The amphitheater was only\\nhalf completed, but the display and attendance was truly gratifying\\nto the directory.\\nThe crop of this year was the best, perhaps, ever known in the\\ncounty. There was more wheat sown and corn planted, and a larger\\nyield than looked for. The Mt. Vernon, Indiana, Advocate, speak-\\ning of this crop, said\\nWe observe that some of our cotemporaries are boasting of the height\\nof corn in their respective localities. There is a field of some one hundred\\nacres lying in Henderson County, just opposite this place, that we will pit\\nagainst any in the country of a similar extent It contains many stalks over\\nsixteen feet in height, and the general average in the entire field is from fourteen\\nto fifteen feet.\\n1857.\\nThree thousand five hundred and sixty-seven tithables were re-\\nported this year, and the county levy fixed at one dollar. A disease,\\ncalled the farcy, was quite prevalent among the horses and mules\\nthis year, and many of them died. Money matters were tight, yet the\\nannual exhibition of the Kentucky\\nSTATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY,\\nHeld on the grounds of the Henderson Fair Company, commencing\\nOctober 13, was largely attended and proved a brilliant success. The\\nReporter of the twenty-second, said\\nThe Fair was attended by a large number of people hailing from all\\nparts of Kentucky, and even from neighboring and distant States, Every-\\nthing in the power of the managers and citizens generally, was done to render\\nthe stay of the immense crowd in the city and at the Fair Grounds, comforta-\\nble and pleasant.\\nAt the grounds the display was fine in every department, and from the\\nfirst day to the last, nothing of importance occurred to mar the good will\\namong competitors and the people. The display in the implement hall was\\nvery fine The floral hall, for which the ladies deserve all the credit, was not\\nonly pleasant to the eye, but astonishing to the mind.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0185.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "188 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nGovernor Powell delivered a well prepared address. After a full\\nsetllement of all indebtedness, the State Board had to their credit, in\\ncash, two thousand four hundred and eighty-eight dollars and eighty\\ncents.\\nOn the twenty-fourth day of September, the great editor and\\npoet, George D. Prentice, delivered his lecture to an immense audi-\\nence, at the Presbyterian Church.\\nThe river closed again on January 19, and overflowed its banks\\nin the fall.\\n1858.\\nThree thousand six hundred and thirty-eight tithables were re-\\nported this year, and the county levy fixed at one dollar and fifty cents.\\nThis was a year of Fridays. The year began and ended on Fri-\\nday January and October began and ended on Friday April and\\nDecember ended on Friday, and there were fifty-three Fridays in the\\nvear.\\nThe month of January was an unheard of wpt month; corn in\\nriver pens suffered almost total ruin, in many cases the cob wholly,\\nand the grain partially rottmg, rendering the grain unfit for the com-\\nmonest uses. Too much heat and water rendered this year more un-\\nseasonable than any since 1834:\\nJanuary 18, a Henderson letter appeared in the Louisville Courier,\\nfrom which the following is taken.\\nOur city is rapidly gaining accessions to its population. Houses, both\\nfor dwelling and business, are scarce, not enough to supply the demand. In\\nview of this fact, several of our capitalists have projected, and will build quite\\na number of stores and residences next spring and summer. Land is high,\\nand the tendency is to still higher prices fifty dollars per acre is asked for\\nland lying three, five, and even eight miles from the city. The fact that a\\nlarge amount of the Henderson iS: Nashville Railroad bonds were recently sold\\nin the city of Ncw York for cash, caused a happy feeling here, and will tend\\nto keep up the present high price of land.\\nThe railroad excitement, as is well known, did more than inspire\\nthe tenacious land-holder with renewed hope, it ruined the prospects\\nof the town, in the opinion of non-residents. A large majority of the\\nland owners were rejoiced at the increase in the price of their terri-\\niory per acre, but determined not to risk one cent in the building of\\nthe road, therefore Henderson stood still for many years. The great\\ncomet, Charles V, was visible in this county during the fall of this\\nyear.\\nSeptember 30, the first daily mail Henderson had enjoyed, was\\nestablished, an overland route to and from Evansville.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0186.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\n189\\nIn the e arly fall of this year, Nathaniel D. Terry cabled the Ohio\\nat Evansville, and established and operated the Old Telegraph line\\nsuccessfully. Prior to that time^the wire had crossed on high poles,\\nabove Evansville, but was so interfered with by steamboat chimneys,\\nduring high water, that the plan was abandoned, and the line sold.\\nOctober 14, the temperance prodigy, Josephus Cheaney, a native\\nof Henderson, and yet very young, lectured in Henderson. This\\nnatural orator, by no means handsome or beautiful, traveled in Europe\\nand over the greater part of the United States, laboring from the\\nrostrum, in the good cause of temperance, and yet, it was said, in his\\nyoung days, that he possessed a keen relish for liquor straight, and\\ncould track a mint julep across the river.\\nPrior to the fall of this year, fashion had induced all of the gentle\\nsex to deform themselves in matter of dress. Hoops were fashionable,\\nand the more enormous the hoops, the more fashionable the wearer.\\nThe nearer the model of a five gallon demijohn a lady could approach,\\nthe nearer she succeeded in reaching the climax of disfigurement and\\nthe demands of fashion.\\nIn those days there was but one hack in Henderson County, so\\nin times of parties and swell occasions, young men, who doubted the\\npolicy of having their sweethearts foot it, frequently called into requi-\\nsition the family buggy. Although such a vehicle, in these days,\\nwould be amply convenient for three persons, yet, in 1858, when the\\nlady of hoops had seated herself, there was really no room for the\\ngentleman, and he was therefore compelled to submit to circumscribed\\nspace, ride the horse, of else content himself with the footman s seat\\nbehind. A full dress lady of 1858, seated in one of the Delker\\nPhaeton Company s modern make of buggies, would be a sight suf-\\nficient to frighten a whole army of timid men. It was a horrid fashion,\\nand thank heavens the French connosseurs, in the fall of that year,\\ngave to the female world a dress more modest and becoming. Since\\nthat time, with the exception of what is called trails, female dress has\\nbeen confined within the bounds of good taste. About that time, the\\ngentlemen wore large-legged pants, so large, that, I venture, if a pair\\nof them were suddenly to make their appearance on the streets, the\\nwearer would be followed by the boys, as though he were a curiosity\\nindeed.\\nIn February, an act of the Legislature was approved, extending\\nthe term of the Henderson Circuit Court, from twenty-four to thirty-six\\njudicial days.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0187.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "190 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\n1859.\\nThree thousand seven hundred and seventy-three tithables were\\nreported this year, and the county levy fixed at one dollar and fifty\\ncents.\\nAt the August County Court, Judge Grant Green on the bench,\\nIsham Cottingham, William E. Bennett, Y. E. Allison, Harbert A.\\nPowell, Hugh Moss, William S. Hicks, and E. T. Hazlewood, justices,\\nanswered to their names. Col. John W. Crockett, representing the\\nMayor and Council of the City of Henderson, moved the court to\\nsurrender up to the city a certain lot of ground, which was then under\\nfence, and unlawfully claimed by the county, whereupon the following\\norder was entered\\nIt is ordered that the Jailer of Henderson County surrender up to the\\nCity of Henderson, all that ground now enclosed as a public square, not em-\\nbraced in the deed from Samuel Hopkins for Richard Henderson Company,\\ndated April 1, i8oo, to the county, Book A, page 135, the true boundary to be\\nascertained by D. N. Walden, and he is directed to return a plat of said sur-\\nvey to this court for record, and to plant stones at the corners.\\nThe city agreed to build a good fence, as also to pay for a fill\\nmade by James Manion, to be measured and ascertained by Walden.\\nAt the October Court Walden reported the fill worth one hundred and\\ntwenty-six dollars and fifty-five cents, which the court accepted.\\nW. E. Lambert, a member of the Common Council, then on be-\\nhalf of the city, presented two accounts against the county, amount-\\ning to nine hundred and thirty-two dollars, for grading, paving, and\\ngraveling in front and opposite the Court House lot, these accounts\\nthe court rejected, and refused to levy for their payment. This im-\\nagined bad faith on the part of the city, in asking no more than she\\nwas justly entitled to, incensed the high Court of Justices, and the next\\nday the following order, in substance, was adopted\\nOrdered, that the order accepting the report of D. N. Walden be set\\naside, and that the order surrendering a part of the Public Square to the city,\\nbe rescinded, and the Jailer directed to hold on to every inch of ground inclosed\\naroutid Court House Square, from Main to Elm Streets, and he is author-\\nized to employ counsel, and take all lawful steps and means to retain and de-\\nfend the possession of every part of said inclosed ground.\\nTo this sweeping order. Colonel Crockett, on behalf of the city,\\nobjected, but this objection was fruitless. This, then of course, was\\nthe beginning of a great law suit, which the city gained. The lot of", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0188.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 191\\nground in dispute is now owned and controlled by the city, and is the\\nlot upon which the market house and City Hall stands\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a full descrip-\\ntion of the title to this ground ^ill be found in the history of Hen\\nderson.\\nIn August, 1859, Professors Marlow, Tremelier and Artis, adver-\\ntised their Female Academy. Political excitement this year, as for\\nmany years anterior, ran high. Samuel O. Peyton, Democrat, de-\\nfeated General James Jackson, opposition as an evidence of the great\\nexcitement the newspapers published at that time, the Reporter and\\nCommercial, paid no attention whatever to local news matter. It is a\\nfact that they denied space to important news, for the purpose of pub-\\nlishing long-winded political editorials, personal compliments, and\\nscathing articles against the opposing candidates. This was the year\\nof the great can vass between Josh Bell and Beriah Magoffin. Magoffin\\nwas elected, but Henderson voted for Bell.\\nOn the thirty-first day of August, Colonel William S. Elam was\\nshot and seriously wounded by one Lewis Leonard. At the trial of\\nLeonard, Colonel Elam, who was a witness, was severely cross-exam-\\nined by Hal. Barbour, a brilliant young lawyer and nephew, by mar-\\nriage, of F. H. Dallam, a leading lawyer at this bar. Barbour was\\nvisiting-Henderson at the time, and volunteered to defend Leonard.\\nIn his argument to the jury, Barbour applied the lash to Elam most\\nunmercifully, and from this it was well known that a personal ren-\\ncounter would ensue. Both parties were immediately placed under\\nbond by the Judge, but this was not enough to soothe the now out-\\nraged honor of Elam. It was said that a challenge passed, and was\\naccepted, that the time and place was agreed upon, that both parties\\nwere determined, but through the interference of Governor Dixon,\\nMessrs Dallam, Hughes, Cissell and others, a better understanding\\nwas arrived at, and finally peace declared. Hon. Grant Green, hav-\\ning been elected at the August election, Auditor of Public accounts,\\nresigned his office of County Judge, and after a hotly contested elec\\ntiont Luke W. Trafton was elected to fill out his unexpired term.\\nOn the eighth day of October, the celebrated Paragon Morgan,\\nby long odds the handsomest horse ever owned in the county, died\\nfrom overheat in driving him from Morganfield to Henderson. The\\nPostmaster at Smith s mil ls, having failed for three successive quar-\\nters, to make his quarterly report to the Post Office Department at\\nWashington, the office was discontinued until December, when it was", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0189.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "192\\nHISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nagain re-established. On the twenty-eighth day of October, James\\nTillotson, a great local politician, and noted county man, and for\\nwhom one of the precincts of the county was called, and yet bears his\\nname, died. The Spottsville Postmaster resigned his office and re-\\ncommended a discontinuance of the same.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0190.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XX.\\nTHE WAR CLOUDS TROUBLOUS TIMES WITH THE SLAVE PROPERTY IN-\\nTERESTING STATISTICS THE GREAT DAY FOR TRAFFICING IN\\nNEGROES PUBLIC MEETINGS CONCERNING THE WAR\\nORGANIZATION OF MILITIA COMPANIES,\\nETC., ETC., ETC. 1860.\\nY^ HE population of Henderson County, by official count, was re-\\nported this year, to be fourteen thousand two hundred and\\nsixty-two, an increase of two thousand and ninety-one since the cen-\\nsus of 1850. Of this number, eight thousand four hundred and five\\nwere whites, five thousand seven hundred and sixty-seven were slaves,\\nninety-five free colored, and fourteen hundred and forty-two foreigners.\\nAbraham Lincoln, of Illinois, was this year elected President of\\nthe United States, and upon a platform whose cause of difference be-\\ntween the two great sections of the country was irreconcilable. It was\\nevident that a struggle, destined to rend the country in pieces amid\\ncarnage, desolation and blood, was now dawning, and would soon re-\\nsult in war more terrible than had ever before been known. Slavery\\nwas now to be abolished in toto, or the right to hold slaves settled for-\\never. The question had agitated the country for several years, and\\nthe election of Mr. Lincoln was taken by the extreme Southern States\\nto mean freedom of the negro. Kentucky lay topographically in the\\ncenter of the grouping States, in fact she occupied the identical po-\\nlitical and social ground between the contending parties, she had held\\nin her earliest settlement between the Northern and Southern tribes\\nof Indians. She was then the dark and bloody ground, and upon\\n13", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0191.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "194 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nher soil was fought great battles by contending forces from the North\\nand South.\\nAgain she was to become the battlefield for the mighty hosts of\\nthe North and South, in martial form, a thousand times more terrible\\nand destructive than in early times. How to avert this direful calam-\\nity, was a question patriots and statesmen labored hard and unceas-\\ningly to solve. Kentucky declined to secede from the Union, prefer-\\nring to remain neutral. Her natural and geographical sympathies\\nwere with the South, yet there was a sentiment of devotion to the\\nUnion, nearly akin to the religious faith, which is born in childhood,\\nand which never falters during the excitement of the longest life, and\\nwhich at last enables the cradle to triumph over the grave. At this\\ntime Henderson county was strong Union, for the mass of her peo-\\nple had never reasoned about it. The suggestion of its dissolution\\nwas esteemed akin to blasphemy. Aside from this, the great bulk of\\nher people were better soldiers in peace, than in war, and felt none of\\nthose patriotic emotions Vv^hich rush into absolute and uncontrolable\\nimpetuosity at the tap of a drum or the shrill sound of a fife. Outside\\nof two hundred or more enthusiastic young men of the county, the\\nothers were content with letting alone and being let alone. There\\nseemed to be a greater disposition to make money at this time than\\never before, and notwithstanding war was inevitable, and as a culminat-\\ning consequence slavery would be abolished, very many of the lead-\\ning planters of the county purchased large numbers of negroes, and\\nextended the magnitude of their crops. Negroes were purchased up\\nto the time of, and even before the first proclamation of Mr. Lincoln,\\nand when all doubt as to the real and true intent of the party in\\npower was settled beyond question, emissaries from the North were\\ncautiously circulating among the negro population, and many bits of\\nAbolition literature had been discovered. There were secret move-\\nments of the blacks, and evident dissatisfaction. There was hardly\\na day or night, but one or more of them did not find safe passage to\\nIndiana. Insurrections became talked of, and for a time great un-\\neasiness was manifestly apparent. Patrols and guards were kept\\nalong the entire river front, and yet with all these expensive precau-\\ntions, many slaves effected a safe and farewell escape. In the latter\\npart of 1859 a fellow named George A. Boyle, who had lived in Hen-\\nderson for a year or more, and had oftentimes expressed himself in\\nsympathy with Old John Brown, of Harper s Ferry fame, declared\\nthat he had a big Republican heart, and was suspected and accused\\nof having circulated a large number of abolition pamphlets amongst", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0192.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 195\\nthe slaves of the city and county. He was watched and detected in\\nholding Republican council with several negroes, and the City Coun-\\ncil, upon learning this fact, voted that he should vacate the town. To\\nthis end a committee waited upon the gentleman of Abolition faith,\\nand warned him if he did not depart, and that immediately, he would\\nbe furnished a free ride, and a tar suit profusely ornamented with va-\\nrigated feathers. Boyle guided by the advice of the committee, took\\nto his heels, and was never again seen in Henderson. He was a\\nblacksmith by trade. There were many more such men as Boyle, but\\nso secret were their movements, and so carefully and judiciously laid\\nwere all their plans, they escaped discovery, and continued to do their\\nwork unmolested.\\nIn February an act of the Legislature was approved, authorizing\\nthe Judge of the County Court to change the boundary or voting\\nplaces in any precinct.\\nMarch 2, that portion of the county lying north of Green River,\\nand running from James Jones lower corner, and then on a straight\\nline to Ben. Allin s lower corner on Green River, was taken from Hen-\\nderson and Added to Daviess County.\\nNovember of this year, Thomas J. Lockett, who had been com-\\nmissioned to take the census of the county, made the following re-\\nport. Population of the county and city, 14,753 population of the\\ncity, 4,011 wealth of the county, $14,594,251 wealthiest man in the\\ncounty, A. B. Barrett, $1,850,000 oldest male, James Bell, ninety-\\nthree years oldest person, Milly, property of the estate of Colo-\\nnel Robert Smith, one hundred and five years.\\nDecember 6, under the military law. William P. Grayson, Colonel\\nof the. Henderson County Militia, divided the county into military\\ndistricts, and ordered an election to be held in each district on the\\neighteenth day of December, for the purpose of electing captains\\nand lieutenants. The farce was never carried out.\\nThe following advertisement, which to many at this day will sound\\nrather queer, appeared in the Reporter for several* issues B.\\nW. Lucas advertises that he has and keeps constantly on hand a lot of\\nlikely negroes, which he will be pleased to sell at reasonable prices.\\nMr. Lucas is a gentleman who will do all that he says.\\nAbout that time, and for some years prior to that time, negro\\ntraders made frequent visits to Henderson en route South, and would\\nremain two or three weeks selling, exchanging, or buying negro slaves.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0193.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "196 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nThe first day of January of each year, was a great day. Great\\ncrowds of men congregated in the town, knowing it to be the day for\\nhiring and selling negroes. A block, or box, was usually placed at\\nthe most central point of the principal street, and from this block, or\\nbox, negroes men, women and children were hired for the ensuing\\nyear, or sold outright.\\nNow that those horrid times have past and gone, many men, who\\nat that time dealt in human life, look back and acknowledge the jus-\\ntice of universal freedom.\\nUnder the law, a slave could be sold under execution just the\\nsame as other property, and oftentimes, husband and wife, mother and\\nchild were separated,perhaps never to see each other again. Frequently,\\nfor the purpose of settling estates,the unity of a happy family of negroes\\nwas entirely broken up by sale. It was not an unfrequent occurrence\\nfor mother and father to be sold away down in Dixie, while their chil-\\ndren were purchased by a resident, or some legatee of the estate. It\\nwas the universal custom to sell mean or worthless negroes, and most\\ngenerally they were sent to the far South. Many a sad parting, a dis-\\ntressing separation has been witnessed on the streets of Henderson.\\nTears have flown, and distressed manifestations and exclamations\\nhave been seen and heard, and yet the great mass would pass on as\\nunconcernedly as though it was the braying of so many dumb brutes.\\nNegroes, who were faithful, and were owned by humane masters, were\\nwell treated, and as a general thing were as happy as mankind is ever\\npermitted to be, yet there were instances, where the treatment of\\nthese people was cruel in the extreme. As a rule, Henderson County\\nslave owners were good masters, and were solicitous for the welfare of\\ntheir negroes, and while some of the stories told by the people of the\\nNorth concerning the treatment of this race, bore the semblance of\\ntruth in the main they were base fabrications, at least so far as those\\nstories concerned Kentucky.\\nNovember 6, the Presidential election was held. The Nat\\nional Democratic party, having split in the Charleston S. C, Conven-\\ntion, the two factions, each presented a candidate for the presidency?\\nStephen A. Douglas, representing one faction, John C. Breckenridge\\nthe other. Seeing this, the Republican party, then but a small factor\\nin National politics, nominated Abraham Lincoln, while the old\\nWhigs, opposition and Know Knothings, presented a candidate in\\nthe person of John Bell, of Tennessee. The contest on all sides was\\na bitter one, and in no county in the South did the excitement par-\\ntake of a greater blaze than in Henderson.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0194.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTV, KY. .197\\nThe county was stumped by able speakers, and the people thor-\\noughly aroused to the importance of polling a full vote. The follow-\\ning is the official vote of the county\\nBell. Breckenridge. Douglas. Lincoln.\\nHenderson Precinct 3:^ 8 144 103 1\\nTillotBon rrecinct 98 78 31\\nWalnut Bottom 100 51 19\\nHebardsvlUe Precinct 117 70 2\\nWoodruff Precinct 57 19 6 i\\nCorytlon Precinct 116 126 48 .3\\nPoint Precinct 20 10 2\\n846 498 211 5\\nShowing conclusively, that Henderson was unmistakably a strong op\\nposition county. Mr. Lincoln was elected chief magistrate, and upon\\nthe reception of this news, the aspect of affairs became truly alarming.\\nNever in the history of the Nation, did a severance of the ties\\nwhich bound the States together io one confederated community, ap-\\npear so inevitable. Of all the dark hours in the history of the Re-\\npublic, since the darkest moment in the war of Independance, the\\ndarkest cloud yet visible, had cast its shadows athwart the political\\nheavens. The South Carolina Legislature, in session at this time,\\nhad taken measures to set up an independent government, and infor-\\nmation from several of the Southern States indicated a determination\\nto withdraw from the Union, and to inaugurate the dismemberment of\\na confederacy, united by the most hallowed and inspiring recollections,\\nand by a unity and magnificence of interests unparallelled in the his-\\ntory of Nations.\\nThe Government trembled under the strain caused by the war\\nnow waging between conflicting prejudices, interests and principles.\\nKentucky, most sensible to these grand and endearing memories, and\\ninseparably involved in those common interests, claimed to be heard\\nere the torch was applied to the grand old temple, in which she was\\nthe oldest christened daughter of the constitution. Yes, Kentucky was\\ndeeply interested, for upon her soil, most likely, were the great con-\\ntending forces to measure strong arms, and Henderson County was\\ninterested, for she was a border county.\\nThe State could not speak until the counties had spoken, and\\nupon this depended the destiny of all. Henderson was among the\\nfirst to speak. A meeting of the people of the city and county was\\ncalled to meet at the Court House Saturday night November 10, 1860,\\ncirculars were issued, setting forth in strong language the importance\\nof the meeting, and at the hour of meeting, a large and enthusiastic\\naudience had assembled. On motion of F. H. Dallam, Hon. Archi-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0195.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "198 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nbald Dixon was called to the chair, and J. W. Rice, appointed Secre-\\ntary. Governor Dixon, on taking the chair, explained the object of\\nthe meeting, and then made an eloquent appeal in favor of the Union.\\nOn motion of Mr. Dallam, a committee of five on resolutions was\\nordered, and the Chairman appointed F. H. Dallam, C. W. Hutchen,\\nColonel John W. Crockett, Harvey Yeaman and J. Cabell Allen.\\nWhile the committee was out Hon. B. W. Hanna, of Terre Haute,\\nIndiana, a distinguished lawyer and politician, being loudly called for,\\ncame forward and addressed the meeting in a most eloquent speech.\\nColonel John T. Bunch, Ira Delano and S. B Vance, were called\\nfor and responded in speeches of great power. At the close of Mr.\\nVance s speech the committee came in and made the following report.\\nThe resolutions were preceded by a long preamble only a portion of\\nwhich it is deemed necessary to re^oroduce:\\nWhereas, It is apparent that certain misguided persons in the South\\n^vould fain make tlie election of Mr, Lincoln tlie occasion, or pretext, of pre-\\ncipitating the so-called slave States into secession or revolution, while certain\\npersons in the North would Ian the. liame of discontent in their section, for the\\nsame purpose.\\nAnd, whereas In view of this deplorable state of things, it is eminently\\nright, and indeed indispensible, that the people take at once the management\\nof this all-important and paramount question out of the hands of partisans,\\npoliticians, and office-seekers.\\nTherefore, resolved. First. That we do now, and here, proclaim our de-\\ntermined love and fealty to the Union as it is.\\nSecond. That we do now, and here, on the altar of our country s peace,\\nand for the furtherance of the purposes we hstve indicated, oft er and yield up\\nall of our heretofore mere personal preferances and prejudices.\\nJ hird That in view of the dangers which imperil our common country, a\\nmass meeting of all the citizens of the county, without distinction of party,\\nbe called, to l;e held in the Court House, on Saturday, the 17th inst., at 1\\no clock 1* M tor the purpose of consulting, and forming a suitable organiza-\\ntion, by which to shape and regulate our action hereafter.\\nF. H. Dallam then advocated the passage of the resolutions in[a\\nforcible speech. Col. John W. Crockett addressed the meeting, and\\nthen a motion was made, requesting all of the papers in the Stale to\\ncopy the proceedings, and the meeting adjourned.\\nThe object of the meeting on the 17th, was to get an earnest ex-\\npression of the views of the people, upon the alarming issue between\\nthe triumph of sectionalism, and the threatened secession of the\\nSouthern States.\\nThe day of meeting came, and with it a multitude from every sec-\\ntion of the county. The spacious court room was packed with citi-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0196.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\n199\\nzens, who evinced a solicitude for the welfare of the country, while\\ntheir manifested anxiety showed that they appreciated the impending\\ndanger. Gov. Dixon was again galled to preside over the meeting,\\nand^explained the object of its call in an address of the deepest\\nfeeling.\\nCol. John W. Crockett, chairman of the committee appointed on\\nresolutions, made the report, which was for the preservation of the\\nUnion at all hazzards. To read the report at this time, one would\\njudge that the people of Henderson and Henderson County were\\npreUy unanimously for the Union, but we find that on the twenty-fifth\\nday of December (Christmas) the Henderson Artillery Organization,\\nformed under the laws of Kentucky, turned out in full force, and\\nfired fifteen rounds for the Southern Co?i_federacy. There was no dam-\\nage done, however, beyond the serious wounding of G. L. Pierman,\\nthe gunner, by a premature discharge of the gun, and the upsetting of\\nW. W. Catlin, who was standing near by at the time.\\nAt the close of this year the political mercury had risen to blood\\nheat, and early in 1861 it indicated a still greater degree of political\\nwarmth.\\n1861.\\nJanuary 10, in a column and a half editorial, the Reporter\\ncame out squarely for secession, and in the issue of the 17th, a red hot\\ncall was made for a mass meeting to be held at the Court House on\\nSaturday, the 19th, to Id Henderson County express her sentiments^\\nThere had been a meeting held in the Court House on the 5th, inst.,\\nat which strong Union resolutions were adopted, and this meeting to\\nbe held on the 19th, it was understood, was to place Henderson right on\\nthe record. The copy of the call will explain itself\\nWhereas, It is beUeved that the meeting at the Court House on the\\n5, inst.. did not express the sense of the people of this eounty many have\\nunited in calling a mass meeting of the people irrespective of party, at the\\nCourt House on Saturday, the 19th January, at 2 o clock, p. m., to take into\\nconsideration the state of the country and indicate the course Kentucky should\\npursue in the present eniergenc3f The resolution offered by Judge Milton\\nYoung, at the meeting on the 5th, declares the Union paramount. Let us see\\nif the people of Henderson County are willing to say to their Southern breth-\\nren, and their Northern enemies, that they are for the Union whether the\\nSouth is equal under the Constitution or not People of Henderson County,\\nread this bill, and see if you wih not come out on Saturday and rebuke the\\nconduct of the men who have endeavored to place you in such a position.\\nThe foregoing was circulated in every section of the county, and\\nat the appointed time, the Court House was crowded to its capacity.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0197.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "200 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nThe meeting was organized by appointing Colonel John W. Crockett\\nChairman, and Robert T. Glass Secretary. It was soon evident that\\na great split was to occur there were those who wanted to sympathize\\nwith the South, and so express it in writing, while the large majority\\nwere in favor of standing by the resolutions of the previous meeting.\\nPeace and harmony had withdrawn, and every fellow who could speak,\\nand many more who could not, were yelling at the top of their voices,\\nMr. Chairman Mr. Chairman while in this tumultous uproar, and\\nbroad field of disorder, an old grey haired patriot entered the crowded\\nauditorium, waiving over his head a large flag, The Stars and\\nStripes great heavens, what a scene it could hardly be pictured\\nstrong men wept like little children, the crowd arose seemingly en-\\nmasse, andfairlv rent the buildino^ with screams for the Union. The\\nexcitement was beyond control, and not until Governor Dixon, whose\\nmagnificent presence electrified all around him, had mounted the ros-\\ntrum, and waived his arm, could a composed looker-on, determine\\nwhether this wonderous crowd, was a convention of intelligent men,\\nor an asylum of howling lunatics When comparative order had been\\nrestored, the flag was taken to the speaker s stand, and the announce-\\nment made that it had been presented by thirteen patriotic ladies of\\nthe city. I his was the occasion for another outburst. To look upon\\nthe sea of humanity that surged within the walls of the Court House,\\nit was but natural that Fancy should assert a temporary reign,\\nand waving her jeweled sceptre, bid one s spirit back to the old Hall\\nof Independence, where the representatives of the people, who writhed\\nunder the lash of oppression and the scorpion sting of wrong, were\\nsigning the declaration, pledging all, to conquer their oppressors or\\npour out their crimson life tide on the soil they had sworn to protect.\\nIn that throng were all ages the boy, young and thoughtless the\\nyoung, fired with patriotism and confident of strength, and the sire\\nwith the frosts of many winters silvering his aged locks, whose super-\\nannuated frame quivered with a strange strength, whose prescient eye\\nbeheld the storm clouds in the Northern and Southern horizons, con-\\nveying with the rapidity of the sweep of*a sirocco. Resolutions were\\npassed, but not the sort of resolutions wanted by those who had been\\ninstrumental in calling the convention.\\nThe meeting adjourned amid the wildest confusion, and until a\\nlate hour in the night, the stars and stripes were paraded over the\\ntown, followed by hundreds of men and boys music was in the air, and\\nevery man who could speak and had a good word to say for the flag,\\nwas serenaded, and called to the front. An unusual crowd gath-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0198.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 201\\nered in front of Governor Dixon s residence, and after listening\\nto several pieces by the band, the Governor appeared, and for thirty\\nminutes held them spell bound by his matchless eloquence. Late in\\nthe night the crowd- dispersed, and in three weeks afterwards, many\\nof them were yelling the loudest for the Southern Confederacy.\\nRESULT OF THE WAR SPIRIT.\\nDuring the month, the followmg editorial appeared in the Re-\\nporter\\nWe cannot remember when times were harder than at present, inoney is\\nalmost entirely withdrawn from circulation, and we are told is worth an al-\\nmost fabulous percenture per month. Real estate can hardly be disposed of\\nat any price. The question is not how much money a man is worth, but how\\nmuch can he raise. Negroes sold on New Years day at ruinously low figures,\\nand the best of servants hired at prices vastly below the usual standard. Con-\\nfidence cannot be restored in commercial circles until the National difficulties\\nare settled, and the sooner the odious union between North and South is sev-\\nered the better Capitalists tvill not relax their 2)urse strings before the estab-\\nlishment of the Southern Confederacy, which tve believe ivill be born about the\\nfourth of March next.\\nContrary to the judgment of the Reporter, money was never\\nmore plentiful, nor the wages of mechanics and laboring men so high,\\nas during the war which followed. Expert stemmers of tobacco were\\nknown to hire for one hundred and fifty dollars per month, while the\\nmost ordinary hand could command seventy-five dollars.\\nOn the thirteenth day of January, Old Jack Shingler, one of the\\npioneers of the county, breathed his last.\\nMarch 19, a terrible wind storm passed over the city, unroofing\\nmany houses.\\nApril 15, President Lincoln issued his proclamation, calling for\\nseventy-five thousand militia to suppress the rebellion. A call was made\\nupon Governor Beriah Magoffin for Kentucky s quota. The Governor\\nsent the following dispatch\\nI say, emphatically, that Kentucky will furnish no troops for subduing\\nher sister Southern States.\\nAfter this the war began in earnest. River towns were seized,\\nand a regular system of searching steamboats established.\\nOn the twenty-third day of April a meeting was held at the Court\\nHouse for the purpose of organizing a Home Guard Company. Hon.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0199.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "202 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nJohn C. Atkinson presided, and Gawin I. Beatty performed the du-\\nties of Secretary. A large number enrolled their names, and in a few\\ndays a full company was organized and ready for service. An elec-\\ntion of officers was held, and the following names chosen E. L.\\nStarling, Jr., Captain; First Lieutenant, Charles T. Starling; Second\\nLieutenant, Harvey Yeaman O. S., W. S. Johnson.\\nA few weeks subsequent to this time, to-wit on the twenty-fourth\\nof June, another company of home guards enlisted, and the following\\nwere chosen officers Jas. H. Holloway, Captain L. W. Dan-\\nforth. First Lieutenant William R. Lancaster, Second Lieutenant,\\nAndy Rowdin, Third Lieutenant.\\nHenderson, during the year, was well supplied with military. In\\naddition to the two companies above named, there was the State\\nGuard Company, organized November 7, 1859. This company was\\norganized in the counting office of Kerr, Clark Co., and had their\\nfirst drill in the front room. W. P. Fisher, an old Mexican soldier,\\nand then proprietor of the Hord House, was elected Captain E. G.\\nHall, First Lieutenant Leonard H. Lyne, Second Lieutenant, and\\nRobert T. Glass, Third Lieutenant.\\nOn the twenty-fourth day of May, Colonel William S. Elam, of\\nthe State Militia, mustered the company into the State service. In\\nthe fall, Captain Fisher resigned, and the following officers were\\nchosen E. G. Hall, Captain Robert T. Glass, First Lieutenant\\nJames H. Holloway, Second Lieutenant, and Samuel W. Rankin,\\nThird Lieutenant.\\nIn the winter and spring of 18G0 and 1861, it was evident that\\nwar would result upon the inauguration of President Lincoln, and\\nthere was a great diversity of opinion among the men of the State\\nGuards as to the right of the General Government, in calling upon\\nthe Slate of Kentucky for troops. This defection grew until most of\\nthose who held to the belief that the Government had the right, and\\nthat it was the duty of the militia to respond promptly, withdrew from\\nthe State Guard, as it was called, and enrolled with the Home\\nGuards Captain Starling and Lieutenant Holloway among the num-\\nber.\\nThe Legislature of 18(10 and 61, had prescribed a new oath to\\nbe taken by the State Guard troops, and this created another breach,\\nmany members refusing to take it on account of its loyal tendency.\\nBy this time the State Military Board had been remodeled. Men of", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0200.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\n203\\na more loyal turn of mind, to Kentucky, at least, if not to the Fed-\\neral Government, had been appointed, and the General Simon Bolivar\\nBuckner State Guard, as they ^ere called, were generally looked upon\\nwith some degree of suspicion concerning their loyalty to Kentucky,\\ntherefore the organization of the Home Guards. These soldiers were\\nnot greatly admired by the Southern sympathizers, and Home\\nGuard was an intentional sarcasm when applied by them, to any\\nmember of that command.\\nEarly in September an order was received from the Military Board\\nat Frankfort, ordering fifty men of the Henderson Home Guards to\\nSpottsville, for the purpose of guarding the lock and dam at that\\nplace. In obedience to that order, Captain Holloway, with a portion\\nof his company and part of Company A, under command of Lieu-\\ntenant Charles T. Starling, left for the lock, marching overland\\nthrough the mud and rain, and reaching that place at ten o clock in\\nthe night. A few days afterwards, Captain Holloway was relieved for\\na shor t time by Captain Starling, with a reinforcement from Company\\nA. While the Home Guards were at Spottsville, a party of men\\nseized the State Guard arms from the City Armory, consisting of a full\\ncompliment of Mississippi rifles and a six-pound canon, and left in\\nthe night for the South. A bond had been taken by the State for the\\nsafe keeping of these arms and their return, and this sudden proced-\\nure caused the securities on that bond, together with others, to pur-\\nsue the fleeing captors. The flight was not so rapid as the chase, and\\nas a consequence, the party were overtaken at Mrs. Ruby s, on the\\nMadisonville Road, and persuaded to release the arms and permit\\ntheir return to Henderson. They were brought back and returned to\\nthe armory in the brick store room now the Shelton Hotel, adjoining\\nthe house of A. S. Winstead s, on Second Street. The Military\\nBoard at Frankfort, soon heard of this, and in a few days thereafter\\nthe following resolution and order were received at Spottsville Head-\\nquarters\\nMilitary Board, Frankfort, September 20, 1861.\\nResolved. That Captain W. P. Fisher, of Henderson County, deliver\\nthe arms drawn by him tor his company, consisting of sixty rifles, sword,\\nbayonets, sixty sets of accoutrements, one six pound brass cannon, equipments\\ncomplete and seven artillery sabers and belts, to Captain E.L. StarHng. Jr., of said\\ncounty, who is hereby authorized to demand, receive, and receipt for the same,\\nand the Secretary is directed to notify each of said Captains.\\nP. SWIGERT, Secy.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0201.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "204 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nFrankfort, September 20, 1861.\\nCaptain E. L. Starling./r.:\\nYou are authorized and directed to demand and receive, from Captain\\nW. P. Fisher, the arms drawn by him for his Company as contained in the\\nforegoirig resolutions of the Board.\\nP. SWIGERT, Secretary.\\nIn obedience to this order, Captain Starling proceeded forthwith\\nto Henderson, and made known his orders to Third Lieutenant Sam-\\nuel W. Rankin, the only commissioned officer in the city at the time.\\nLieutenant Rankin, unhesitatingly turned over the key to the armory,\\nand in a short time, the guns were being packed ready for shipment.\\nThis fact soon became known, and among a few of the old State\\nGuards, there was a disposition to rebel. There were a sufficient\\nnumber of men of Companies A and B. in the city to meet any\\ntrouble that might have been brought on, and they were summoned to\\nthe armory, and never did men respond more promptly. A guard was\\nplaced in the armory, and also in charge of the six pound brass can-\\nnon, then under the shed of the stable near the Hancock House.\\nThere was a great commotion upon the streets, and to this day the\\nwriter believes that the influence of Governors Powell and Dixon,\\nprevented what otherwise might have been a serious affair in the city.\\nWhile passing down Main Street from the armory to where the can-\\nnon was. Captain Starling was halted by a deputy sheriff, (who prior to\\nthat time, had been loud mouthed in his denunciation of the Frank-\\nfort order), and notified that he was a prisoner under a warrant\\nissued by Judge L. W. Trafton. The following is a copy of the war-\\nrant\\nThe Commonwealth of Kentucky, to the Sheriff of Henderson Countij\\nYou are commanded to arrest Captain E. L. Starling, and bring him before\\nthe Judge of the Henderson County Court, on the thirtieth day of September,\\n1861, at the Court House, in the City of Henderson, to show cause why he\\nshall not give security to the County of Henderson, to indemnify said county\\nfrom loss on account of the State arms, etc, now in possession of said Starling,\\nand which arms, etc. were formerly in possession of a company of State\\nguards in Henderson County, called the Hendeison Guards, and make due\\nreturn of this writ.\\nWitness my hand, as Judge of the Henderson County Court, this twenty-\\nfifth day of September, 1861. L. W. TRAFTON, J. H. C. C\\nA graceful surrender was made to the overjoyed Deputy Sheriff,\\nand a quiet walk with him into the august presence of his honor, the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0202.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 205\\nJudge, who was found in a brick office, located in the Turner block of\\none-story brick buildings on the east side of Main Street, writing at\\nhis table, aided by the flickering light of a tallow candle. Here s\\nyour man, remarked the enraged deputy. Well, sir, said he, It\\nis for you to see that he reports on the thirtieth. Well, Judge,\\nsaid the Captain, What is it you wish me to do Well, sir,\\nsaid he, You must give security to the county for the arms you have\\nseized, or else go to jail. But, if your honor please, I have not\\nseized the arms I have received them by order of the State Military\\nBoard. No matter by whose order you have received or taken\\nthem, you understand my ultimatum. Certainly, I do but permit\\nme to make one single remark, Judge, and that is this: The arms\\nare in my possession, as an officer and agent of the State, and by au-\\nthority of the highest military power in the State. I intend to hold\\nthem without giving bond or going to jail furthermore, a few more\\ncapers like this on your part, and that of your henchman, whom you\\ndenominate Deputy Sheriff, will insure your arrest, and a free passage\\nup the placid Ohio. A word to the wise, etc. With this the Cap-\\ntain walked out, and has never heard from the Judge or deputy con-\\ncerning the warrant from that night. It seems that the canon and its\\nguards were closely watched, for about midnight, while the two guards\\nhad stepped away for a moment only, a lick was heard, and in hastily\\nreturning, a man was seen to retreat from the cannon nothing was\\nthought of it at the time, but upon close examination, it was found\\nthat the cannon had been spiked, but, not enough so to damage it, for\\nnext morning the piece of file broken off an inch above the touch-hole,\\nwas easily pulled out by Mr. V. M, Mayer, soldier and gun-smith.\\nDuring the night and a part of the next day, the guns and accoutri-\\nments were all securely boxed up and they, with the cannon, taken to\\nthe wharfboat, where they were taken aboard of a steamer and a few\\nhours afterwards safely stored away in Evansville, amidst the wildest\\nexcitement and congratulations of the young militia of that place.\\nIn addition to the Home Guard and State Guard companies\\nspoken of, there was also a cavalry company of sixty-five men, organ-\\nized on the twenty-fifth day of August, 1860. The officers of this com-\\nmand were John S. Norris, Captain Samuel W. Elam, First Lieuten-\\nant S. S. Hicks, Second Lieutenant; John R. White, Third Lieuten-\\nant, and George W. White, Orderly Sergeant.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0203.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "206 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nThis company was completely equipped with cavalry outfit by the\\nState, consisting of pistols, sabers, etc. Four clays after the State\\nBoard had ordered in the arms of the State Guard company, Captain\\nStarling, yet at Spotlsville, received a second order, directing him to\\ntake possession of the arms of the State Guard cavalry company. In\\nobedience to this order he came to Henderson and found the arms\\nstored away in the building now owned by John Reichert, and with\\nthe assistance of Captain Norris who readily consented to surrender\\nthem up and several others, soon had the arms boxed up, and en-\\nroute to the wharfboat for shipment to Evansville. This, then, was\\nthe end of the two State Guard companies as State organizations. In\\nOctober, the command at Spottsville, then under Captain Holloway,\\nwas relieved by federal soldiers, and then returned to Henderson\\nwhere they were soon after disbanded.\\nIn the sketch of Colonel James H. Holloway s life, will be found\\na statement showing how companies A and B, of the Home\\nGuards, received their arms.\\nThe writer regrets that it is not in his power to give a full list of\\nthe soldiery at that time, among those remembered as doing faithful\\nservice are. Judge P. H. Hillyer, D. N. Walden, W. H. Lewis, W. S.\\nJohnson, Jacob Held, Jr., Charlie Grieks, Harvey Yeaman, Charles\\nT. Starling, John C. Stapp, Fred. Held, Lou. Zeller,Dr. R. A Armis-\\ntead. David P. Lockett.\\nOn the second day- of May of this year. Uncle Johnny Upp, one\\nof the pioneers, and who was taken by the Indians opposite this city,\\nmarched to Chillicothe, Ohio, and heroically endured the privations\\nand hardships of Indian captivity, departed this life. In the fall.\\nGeneral N. B. Forrest took possession of Hopkinsville, and such a\\nskeedaddling of Union men had never been known up to that time.\\nOne hundred and fifty or two hundred of them gave up their homes,\\nand, on foot, began the journey to Henderson, mostly through the\\nwoods and corn-fields of the intervening country. Among that num-\\nber was general B. H. Bristow, who, in after life, barely escaped\\nreceiving the Republican nomination for the presidency of this great\\ncountry. This hungry, hard looking army of Union refugees came\\ninto Henderson about five o clock in the morning, and it has ever\\nbeen an unsettled question which was the worst frightened the women", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0204.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNp^, KY. 207\\nand children of Henderson, or the Hopkinsville braves. Captain\\nHolloway ordered his company out for the purpose of giving them a\\nwarm reception, but finding they were refugees, fleeing from, and not\\nseeking a scrimmage^ extended Ifiiem a hearty welcome. They were\\nsoon safely and comfortably quartered in the Elam McClain fac-\\ntory, on. Second Street. A story told by one of the party, will suffice\\nto give an idea of the frightful ordeal the refugees underwent in\\nmaking the trip from their homes to Henderson. It was a rule the\\nPilgrims adopted, never to camp at night near the road-side, but to\\nfind a place a good ways off, for an exposed position they argued\\nwould furnish too much fun for General Forrest, whom they believed\\nhad forsaken all else, and was directing his whole attention particu-\\nlarly to their capture.\\nUpon a certain night they had selected the center of a large field\\nof corn in Webster County, in which to camp, and about midnight,\\nwhen all was quiet, the sentinels gave the alarm that Forrest was ap-\\nproaching. In the shortest possible time, the whole camp was up and\\nfleeing in opposite directions, every fellow for himself, leaving their\\ncamp equipage, including extra coats and pants, to the mercy of the\\nenemy. In a short time they were humilated to find that they had\\nsurrendered their camp to a flock of sheep, which had found a gap in\\nthe division fence, and were rushing pell mell through the dry corn.\\nDuring the aight they were gathered together again, but it was never\\nknown how many were missing. It is an actual fact, said the\\nnarrator, We believed we heard the bugle call, and the rattle of\\nsabers coming down through the corn, when really, it was nothing\\nmore than that flock of sheep. Generarjames M. Shackelford, now\\na citizen of Evans\\\\ille, was in Henderson at the time, perfecting his\\narrangements looking to the organization of a regiment of Union sol-\\ndiers. He and General Bristow effected a union of forces, and next day\\nthe refugees were removed to the Indiana side of the river for a greater\\nprotection, where military headquarters were then and there estab-\\nlished. On the tenth of October, the command having attained a safe\\nstrength, and having been furnished with arms, General Shackelford\\ntook possession of the fair grounds, near Henderson, at which place\\nhe established a recruiting camp. During this month and the month\\nof November, Ashbyburg, in Webster County, on Green River, was\\nstrongly fortified by Shackelford s command, and frequent marches\\nwere made through the country, extending at times to Madisonville.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0205.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "208 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nThe early part of October, the City of Henderson was occupied by\\nthe Thirty-second Indiana Regiment, Federal troops, under command\\nof Colonel Charles Cruft, of Terre Haute, Indiana, and a German\\nbattery of six six-pounder brass pieces.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0206.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "V*\\nCHAPTER XXI.\\nNAVIGATION OF THE OHIO PLACED UNDER MILITARY CONTROL\u00e2\u0080\u0094 CON-\\nTRABANDING BATTLE OF FORT DONELSON\u00e2\u0080\u0094 JOHN FOSTER\\nTAKES POSSESSION OF THE TOWN GUN BOATS\\nAPPEAR JIM. POOLE KILLED MEM-\\nORIES OF THE WAR, ETC. 1862.\\nON the twenty-fourth day of January the river was higher than it\\nhad ever been known since 1847\u00e2\u0080\u0094 it stood fifty-seven feet four\\ninches at Cincinnati. January 17, gold was commanding 7 to 8\\nper cent, premium, and forty days afterwards it had risen to 20.\\nThe navigation of the Ohio River, by order of General Buell, was\\nplaced under the supervision of the Government. Boats were allowed\\nto land only at certain points specified all passengers were required\\nto hold passes from the Federal authorities, and all freight was al-\\nlowed to go forward only under a permit.\\nContrabanding was carried on to a large extent, but mostly by\\nthose who professed loyalty to the government. It was no uncom-\\nmon occurrence any day, to see trains of wagons on the road between\\nHenderson and Clarksville, Tennessee, ladened with groceries, drugs\\nand munitions of war for the Confederated South.\\nQuinine and amunition was smuggled in every way. June 1,\\nGeneral Jerry T Boyle was appointed Military Commandant of Ken-\\ntucky, with headquarters at Louisville, and soon inaugurated a system\\nof military arrests and imprisonment in the military prisons of that\\ncity and elsewhere. Many citizens of Henderson and Henderson\\nCounty were seized for some alleged disloyalty and incarcerated in\\n14", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0207.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "210 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nhis dirty prison houses. Fortunately many of the best and leading\\nmen of Henderson were ardent supporters of the Union, and enjoyed\\nthe confidence of the Government, and, through their influence, military\\narrests were not so frequent as at other places, nor were the confine-\\nment days of those arrested prolonged if their union friends could pre-\\nvent it.\\nBATTLE YEAR.\\nThis was the great battle year, and many men from Henderson\\nhad enlisted in both armies. On the fourteenth and fifteenth days of\\nFebruary the desperate battle of Fort Donelson was fought, and in\\nthis battle were many from Henderson. There was a full company\\nof Confederates, and, perhaps, as many Federals, from Henderson en-\\ngaged in that conflict. There were two brothers from Henderson,\\none serving in the ranks of the Confederacy and one in the ranks of the\\nUnion, again there were three brothers in the same battle, one in the\\nConfederate and two in the Union army. There were classmates, and\\nformer bosom friends arrayed against each other, and this made those\\nwicked days more sad and terrible to comtemplate. Henderson of\\ncourse was aroused, and on Thursday afternoon, when the great guns\\nof the Confederate water batteries and the mortars on board of the\\nFederal gunboats were engaging each other in a frightful artillery duel,\\nthe thundering roar was distinctly heard in this county, though per-\\nhaps an hundred miles. away. The intense uneasiness manifested by\\nrelatives and friends at home concerning those engaged at Donelson\\nwas not relieved until the news of the battle and surrender had been\\nreceived. Cyrus Steele, of the Twenty-fifth Kentucky Federal, who\\nfought opposite to his brother, Ollie, of the Confederates, was mor-\\ntally wounded and died a short time afterwards. Lieutenant John G.\\nHolloway, Jr., was badly wounded in the hand.\\n1863.\\nAt the meeting of the 1862-63 terms of the General Assembly,\\nan act was approved, apportioning the State into nine Congressional\\nDistricts. District No. 2 was composed of Christian, Hopkins, Da-\\nviess, Muhlenburg, Henderson^ McLean, Ohio, Hancock, Breckenridge,\\nGrayson, Butler and Edmondson,\\nJUDGE MILTON YOUNG,\\nOne of the noblest men of his day, died of heart disease, on the\\ntrain, between Louisville and Frankfort, while en route to represent\\nHenderson County in the General Assembly of the State. Hender-\\nson was now occupied by Federal troops, under the command of Colo-\\nnel John W. Foster. The Sixty-fifth Indiana Mounted Infantry, un-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0208.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 211\\nder command of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Johnson, was stationed\\nin what was then known as Alves s Grove, now one of the prettiest\\nimproved portions of the city. This regiment was engaged scouting\\nand campaigning through this an*d adjoining counties, and oftentimes\\ncame in contact with the regular Confederates and guerrillas. During its\\nterm of service, many Confederate soldiers voluntarily surrendered and\\ntook the oath of allegiance, while many more were captured and many\\nkilled. Hosts of political prisoners were arrested and confined in the\\nCourt House Foster s military prison. Terms of surrender were\\nmade easy, and very many soldiers, and others who were suspected of\\nbeing soldiers, took advantage of the opportunity to make friends with\\nthe Government. Horses were captured and stolen in large numbers\\nand sold on the streets afterwards. Money was reriuired of manv men\\nwho surrendered, and there are a number of knowin ones who char^^e\\nopenly, that the Commandant of the Post, Colonel Foster, pocketed\\nthe bulk of the proceeds, as perquisites of his office. Colonel Foster\\nwas, by no means, popular with those who differed with him politically,\\nyet it was an acknowledged fact, that he was keen-witted in all he un-\\ndertook, and a most excellent executive officer.\\nOn the twenty-sixth day of April, Jeptha M. Dodd, former editor\\nof the Reporter, and Postmaster under Buchanan s administration\\nwith thirty-four others, was sent to Camp Chase, in Ohio, upon the\\ncharge of having been Confederate soldiers. During that time. Colo-\\nnel Foster generally had in his prison from twenty-five to fortv pris-\\noners all the while, some of whom he would cause to be released\\nwhen all doubt in his mind was removed, but most generally sent them\\non for further examination. The prison would hardly be emptied be-\\nfore there were others brought in to take their places..\\nFoster s negro order.\\nMay 20, Foster issued his first order concerning the negro race.\\nIt was as follows\\nAll negroes coming into the district of Western Kentucky from States\\nsouth of Tennessee, and all negroes who have been employed in the service\\nof rebels in arms, are declared captives of war. It is ordered by the com-\\nmanding general that all such negroes in the Counties of Hancock, Daviess,\\nMcLean, Henderson, Union, Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon, Caldwell, Webster\\nand Hopkins be collected at Henderson and furnished quarters and subsis-\\ntence. Chaplain James F. St. Clair, Sixty-fifth Regiment, is charged with the\\nexecution of this order.\\nIn May, orders were issued from the VVar Department, authoriz-\\ning General Boyle and the Governor to recruit men for the Federal\\nservice. The terms offered recruits were exceeding liberal, and as a", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0209.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "212 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nconsequence, many Kentuckians enlisted. During that month a com-\\npany of horse thieves passed through the county, claiming to hold au-\\nthority from the Federal Government for pressing horses for service in\\nGen. Rosencranz Army. Many horses were taken, and bogus vouchers\\ngiven. June 18, the following order was issued from Post Headquar.\\nters Merchants and other persons in this city, who shall sell goods\\nor commodities of any description whatever, to the amount of ten dol-\\nlars, without obtaining a permit for the same from the Provost Mar-\\nshal, shall forfeit the same and be held under arrest.\\nThis order was rigidly enforced, and those who now read it, may\\njudge of the annoyance and vexations merchants in those days had to\\nundergo. Each county was expected to furnish its quota of men for\\nmilitary service, and if they declined to volunteer, then the required\\nnumber had to be made up by what was known as the draft. July 14,\\nthe enrollment of Henderson County was completed by C. M. Pen-\\nnell, and the county divided into two Militia Districts. The divid-\\ning line commenced at the intersection of Water and Second Streets,\\nran out to Canoe Creek, thence with that creek to the Knoblick Road,\\nthence with said road to Webster County. The names of the en-\\nrolled were to be placed in a wheel and tickets drawn therefrom, un-\\ntil the quota was made up. Whenever a name was drawn, the per-\\nson answering to that name was drafted, and could furnish a substi-\\ntute, escape to Canada or the South, join the army and serve in the\\nhospital, or fight, just as he should elect but one or the other had to\\nbe done.\\nOwensboro was the headquarters of the conscript fathers, or draft\\nofficers, and during that time the town was literally overrun with men\\nafflicted in more ways than bad ever been known to the medical pro-\\nfession before, or has ever been known since.\\nMany Henderson County men were drafted, but none ever did\\nservice. Some furnished substitutes, while others could not be found.\\nTo make a long story short, it was perhaps the most exciting and un-\\neasy time ever witnessed in this section of the State.\\nAt the August election this year, Henderson Precinct polled only\\none hundred and eighty-two votes. The polls were controlled by the\\nsoldiery, and most men preferred to relinquish the right of suffrage,\\nrather than submit to the dictates of an insolent, ignorant set of men,\\nwho were moved and governed by sharpers of the dominant party.\\nAugust 30, the remain s of Captain James A. McClain, one of the\\nmost gallant and noble young men of the age, who was drowned near", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0210.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 213\\nBuffington Island, in the Ohio River, while endeavoring to escape\\nwith others of Morgan s command, were received in Henderson and\\nburied.\\n1864.\\nThis eventful year was ushered in with the cold Friday, which\\nis still remembered by the inhabitants of the Ohio Valley country.\\nIt was said that the first day of January, 1864, made its appearance\\nunder conditions identical with those of cold Friday. The mercury\\non the afternoon of December, 1863, stood 45\u00c2\u00b0. A snow storm fol-\\nlowed during the night, and -^-radually subsided as the cold wind in-\\ncreased, blowing a hurricane from the west, and on the morning of\\nthe first of January, the volume of cold had sent the mercury, in the\\nopen air, from 45\u00c2\u00b0 above zero, to more than 20\u00c2\u00b0 below. During this\\nwinter, coal sold at twenty-five cents per bushel, and was not abund-\\nant at that price.\\nIn addition to Foster s Regiment, Major Shook and Lieutenant\\nYarber, with their little cavalry commands, were stationed on Court\\nHill. This annoyance, to say nothing of the filth, associated with\\nit, induced County Clerk Y. E. Allison, to remove the county records\\nto the second story of the brick adjoining Vogel s confectionary, on\\nthe southwest corner of Main and Third Streets. During the summer\\nColonel Foster converted the Public Square into a horse pound, where\\nhe had stables erected sufficient to accommodate several hundred\\nhead of horses.\\nAugust 4, the first negro troops landed at the town.\\nAbout four o clock Saturday morning, April 11, an incendiary\\nstole the key to room No. 22, of the Hord House, then the Hancock\\nHouse, kept by William P. Fisher, and set fire to the bedding in the\\nroom. The devouring element commenced its work, and gathered\\nstrength in volume as it raged on, until near daybreak, having burned\\nthrough the floor into room No. 5. Mrs. Hancock, wdio was occupy-\\ning an adjoining room, came near being suffocated. The fire was dis-\\ncovered by Marshal W. W. Catlin, and through the heroic efforts of\\nhim and others, the flames were extinguished.\\nDuring this month negro thieves were numerous, and frequently\\nforced the slaves to the opposite side of the river.\\nGUNBOATS APPEAR.\\nOn the ninth day of April, while the tobacco stemmeries were\\nworking a full fo ;ce of colored hands, five gunboats and one trans-\\nport steamer, anchored in front of the city. The colored people were", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0211.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "214 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nsoon apprised of it, and were fearfully alarmed, lest they were to be\\npressed into military service and carried away. As a general thing\\nthey were averse to going. Many appealed to their owners and em-\\nployers, as to what they should do, and were told to do as they pleased.\\nOn this advice they scattered, many of them taking to the woods.\\nHundreds of them were seen stalking rapidly through the hot sun, in\\nthe endeavor to avoid being forced away from kind masters and good\\nhomes, to imperil their lives for a cause they knew but little of, and\\ncared less.\\nSeeing the gunboats, and knowing of the villainy of one Col-\\nonel Cunningham, in his piratical negro-stealing expedition into Union\\nCounty onlv a few weeks before, slave owners were forced to the un-\\npleasant conviction that force was to be used by ihe government\\nto rob and plunder them. I he commander of the fleet *on landing\\nwas informed of ihetfue state of affairs, whereupon he addressed\\nthe follo\\\\vin2^ commj.niication to the Mayor of the city\\nU. S Gunboat Moose. Henderson, Ky., June 9 IS64.\\nThere seems to be a general impression that the gunboats are cruising\\nup and clown the river running off negroes and the like, consequently when a\\ngunboat m;ikes hor appearance, all the citizens aie thrown into a state oT ex-\\ncitement and run their negroes back into the country. I would inform the peo-\\nple that the gunbo.its are on no .such mission, nor will any vessel or officer un-\\nder my command toucli, intcrlere with or molest the per.sons or property of\\npeace ul citizens in any way whatever. 1 trust, in future, this fear and ex-\\ncitement will be dispelled, for I can assure you, that on the part of the navy,\\nyou need have no fear of molestation, so long as you remain loyal to the Gov-\\nermncnt of the United States.\\nL?:R0Y fitch. Lieutenant Commander,\\nCommanding the Tenth District Mississippi Squadron.\\nmayor s RESPONSE.\\nHenderson, June 9, 18 34.\\nLeioy Fitch, Ueutenant Commander, etc:\\nSir 1 have received yours of this date, and think the assurances it con-\\ntains will have a most happy effect in this community.\\nVery Respectfully, D. BANKS, Mayor.\\nREBEL SOLDIERY ENTER THE CITY.\\nThe following from the Henderson News, of June 21, fur-\\nnishes another evidence of the afflictions Henderson was heir to\\nOn last Saturday night. June 18, about eleven o clock, a force of twen-\\nty-five mounted rebels, under command of Captain January, entered the city\\nand proceeded to the store of G, A. Mayer, Son s, and demanded an en-\\ntrance. Mr. G. A. Mayer, who resides over the store, knowing resistance to", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0212.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 215\\nbe useless, sent down the key by his Httle daughter. The rebels then entered\\nthe store and appropriated eight shotguns and a lot of spurs, pocket-knives,\\ncartridges, etc. After satisfying themselves with plunder, they went to Khlon-\\nin^^er s grocery and obtained food, liquor, etc and then departed from the\\ncity. During their stay, three of the number proceeded on foot, to the Union\\nHouse, northeast side.of Second, between Main and Water Streets, and kept\\nby Martin Schneider There was no one in the bar i-oom, save Mr. Schneider,\\nhis barkeeper and Colonel Jim. Poole, of the Kentucky Militia Two of the\\nthree invaders stationed themselves on each side of Poole and one behind him.\\nPoole was at the bar drinking and laughing. One of the rebels coolly asked\\nhim if he was Colonel Jim. Poole, to which he answered, I am Then,\\nsir, said his interrogator, You are my prisoner. Poole stepped back against\\nthe counter, and drawmg his revolver, answered, I reckon not. Almost\\nimmediately three shots we.e fired. Pool s pistol did not explode the first time,\\nand one minute had hardly expired, ere from nine to twelve shots were rap-\\nidly exchano-ed. The three rebels then hastily reti-eated. Poole advancing un-\\ntil near the door, when he sunk on one knee. Mr. Schneider ran forward and\\ncaught him in his arms, asked: JhTi., are you killed.? Poole answered, I\\nbelieve so they have got me this time and immediately expired. Next\\nmorning Coroner John C. Stapp held an inquest.\\nHenderson News, July 12: On last Wednesday evening, July 6, about\\n6:30 o clock, a gang of twenty-one or twenty-two guerrillas invaded the city,\\nand the following is a list of their heroic military necessity exploits.\\nOn inoffensive non-combattants, watches, rings, c. from Wm. Steele. I300 00\\nGoods stolen from D. Hart s store i.S 00\\ns P Hoffman s store 450\\nBernard Baum s store 1500\\nN. Heyman s store 3000\\nN. Schlesenger s store 28 00\\nF. Morris Co., stoi-e 1500\\nTotal 407 ^o\\nIn addition to the above, these delectable warriors went to the packet\\nsteamer General Hallock, and the clerk bemg absent, removed the iron safe\\nout of the office into the cabin, and attempted to break it open. The clerk re-\\nturned, and opened it for them, when they secured a roll of greenbacks and\\nmade off. A gunboat hove in sight, and the chivalrous jewelry thieves scam-\\npered away in a hurry. The whole posse forced themselves that n ght on\\nMr. John Hicks, seven miles from town, where they behaved in a most dis-\\ngraceful manner.\\nCAPTAIN DICK YATES.\\nOn Saturday July 7, Captain Dick Yates, with a rebel force, paid a visit\\nto the farm of Esq. John E. McCallister, six and one-half miles from the\\ncity, and demanded three of his horses, one being a fine favorite stallion. Mr.\\nMcCallister declined giving up his property, and seized his double-ban-el shot-\\ngun. Tavo of the party threw themselves upon him in order to wrench the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0213.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "216 HISTORY OF. HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\ngun from liis hands. In the scuffle Mr. McCalHster was thrown violentl his\\nbody striking on the stock of his gun breaking two of his ribs.\\nThey then tied hini in bed where he remained until the arrival of his sis-\\nter, Mrs Ben Talbott, in the night, when at the peril of her own life, she un-\\ntied the ropes which bound her brother.\\nBy this time Henderson County was completely overrun by guer-\\nrilla bands; there were no Federal troops in the county, so of course,\\nthey were at liberty to do as they pleased. Over one-half of the dry\\ngoods held for sale in the city, were removed to Evansville, or Louis-\\nville, for safe keeping, and the following firms closed their houses\\nWilliam S. Holloway Co., James E Rankin, Morris Co., H.\\nSchlesinger, A. E. Gerhardt, B. Baum and J. C. Allen. All of the\\nhorses of any value were sent to Evansville for safe keeping. Hen-\\nderson, commercially speaking, was as dead as a post, and one could\\nwalk six squares during the middle of the day without meeting, and,\\nperhaps, without seeing a human. Of course this condition of affairs\\ndid not long exist, and was all brought about by the shooting of Mr.\\nJames E. Rankin, by guerrillas, and the subsequent shooting of two\\nvouno[ men sent here froni Louisville in retaliation.\\nOn Friday, twenty-seventh, the News says Eight guerillas captured\\nthe Ovvensboro and Henderson mail carrier at Hebardsville, broke open the\\nmail sack, took what there was of value in it. and then helped themselves to\\nwhat goods they wanted from the stores of that place. They crossed Green\\nRiver at Calhoon s Ferrv, and when thr\u00c2\u00abe miles from Green River, they stop-\\nped Mr. W. C, Priest and robbed him of twelve dollars. They next plun-\\ndered a grocery store nearby belonging to a Mr. Long. From this point a\\nportion of the gang returned to Curdsville, where they robbed the citizens of\\ntwo hundred and fifty dollars in money. At FJebardsville they robbed\\nMessrs Trice Hatchitt of five hundred dollars in greenbacks and a\\nhorse worth eighty dollars. On that same day twenty or more o^ another\\nparty passed through the lower edge of Henderson.\\nOn the morning of the twenty-seventh the large flouring and grist\\nmill of Mr. James Hatchitt, near his residence on the Owensboro\\nroad, seven or eight miles out, was burned to the ground. There\\nwas a considerable amount of wheat in the building, and altogether\\nthe loss was estimated at twenty-five thousand dollars. On the same\\nmorning a frame cottage residence at the lower end of Main street,\\nand near the Catholic Cemetery, occupied by Major William R. Kin-\\nney, was set fire to by an incendiary and burned.\\nThursday, August 4, Major Walker Taylor and Adjutant Chinn,\\nof Colonel Lee Sypert s command, came into the city bearing a flag\\nof truce, which they displayed from the rear end of Clark s factory\\nto the gunboat Brilliant, then commanded by Captain Charles G.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0214.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 217\\nPerkins, and lying in the Ohio immediately in front of the city. Cap-\\ntain Perkins sent out a boat, and in a short time the two rebel officers\\nwere ushered into the Captain^s headquarters. A consultation was\\nheld and protracted until Friday evening, when the two officers, ac-\\ncompanied by Lieutenant Herron, of the Brilliant, were ordered\\nby Captain Perkins to report to Lieutenant Commander Fitch, then\\nlying off the Port of Evansville.\\nThe true intent of this meeting was not known outside of the\\nimmediate circle interested.\\nOn Friday evening, about seven o clock, the whole town was\\nthrown into an intense state of excitement by the arrival and disem-\\nbarkation of one hundred and sixty negro soldiers, commanded by\\nwhite officers. Such a sight had never been witnessed before, and\\nnot knowing the object of their visit, or apprehending their approach,\\nevery citizen was more or less alarmed- These troops took posses-\\nsion of the Court House. Apprehension of an early attack from\\nthe rebels was entertained by every one, and on short notice the ar-\\nchives of both clerks offices were removed from the building. At\\nten o clock next morning all of the drays and wagons of the city\\nwere pressed into service to remove the plunder, including picks and\\nshovels, from the Court House, to a high^ and isolated bluff on the\\nriver bank, directly in front of the present bridge office, at the inter-\\nsection of Water and Fourth Streets. The soldiers were provided\\nwith picks and shovels and set to work throwing up earth works and\\nfortifying the bluff against any attack from the rebels. Here they\\nwere engaged until the evening when the officer in command received\\norders from Louisville to evacuate and proceed to Owensboro. The\\nsteamer Echo, coming up, w^as made to land and take aboard this\\nsable command and their picks and shovels. It is due to say, that\\nthe officers and men of this command were more pleased with the\\norder removing them, than were the citizens, for it was generally be-\\nlieved that an attack would have been made by a large force that\\nnight, and, perhaps, half of the colored troops slaughtered.\\nIt was said, and subsequent history affirmed the belief, that Gov-\\nernor Dixon, Mayor Banks, and Mr. W. B. Woodruff were instru-\\nmental in having these troops removed. So certain was it that an\\nattack was to be made Saturday night, very many of the citizens had\\nleft for the country during the day. Judge Y. E. Allison notified the\\npublic that he had removed the county records to the City Bank\\nbuilding, on Main Street, then standing where Johnson s barber shop\\nis now located.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0215.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "218 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nThe steamer Echo, which came up the river and carried away\\nthe colored troops, had on board the following gentlemen, who had\\nbeen seized by the Federal military as hostages for some Union men\\nwho had been captured by the guerillas Caswell D. Bennett, after-\\nwards Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of this district, and\\nJudge William P. Fowler, Judge of this Judicial Circuit during the\\nwar.\\nThe regular election for sheriff was held on the first day of Au-\\ngust. The vote of Henderson District amounted to only five hun\\ndred and eighty-five votes, distributed as follows William G. Nor-\\nment, one hundred and twelve; Henry C. Kerr, one hundred and\\neighty-one, and William S. Hicks, two hundred and ninety-two. This\\nwas the first fair election held for some time, but nevertheless there\\nwas a very small vote polled.\\nAbout this time the Reporter suspended publication, as a sort of\\nmilitary necessity.\\nOn Saturday, the thirteenth, Colonel Adam R. Johnson with\\nhis command arrived within three miles of the city, and great fear\\nwas entertained lest he would come in and the citizens be the losers\\nthereby, for the gunboat Brilliant was lying directly in front, an-\\nchored broadside, with her guns bearing upon the defenseless place.\\nA committee of citizens waited upon Captain Perkins, of the Bril-\\nliant, to ascertain if it was his design to fire upon the city. Captain\\nPerkins stated that he had no desire to imperil the city by fire, and\\nthereby render houseless the women, children and non-combatants,\\nbut that he had imperative orders to fire upon it if it was occupied\\nby rebel troops. The committee then went forthwith to see Colonel\\nAdam R. Johnson, but he was absent from his camp. A communi-\\ncation was left, and on Monday morning the following reply was re-\\nceived\\nHEADqUARTERS Dep t. SOUTHERN Ky.J\\nAugust 13, 1864.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2To the Citizens of Henderson, Ky.:\\nI am just in receipt of a communication to the effect that the Federal\\ncommander of the gunboat had notified the citizens of Henderson if any ot\\nmy men came into Henderson that he would shell the town, and requesting\\nme not to send any of my command to town. This request I cannot comply\\nwith. So long as Henderson remains ungarrisoned I shall send my men into\\nthe town whenever I deem the interest of the Government requires it. The\\nshelling by the Federal commander will be uncalled for, unless an attack be", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0216.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 219\\nmade upon the gunboat. Whenever depredations are committed by men un-\\nder my authority you may rest assured I shall have them severely punished.\\nRespectfully,\\nA.R.JOHNSON.\\nColonel Comm g. C. S. forces Southern Ky.\\nP. S. I do not expect to occupy the place or use it as a garrison.\\nA. R.J\\nColonel Johnson did not come into Henderson, but on that\\nmorning sent in a flag of triice, carried by Officer Thomas Watson, of\\nHenderson County, who held a consultation with Captain Perkins and\\nLieutenant Little, of the Brilliant, at the Hancock House, in ref-\\nerence to two of the robbers who were with the invading party at\\nthe time Mr. James E. Rankin was shot. Colonel Johnson had cap-\\ntured these two men, calling themselves Captain R. Yates and Cap-\\ntain Jones, and now offered to surrender them to the civil authorities.\\nThey were subsequently surrendered to D. N. Walden, Sheriff of\\nHenderson County, who took them before Judge C. W. Hutchen, who\\nopened his court to give them a preliminary hearing upon the charge\\nof robbery and also as accessories to the shooting of Mr. Rankin.\\nCaptain Perkins, in command of ten marines, came into court and\\ndemanded the men in the name of the United States, when Judge\\nHutchen very good naturedly complied by directing the sheriff to\\nturn them over. The men were then marched to the river in charge\\nof the marines and taken aboard of the gunboat. A few days after-\\nwards Captain Perkins forwarded them to headquarters at Louisville\\nwhere they were imprisoned and subsequently shot.\\nThe News of August 16 said:\\nOur city is nearly depopulated, particularly ot the young men sub-\\nject to conscription or draft. As for ourself, we intend to remain until the\\nlast day of grace, believing that prudent council and patient endeavor can yet\\nsave Henderson from the flames,\\nColonel Adam R.Johnson s conscript order was soon to be\\nrigidly enforced, that is, it was so said and every man of conscript\\nage who was unwilling to leave his home for the war in either army,\\nwas dodging around as best he could to avoid the conscript officers.\\nCOLONEL Johnson s proclamation.\\nCitizens of Kentucky\\nThe alternative IS now presented to you of entering either the Federal\\nor Confederate army.\\nAll persons between the ages of seventeen and forty-five, who are not\\nlawfully exempt, will be required to go into service at once. You must now\\nsee that after the sacrifice of all that freemen should hold dear, to avoid the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0217.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "220 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nevil and save our property, that tTie one has not been rendered secure, and you\\nhave not saved yourself from the other, even by the sacrifice of principle and\\nhonor.\\nYour country has been overrun by lawless bands, whose depredations are\\nonly equalled by the outrages of large bands of the Federal army, who neither\\nfeel nor have any respect for the submissionists, and you are plundered, robbed\\nand murdered with impunity. How long do you intend this to continue To\\nwhat depth of degradation and shame are you to be reduced before you will\\ncut loose the bond of slavery and assert your rights as freemen Men of\\nKentuckv, are you willing to see your families reduced to the level of your\\nslaves Mothers, can you realize an affiliation of your daughters with the\\nAfrican Young men, can you expect to have any claim to manhood Can\\nyou hope to share the smile or claim the love of the bright-eyed daughters of\\nthis famed land of beauty, while those gentle beings are subjected to the in\\nsuits of Yankee hirelings and negro troops If not, then speedily seize the\\nonly way to bring you true liberty and honor. Too long have you listened to\\ntrte siren song of the traitors of the country. Already too much has been sac-\\nrificed to no advantage. Your only hope ot peace is in the success of the\\nSouthern armies. Not alone your liberties, but your lives, are involved in\\nthis issue. The moderate Union man, the Democrat of the North, as well as\\nthe Southern soldier, wall all owe their lives and liberties to this result.\\nI appeal to you again, as I did two years ago, to rally and strike a blow\\nfor the freedom of your country.\\nCOLONEL A. R. JOHNSON,\\nCommanding Confederate forces in Southern Kentucky.\\nThe whole country surrounding Henderson was in a tumult of.\\nexcitement, and intense anxiety was impressed upon every non-com-\\nbatant countenance.\\nOn the seventeenth Generals Hughes and Hovey, with six hun-\\ndred of the Thirty-sixth and three hundred of General Willich s bri-\\ngade, all re-enlisted Indiana soldiers, with four twelve-pounders, left\\nEvansville for Union County to intercept the rebel chieftain, and, if\\npossible, to drive him from the country.\\nArriving at Mt. Vernon, the command was reinforced by a large\\nforce of Warrick and Posey County Home Guards, with three more\\ncannon. Most of these troops were finely mounted, many of them\\non horses, which had been sent to Evansville from Henderson for\\nsafe keeping, and, by the by, never returned to their owners. After\\nmarching through Union County, this body of wonderful troopers came\\ninto Henderson Saturday morning the dirtiest looking set that had\\nbeen seen, bringing with them a perfect army of cattle which they\\nhad captured,^^ several captured buggies and their drivers, a great\\nmany captured teams and their drivers, a number of horses, fifty-seven", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0218.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 221\\nnegroes^ two rebel prisoners, six or seven citizen prisoners and one\\nwounded Home Guard as relics of the raid. The Generals fixed\\ntheir headquarters at the Hancock House, while the soldiers took\\npossession, with the cattle and Blher evidences of military ardor, of\\nthe public square. A number of these scattered over the city com-\\nmitting petty thefts and otherwise insulting citizens. The horses\\n(many of them owned in Henderson) were quartered at the various\\nlivery stables and fed, while the citizens, with their accustomed hos-\\npitality, invited the tired soldiers to dine at their tables. In the\\nevening all of the soldiery, with the exception of one hundred vete-\\nrans of the Thirty-sixth Indiana, left by steamers for Evansville.\\nThose remaining took possession of the Court House. Next morning\\nthey were recalled to Evansville.\\nPrevious to their departure, however, Colonel Moon, with sixty\\ncorps d Afrique^ arrived for the purpose of putting down the rebellion,\\nbut more especially to recruit the colored men. Moon and his lesser\\nsatellites took possession of the bluff on the river bank, which had\\nbeen partially fortified by a previous company. Colonel Moon re-\\nmained two days, and during the time forwarded to Owensboro one\\nHUNDRED and NINETY-FOUR colorcd Hcndcrson recruits.\\nBy this time, Colonel Johnson s conscript program had been\\ndefeated, but the county had been relieved of one hundred and\\ntwenty-five or fifty thousand dollars worth of slave and other prop-\\nerty.\\nA party of guerrillas went to the residence of C. Sechtig, on the\\nhill in the upper end of the city, and in his absence forced his wife to\\ngive up a shot-gun and other weapons offensive and defensive.\\nThe gunboat Brilliant let drop four or five shells in that im-\\nmediate neighborhood, when the guerrillas retreated in great haste.\\nWhile all of this military activity was being witnessed and sadly\\nfelt in the city, the county was not let alone, but was paying an undue\\npenalty to marauding bands of guerrillas and furnishing its quota of\\nstolen slaves to ruthless, unauthorized recruiting officers and thieves\\nof the Federals. On September 2 a band of fifteen men entered\\nthe town of Spottsville and boarded the steamer Cottage while\\nshe lay in the lock. They plundered the boat and passengers of jew-\\nelry, money and other valuables, and left with an estimated capture of\\ntwenty-five hundred dollars.\\nRAID ON THE FARMERS BANK.\\nOn Saturday morning, September 10, at 11 o clock, twenty-one\\nmounted desperadoes dashed into the City of Henderson and drove", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0219.jp2"}, "220": {"fulltext": "222 HISTORY OF HENDEFSON COUNTY, KY.\\ndirectly to the Farmers Bank, then located in the elegant brick now\\nowned by the Presbyterian Church, on the corner of Second and Elm\\nStreets. Ten of the number entered the building with drawn pis-\\ntols and went behind the counter, taking Colonel Leonard H. Lyne,\\nCashier, completely by surprise. They demanded the funds of the\\nbank, when Colonel Lyne told them they had been removed, but their\\nleader said You know your duty do it, whereupon five of the\\nrobbers entered the vault and five remained outside. Colonel Lyne\\nwent into the vault with the five, so as to preserve some valuable pa-\\npers. The robbers soon after came out laden with bags and parcels\\namounting to eight thousand four hundred and thirty dollars, all being\\non special deposit except the first item. The following statement is\\ntaken from the Henderson News of September 13\\nPostal Currency, Property of the Bank 277 00\\nJohn H. Lambert, gold and paper 3,000 00\\nJames T. Norment, greenbacks 2,000 00\\nLarkin White, Kentucky money 1,735 00\\nJohn E. M Callister, greenbacks 600 00\\nL. R. Kerr, in gold 328 00\\nHull Higginson, in gold 300 00\\nSol. S. Sizemore, in silver 90 00\\nM. F. Galloway, greenbacks 200 00\\nTotal $8,430 00\\nOn leaving the Bank they visited various business houses and\\nperpetrated the following robberies\\nFrom J. B. Tisserand, dry goods $150 00\\nGeorge L. Dixon, boots, etc 175 00\\nF. Millet, dry goods 50 00\\nWilliam Wakefield 5 00\\nHancockHouse 10 00\\nTotal. $390 00\\nHaving plundered to their hearts content, they retired with their\\nill-gotten gain and the ill will of every citizen. Shortly after their de-\\nparture, squads of men collected on the street, and many of them\\ngave vent to their displeasure, in forcible language. The Court House\\nbell was rung, and rich and poor, large and small, collected in the\\nbuilding, and every man and boy who could find a musket, shot-gun,\\nor pistol, brought them forward. A meeting was organized, by call-\\ning Hon. Grant Gr^en to the chair, and Prof. Henry B. Parsons to\\ndo the duty of Secretary. A committee, consisting of the following\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2named gentleman, George M. Priest, George L. Dixon, Jesse Robin-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0220.jp2"}, "221": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 223\\nson, C. T. Sanderfur, Rev. Joel Lambert and Jenks W. Williams was ap-\\npointed to draft resolutions expressive of the feeling of the meeting.\\nThe following was reported\\nResolved, That a volunteer fofce be immediately called for, and organ-\\nized, to follow, for the purpose of kiUing and capturing the band of robbers\\nwho were in this citj this day, and that any citizen for that purpose, is directed\\nto sieze and use such horses and arms as may be necessary the same to be re-\\nturned as soon as practicable, and further, that a meeting for the purpose of\\nforming a Home Guard be called to assemble at this place on Monday eve-\\nning. GEO. M. PRIEST, Chairman.\\nHearing that the highwaymen were yet lingering on the outskirts\\nof the city, all of the citizens who had arms organized themselves\\ninto an impromptu company and marched a mile and a half out, but\\nthe marauders were not to be found. The men returned and were\\ndismissed, but reappeared at the Court House at seven o clock, where\\na large concourse assembled, and one hundred registered their names\\nin the police force. During the day the Mayor had convened the\\nCommon Council in special session, when the following resolution\\nwas offered and unanimously adopted by the following vote Ladd,\\nJenkins, Held, Tunstall, Hart and Nunn.\\nWhereas, Certain lawless bands having of late made sundry raids upon\\nour city, and this day having fully demonstrated the importance of united ac-\\ntion on the part of the citizens therefore,\\nResol ed. That every able-bodied white male citizen ot Henderson be or-\\ndered and required to report himself in public meeting at the Court House on\\nMonday, September 12, 1864, at four o clock P. M,, for the purpose of organ-\\nizing ourselves for our mutual protection. That the meeting appoint officers\\nand adopt all such regulations as may be deemed necessary. That the citizens\\nbe required to close their business houses at lour o clock that evening, and that\\nevery person refusing or neglecting to report, as above stated, sliall he ordered\\nto leave the city forthwith, under the penalty to be adopted hereafter.\\nIn obedience to this resolution of the Council, His Honor, D.\\nBanks, Mayor, caused the following proclamation to be issued and\\ncirculated through the city on Saturday afternoon\\nPROCLAMATION.\\nIn pursuance of a proclamation adopted by the City Council on Satur-\\nday, September 10, 1864, I hereby order every able-bodied white male citizen\\nof Henderson, Ky., capable of bearing arms, to report himselt at the Court\\nHouse on Monday, September 12, 1864, at four o clock P. M., for the pur-\\npose of organizing for the city s protection. I also order the business houses\\nto be closed at the hour of four o clock on that evening and any person here-\\ninbefore mentioned refusing or neglecting to report at the time and place\\nstated above, will be ordered to leave the city forthwith under the penalties to\\nbe adopted hereafter. D. BANKS, Mayor.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0221.jp2"}, "222": {"fulltext": "224 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\nAt the Saturday evening meeting of citizens, the Mayor s pro-\\nclamation was adopted as the unanimous sentiment of the meeting.\\nIn order that the object of this meeting might not be misconstrued,\\nPresident Grant Green addressed the assemblage to the following\\npurport\\nCitizens were recjuested to organize simply as a police force for mutual\\nprotection of life and property from the repeated inroads of strolling robbers^\\nIt was not asked that they should participate in the unhappy war. We are all\\ncivilians and non-combatants in the mighty struggle going on in our beloved\\nland, but we are law-abiding and capable of preserving our lives and our prop-\\nerty from vagrant marauders and strolling bands of irresponsible scoundrels,\\ncome from what quarter they may. All citizens, rich and poor, old and\\nyoung, are interested and invited to arm as best they can so as to be ready\\nhereafter to prevent a recurrence of those black deeds of infamy which had\\ndarkened the fair name of Henderson abroad. One sentiment pervades our\\nentire community murder and robbery of our private citizens will no more\\nbe tolerated.\\nWe solemnly warn armed robbers, whose only incentive is personal\\ngain, whose only patriotism is self, to keep aloof from Henderson, We are\\nresolved to be outraged no more.\\nDuring the enrollment of men, Bernard Bibo, who had been a\\nfaithful soldier in the home guard service at the beginning of the war,\\nand who had once more shouldered his gun in the defe nse of his home,\\nwas lying on the green sward in front of the Court House, attempted\\nto draw his gun toward him, when it exploded and emptied a full\\nload of buckshot in the upper part of his arm, necessitating imme-\\ndiate amputation. This was performed by Dr. J. A. Hodge, assisted\\nby Dr. Ben Letcher. As an evidence of Bibo s worth and the sym-\\npathy felt for him, a handsome subscription was made by the citizens\\nand paid him.\\nOn Sunday night two companies of negro troops arrived and took\\npossession of the Court House. This then superseded the necessity\\nof any further effort at a citizen organization, and hence the initiatory\\nsteps toward that object were for the time laid by.\\nOn Sunday morning. Jack Coleman and Dan Byrnes, of Union\\nCounty, sought out Mr. John B. Millet, of this city, who was visiting\\nSt. Vincent Chapel in Union County, and refunded to him what had\\nbeen given to them as their share of the bank robbery, $225.75 each,\\nexpressing at the same time, their deep contrition for the robbery,\\nand stated that they had no intention when entering Henderson, to\\nengage in any such dirty business. On Monday morning a portion of\\nthis clan returned to the outskirts of the city and relieved C. A. Rudy\\nof a very fine horse. On the twenty-fourth day of September, one", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0222.jp2"}, "223": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 225\\nhundred negro soldiers were sent to Corydon on a recruiting expedition,\\nwhen returning were attacked by twenty rebels in ambush, and\\nstrange to say, very little, if any damage was done. Arriving at the\\ncross-roads, or what -is now known as Geneva, one of the soldiers was\\ndiscovered to be suffering with what was determined to be the small-\\npox, and left at a house near that place.\\nThe next day, or perhaps a few hours after their departure for\\nHenderson, a party of rebels appeared upon the ground, secured the\\nsmall-pox patient, and without the services of a clergyman, took him\\nto the neighboring woods and there hung him. The sequel to this\\nwill be told in the after part of this brief history of the war.\\nOn Friday night three hundred rebels, under Major Sims and\\nCaptains Jones and Duvall, camped upon the farm of Ex-Sheriff,\\nWilliam S. Hicks, six miles out on the Knoblick Road, and the next\\nmorning one hundred and twenty-five of them came into Henderson.\\nDinner was prepared for them by order of the Commander in Charge\\nat the Hancock House, which they ate while sitting in their saddles.\\nCaptain Jones ordered a few blankets from William Holloway Co.,\\nbut before they could pay for them, the gunboat, Moose, hove to\\nin front of the city, and the command fled to the woods. Commander\\nFitch sent a half dozen or more shells in the direction they went, but\\nwithout unhorsing a man.\\nOctober 25, Captain O. B. Steele had one, Hawkins, shot for\\nrobbing a Mr. Hicks near Corydon. On Sunday morning, November\\n6, a party of rebels under the command of Jake Bennett, came into\\nthe city and fired a few shots at the negro soldiers who were on\\nparade below and in front of the Hancock House. Dr. J. A. Hodge\\nwas met by one of this gang and relieved of a very fine watch.\\nSince this gigantic and most unfortunate military struggle was\\nfirst commenced, the citizens of Henderson, Union and Webster\\nCounties had especially been made to feel the iron hoof of war upon\\ntheir property and persons. It would fill a large volume printed in\\nsmall type to tell of all the confiscations, pressings, military necessity,\\nsecret thefts, audacious robberies, and indiscriminate plunderings\\nwhich were carried on in these counties during the dark and gloomy\\nyears of war. Both sides treated horses, saddles, arms and food from\\nthe beginning as public property.\\n15", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0223.jp2"}, "224": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0224.jp2"}, "225": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XXII\\nCOLONEL GLENN AND HIS COLORED TROOPS \u00e2\u0080\u0094A DANCE AND DISGRACE-\\nFUL PROCEDURE HAM G. WILLIAMS ARRESTED RESULTS\\nOF THE WAR AT ITS CLOSE\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1865.\\nSATURDAY, January 15, Captain Sam Allen, of the Kentucky\\nState troops, encountered a squad of Major Walker Taylor s\\nmen a few miles from the city, killing two of the Piper boys and cap-\\nturing another soldier by the name of Brown.\\nColonel Glenn, who was recruiting colored troops in the country,\\naccompanied a Louisville police detective to the residence of Mr.\\nSamuel Williams, three miles out in the country, where they arrested\\nHam G. Williams. This arrest comes among the interesting inci-\\ndents in life. The Louisville detective had for a lona: time been in\\nsearch of a character who had committed a crime in New York, for\\nwhich he was wanted. A photograph likeness of him was secured,\\nand with this likeness the detectives set to work to effect his capture.\\nHam Williams was somewhere seen by one of these secret service\\nmen and shadowed until located at his home in this county. It is\\nsaid the picture was a correct likeness of him, and hence his arrest.\\nThe young man was brought to the city and in a short while released,\\nbecause he had never even visited the State in which the crime\\nwas committed. He was amused at his arrest, while the detective\\nwas disgusted at the wonderful similarity of faces of men born and\\nreared so many miles apart.\\nA DISGRACEFUL PROCEDURE.\\nOn the evening of January 24, the young men of Henderson\\ngave a charming dance in the dining room of the Hancock House,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0225.jp2"}, "226": {"fulltext": "228 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nAbout twelve o clock, when all who could were engaged in the beauti-\\nful turns of the waltz, the roar of musketry and the boom of cannon\\nwere heard coming from the direction of Court Hill. Soon after, bullets\\nwere whistling over the roof of the hotel, while others penetrated its\\nwalls and windows. This so alarmed the dancers that many of them,\\nin fact all who could, congregated on the back porch seeking shelter\\nbehind the walls of the house. Some of the more gallant of the men\\nrushed to the front to discover the cause, but soon rushed back to\\nescape the flying bullets. This firing was kept up for ten minutes or\\nmore, when it ceased, and then it was told around that guerrillas were\\nin the city, but the truth was, the young men had refused to invite\\nCol. John Glenn and his Captains and Lieutenants, commanding the\\nnegro troops, then quartered in the Court House and on the hill.\\nThis disgraceful proceeding on the part of the soldiery so enraged\\nthe union men of the town, that Col. Glenn s subsequent residence in\\nHenderson was anything but pleasant to him. During the attack on\\nthe hotel no one was injured but Glenn, he was shot in the neck,\\nafter ten or more attacks upon the bar room, and fell gloriously shout-\\ning with his martial cloak around him. Jt was no uncommon thing\\nduring those trying times for a citizen to be awakened in the dead\\nhowr of the night by bullets whistling through their windows, breaking\\nglass and tearing plastering in their reckless course. No citizen felt\\nsafe either upon the streets after twilight or in his residence. As a\\ngeneral thing, a more unmitigated unscrupulous set of ruffians and\\nuncultured scamps were never known to disgrace a Federal uniform.\\nOn the seventh day of February a great number of country gentlemen\\ncame to town, some on business and some to hear the news. During\\nthe forenoon this same Col. Glenn, under the pretense of driving off\\na band of guerillas of whom he claimed to have knowledge, ostensibly\\nfor the purpose of driving the colored men off of several adjoining\\nfarms into his camp, sent out a company of soldiers and pressed every\\nhorse to be found in the town. In a very short time afterwards the\\nstreets were filled with soldiers galloping here and there on citizens\\nhorses, cursing and threatening at a most furious rate. On the ninth\\nday of February Captain Ollie Steele came to the fair grounds with\\nthirty men, and was pursued by Captain Sam Allen, of the State\\ntroops, a few hundred yards below where the greater part of his men\\nlaid in ambush waiting for Allen to pass by. Below this place they\\nhad built a fence across the road where Allen was forced to halt, then\\ntaking him in the rear, they held him at a serious discount, and before\\nhe could extricate himself, Steele s men had captured seven of his", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0226.jp2"}, "227": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 229\\nmen, and had the others fleeing in every possible direction. February\\n28, an act of the Legislature was approved, authorizing the County\\nCourt to employ fifty men as a poJice patrol and guard, for protection\\nagainst guerrillas and outlaws, and to levy an ad valorum tax for\\ntheir payment. If this law was complied with the records fail to show\\nit. March 1, a new majesterial and voting precinct was established,\\nto-wit\\nThat all that part of Henderson County embraced within the following\\nboundary, viz: Beginning at the White Lick on Highland Creek, thence\\ndown the said creek to the bridge near Todisman farm, thence on a straight\\nline to the Beaver Dam bridcre on the Madisonville and Mt. Vernon Road, thence\\non a straight line to Mrs Sarah Brooks including her farm, thence east to\\nthe line of the Henderson Nashville Railroad, thence with the said railroad\\nto the line between Henderson and Webster Counties, and thence to the\\nbeginning, be and the same is laid off and constituted a district for the election\\nof Magistrates, and a voting precinct. The voting place to be at Mrs. P. C.\\nSutton s, and the election to be held May following, for two Magistrates and\\none Constable.\\nOn the second day of March, a portable engine engaged in driv-\\ning a saw mill upon the farm of Governor Archibald Dixon, two and\\none-half miles above the city, exploded its boiler, killing Alex. Dor\\nsett and a negro boy, throwing Joseph C. Dixon with great violence\\nsome twenty-live yards, scalding his face, and badly scalding and\\notherwise injuring and wounding Robert A. Alves.\\nMarch 3, Elder William Steele s residence was enter-^.d under the\\nthe pretense of looking for Captain O. B. Steele, and robbed of every\\nvaluable to be found in it by Captain Partridge, a military incompe-\\ntent, and a company of negro soldiers of Col. Glenn s regiment.\\nDuring this month an act was passed by the Legislature and approved\\nby the Governor, incorporating the Henderson Petroleum, Mining\\nand Manufacturing Company, composed of Richard Stites, William\\nA. Hopkins, Charles F. Hopkins, James B. Lyne and James H. Hoi\\nloway, with power to open salt and oil wells, and coal, iron and other\\nmineral mines in the counties of Henderson, Webster and Union, and\\nany other parts of the State where they might acquire territory. If\\nthis company ever struck oil, they have steadfastly kept that greasy\\nfact a secret. At this time the oil craze had absolutely seized the\\nState, numerous borings were started in Henderson and Union, and\\nso far as is now known a S7nell was secured once or twice, but\\nnever enough oil to grease the spindles of a bicycle.\\nA BRUTAL OUTRAGE.\\nOn Sunday afternoon, March 12, one of the most willful and\\nhorrible murders ever perpetrated in the State was the shooting of", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0227.jp2"}, "228": {"fulltext": "230 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nJohn N. Wathan by a squad of Colonel Glenn s negro troops. A few\\ndays prior to the shooting, Martin L. Daley, a loyal citizen of Union\\nCounty, the home of Wathan, was requested by him to come to Hen-\\nderson and ascertain if he would be allowed to take the oath and re-\\nnounce his allegiance to the Confederacy.\\nMr. Daley visited Henderson, as requested, and called upon\\nMajor Shook, Post Commandant, Thomas F. Cheaney, Military Pro-\\nvost Marshal, being confined to his bed at the time. Major Shook\\ngave Mr. Daley a safe passport for Wathan and agreed to meet him\\non Sunday, the twelfth instant. In accordance with this safe pass-\\nport, the citizen and soldier came to Henderson the twelfth, accom-\\npanied by William H. Wathan, a brother of the soldier, who wished\\nto surrender and take the oath. They called, as agreed, upon Major\\nShook, who sent an escort with them to the residence of Provost\\nMarshal Cheaney. After hearing the case, Mr. Cheaney administered\\nthe oath to Wathan and gave him a printed safe conduct, with his\\nsisfuature attached. This was about four o clock in the afternoon.\\nThe three then returned to the hotel to prepare for their return to\\nUnion County. About six o clock the two Wathans and Daley\\nstarted, and while riding along the road near the residence of Hon.\\nH. F. Turner, in the lower end of the cit}^, were ha.lted by a\\nsquad of Colonel Glenn s negro troops, coming down the road in a\\nsweeping double quick. The three men halted and waited the ap-\\nproach of the troops. Upon coming up they immediately ordered\\nthe two Wathans to dismount, which they did. Then they took Wil-\\nliam Wathan aside to shoot him, when one of the negroes announced\\nthat he was not the man. They then stood John N. Wathan in the\\nroad, about ten paces off, and notwithstanding he exhibited his safe\\nconduct from the Provost Marshal, at the command of one of the\\nnegroes, several shots were tired at him, and strange to say he was\\nunscathed. He then turned and ran in the direction of the river.\\nDaley ran his horse alongside of the doomed man, endeavoring to\\nprotect him, while William Wathan ran in the opposite direction. Wa-\\nthan attempted to mount Daley s horse, but failed, so closely was he\\npursued by the fiends in Federal uniforms. Finding that he was\\nsoon to be overtaken, he ran around Daley s horse toward a fence,\\nbut before he could mount it, the devils had surrounded him, when\\none of them approach(|d and felled him to the ground with the butt\\nof his gun. After falling, a volley was fired into his body, and the\\npoor, unfortunate man lay a mangled, gasping spectacle before his\\nmurderers. One of the men then ran up to Daley and fired at his\\n1", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0228.jp2"}, "229": {"fulltext": "HISTORV OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 231\\nhead, but, missing him, broke the stock of his gun on the hip of the\\nhorse Daley escaped and returned to the Hancock House.\\nThis villainous procedure, pgrpetrated on the Sabbath, rekindled\\nthe outraged feelings of the populace, and Colonel Glenn and his\\nunderstrappers were severely criticised.\\nIt will be remembered that in a previous part of this chapter,\\nmention has been made of the hanging of a negro, left with the small-\\npox by Glenn s troops, at the cross-roads, on their return from a raid\\nto Corydon The negroes who did this foul deed, claimed that they\\nknew Wathan, and that he was one of the men engaged in that hang-\\nin- and for that they took revenge. Of this, however, the truth was\\nnever known.\\nColonel Glenn promised to hold a rigid investigation, but this\\none, like all of his other promises, went by default. The body of\\nvoun^ Wathan was brought to the city, where it was neatly coffined\\nand next dav taken by his friends to his home in Union County. It\\nwas said that his mother (Mrs. Nettie Wathen) became, for a tmie at\\nleast, deranged from grief.\\nThe citizens of Henderson had borne under the outrages of the\\nFederal brute, who commanded the negro soldiers, just as long as\\nthev could afford, and something had to be done. He was a drunken\\noutiaw, and not the equal of a man of his command. No one re-\\nspected him, and nothing less than an honest desire to keep the\\npeace and submit to the authority of the Government, even though\\nit be Administered bv drunken tyrants, kept them from admmistenng\\nto him the same dose his cowardly soldiers gave to poor Wathan.\\nA short time orior to this last outrage, General Eli H. Murray, a\\nKentuckian, a most gallant officer and cultured man, had been as-\\nsigned to the command of this Department, with headquarters at\\nRussellville. The writer, who had been associated with General\\nMurray in the earlv part of the war, took upon himself the task of\\nwriting that distinguished commander k full and detailed account of\\nthe course of Glenn and his men, and begging that he make a short\\nvisit to Henderson and investigate for himself.\\nIn answer to that letter, General Murray reported in person at\\nthe writer s house on Sunday morning, March 19. After bathing and\\nchancin- his dress, he went to the Hancock House, registered his\\nname, and established temporary headquarters in one of the rooms\\nin the frame part of the building. During the day he was visited in\\nthe parlor by very many citizens, including Governor Dixon, W. B.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0229.jp2"}, "230": {"fulltext": "232 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nWoodruff, Ben Harrison, D. Banks and W. S. Holloway, all of whom\\n.had but one and the same story to tell. The General evidenced con-\\nsiderable chagrin towards Glenn and his captains, and was not mealy\\nmouthed in so stating to his visitors. He repaired to his room, don-\\nned his uniform, and sent for Glenn to report immediately.\\nThe meeting between the two will long be remembered, for the\\nexcoriation that Glenn received from his superior was withering in\\nthe extreme. The cowardly poltroon was never so humble, and when\\ndisrobed of the paraphernalia of office, he became an object of pity.\\nHe stood in one corner of the room trembling in his glossy-legged\\nboots, drawn over his pants, his belt, sash, sword and side arms taken\\nfrom him, the very picture of guilt and infamy, in durance vile.\\nGeneral Murray s words pierced him through and through, and when\\ntold that he would be sent to Louisville a prisoner to be there tried\\nby Court Martial, his wicked heart seemed to sink within him.\\nNor was Captain Wright, at whose instance poor Wathan had\\nbeen murdered, treated with any more leniency. Both men were\\nsent away to Louisville, Wright in chains. One, the Colonel, was dis-\\nmissed from the service, while the other would have been hung had\\nhe not made his escape fr^om custody. The regiment was ordered to\\nleave the city and go in camp at the Fair Grounds, and the officers\\nnotified what was expected of them.\\nA short time after General Murray s return to Russellville, and\\nat his instance, the whole command was ordered out of Henderson\\nCounty, to the delight of every citizen, Union or otherwise.\\nOn April 7, Captain B. Watson, of Major Shook s Kentucky\\ncommand, attacked Jake Bennett s guerrillas, said to have outnum-\\nbered him three to one, at King s Mills, wounding three horses, one\\nman, and capturing a Lieutenant Hickerson, who, it was said, was\\nwith the squad that murdered Mr. Rankin.\\nOn the ninth day of April, General Robert E. Lee surrendered\\nhis army in Virginia, and then pardons were wanted by the wagon\\nload. A great many Confederates came in voluntarily and surren-\\ndered, among the number. Captain O. B. Steele, and many of his\\nmen.\\nOn Saturday, April 16, the news of the assassination of Presi.\\ndent Lincoln was received, and thereupon Mayor Banks issued his\\nproclamation, directing all stores to be closea from ten o clock, for\\nthe remainder of the day, and at ten o clock for all of the bells of\\nthe city to be tolled, in respect to the memory of the departed Presi-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0230.jp2"}, "231": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 233\\ndent. Many merchants, although strongly opposed to Mr. Lincoln\\npolitically, draped their store fronts in mourning.\\nColonel William P. Gravsen, who had been captured and put\\nunder bond of twenty thousand dollars, was re-arrested for an alleged\\nviolation of his parole, and suit instituted on his bond.\\nThe following Confederate soldiers had come in and reported to\\nMajor Shook and Provost Marshal Cheaney, for surrender and pa-\\nrole\\nGeorge Green, John W. Arnett, John W. Frazier. Edward G.\\nPowell, William Young Watson, John A. Gaines, James M. Lewis,\\nMitchell D. Denton, John H. French, Orlando F. Walker, John D.\\nGobin, George H. Rankin, Paul J. Marrs, William Lockett, Jr., J. A.\\nDenton, G. B. Spencer, John R. Dixon, Pressly Prilchett, A. H. Po-\\nsey, George Gibson, George Robertson, David L. Boswell, Ambrose\\nMcBride, Horace McBride, Joseph F. King, John R. Bailey, O. B.\\nSteele, W. P. Grayson, George Robinson, Thomas Pritchett, George\\nGibson and John Walker.\\nLieutenant Colonel Tom Campbell, of the Seventeenth Kentucky\\nCavalry, came to Henderson and established a Horse Pound, in\\nwhich he soon had every horse of value to be found in Henderson,\\nand its immediate surroundings. Many of these horses were re-\\nturned free of charge, while some of them were bought back. Some\\nof them were never returned.\\nHe organized an Illinois raid, having learned of an established\\nband of horse and mule thieves, whose ramifications extended\\nthroughout Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky. Through the\\ntreachery of one or more of the clan. Colonel Campbell became cog-\\nnizant of their villainy.\\nA young man, who had been induced to join them, piloted Camp-\\nbell to their rendezvous, and pointed out members of the organiza-\\ntion. Captain Goard and Lieutenant Hampton, passing from Madi-\\nsonville, through Webster County, shot old man Browning and his\\ntwo sons. At Shawneetown, Illinois, two more were shot. At Sa-\\nline, three more were shot. Three Quinns and one Davison, of\\nWe ister, were shot. At Mt. Carmel, Illinois, five more were shot.\\nAmong these were a son of the Carlisles, of Webster County, and\\nsome other relatives and friends.\\nThe Carlisles swore vengeance against Campbell and his men,\\nand after the war, as it is well known by many readers, the Carlisles\\nand one Dr. Davison, did murder Lieutenant Hampton opposite", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0231.jp2"}, "232": {"fulltext": "234 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nOwensboro. and were subsequently captured and sent to the peniten-\\ntiary for life, but some years afterwards pardoned.\\nDuring the month of July the notorious Colonel Sam Johnson,\\nwith his command of Federals, entered Henderson, and were but a\\nshort time in making themselves obnoxious. His first step was to\\nsuppress, for a time, the Henderson News, a paper which had done\\nmore, perhaps, to suppress the guerrillas than Johnson and all of his\\nmen, for, be it it said to his credit, Mr. Harrison, editor of the News,\\nwas unflinching in his devotion to good government, and a terror to\\nboth sides who departed from that rule. He had no mercy upon\\nguerrilla bands, who plundered and stole, and the only wonder now\\nis that he had not been butchered by some of the very men with\\nwhom he was accused, by Johnson, of being in sympathy.\\nThe August election coming on, Johnson s next step was to ar-\\nrest leading Democrats, solely for the purpose of frightening others\\nmore timid away from the polls. Hon, John Y. Brown was arrested\\nand placed on parole by this distinguished chieftain, but released im-\\nmediately after the election.\\nThe News, early in August, announced that not over a quarter\\ncrop of tobacco would be raised in the county owing to the drouth in\\nMay, and excessive wet weather after that time. The price of to-\\nbacco ranged then from twelve dollars and fifteen cents to seventeen\\ndollars and fifty cents.\\nAugust 23, the mustering officer and paymaster of the Kentucky\\ntroops arrived in Henderson, for the purpose of paying off and mus-\\ntering out of service Major Shook and his command.* This was the\\nfirst time this little company of patriots had ever been paid, yet they\\nfaithfully performed their duty, and had never, during their long stay\\nin Henderson, given any of the citizens cause to complain of them.\\nThe war was over now, and the people of the south had\\nacknowledged the supremacy of the national arms, and expressed\\ntheir desire to be restored to their original rights, under the laws and\\nconstitution of the country. The vanquished Sons of the Sun had\\nshown their devotion to the cause which they espoused upon many a\\nweary march, and through all the trials incident to the condition of\\nwell and long sustained warfare. They had illustrated their lineage\\nand their genious in the camp, on the march, in battle, and wherever\\nthe shiftings and perilous scenes of their brief but diversified career\\ncarried them. The boys in blue had done the same, and were now\\nready to lay aside the sword and gun, and meet their brotheis of the\\nSouth on hospitable ground, drink to the health of a restored union.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0232.jp2"}, "233": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 235\\nand forever bury all past differences; but the programme was made\\nout, and the first actor made the grand entree in the person of the\\nbefore-mentioned Col. Samuel -^Johnson, a broken down divine of\\nsmall consequence. He came clad in the unstained and untorn\\nuniform of his country, with a guard of U. S. soldiers armed with\\npistols and sabers. He made a great speech, in which he left the\\nfield of legitimate discussion, to denounce personally, citizens of the\\ncounty who stood high in public esteem, because they opposed the\\nradical teachings of the party in power. He anathematised the con-\\nservative party, and heaped abuse upon its advocates. He ruled the\\nHon. R. T. Glass off the track for the Legislature, and did many\\nother unwarranted acts before he was called away. A few days before\\nthe election, the One-Hundred and Fifty-third Indiana Regiment\\nlanded, and with the exception of a small guard, encamped at the Fair\\nGrounds. Hon. John Y. Brown, as before stated, was placed under\\nguard just as he was going to the country to fill an appointment. In\\nthe city, officers and soldiers were present at the polls, detectives were\\nbusy upon the streets, applying their infamous avocations, cannons\\nwere stationed in the streets, and at intervals during. the day belched\\nforth their threatening thunder. One piece of artillery was stationed\\nat the corner of the street nearest the voting place, the people unheed-\\ning the military demonstrations and the illegal oath which was\\noffered, and which they were obliged to take before depositing their\\nvotes, thronged to the polls. The cannon was removed to the other\\ncorner of the square, in sight of and ce*imanding the voting place.\\nThe people still pressed forward to vote, every means short of actual\\nviolence being employed to paralyze the will of the people. But all\\nwas in vain, while hundreds were deterred from voting, from fear of\\narrest, subsequent annoyence and ill treatment, there were enough\\nbrave and determined men in the county to carry the election for the\\nconservatives by over seven hundred majority.\\nNow our scarred and gallant veterans were returned to the walks\\nof private life, our rent and battle-stained flags were given over to a\\nnation s keeping, but our poor old Court House, a towering temple of\\nwhich we were all proud, was a dilapidated, miserable skeleton of a\\nconcern. The exigencies of Military Necessity had con\\\\erted it\\ninto a prison for rebels and citizens of the county. Next the colored\\ntroops took possession, and at last it became the barracks of the\\nKentucky volunteei force. It was built for a temple oi justice, but\\nits brick walls, once bright red, paled at the scenes of tyranny and in-\\njustice which transpired within and around them. Its ceilings and", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0233.jp2"}, "234": {"fulltext": "236 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nchambers, once almost classical from the associations and memories\\nof former times, had become disfigured and defaced by a rude soldiery.\\nIn these chambers had rung the eloquence of John J. Crittenden,\\nRichard Thompson, of Indiana, Humphrey Marshall, Thos. L. Jones,\\nJohn W. Stevenson, Thos. C. McCreary, Josh Bell, Governors\\nMagoffin, Dixon and Powell, Crockett, Dallam, Turner, Hughes, Cis-\\nsell. Cook, McHenry, Jackson, Yeaman, Brown, Vance, Glass, Kinney,\\nand other gifted members of the bar, but since the sounds of eloquence\\nhad died away in the old temple, its walls had echoed ribald blas-\\nphemy, and the billingsgate of reckless men and prostitutes. Wanton\\ndestructions had torn and dismantled it, and the protecting fold o^\\nthe star spangled banner, which had long floated over its rotunda had\\nat last been removed, and lo the result of the protectio7i^ all of the\\nfencing around the grounds had been destroyed, the shrubbery worse\\nthan mutilated, and inside the building, the benches, stairs, window\\nframes, sash, partitions, etc., all demolished, something had to be\\ndone.\\nDecember 18, 1865, an act was passed and approved, authorizing\\nthe County Court to levy and collect ten cents additional upon the\\none hundred dollars for biylding and repairing the Court House, and\\npaying the indebtedness of the county. In due time the dilapidated\\nold building was again made as good as new.\\nAt a meeting of the citizens of Henderson County, held in the\\ncity on December 29, to consider the subject of labor, John G. Hollo-\\nway was appointed Chairman, and George M. Priest, Secretary. The\\nfollowing resolutions \\\\vere reported by John H. Barrett, Isom Johnson,\\nJames D. Hatchitt, F. Cunningham and S, J. Alves, and endorsed by\\nthe meeting\\nWhehkas, The subject of labor is one of vital importance to the peo-\\nple of our community, now, in order that our views on this question may be\\nrightly imderstood, we state without fear of contradiction, that for the last\\ny ^2iV, \\\\z}oor \\\\\\\\di% co\\\\x\\\\vc\\\\^x\\\\di^dihighir prices here W-\\\\z.v\\\\ in any part of the United\\nStates. This meeting is not intended to do the laborer any injustice, for we\\nare willing to pay full compensation for all that is done for us, but prices here-\\ntofore paid being most unreasonable, we feel that it would be to our\\ninterest to do without labor, rather than pay most exhorbant rates for it. Such\\nfarmers and tobacconists as have paid the past high prices, have been losers\\nthereby. The wages should be fair and reasonable between the contracting\\nparties, and uniform throughout the community,\\nBesolved, That we are willing to pay prices equal to the highest rates\\npaid anywhere where the same kind of labor is used, and for the same purpose,\\nand while we do not propose to establish prices, tior bind any person bj our\\naction, to conform to our views upon the subject, yet at the present prices of", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0234.jp2"}, "235": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\n237\\nthe products of the farm, and with the certainty of still lower prices, we are of\\nopinion that one hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum for men, and\\nseventy-five dollars per annum for women, (without incumbrance), for year\\nround work, and proportional prices for boys and girls for farm labor, and cor.\\nresponding prices for other kinds of labor, is as much as we can afibrd to pay,\\nthe hirer to furnish good, wholesome provisions, fuel and quarters, and the\\nlaborer to pay for necessary medical attention, furnish his own clothing, and\\ndeduct for loss of time. And we pledge ourselves to a faithful and honest com-\\npliance with any agreement we may make with the laborer, and we will duly\\nrespect and protect his interests and rights while in our employ.\\n1866.\\nMuch of the history of the war omitted in the preceeding pages\\nwill be found in the sketch of General Adam R. Johnson, Captain\\nOllie B. Steele, and Colonel James H. Holloway, while under the\\nhead of Sketches and Recollections, several incidents, both painful and\\ninteresting, will be found.\\nTHE WAR OVER.\\nThis year dawned upon a peaceful country, and a people deter-\\nmined, by honesty, industry and frugality, to regain their pecuniary\\nlosses. The war had scourged them, indeed it had robbed many men\\nof their means of subsistence. They had borne patiently with thieves\\nand scoundrels and foraging parties of both armies, and thanked\\nGod that their lives had been spared. Society had greatly changed\\na great deal of that old-fashioned hospitality, for which Kentuckians\\nhad been so proverbial, had now to give way to hard business, hard\\nwork and scrutenizing economy. Old-time friends had become es-\\ntranged during the wicked strife, a love for money had taken the\\nplace of unrestrained sociability, a Northern idea of living possessed\\nthe greater part of the people. Slaves were now as free as the winds,\\nand homes which were once presided oyer by the mistress, with her\\nhalf-dozen servants to answer every call, now presented altogether a\\ndifferent scene, for the immediate members t)f the family were com-\\npelled to do that which a few years before, they had ordered done.\\nPeople learned to live hard and close, and after many years of this\\ngreat change of life, it is safe to say Henderson County is in a better\\ncondition to-day than ever before.\\nIt is due to the colored people to say that, under the circum-\\nstances attending the radical change from slavery to freedom, the\\ngreat change of becoming their own masters, and toiling for their own\\nsupport, in place of having the cares of life to devolve upon masters,\\ntheir behavior surprised their most sanguine friends, who had viewed\\nthe situation with anxious solicitude. They came into this new life as", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0235.jp2"}, "236": {"fulltext": "238 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nthouo^h they had been fdrilled and tutored for months; they accepted\\nthe situation with a becoming grace, and while some few were disposed\\nto behave unruly, the great majority behaved like men of sense and\\ncharacter, settling down to the realities of life, and going to work to\\nbuild up themselves and growing families\\nJanuary 25, a branch of the Freedman s Bureau had been estab\\nlished in Henderson, and Thomas F. Cheaney appointed Superinten-\\ndent. This institution was a sort of a stand between the colored man\\nand his employer. Contracts were made for labor, and one of the\\nduties of the Superintendent was to see justice done both parties.\\nOrganized at the time it was, and honestly and judiciously managed\\nas it was in Henderson, the system was more of a blessing than other-\\nwise. Worthless colored people were controlled, and vagrant negroes\\nforced to seek and obtain employment.\\nEXPLOSION OF THE MISSOURI.\\nOn the thirtieth day of January, the magnificent steamboat\\nMissouri, while racing with the Silver Moon, blew up in the\\ncounty a few miles above Evansville and when near the mouth of\\nGreen River, completely demolishing the frame work of the boat, and\\nkilling many of her passengers and crew. This accident happened\\nabout ten or eleven o clock at night, and daring most of the day fol-\\nlowing, pieces of the wreck were seen floating by the wharf.\\nA large sheet of one of the boilers was blown several hundred\\nyards into the woods on the Henderson County side.\\nAn act was passed directing the Circuit Court to be held on the\\nfirst Mondays in March and September, and to continue for thirty\\ndays each.\\nFebruary 12, Col. John W. Crockett was arrested and taken to\\nLouisville, on the charge of treason, but was soon released.\\nMarch 15, an organized band of robbers appeared in the county\\nand raided several farms for the purpose of robbing returned colored\\nsoldiers. They were successful in several instances, but were finally\\ndriven out by officers of the law.\\nJune 7, the Henderson and Union Petroleum Company struck oil\\nat their well on the head waters of Highland CreeV, at a depth of\\nfour hundred and fifty feet, but from the best information to be had\\nthe unloosed gas rushed out with such force, it blew all of the oil out\\nof the well, and the company collapsed.\\nSeptember 20, Elder William Steele reported having joined in\\nmarriage, within the last twenty years, three hundred and thirty\\ncouples, ten of this number married at his office, five at his residence,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0236.jp2"}, "237": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 239\\nand two on the bank of the Ohio, standing under an umbrella. In\\nthree instances he married the same party twice. He married four\\ncouples in one day. His fees ran from thanky to twenty dollars, and\\nin one case he married a gentleman said to be worth eight or ten\\nthousand dollars, who declined paying him anything, because, he said\\nSail is sickly, and I can t afford it. The Elder also reported that\\none-fourth of the number were dead at that time.\\nSeptember 20, Neptune was on a bender, to the serious detri-\\nment of the river bottom farmers. The river was out of its banks,\\nand tobacco and corn in the low lands were greatly damaged, in many\\ninstances totally destroyed.\\nThe Fair Company having been re-organized, the first fair tor\\nmany years was held, commencing Tuesday, October 2. Necessary\\npreparations for this fair were rapidly made, and under many disad-\\nvantages, yet the success which attended the meeting was very grati-\\nfying to the new company.\\nOn the thirteenth, Saturday morning, eight prisoners broke the\\njail and effected their escape. Two escapades had been effected\\nprior to this time, notwithstanding the jail was a new one.\\n1867.\\nThe proposition to build the Henderson Nashville Railroad,\\nwhich had agitated the people along its line for many years prior to\\nthe war, was again revived. Under the old management an agent of\\nthe company had proved unfaithful to the trust imposed m him, in\\nthis- He was sent to Europe for the purpose of negotiating a loan\\nby the use of man.y thousands of the company s bonds. About tne\\ntime he arrived in Europe the war between Russia and Turkey broke\\nout, and a short time afterwards the terrible storming of Sebastopol\\noccurred. This agent viewed the situation, and seeing, as he thought,\\na great harvest of profit to be reaped from an investment in Irish po-\\ntatoes, onions, etc., purchased him a ship, and then the potatoes\\nand onions, and started for the Crimea. It has never been known\\nwhether he adopted this plan for the purpose of placing the bonds\\nfor the benefit of the company, or whether he intended pobketing tor\\nhimself the principal and profits of his huge speculation.\\nHis ship went out upon the high seas and rode the waves in ma-\\niestic splendor, but a landing place for his fresh provisions could not\\nbe found. After so long a time rocking and rolling with the waves,\\na loud aroma came up from the hull of the vessel, when it was dis-\\ncovered that his cargo had decayed and become worthless. Ihe\\nbonds were gone for a mere song, and the potatoes and onions for\\nnothing.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0237.jp2"}, "238": {"fulltext": "240 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nThese bonds were held by English capitalists, and were good\\nagainst the road. It was necessary that something should be done\\nto recover them either by compromise or purchase.\\nSo, in 18G(), General Jerry T. Boyle, representing a syndicate,\\nsailed for Europe, and succeeded in securing enough of the potato\\nand onion bonds to give those whom he represented a controlling\\ninfluence.\\nReturning to the United States with his bonds, suit was immedi-\\nately instituted in the Christian County Circuit Court, by E. G. Sebree\\nand others, against the Henderson Nashville Railroad Company,\\nto foreclose the mortgage and to subject the road and its fr..nchises\\nto sale.\\nAt the January term, 1867, a decree directing the sale of the\\nroad to take place on the twenty-third day of February, 1867, in the\\ncity of Hopkinsville, was rendered by the Chancellor. In accord-\\nance with this decree, Hon. John Feeland, Special Commissioner,\\nadvertised the sale, and on the day appointed a large number of in-\\nterested parties assembled at Hopkinsville. H. B. Hanson, of New\\nYork, became the purchaser of the road at and for the small sum of\\ntwenty thousand dollars.\\nHanson that day, or a few days afterwards, for a consideration,\\ntransferred his purchase to a company of gentlemen, no doubt organ-\\nized at the time of sale.\\nAn act was then secured incorporating the Evansville, Hender-\\nson Nashville Railroad Company, and the purchase transferred\\nto that company. General Jerry T. Boyle was elected President.\\nJerry T. Boyle, John P. Campbell, E. G. Sebree, George M. Priest,\\nand Dabney O. Day, Directors.\\nThe new company set to work to build the road in the stereo-\\ntyped way, soliciting donations and subscriptions of stock.\\nHenderson became wild over the outlook. Many of her people\\nwere willing to tax themselves beyond redemption, for the privilege of\\nlistening to the toot of one whistle, or the lattle of one set of car\\ntrucks. A railroad, my kingdom for a railroad, was the cry.\\nAn act was passed by the Legislature authorizing counties, cities\\nand towns along the line of this road to tax themselves by peti-\\ntions, signed. Petitions were circulated in Henderson, and the\\nnecessary majority soon secured. General Boyle was in a great hurry,\\nand so were the people but the City Council chose to go slow. Dif-\\nficulties existing between the company and the city were adjusted,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0238.jp2"}, "239": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 241\\nand soon thereafter one hundred thousand dollars of eight per cent,\\nbonds, and two hundred thousand dollars of seven per cent, bonds\\nwere directed to be printed, sigiaed and delivered to the custodian\\nappointed by the city, as Henderson s donation to the building of\\nthis o-reat enterprise. As an inducement, or bait, Henderson was to\\no-et for her three hundred thousand dollars in bonds, three hundred\\nand sixty thousand dollars in common stock, and, as a greater induce-\\nm.ent, the taxpayer was to receive twenty per cent, additional on the\\nface of his tax receipts in stock. After hard work the bonds were\\nplaced at a price making them equal to a ten per cent, security, and\\nverv soon thereafter, the money all spent and more wanted.\\nHenderson County was approached and enticing bait offered, but\\nthe magisterial fish refused to bite. It was evident that something\\nhad to be done. There was no money to pay interest on the bonds\\nof the company for which the road had been mortgaged, and finally,\\nafter triggering around, a company called the American Contract\\nCompany, organi/ed under the laws of the State of Pensylvania,\\ncame along and took a lease for a certain number of years, and, in\\nthe course of time, completed the road.\\nMarch, 1869, the iron was laid to Madisonville, and one consign-\\nment to a Henderson merchant was twelve hundred dozen eggs.\\nMay 20, a grand barbecue and festival was given by the city and\\ncitizens to the people along the line, at the Fair Grounds, in honor of\\nthe completion of the road to Madisonville. Several years after the\\ncompletion of the road, by a majority vote of the stockholders, at a\\nmeeting held in Hopkinsville, a consolidation was effected with the\\nSt. Louis Southeastern Road, running from Evansville to St.\\nLouis.\\nThe line was then known as the St. Louis Southeastern, con-\\nsolidated. Several years ago the St. Louis Southeastern con-\\nsolidated became, by purchase, the property of the Louisville, Nash-\\nville Great Southern, and, since that time, has been known as\\nthe Henderson Nashville Division of that corporation. This di-\\nvision has increased its business under the new management, until\\nnow it is known and regarded as one of the most important roads in\\nthe country.*\\nJanuary 29, an act of the Legislature was passed creating John\\nFunk, George M. Priest, W. C. Howard, William M. Lockett, John S.\\nMcCormick, John Rudy, John N. Lyle and H. F. Turner, a body cor-\\nporate under the name and style of the Henderson Fair Company,\\nifi", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0239.jp2"}, "240": {"fulltext": "242 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nFebruary 5. an act was passed and approved, establishing in this\\nJudicial District a Court of Justice, to be known as the Court of Com-\\nmon Pleas^ to hold annual sessions in January and July, of eighteen\\njudicial days each.\\nIn August, Caswell D. Bennett, of Smithland, Livingston County,\\nwas elected Judge Common Pleas, and held the first court the following\\nJanuary.\\nDuring the early part of February the citizens of Henderson\\nwere furnished coal, in small installments, as a great favor, for the mod-\\nerate sum of fifty cents per bushel.\\nA bill to re-apportion the State into Senatorial Districts was re.\\nported in the Legislature and passed. The Fifth District under the\\nact was composed of the counties of Henderson, Union and Webster.\\nFebruary 27, an act was passed making the provision of the me-\\nchanics lien law, passed February 17, 1856, apply to Henderson\\nCounty.\\nOn the same day an act was passed authorizing the County Court\\nof Henderson County to levy an ad valorem tax of twenty cents on\\nthe one hundred dollars, and a capitation tax of two dollars, and also\\nto borrow the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars for the purpose of\\nrepairing and rebuilding the public buildings, made untenable by the\\nravages of the war. This act repealed the act of December, 1865.\\nThe Ohio River at this time only lacked a few inches of being as\\nhigh as it was in 1848.\\nThe News of February 26 said of the high water\\nThe classic village of Shawneetown is totally submerged, Uniontown is\\nmetamorphosed into a miniature Venice, and two peeping spires mark the spot\\nwhere Casey ville ought to be.\\nMarch 9, an act was passed authorizing the County Court to elect\\na General Superintendent of the Roads, who shall hold his office\\nfor the term of two years.\\nMarch 14, a daily river mail between Louisville and Henderson\\nwas established.\\nDuring this year a Board of Southern Relief was established,\\nand through their instrumentality, great quantities of supplies were\\nsent South.\\nTaxable property this year for the county, $6,740,162; white\\nmales over twenty-one years of age, 2,201 children between\\nsix and twenty years of age, 2,988 pounds of tobacco raised in 1866,\\n6,067,180 tons of hay, 10,583 bushels corn, 591,980 bushels\\nwheat, 17,600.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0240.jp2"}, "241": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 243\\nAugust 1, the steamboat Cora S sunk at the bar below the\\ncity. Her cargo was brought to the city.\\nSeptember 23, a new subm^ine cable was laid across the Ohio\\nby the Henderson Evansville Telegraph Company, Jacob Held^\\nPresident and Superintendent; E. L. Starling, Secretary. Every\\ndollar of the stock of this company was owned in Henderson.\\nThe annual fair this year was quite a success, and in recogni-\\ntion of President John Funk s services, he was presented at its close\\nwith a handsome silver service by the directors. Hon. John Young\\nBrown delivered the presentation address.\\nOn the twenty-first day of November the Ovvensboro Hen-\\nderson Telegraph Company was completed, and a few weeks there-\\nafter was consolidated with the Henderson and Evansville line.\\nNovember 27, Rev. W. G. x\\\\llen, a noted Presbyterian divine,\\nand former pastor of the Henderson Church, was killed at Morgan\\nfield, by his horse falling upon him.\\nNovember 31, Engineer F. H. Crosby ascertained by actual\\nmeasurement, the difference between the high and low water mark to\\nbe forty-three feet.\\nThe assessment for U. S. Internal Revenue this year was $8,\\n745.36.\\n1868.\\nFebruary 5, an act was passed and approved, authorizing William\\nMcClain s o-reat land sale bv lotterv. The Commissioners created\\nunder the act were David Banks, Grant Green, William S. Holloway,\\nE. L. Starling, William S. Elam and Robert T. Glass.\\nFebruary 5, an act was passed, dividing the State into four Ap-\\npelate Districts, under this act Henderson became a part of the Fourth\\nDistrict. M irch 6, the State was divided into sixteen judicial districts.\\nUnder this appointment Henderson, Livingston, Union, Webster, and\\nMcLean formed the Third District.\\nMarch 6, A. H. Major, John H. Stanley, Harbison Butler, Fran-\\ncis E. Walker, William McClain, George Atkinson, Archibald Dix on,\\nJohn K. Smith, Hugh Tate, A. B. Barrett and Andrew Circles, were\\nincorporated under the name and style of the Horse Shoe Bend\\nFerlce Company.\\nMarch 9, an act was passed changing the term of the Common\\nPleas Court, directing them to be held in June and December of each\\nyear, twenty-four, in place of eighteen days each. At the same ses-\\nsion the time of holding the Circuit Courts was changed to March\\nand November, and thirty days allotted to each term. At the same", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0241.jp2"}, "242": {"fulltext": "244 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nterm fifteen hundred dollars was appropriated for the pur}x se of\\nerecting a monument over the grave of the lamented Governor L. W.\\nPowell, the amount to be expended by his excellency, Governor John\\nW. Stevenson.\\nOn the same day an act was passed incorporating the Hender-\\nson Running Park Association, and authorizing subscription books\\nto be opened by Jackson McClain, William M. Lockett, James Alves,\\nG. L. Compton, S. K. Sneed, N. C. Howard and Samuel W. Rankin.\\nOn the same day an act was passed incorporat ing the Green and Bar-\\nren River Navigation Company. By the terms of this act, those great\\ncommercial thoroughfares were given to that company for a mere\\nsong, and from six months after that day to this, the shippers and\\npeople along the two rivers have found just cause to complain.\\n1869.\\nMarch 9, an act was passed authorizing the County Court to ap-\\npoint additional processioners, not exceeding two in each voting pre-\\ncinct of the county.\\nMarch 15, an act was passed incorporating the Henderson\\nHartford Railroad Company, and granting George M. Priest, Robert\\nG. Beverley and R. T. Glass, of Henderson, together with others\\nalong the proposed line, all the power and authority incident to such\\ncorporations.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0242.jp2"}, "243": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XXIII.\\nPOPULATION\u00e2\u0080\u0094 NEW PRECINCTS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 HEAVY SNOW FALL\u00e2\u0080\u0094 COLORED MEN\\nVOTE FOR THE FIRST TIME WM. m CLAIN S\\nGREAT LAND SALE, ETC.\\n1870.\\nENDERSON County now contained by the Federal census, eleven\\nl) thousand, seven hundred and seventy-nine natives, and six hun-\\ndred and eighty-eight foreign whites, and five thousand, nine hundred\\nand ninety blacks, making a total population of eighteen thousand, four\\nhundred and fifty-seven, an increase since the census of 1860, of four\\nthousand, one hundred and ninety-five. From 1860 to 1870 the in-\\ncrease of the negro population was only one hundred and forty-six,\\nwhile the increase of the whites was four thousand and sixty-two.\\nOn the second day of January of this year occured the heaviest\\nsnow fall ever known in the State, reaching in many places a depth\\nof from three to four feet.\\nMarch 21, an additional voting precinct was established. Hen-\\nderson Precinct, under this act, was divided into two precincts, called\\nUpper and Lower, Third Street becoming the division line.\\nThe State Fair Association held its annual meeting at the grounds\\nof the Henderson Fair Company this year, commencing October 4.\\nAugust 1, the colored population legally qualified, exercised the\\nright of^suffrage for the first time. Great fear was apprehended, but\\nth e election passed off as quietly as any that had ever preceeded it.\\nAt this election the Road Tax proposition was submitted,\\nand carried by a majority vote of the people. The first levy was\\nmade at the October Court of Claims, two dollars upon each person", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0243.jp2"}, "244": {"fulltext": "246 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nlegally bound to work upon the roads, and ten cents upon the one\\nhundred dollars worth of property ad valorem. Two-fifths of this\\namount was set aside as a sinking fund for the purpose of taking up\\nthe bonds of the county.\\nThursday, July 7, William McClain s great land sale drawing\\ntook place in Weisiger Hall, Louisville. Ticket No. 8,553, owned\\nby Dennis J. McLaughlin, a carpenter, of Brashear City, Louisiana\\ndrew the capital prize, consisting of river bottom land of the finest\\ncharacter, valued at one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and ten\\nthousand dollars in cash.\\nTicket No. 7,175, owned by Robert Hunt and Frank Karesner,\\nof Louisville, and others, drew the second prize, consisting of river\\nbottom land valued at thirty thousand dollars, and five thousand dol-\\nlars in cash.\\nThe third prize, valued at thirty thousand dollars, was drawn by\\nH. Brown, of Mobile, Alabama.\\nThe fourth prize, valued at thirteen thousand dollars, was drawn\\nby Lieutenant Governor, Thomas P. Porter, of Versailles, Kentucky.\\nDecember 4, several prisoners confined in the county jail, effected\\ntheir escape.\\n1871.\\nThe first ten days during the month of February, the two banks\\nof the city, the Farmers and National, paid out in tobacco checks,\\nsix hundred and fourty thousand dollars, of this amount the Farmers\\nBank paid four hundred and fifty thousand, and the Henderson Nat-\\nional one hundred and ninety thousand dollars.\\nOn the thirtieth day of December, a proposition to subscribe for\\nfive thousand shares, of fifty dollars each, to aid in building the South\\nKentucky Railroad, was submitted to a vote of the people, and as\\nusual with Henderson County, easily and most gracefully defeated.\\nThe South Kentucky has never been breathed from that day to this.\\n1872.\\nFebruary 6, the Legislature repealed the act of February 27, 1867,\\nauthorizing the county to levy an ad valorem tax for public uses, and\\nin lieu of that, enacted a law authorizing the county court to issue\\nand sell her bonds, to an amount not exceeding forty thousand dollars\\nMarch 18, an act to lay the State off into ten Congressional\\nDistricts was passed. Under this apportionment, Henderson, Daviess,\\nHopkins, Muhlenburg, Ohio, McLean, Christian, Webster, Union,\\nand Hancock Counties formed the second district.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0244.jp2"}, "245": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 247\\nThe road law having been adopted by the people, and a tax cre-\\nated for the purpose, at the February term of the County Court, a\\nmotion was made to elect for th^e first time under the new law, a\\nSuperintendent of Roads. The court was pretty evenly divided, as\\nwill be observed by the following vote\\nThose voting in the affirmatives were Turner, Toy, Shelby, Grif-\\nfin Cooper, Parker and Pritchett, (7.) Those negative, were Royster,\\nPriest, Farley, Denton, Long and Gibson, (6.) The motion was de-\\nclared adopted. J. T. Wilson was elected, and an order passed di-\\nrecting him not to expend exceeding three thousand dollars upon the\\nroads of the county.\\nMarch 28, an act was approved incorporating the Evansville\\nJackson Railroad. The incorporators from Henderson were Henry\\nF Turner, E. L. Starling, W. A. Hopkins, George M. Priest, E. W.\\nWorsham, Joseph Adams and Leonard H. Lyne. Quite an amount\\nof wind work, and perhaps some practical work has been indulged,\\nlooking to the building of this road, but at this time there is no pros-\\npect for its early completion. (See Ohio Valley Railroad.)\\n1873.\\nJanuary 18, an act of the General Assembly was approved, incor-\\nporating the St. Louis Catholic Cemetery.\\nMarch 28, Captains A. O. Durland, Charles G. Perkins, E. O\\nBoyle and St. John Boyle, were incorporated under the name and\\nstyle of the Evansville Henderson Railroad Packet Company.\\nKENTUCKY BOUNDARY.\\nApril 23, an act was approved, having for its object the settle-\\nment of the boundary line between the State of Indiana and this\\nState. The unsettled boundary begins at the head, of the Island,\\nknown as Green River Island, opposite, or nearly so, the mouth of\\nGreen River, running thence in a direction down the Ohio River to\\nthe lower end of said Island, upon a line dividing said Island a.Vd the\\nState of Kentucky, from the State of Indiana.\\nMany years ago, even in ordinary high water, steamboats passed\\ndown the schute between this Island and what was then known as the\\nIndiana shore, but annual sediments, and the rapid growth of willows\\nand cottonwoods caused the chute to fill up, until at this day it has\\nbecome valuable as farming lands. Kentucky claims up to the corpo-\\nrate limits of Evansville, under the United States survey made at the\\ntime Indiana was admitted into the Union of States, but since the\\nchange made by annual high waters, there has been a dispute between\\nthe two States as to the correct boundary line. Under the act of", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0245.jp2"}, "246": {"fulltext": "248 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nApril 23, the Governor was authorized and directed to select a com-\\nmissioner, a practical surveyor, who was to be a resident of Kentucky,\\nto act with a similar commissioner from the State of Indiana, to carry\\ninto effect the provisions of the act. David N. Walden, of Hender-\\nson, was selected by the Governor, and August Pafiflin, of Evansville,\\nIndiana, by the Governor of that State. These commissioners, guided\\nby old papers in their possession, proceeded to make a close and ac-\\ncurate survey. They were careful and painstaking, and after weeks\\nof hard work, succeeded in agreeing upon the line, and caused stones\\nto be planted marking the survey. On the fifth day of March, 1878,\\nthis survey was ratified by the Kentucky Legislature, but upon com-\\ning before the Indiana legislature, was rejected, and there the matter\\nhas stood from that day to this, so far as any settled understanding is\\nconcerned.\\n1874.\\nJanuary 31, the Collins School District, in the Hebardsville\\nPrecinct, was established by law.\\nOn the nineteenth day of February, an act was approved, appor-\\ntioning the State into thirty-eight Senatorial Districts. Under this ap-\\nportionment, Henderson and Union became the Fifth District.\\nFebruary 17, the jurisdiction of Quarterly Courts was extended\\nto two hundred dollars.\\n1875.\\nThe summer of this year will be remembered by river bottom\\nplanters as the one most destructive ever known in the history of the\\ncountry. On the seventh day of August, the whole bottom country,\\nbordering on the Ohio and Green rivers, was inundated and remained\\nso, long enough to completely destroy the growing crops of corn and\\ntobacco. Al] the tenants and renters were completely ruined, while\\nlandlords had to content themselves with the loss of rent and .any\\namounts they had advanced. It was a most destructive year, and but\\nfor the liberality of land owners, great distress would have followed.\\n1876.\\nFebruary 6, the great hurricane passed through the county\\nsweeping houses and timber before it.\\nFebruary 25, an act was passed by the Legislature incorporating\\nWilliam Soaper, H. P. Randolph, F. T. Crutchfield, George L. Ro-\\nbard-s, Charles Elliott and G. B. Martin, under the name and style of\\nthe Walnut Bend Fence Company.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0246.jp2"}, "247": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\n249\\nMarch 20, an act was passed and approved exempting citizens liv-\\ning north of Green River from the two dollars per capita tax, and of\\nten cents on each one hundred^.dollars worth of property, now assess-\\ned and levied as a road tax but they were required to work on the\\nroads of that district under the rules governing road services before\\nthe act of March, 1869, went into effect.\\nAn act, entitled An Act for the protection of sheep in Hender-\\nson County, was passed at the same term. This act required the\\nAssessor, in taking lists of taxable property, to list all dogs, and upon\\neach dog should be levied and taxed two dollars, and on each bitch\\nthe sum of three dollars provided, the party or parties so assessed\\nshould be permitted to own one dog, or one bitch, upon which no tax\\nshould be levied or assessed. The amounts arising from this tax was\\ndirected to become a part of the white school fund. It was further\\nenacted that any person owning, having or keeping any dog or bitch\\nshould be liable to the party or parties for all damages done by these\\nanimals.\\n1878.\\nMarch 11, an act was passed making it unlawful for any one to\\nthrow, or cause to be thrown, any logs or trash into the creeks of the\\ncountv.\\nMarch 15, an act was passed reducing into one the acts relatmg\\nto the roads of the county. It directed the division of the roads into\\nprecincts, and the apportionment of surveyors to let them out to the\\nlowest and best bidder, commencmg Monday, April 1.\\nAt the same term, John T. Handley, J. S. Wilhoit and W. B. Pen-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2tecost were incorporated under the name of Jonathan Lodge, I. O.\\nO. F., No. 152.\\n1880.\\nThe tenth census credits Henderson County with a population of\\ntwenty-four thousand five hundred and fifteen souls. Of this number\\nsixteen thousand nine hundred and forty-three were whites, and seven\\nthousand five hundred and seventy-two were blacks. Of the whites,\\nsix hundred and forty-four were foreigners.\\nComparing the census of 1880, with that of 1870, it will be ob-\\nserved that the increase in population aggregates six thousand and\\nfifty-eight souls, and of this increase, four thousand four hundred and\\nseventy-six were whites, and one thousand five hundred and eighty-\\ntwo were black.\\nOf the twenty-four thousand five hundred and fifteen souls m\\nHenderson County in 1880, 19,967 were natives of the State, 563 of", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0247.jp2"}, "248": {"fulltext": "250 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nTennessee, 779 of Virginia, 171 of Ohio, 1,896 of Indiana, 191 of\\nNorth Carolina, 17 of British America, 59 of England and Wales, 154\\nof Ireland, 11 of Scotland, 345 of Germany, 10 of France, and 5 of\\nSweden and Norway.\\nOf the total number there were 12,646 males and 11,869 females,\\nOf school, military and citizenship ages, the population was divided\\nas follows Five to seventeen years, both inclusive, 4,270 males,\\n4,183 females; eighteen to forty-four years, both inclusive, 5,051\\nmales twenty-one and over, 5,700 males.\\nFARM AREAS AND FARM VALUES.\\nFarms, 1,983; improved land, 146,388 acres value of farms, in-\\ncluding land, fences and buildings, $3,666,786; value of farming im-\\nplements and machinery, $142,221 value of liv-e stock on farms July\\n1, 1880, $596,044; cost of building and repairing fencing, 1879, $49,-\\n612 cost of fertilizers purchased, 1879, $1,220; estimated value of all\\nfarm productions (consumed or on hand) for 1879, $1,119,482. Prin-\\ncipal productions of the county Barley, 300 bushels Indian corn,\\n1,680,007; oats, 27,589; rye, 3,577; wheat, 124,991. Value of or-\\nchard products, $11,350; hay, 2,243 tons cotton, 9 bales Irish po-\\ntatoes, 29,286 bushels sweet potatoes, 5,205 bushels tobacco, 10,-\\n312,631 pounds. Live stock and its productions Horses, 4,277\\nmules and asses, 2,768 working oxen, 108 milch cows, 3,577; other\\ncattle, 4,660; sheep, 4,307; swine, 31,554; wool, 21,670 pounds;\\nmilk, 74,385 gallons butter, 207,040 pounds cheese, 230 pounds.\\nMarch 4, an act was passed making it unlawful for any one to\\ndeaden timber within one hundred feet of any public road in. Hen-,\\nderson County.\\nApril 1, an act was passed authorizing the formation of corpora-\\ntions, for the purpose of constructing turnpike and gravel roads in\\nHenderson County.\\nApril 22, an act was passed which not only authorized, but re-\\nquired, the County Court to subscribe fifteen thousand dollars to\\nthe stock of every gravel road company, but this was to be ratified\\nby the voters of the county. This act never was submitted to a\\nvote.\\nApril 15, an act was passed dividing the State into eighteen Ju-\\ndicial Districts. District No. 3 was composed of Henderson^ Critten-\\nden, Union and Webster.\\nThis act repealed the act heretofore mentioned, which established\\na Court of Common Pleas, and gave to Henderson County three", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0248.jp2"}, "249": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 251\\nterms of the Circuit Court, beginning on the first Monday in\\nJanuary and fourth Monday in May, and holding thirty-six judicial\\ndays each, and on the fourtli^ Monday in October, holding twenty-\\nfour judicial days.- At the January and May terms, the first two\\nweeks of each are devoted to the trial of criminal causes, the re-\\nmainder of the terms to the civil docket. The October term is de-\\nvoted to the rendition of judgments by default, and general civil busi-\\nness.\\nMay 5, the ^Southwestern Narrow Gauge Railroad Company\\nwas incorporated, and William H. Lewis, J. T. Leake and Ken Cha-\\npeze, authorized to open books for the subscription of stock. This\\nwas thought to be a fine project, but, so far, it has failed to ma-\\nterialize.\\nOn June 9 D. Banks, Jr., B. G. Witt, Larkin White, J. D. Ro-\\nbards George W. White, William Hatchitt, M. M. Johnson, Samuel\\nEpperson, William Soaper, Jr., O. B. Smith, J. P. Beverly, and John\\nT. Bunch, filed before the County Court their articles of incorporation\\nof the Henderson, Zion and Hebardsville Gravel Road Company,\\nand the same were approved by the court.\\nJuly 7, the right of way over the road was granted, with certain\\nconditions attached.\\nJuly 24, the company accepted the terms of the court, and, in\\na few weeks thereafter, gravel was being rapidly placed upon the\\nroad bed.\\nOn the third day of December following, the road was completed\\nfive miles out from the citv limits, examined, and reported substanti-\\nally built, and in good condition, by W. K. Ayer, Paul J. Marrs, and\\nDr. P. Thompson, commissioners appointed to view the work. This\\nwas the first gravel road built in the county, but others soon followed.\\n1881,\\nOn the twentv-seventh day of April, Harvey S. Park, William J.\\nMarshall, Jackson McClain, John H. Barrett, Cornelius Bailey,\\nFielding S. Turner, J. T. Wilson, Charles L. King, George W. Mc-\\nClure, Henry Kleymeier, and William Hatchitt filed before the court\\nof the county, articles of incorporation of the Henderson and Cory-\\ndon Gravel Road Company, and the same were approved by the\\ncourt.\\nOn the seventh day of May the right of way was granted, upon\\nsimilar terms, to those of the Henderson and Zion road.\\nJune seventh, the company accepted the terms offered by the\\ncounty, and commenced grading the road for the reception of gravel.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0249.jp2"}, "250": {"fulltext": "252 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nOn the ninth of July articles of incorporation were filed by the\\nsame company of the Henderson and Geneva Road, and on the\\neleventh the right of way was granted. These two roads were com-\\npleted during the fall months, ready for winter travel.\\nOn the seventh day of May Cornelius Bailey, E. M. Johnson, S.\\nA. Young, Thomas Posey, George W. White, A. B. Sights, William\\nHatchitt, fames C. Hicks, R. Scrogin Easlin and Robert Dixon, filed\\nwith the court articles of incorporation of the Henderson and\\nCross Plains, and Henderson and Cairo Gravel Road Companies.\\nOn the same day the right of way was granted, and on the second day\\nof July the terms of the County Court, expressed in the order grant-\\ning the right of way were accepted by the company. This road, also,\\nwas finished in time for winter travel.\\n1882.\\nJanuary 15, an act was passed by the Legislature re-appor-\\ntioning the Congressional Districts of the State. Under this act\\nHe7iderson^ Christian, Hopkins, Webster, Union, McLean, Daviess\\nand Hancock formed the Second District.\\nOn April 22, an act creating and establishing a Superior\\nCourt, known as a Court of Justice for the State, and to con-\\nsist of three Judges who shall have the same qualification as are now\\nrequired for Judges of the Court of Appeals, a co-adjutant to the Court\\nof Appeals, was passed and approved.\\nUnder this act the First District was composed of the following\\ncounties: Hender ^on^ Fulton, Hickman, Ballard, McCracken, Graves,\\nGalloway, Marshall, Livingston, Trigg, Crittenden, Caldwell, Chris-\\ntian, Todd, Logan, Warren, Union, Webster, Hopkins, Daviess, Mc-\\nLean, Muhlenberg, Hancock, Ohio, Butler, Grayson, Breckenridge,\\nHardin, Barren, Allen, Simpson, Edmundson, Meade and Hart.\\nThe first election was held on the first Monday in August.\\nApril 24, an act to levy an additional tax of two cents, for\\nthe purpose of equalizing the per capita tax of the white and col-\\nored school children, was passed, and at the following August elec-\\ntion submitted to the qualified voters of the county. Be it said to\\nthe credit of the county, the proposition carried, by a inajoj ity of eighty-\\ntwo votes.\\nMarch 10, an act was passed exempting the inhabitants living\\non Green River Island from the payment of road tax of all kinds.\\nApril 11,~ an act was passed authorizing the County Court\\nto issue bonds for the purpose of building gravel roads or purchasing\\nthose already built.\\nApril twenty-second, an act was passed to prevent stock from\\nrunning at large in the county. This act was never submitted to a\\nvote of the people, as required.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0250.jp2"}, "251": {"fulltext": "HENDERSON.\\nITS LOCATION EARLY SETTLERS ORDINANCE OF THE TRANSYLVANIA\\nCOMPANY ITS GROWTH FROM A VILLAGE, LOCATED IN THE WILD\\nWOODS, TO A CITY KEEPING STEPS WITH ADVANCED\\nCIVILIZATION PAGES OF GENERAL INTEREST.\\n^^HE City of Henderson, the county seat of Henderson County,\\nV_y is situated on the southeast bank of the Ohio River, about midway\\nbetween Louisville at the Falls, and Cairo, 111., at the mouth, and is\\nthe northern terminus of the Henderson and Nashville division of\\nthe Louisville Nashville Railroad, a great through railway line,\\nconnecting New Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola and the Southern cities\\nwith St. Louis, Chicago and the East via Evansville. It is also the\\nnorthern terminus of ^he Ohio Valley Railway, a new road now run-\\nning to Marion, the county seat of Crittenden County, and which will,\\nas it is contemplated, soon be completed to some central point south\\nwhere general traffic arrangements will be effected, whereby the\\nOhio Valley will soon be a great through route, as the Louisville\\nNashville, and a strong competitor of that system. It is now pre-\\ndicted with a degree of certainty, that justifies historical prophesy,\\nthat a railway will soon be completed between this city and Louis-\\nville, a road to be known as the river road.\\nHenderson is one hundred and forty-five miles from Nashville,\\nand is one hundred and seventy miles from St. Louis, and is the cen-\\ntral point in navigation of a number of river routes, including the\\nOhio, Green, Wabash, Tennessee, Cumberland and Mississippi. This\\ncity was originally known as the Red Banks, because of its high per-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0251.jp2"}, "252": {"fulltext": "254 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\npendicular front of red soil, and was settled by Jacob and Michael\\nSprinkle, John Upp, John Husbands, John Hausman, John Dunn,\\nEneas McCallister, John Kuykendall, Hugh Knox, Abraham San-\\nders, Daniel Ashby, Jacob Newman, Edmund Talbott and a few\\nothers, commencing as far back as 1784. Since these brave and\\ntrue old pioneers have laid their heads beneath the violets bed, many\\nchanges have passed over earth. Since then the pioneer village be-\\ncame a town, and the town has grown to a city. Since then the wild\\ndeer has disappeared from dingle and glee, the wolf extinct, the poor\\nred man is yet being driven into the far west, and the few remain-\\ning decendants of the proud-hearted Sachems, White Cloud and Ta-\\nhante are now waging war far beyond the waves of the Great River,\\nfrom whose lofty cliffs the daughter of Menonemee made the Lovers\\nLeap in history and song. Since then the Eagle of American\\nLiberty was grasped by the robber hand of faction, dispoiled of his\\nmatchless plumage and plunged into the gory mire of civil strife.\\nSince then the factious decendants of those who claimed that the prec-\\nious freight of the Mayflower was the Bible and the freedom, have\\nscoffed at the declaration from the pen of Thomas Jefferson, and\\nsigned by the double pledge of life, honor and property, of old\\nCharles Carroll, of Carrollton. Since then the triad of forensic heroes,\\nClay, Calhoun and Webster, have come and gone. Since then two\\nPresidents of the United States have fallen by the pistols of assas-\\nsins. Since then the scientific application of steam and electricity\\nhas startled the world. Yes, and since then empires have fallen.\\nMore too, if these old people could only come back to earth and wit-\\nness the work of their children and children s children, they would\\nscarce believe their own eyes.\\nMRS. HANNAH DUNN.\\nFrom 1791 to 1800, Mrs. Hannah Dunn kept a sort of tavern\\nand barroom at the Red Banks, and George Holloway was the pro-\\nprietor of a general provision store, including whisky and millinery.\\nThe whisky was made in little kettle stills, but where the supplies of\\nmillinery were brought from in those early times no one now living\\nknows.\\nMrs. Dunn, true to the nature of her sex, was fond of dress,\\neven though she was a woman of masculine mind and business. She\\npaid Mr. Holloway the round sum of one pound ten shillings for a\\nhat trimmed with ribbons and feathers, and packed salt from the\\nworks, a distance of twenty miles, for the money to settle the bill.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0252.jp2"}, "253": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 255\\nBacon retailed at that time at one shilling per pound, while deer and\\nbear meat were valueless in price.\\nCaptain John Dunn operated a small hand mill, which furnished\\nmeal for the settlement, but .nost persons used the mortar and pestle.\\nThe mortar was made by splitting a short cut of a tree and hollowmg\\none end of each half and then pinning the two together with wooden\\npins The pestle was a heavy wooden instrument with an iron or\\nstone wedge in the end and used by hand. Sometimes this was op-\\nerated by the use of a wooden spring.\\nAll of the river travel in those days was done in canoes, and it is\\nwonderful with what rapidity and ease persons paddled up and down\\nthe river from place to place.\\nHENDERSON LAID OFF.\\nIn the early part of the year 1797, General Samuel Hopkins,\\nagent and attorney in fact for Richard Henderson Co., with Col-\\nonel Thomas Allen, a distinguished primitive surveyor, who w em-\\nployed bv the company, arrived at Red Banks, and proceeded to ay\\noff the tiwn of Henderson, named in honor of the president of what\\nwas then known as the Transylvania Company, and through whose\\ninstrumentality the grant had been secured from the State of Virginia\\nThe town as laid off in August, 1797, consisted of sucty-s x square\\nof four acres each, divided into lots of one acre each, making in all\\ntwo hundred and sixty-four one-acre lots. There was also surveyed\\nthirty two ten-acre lots surrounding the squares of the town. One\\nLundred and thirty-two of the one-acre lots were located above F.rs\\nStreet, between Green and Water Streets, commencing with the lot\\ncorne; of Water and First Streets as No. 1, lot corner Main and\\nFirst Streets No. 2, lot corner Main and Second Streets No 3 lot co\\nner Water and Second Streets No. 4, and so gn up to Twelfth Stieet.\\nThe remainder of the lots were located below b\\nginning at the lot corner of Water and Lower First or VVashington\\nStreets, as No. 133, lot corner Washington and Main No. 134, and so\\non down the river to twelfth cross street.\\nIn the ordinance directing the disposal of the town lots and the\\nadjoining ten-acre lots the proprietors prescribed liberal terms. Gen-\\neral Hopkins was indefatigable in his efforts to advance the interest\\nof his company and at the same time render satisfaction to the set-\\ntiers The following is a copy of the\\nOrdinance of the Transylvania Company, commonly called Ri\\ndersonSf Co., diiecting the dispossal of the town of Hendesson and the out\\nlots.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0253.jp2"}, "254": {"fulltext": "256 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nBe it resolved ajtd ordained. That the town of Henderson and all the land,\\nlots, streets, apportionments and apartments thereof, lying on the River Ohio\\nin the County of Christian and State of Kentucky, as laid off and surveyed by\\nour agent, Samuel Hopkins, and our surveyor, Thomas Allen, agreeable to the\\nplat or form by them made and to us returned with their certificate be, and\\nthe same is hereby established, that is to say, two hundred and sixty-four lots,\\nmeted and bounded, by the several streets thereon contained, of one acre each\\nand thirty -two out lot meted and bounded and marked as described in the\\naforesaid certificates, be considered as the town aforesaid, and we do hereby\\nfor ourselves, our heirs and executors jointly and severally, give, grant and\\nconfirm all the lands meted, bounded and located in the plat and form aforesaid\\nby the aforesaid agent and surveyor for the purposes of the said town, to be\\ndisposed of in the following manner\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2First. We give to all those male persons and theii heirs who may have\\nsettled at the Red Banks on or before the first day of May, 1794, who have\\nbuilt and improved and are now residing thereat, being then free and of full\\nage, or to such free persons of full age as may occupy such building and set-\\ntlement at the present time under assignment of the fiist settler, one lot of\\none acre each, provided such lot be improved in the same manner, and in the\\nsame time as shall herein be established for those who purchase under this or-\\ndinance. And whereas, a speedy sett. ement of the town lots aforesaid will, in\\nin our opinion, greatly enhance the value of the lands generally. We do hereby\\ndeclare, that the lots composing the town as aforesaid, shall be sold by our\\nagent or agerits so as best to promote such settlement, either by public or pri-\\nvate sale, as to them or him shall seem proper, limited only as follows\\nThat every purchaser of an acre lot shall, within two years from the\\ntime of purchase, build thereon a framed, hewn or sawed log house, sixteen\\nfeet squai e at least, with a good dirt, stone or brick chimney and plank floor,\\nor shall reside thereon by himself or representative, etc., for the space of three\\nyears ensuing provided that the residence shall commence within one year\\nfrom the time of the purchase, and in case of failure thereof, such lot shall\\nbe considered as reverting, and shall revert to the company, their heirs and\\nassigns, and be liable to be disposed of for the uses herein expressed as if no\\nsale or occupany had ever been made or had thereupon provided, that such\\noriginal proprietor or his heirs, who shall purchase any number of lots, not\\nexceeding four lots of one acre each in said town, shall not be obliged to im-\\nprove or reside thereon as other purchasers, agreeably to the true intent and\\nmeaning of this ordinance.\\nAnd be it further ordained and directed. That any person purchasing a lot\\nof ten acres, shall in like manner be obliged to improve, either by building,\\ninhabiting or tending in some crop, for and during the term of three years at\\nleast one- half of said lot to commence from the term of two years. After\\nsuch purchase such cultivation may be at the option of the purchaser as to the\\ncrop, and in case of failure herein, the holder or purchaser of said lot shall be\\nsubject to all the penalties and forfeitures incurred by the purchaser of the lots\\nof one acre each.\\nAnd be it ordained, That one agent be appointed to sell and dispose of\\nthe lots in the town of Henderson, to receive the moneys or other considera-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0254.jp2"}, "255": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 257\\ntions tlierelbr, to make titles and transfers, to secure and appropriate forfeitures\\nand in general to act in all things for the company according to the true intent\\nand meaning of this ordinance, who Shall receive for his trouble five per centum,\\nfirst, on all ales, second, on all sales and collections and payments, and thirdly,\\non amercements or forfeitures that may accrue, and who shall enter into bond\\nto the company for fulfilling his several duties, and in case of death, removal\\nfrom office, resignation or refusal to act of the agent appointed, to the execution\\nof this ordinance, it is directed that another be appointed, under the hands\\nand seals of the copartners in Kentucky and of Henry Purviance, William\\nBailey Smitli and Samuel Hopkins, who are a majority of them, or the surviv-\\nors of them, shall make out such appointment, and take a bond for the faithful\\nperformance of otfice; and the commissioners aforesaid shall, at any time thev\\nthink proper, once in every year at least, cause the agent to produce his books\\nand transactions subject to their inspection, and shall, upon unequivocal proof\\nof incapacity or maltransaclion remove from oftice and appoint another in the\\nmanner herein prescribed. All bonds given by the agents shall be taken by\\nthe company, known by the name of Richard Henderson Co. and upon\\nthe forfeiture of any su h bond, the Commissioners heretofore nominated, shall\\ncause the same to be prosecuted for the benefit of the company.\\nAnd be it further ordained, that once in every year the said agent shall,\\non application pay to each original proprietor, his private agent, attorney or\\nassignee, his full proportion ot all moneys that may have been collected to that\\ntime, deducting from such amount only the commissions or per centum herein\\nbefore allowed, and in case of tailure of the agent to so account and pay, or\\nin case of a willful mistatement or willful wrong, such agent may be removed\\nby a certificate thereof under the hands and seals of the Commissioners afore-\\nsaid, or a majority of them, and sued on his bond by the party or parties so\\naggrieved\\nAnd wiiereas it will be necessary, That frauds be guarded against in the\\nmost particular manner, it is hereby declared that every person applj ing to\\nthe agent for monejs on account of their principal, either as private agent,\\nheir, attorney or assignees, or in any otlier character whatsoever, he shall\\nproduce from such principal a written evidence of the same, which shall be at-\\ntested by the clerk of the county or corporation to which such principal be-\\nlongs, with the seal of the said county or corporation, and to this and no\\nother evidence shall our agent hold himself justified in the payment of any\\nmoneys whatsoever; and in order that this ordinance shall be free to the in-\\nspection of all and every person concerned, it is directed further, that the agent\\ncause a copy thereof to be kept in the town of Henderson, and the signed and\\ncertified original to be made of record in the court of the county where said\\ntown lies.\\nAnd be it further ordained. That the portion of the Iftnd lying in the cen-\\nter of the town, as also the three roadways, as far as they. extend through the\\nout or ten-acre lots of the town be considered as appropriated for public use\\nand under the municipal jurisdiction of said town in trust for those uses and\\nno other.\\nl7", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0255.jp2"}, "256": {"fulltext": "2ri8 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nAnd be it further ordained. Tint the .ngcnt or agents so appointed shall\\nhave full power and authority to contract with any person or persons for any\\nlot or lots w iiliin the said town, and the same to sell either by public or private\\nsale, and the same to make over in fee simple as fully and completely as the\\nproprietors themselves could or might do were they and everj one of them\\npresent.\\nIt is further ordained, That Samuel Hopkins be, and he is hereby ap-\\npointed agent for the execution of this ordinance, and is ve\u00c2\u00a7ted with every\\npower necessary for carrying into execution the same.\\nAnd be it further directed, that all moneys that shall actually be neces-\\nsary for recording or registering the deed of partition, this ordinance, or any\\nother paper of a public nature, shall be paid by the agent out of the first\\nmoneys arising from the sale of the lots in the town atoresaid. and that the\\nsame be allowed as an exhibit in his account, as well as generally all expenses\\narising under the orders and directions of the company, or that may be neces-\\nsary for carrying into effect this ordinance.\\nIn testimony whereof, we, the aforesaid company, have hereunto set our\\nhands and seals, this ninth day of August, one thousand seven hundred and\\nninety-seven.\\nSigned and sealed in the presence\\nJOHN WILLIAMS. [L S\\nJAMES HOGG, [L.S.]\\nRICHARD BULLOCK, [L.S.]\\nWALTER ALVIS, [L.S.J\\nJO. HART, [L S.]\\nJOHN UMSTEAD, [L.S.]\\nHENRY PURVIANCE, [L.S.j\\nAttorney for Thomas Hart,\\nNATH L HART, [L.S\\nL HENDERSON, [L. S\\nV ss.\\nNORTH CAROLINA,\\nGranville County,)\\nWe do hereby certify that this ordinance was signed, sealed and ac\\nknowledged by the subscribers thereto, before us. Given under our hands and\\nseals, this ninth day of August, 1797.\\nM. HUNT, P., [L.S.]\\nM, BULLOCK, J. P. [L.S,]\\nSTATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,\\nGranvillr County f\\nI do hereby certify that the above signed, Memican Hunt and Micajah\\nBullock, Esquires, are, and were at the time of signing the above. Justices of\\nthe Peace for the county aforesaid, and that all due faith and credit ought to be\\npaid to their signatures as such.\\nGiven under my hand and the seal of the county aforesaid, this ninth\\nday of August, 1797.\\nA. HENDERSON, Clerk.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0256.jp2"}, "257": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 269\\nSTATE OF KENTUCKY,\\n^-ss.\\nHenderson County.\\nT, John David Haussman, clerk of the county aforesaid, being duly author-\\nized by law to receive, admit and record deeds and other writings in my office,\\ndo hereby ceretify that the foregoing ordinance, with the two certificates an-\\nnexed, was produced to me in my office in the town of Henderson, by Samuel\\nHopkins, agent for Richard Henderson Co., on the twenty^ninth day of\\nOctober, 1799, and that the same is duly recorded\\nGiven under my hand the day and year aforesaid.\\nJOHND. HAUSSMAN, C H C\\nFrom 1800 to 1819, twenty-nine lots were donated by General\\nHopkins, and one hundred and twenty-seven sold, John J. Audubon\\nbecoming the purchaser of four of them. Many of the aforesaid pur-\\nchasers were non-residents, and when it is considered that General\\nHopkins was nineteen years in donating and selHng, for nominal\\nsums, one hundred and fifty-six lots out of two hundred and sixty-four,\\nit will be agreed that the growth of Henderson was distressingly slow.\\nFIRST TAVERNS, ETC.\\nThe first licensed tavern of which we have any knowledge, was\\nthat granted Michael Sprinkle, Jr., to be kept in his log house, then\\nstanding on lot No. 15, where Barret Co. s factory now stands this\\nlicense was granted by the second C ounty Court, held in the county\\nJune, 1799. He was required to give bond in the sum of one hun-\\ndred pounds that he would not permit gaming or any one to drink\\n77wre tha7i necessary,^ or to be guilty of any scandelous or disorderly\\nbehavior^ At the same meeting of this court, Andrew Burke was ap-\\npointed surveyor of the streets of the town, and ordered, together\\nwith all of the male laboring tithables living in the town, to keep the\\nstreets in repair, and open the roadways through the same.\\nDrs. Adam Rankin and James Hamilton came to Henderson in\\n1800, and practiced their profession up to the time of their death\\nsome years afterwards. They were the first practicioners. The re-\\ncords of the County Court from 1800 to 1816 are lost, as are also the\\nrecords of the town from 1810 to 1823, therefore all official acts,\\nassociated with the history of the town during that time, are blotted\\nout. This fact is mentioned here by way of apology for the absence\\nof matter during those lost years. The first ferry license granted by\\nthe County Court, was to Jonathan Anthony in 1802, from the Town\\nof Henderson to the Indiana Territory opposite.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0257.jp2"}, "258": {"fulltext": "260 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nTOWN INCORPORATED.\\nIn 1810 the town was incorporated, having a population of one\\nhundred and sixty persons, and a voting population of thirty-five.\\nThe first tax levy was twenty cents on the one hundred dollars of real\\nproperty, and a specific tax upon several kinds of personal property.\\nFrom 1784 to 1823, the following persons kept tavern in the town,\\nin the order of their names Mrs. Hannah Dunn, Samuel Bradley,\\nMichael Sprinkle, Hugh McGary, Joseph Fuquay, James B. Brent,\\nEphraim Sellers, Peter Green. Jonathan Bradshaw, Joseph Cowan,\\nWilliam Anthony, Thomas Anderson, Joshua Mullin, James Gobin\\nand Gabriel Holmes. The following ministers occasionally preached:\\nJames McGready and Samuel Hodge, the great revivalists, Daniel\\nBanks, Daniel Comfort, James McMahon, Samuel Julian and John\\nDorris. The following physicians practiced Adam Rankin, James\\nHamilton, Levi Jones, Owen Glass, Nathaniel Gaither, Henry Grant,\\nThomas J. Johnson. From 1784 to 1823, the following persons were\\nidentified with the business interests of the town John Dunn, George\\nHoUoway, Presly Thorton, William Anthony, Ephraim Sellers, George\\nHolloway, Wilson Marshal Co., Joseph Fuqua}^, Daniel Jones,\\nThomas Anthony, William and Samuel Bowen, John J. Audubon,\\nAudubon Bakewell, Philip Jett, Philip Barbour, Nicholas Horseley,\\nIngram Posey, Richard Atkinson Co., James M. Hamilton, Cap-\\ntain Francis Walker, Moses Morgan, and Nimrod Bishop\\nIn the year 1811, Philip Barbour erected a one-story tobacco,\\nhemp, cotton and pork warehouse, 35x60 feet, on lot No. 5, a portion\\nof which is now occupied by Woodruff Hall. This was the first build-\\ning of the kind, or of any importance, built in the town up to that\\ntime. In 1812, Thomas Towles was appointed overseer of the streets,\\nand an act was passed by the Legislature authorizing the Trustees of\\nthe town to levy and collect a tax, not exceeding sixty dollars. This\\nsame year the old Johnson brick, which stood on the corner of First\\nand Main Streets, was built.\\nSOLDIERS organized.\\nIn September of this year, the greater part of the military divis-\\nion of General Samuel Hopkins, organized to move against the Kick-\\napoo Indian villages in northern Indiana, rendezvous at Henderson,\\nand marched overland to the scene of action. Among the many vol-\\nunteers from Henderson, were Captain James Barbour and Robert\\nSmith, father of the present County Clerk John King, father of our\\npresent respected citizen, P. H. King.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0258.jp2"}, "259": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 261\\nThey were misled by guides, and after wandering over the prai-\\nries for some days to no purpose, were disbanded and returned home.\\nFindins: the amount of tax for which the Trustees of the town were\\nauthorized to levy and collect,insi^cient,at the January session 1814,of\\nthe Legislature, an act was passed authorizing theTrustees to levy and\\ncollect any sum, in any one year, not to exceed two hundred and\\nfifty dollars.\\nOLD BUILDINGS.\\nIn 1814 William and Samuel Bowen erected a large frame one-\\nstory tobacco inspection warehouse on lot No. 4, corner Second and\\nWater Streets. During this year the following houses, yet standing,\\nwere built The old Posey two-story brick, standing midway of the\\nsquare, between Main and Water on Second Street, built by N. F.\\nRuggles, and occupied as a residence and storehouse. The old one-\\nstory frame on the corner of Fourth and Main, built by Rev. Daniel\\nComfort, and afterwards occupied in succession by William and Sam-\\nuel Bowen, Nicholas Horsely and John J. Audubon, as a residence\\nand storehouse, and then by A. B. Barrett, William S. Holloway and\\nothers as a residence.\\nIn the spring of 1814, Wyatt H. Ingram and Fayette Posey, un\u00c2\u00ab\\nder the firm name of Ingram Posey, built a frame tobacco ware-\\nhouse near the center of the square, and upon the ground now occu-\\npied by A. S. Winstead s storehouse, and in 1815 handled six hundred\\nand eighty-four hogsheads of tobacco, while the Henderson warehouse\\non the corner below handled three hundred and eighteen.\\nHARD TIMES.\\nDuring this year, and for many years previous, money was very\\nscarce, and the greatest privations were experienced on that account.\\nA meeting of the citizens of the county was called to suggest a remedy.\\nThis meeting was held on Saturday, November 12, 1814, and was\\nlargely attended. Walter Alves was appointed chairman and Am-\\nbrose Barbour secretary. Waiter Alves, James Hillyer and Philip\\nand Ambrose Barbour, were appointed to correspond with certain Lex-\\nington gentlemen, in regard to petitioning the Legislature for a score\\nof bank charters. It was resolved to f)etition the Legislature for a\\ncharter for a bank at Henderson, and James Hillyer, Philip Barbour\\nand William and David Hart prepared the petition. Philip and Am-\\nbrose Barbour, James Hillyer and Thomas Towles were appointed to\\nattend the Legislature. A committee was appointed to raise funds to\\ndefray expenses and then the meeting adjourned. The committee,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0259.jp2"}, "260": {"fulltext": "262 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nconsisting of Thomas Towles and James Hillyer, attended the meet-\\ning of the Legislasure, and in the course of time a perfect flood of\\nbank charters were passed, and among the number the Bank of Hen-\\nderson. This concern was organized with Captain Samuel Ander-\\nson as president, and James Hillyer cashier. It commenced business\\nin a log house, which stood on the southeast corner of Main and Sec-\\nond Streets, and delegated Captain Daniel McBride to visit Philadel-\\nphia on horseback for the purpose of having their circulating notes\\nprinted. They then determined to erect a banking house, and to that\\nend purchased the northeast corner of lot No. 49, and commenced the\\nbuilding in 1818 of the two-story brick now owned by Hugh Kerr,\\nand occupied by Kerr, Clark Co., as a tobacco office. The bank\\nfailed about the time, or just before the house was completed. The\\nbuilding was then purchased by Joseph Cowan and completed. It\\nwas originally a three story house, but owing to the insecurity of the\\nupper walls the third-story was taken off and the house reduced to a\\ntwo-story, as it is at the present time. This old landmark, from the\\ntime of its completion, up to the time it was purchased by Mr. Kerr,\\nwas used as a tavern, having been occupied by Joseph Cowan, Rob-\\nert Speed, James Hicks, Leonard H. Lyne, Mrs. Brent and others.\\nIn the spring and summer of 1819, Richard Atkinson Co. estab-\\nlished, about midway of the square, on the west side of Second, be-\\ntween Main and Water Streets, a large tobacco warehouse, which was\\noperated up to the year 1844. During this year Dr. James M. Ham-\\nilton owned and carried on a blacksmith shop located on the Public\\nSquare.\\nTOWN ELECTION.\\nRobert Terry, Obadiah Smith, Thomas Herndon, Captain Fran-\\ncis Walker, were elected trustees of the town. The election was an\\nexciting one, yet only twenty-one votes were polled.\\nThe candidates at this time were Robert Terry, Oba Smith, Thos\\nH. Herndon, Lazarus Powell, Levi Barden, Captain F. E. Walker,\\nWilliam Williams, Robert Speed, Moses Morgan, W. H. Ingram. The\\nvoters were Robert Speed, Samuel Crosby, Joel Lambert, James Hill\\nyer, Samuel Hopkins, J. B. Pollitt, Hancock Grigsby, William Jett,\\nGeorge Barnard, Obadia Smith, Bennett Marshall, Moses Morgan,\\nFayette Posey, James Wilson, Joshua Mullen, John A. Judah, William\\nWilliams, William Rankin, Ambrose Barbour, Jonathan Anthony,\\nDaniel McBride, twenty-one all told.\\nIn 1820 Mrs. James B. Brent kept tavern in a little log house\\nwhich stood on the corner of Third and Main Streets, the same ground", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0260.jp2"}, "261": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 1263\\nnow being occupied by D. R. Burbank s factory. In this house, or in\\nthe road near by it, is where Captain Ed. McBride received his wound,\\nwhich will go with him to his grave. The old shanty was afterwards\\nfamiliarly known as Rat Castle, -s.\\nOLD MAN SPIDEL\\nBecame known as the best tavern keeper in the town, and at that\\ntime occupied the old Johnson brick on the corner of Main and First\\nStreets. Prior to this time he operated a slaughter house on the point\\nof land opposite Powell Street on the river bank, and furnished the\\ntown with fresh beef, pork and mutton.\\nThe Legislature of 1820-21, as mentioned in a previous part of\\nthis work, chartered the Commonwealth Bank. The branch for this\\ndistrict was located at Hartford, in Ohio County. James Hillyer,\\nfather of our aged and respected fellow citizen, Judge P. H. Hillyer,\\nwas appointed a director for Henderson County, and as such had con-\\ntrol of the business of making loans and receiving moneys for that\\nbank. He made frequent visits to Hartford for the purpose of get-\\nting money, and for paying money collected of borrowers.\\nTHE PUBLIC SQUARE.\\nBy the ordinance of the ninth day of August, 1797, the Transyl\\nvania Company appropriated all of that territory in the center of\\nthe town bounded by Water, and Green and Upper First and\\nLower First, or Washington Streets, for public uses, and or-\\ndained that it be under the municipal jurisdiction of the said\\ntown in trust for those uses and no other. A few vears thereaf-\\nter, General Samuel Hopkins, agent for the company, caused\\ntwo acres to be surveyed oft this plat, to be given the County of Hen-\\nderson for public uses, and from that time a system of land grabbing\\nwas inauguated, and never settled until about eighteen years ago.\\nIn 1821 it was represented to the Legislature of the State that\\nthe citizens of Henderson County desired to sell a portion of the\\nPublic Square in the town for public convenience and public pur-\\nposes, and, in conformity to that representation, an act was approved\\nDecember 6, making it lawful for the County Court of Henderson, a\\nmajority of all the Justices of the county forming said court, to make\\nsuch an order as to them might seem expedient for a sale and con-\\nveyance of a portion of the Square, not exceeding one acre, the pro-\\nceed to be applied towards lessenmg the county levy. This was never\\ndone.\\nThe original Transylvania Company was composed of Richard\\nHenderson, Thomas Hart, Nathaniel Hart, William Johnson, James", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0261.jp2"}, "262": {"fulltext": "264 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nHogg, John Williams, John Luttrell, David Hart and Leonard Henly\\nBullock, the first seven owning equal interest, being one-eighth each,\\nand the last two owning one-sixteenth each. At the date of the or-\\ndinance, August 9, 1797, only three of the original partners were liv-\\ning, namely, Thomas Hart, James Hogg and John Williams. The or-\\ndinance was signed by John Williams, James Hogg, Richard Bullock,\\nWalter Alves, John Hart, John Umstead and Henry Puviance, attor-\\nney for Thomas Haft, Nathaniel Hart and L. Henderson.\\nCHARLES BUCK TROUBLES.\\nIn 1821, one Charles Buck, claiming to be the sole heir of John\\nLuttrell, deceased, appeared on the ground and asserted claim to one-\\neighth part of the entire town of Henderson, including lots, streets,\\nalleys and public grounds, and for the recovery thereof instituted ac-\\ntion of ejectment in the Circuit Court against those who had pur-\\nchased lots from General Samuel Hopkins, agent of the company.\\nHe denied the validity of the ordinance, and, also, that the town was\\nlegally established, or that the said ordinance was signed or pub\\nlished by persons having right or authority to make or publish the\\nsame. Pending this suit an arrangement and compromise was ef-\\nfected between Buck and the citizens and lot owners, whereby the\\nsaid Buck, in consideration of thirteen hundred and fifty dollars, dis-\\nmissed his bill, and by deed relinquished his entire claim to said lots,\\nstreets, alleys and public grounds to the citizens and lot holders. This\\nthirteen hundred and fifty dollars constituted a fund raised by the lot\\nowners, who had purchased from General Hopkins prior to the com-\\ning of Buck. Before the compromise between Buck and tlie lot own-\\ners, at least before the date of the deed, an allotment of in and out\\nlots was made to him by order of the County Court. Buck claimed\\nto hold, by deed, John Luttrell s one-eighth share in the grant made\\nby the State of Virginia to Richard Henderson Co. Edmund Tal-\\nbott and G. Ormsby, Commissioners of the Court, allotted to him as\\nhis share, or eighth part, in or one acre lots, running serially from\\n145 to 1/5, both inclusive, on Water Street Square, also on Main and\\nThird Streets, from 193. to 220, inclusive. Also on Third and back\\nstreets, all of the lots by numbers in regular progression, from lot 237\\nto 264, inclusive. Also, five lots on Main and Third Streets, making\\nin all ninety-three lots of one acre each. Also, of out lo s of ten\\nacres each, the following lots as numbered in said plat, viz.: Nos. 25,\\n26 and 24, the lots now allotted or assigned to the said Buck as\\naforesaid, in and unto the aforesaid, in lots and out lots so numbered\\nand stated above, are of the one acre lots numbered 217, 218, 219,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0262.jp2"}, "263": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 265\\n220, 258, 238, 289, 240, 237, 193, 194, 195 and 196, making thirteen\\nlots of one acre each. Also, of out lot No. 26, his portion the quan-\\ntity of three and three-quarters of an acre, and determined that he\\nbe entitled to receive and reco\\\\5er of the other partners the sum of\\nten dollars sixty-two and a half cents as a balance due him in this al-\\nlotment.\\nIn his deed to the citizens Buck relinquishes his claim alone to\\nsuch lots as had been donated and sold by General Hopkins.\\nThe following is a copy of Buck s deed\\nThis indenture made this first day of July, 1825, between Charles Buck\\nand Mary, his wife, of the County of Henderson and State of Kentucky of\\nthe one part, and George Morris. Nathaniel F. Ruggles, Daniel McBride and\\nall other holders of lots in the town of Henderson, county aforesaid, of the\\nother part.\\nWitnesseth, that whereas the said town was laid off at a place called the\\nRed Banks on the Ohio River, and the lots have been generally sold out or\\ndisposed of by the late General Samuel Hopkins in the character of an agent\\nfor Richard Henderson Co., proprietors of the land on which the land is\\nsituated, and whereas the said Charles Buck hath commenced suits and asserts\\nclaim to, and interest in said town lots. In order to the quiet and final ter-\\nmination of said Buck s claiin to the lots in said town hereafter expressed and\\nset down, they, the said Charles Buck and Mary, his wife, of the first part,\\nfor the consideration aforesaid and the further consideration of thirteen hun-\\ndred and fifty dollars in specie in hand paid by the said Morris, Ruggles. Mc-\\nBride and others, the holders and claimants of lots in the said town, of the\\nsecond part, the said Charles l^uck and Mai v, his ivife doth hereby relinquish,\\nmake over, assign and convey, and by these present hath relinquished, made\\nover, assigned and transferred unto the several lot holders, claimants or occu-\\npants of lots or parts of lots in said town, according to the several port ons or\\nproportions they now hold or claim, and to their heirs and assigns forever all\\nthe right, tittle, interest, claim, and demand of them, the said Charles Buck\\nand Mary, his wife, in and unto the said lots or parts of lots or parcels of\\nground in said town of Henderson, with all and singular their appurtinances\\nthereunto belonging, or in anywise appertaining, together with all their inter-\\nest in the fraction of ground in the center of the town called the Public\\nSquare, and of all the several cross streets and streets above fourth cross\\nstreet below the Public Square, all of which together with the lots hereby\\nintended to be conveyed, will be better explained or designated by the plan or\\nplat of said town recorded in the office of Henderson County in Deed Book\\nA, the only exception to the plan or plat aforesaid is that the street nearest\\nthe River Ohio, commonly called Water Street, is- agreed upon by all parties,\\nshall be reduced to the width of one hundred and twenty-five feet instead of\\ntwo hundred feet as marked out in said plat, to have and to hold, etc., etc.\\nHardly had this deed been signed and acknowledged and\\nthe lot owners permitted to take one long breath, before other Rich-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0263.jp2"}, "264": {"fulltext": "266 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nmonds appeared on the field of judicial controversy and asserted a\\nclaim to even more of the town than Buck had claimed.\\nIn the year 1S25, Amelia Alves, widow of Walter Alves, de-\\nceased, one of the signers of the ordinance of 1707, and William J.\\nAlves, James Alves, Robert Alves, Haywood Alves, Walter Alves,\\nAnn Henderson, late Ann Alves, Thomas Towles and his wife, late\\nElizabeth Alves, heirs of the said decedent, and Richard J. Hart, heirs\\nof Richard Pienderson Co., asserted claim to five-sixteenths of the\\ntown, including lots, streets, alleys and public grounds. They were\\nabout instituting suit when the Trustees and citizens of the town, all\\nmore or less personallv interested, became alarmed and held a o:reat\\npublic meeting at the Court House, at which they horned a proposi-\\ntion remarkable for its liberality, especially as it did not cost anyone\\nof them a single farthing. This meeting did not appoint a committee\\nto confer with the new claimants, nor did they offer to take out of\\ntheir own pockets a sufficiency of silver and gold to release their\\ntown lo s, but with modest liberality fell upon the following proposi\\ntion\\nPROPOSITION OF CITIZENS.\\nWe will give to Amelia Alves. the heirs of Walter Alves, deceased, and\\nRichard G. Hart the following described property, to-\\\\vit To Richard G.\\nHart the upper half of lot No. 3, agreeably to an amended plat gotten up by\\nthemselves. (Lot No. 3 is the square bounded by Main and Water and Up-\\nper First and Lower First or Washington Streets, the same one on which the\\nBarret Mouse is located, and was a part of the Public Square donated for public\\nuses To the Alves heirs, Ann Henderson. Thomas Towles and wife, the re-\\nmaininghalf of the aforesaid lot No, 3 conveyed to Hart, and all that portion\\nof the Public Square contained between Upper First and Lower First or\\nWashington, and Flm and Green Streets, and numbered on their amended\\nplal one and twjo. We will also petition the Legishiturc to reduce the width\\nof Water Street from two hundred feet to one hundred and twenty-five, and\\nwill convey to Richard G. Hart and the above named heirs of Walter Alves.\\ndeceased, and Amelia Alves, heir of William Johnson, aU of our right title\\nand interest in and to that portion of Water Street, which remains after reduc-\\ning said street to one hundred and twentv-five feet. We will also convey all\\nof our interest in and to the streets below fourth cross street below the Public\\nSquare, for a relinquishment to us of all claims upon otir lots, purchased from\\nGeneral Samuel Hopkins, agent ot the company.\\nIt is represented that the meeting held at the Court House was\\nattended by a large majority of the citizens and lot holders of the\\ntOMm, and that a petition was prepared and and then signed by each\\nman in the meeting, praying the Legislature to pass an act authoriz-\\ning the sale of that portion of the Public Square between Elm and", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0264.jp2"}, "265": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 267\\nGreen, and Upper First and Lovver First Streets, the square between\\nMain and Water and Upper and Lower First, and reducing Water\\nStreet from two hundred feet to one hundred and twenty-five feet in\\nwidth. This proposition was tfien made to the claimants and by\\nthem accepted.\\nNothwithstanding the -ordinance of Richard Henderson Co.,\\nmade and signed, August 9, 1797, and the sale of lots thereunder,\\nfrom 1800 to 1819, not one of the lot holders offered to contest the\\nclaim of Alves and Hart, nor did the Trustees of the town\u00e2\u0080\u0094 who\\nwere interested parties. But they were willing to convey property\\nwhich had been given for public uses and no other. Alves and Hart\\naccepted the proposition of the citizens meeting, and thereupon on\\nthe first day of July, 1825, the following indenture was entered into\\nbv the citizens\\nCITIZENS TO ALVES AND OTHERS.\\nThis indenture made and entered into this first day of July, 1825, be-\\ntween the citizens and present lot holders of the town o^ Henderson of the\\none part, and Amelia Alves, WilHam J. Alves, James Alves, Robert Alves,\\nHaywood Alves, Walter Alves, Ann Henderson, late Ann x\\\\lves, Thomas\\nTowles and his wife, late Elizabeth Alves, and Richard G. Hart of the other\\npart, witnesseth that for and in consideration of certain rights relinquished by\\nthe parties of the second part to the parties of the first part bv deed of this\\ndate, also the further consideration of one dollar, the receipt of which is here-\\nby acknowledged, the parties of the first part have this day bargained and sold,\\nand by these presents doth bargain, sell, alien and convey unto the parties of\\nthe second part, the following described lots of land in the. following manner,\\nto-wit\\nThat is the parties of the first part alien and convey unto Richard G.\\nHart of the second part, the upper half oi lot No. 3, agreeable to an amended\\nplat of said town, herewith filed and made apart of this deed, being the upper\\nhalf of that part of the Public Square contained between the first and second\\nstreets from the river, and parallel thereto, and the parties of the first further\\nalien and convey ynto the Alves s. Ann Henderson, Thomas Towles and wife\\nthe remaining half of the aforesaid lot conveyed to said Hart, and all that\\nportion of the Public Square contained between the third and fourth streets of\\nsaid town trom the river, and numbered on the said amended plat by the num-\\nbers two and three, and the said parties of the first part relinquish and convey\\nun o the said Richard G. Hart and the above named heirs of Walter Alves, de-\\nceased, and the above named Amelia Alves, the heir ot William Johnson, all\\ntheir right title and interest in and to all that portion of Water Street which\\nremains after reducing said street to one hundred and twenty five feet, which\\nthey have derived under the ordinance ot Richard Henderson Co., in estab-\\nlishing said town, reserving to Nicholas Berthoud the land leased to Thomas\\nPears Co., during the term of that lease, and it is understood that the par-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0265.jp2"}, "266": {"fulltext": "268 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nties of the first part convey no interest which they have in and to any of the\\nstreets in said town, except Water Street aud the streets below fourth cross street be-\\nhnv the Public Square.\\nIn testimony whereol we have hereunto set our hands and seals the day\\nbefore mentioned, and it is further understood that all the cross streets run\\nthrough to the river.\\nROBERT TERRY, [seal.]\\nD. McBRIDE, [SEAL.]\\nGEORE MORRIS, [seal.]\\nWILLIAM D. ALLISON, [seal\\nJOHN W. MOSELY, [seal.]\\nYOUNG E. ALLISON, [seal\\nRICHARD W7VLDEN. [seal.]\\nW. SOAPER, [seal.]\\nJOHN SPEIDEL, [seal.]\\nBENNETT MARSHALL, [seal.]\\nJAMES GOBIN, [seal\\nJOEL LAMBERT, [seal.]\\nWM. R. BOWEN, [SEAL.]\\nJOHN H. SUBLETT, [seal.]\\nW. H. INGRAM, [SEAL,]\\nSAMUEL STITES, [seal.]\\nCALEB FELLOWS, [seal.]\\nJOHN J. TRUMPETER, [SEAL.]\\nHORACE GAITER, [seal\\nJAMES HILLYER, [seal\\nGEORGE ATKINSON, [seal.]\\nNATH LF. RUGGLES, [seal.]\\nWILLIAM ANTHONY, [SEAL.]\\nSUSAN R. SHACKELFORD. [SEAL\\nWESTON ANDERSON, [seal.]\\nOWp]N GLASS, fsEAL.]\\nDANIEL B. TAYLOR, [seal\\nN C HORSLEY, [seal\\nJOHN LOGAN, [seal]\\nJOHN ANTHONY, [seal\\nJ. B. POLLITT, [SEAL.]\\nCOMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY,\\nr SS*\\nHenderson County, i\\nThis instrument ot writing was produced to me in my otiice on the\\nninth day of July, 1S25, and acknowledged by the grantors therein to be their\\nact and deed for the purposes therein expressed. Whereupon this deed is\\nduly recorded in my office.\\nAttest: WILL D. ALLISON, Clerk.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Bv Y. E. Allison, D. C.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0266.jp2"}, "267": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 269\\nIn return for this kind act, on the part of the citizens, Messrs.\\nAlves and Hart, and those associated with them, conveyed on the\\nsame day to the citizens certain lots, being with a few omissions and\\nadditions, the same lots conveyed a short time previous by Buck, and\\nthe same lots sold and donated to the lot holders by General Hop-\\nkins. In addition to this, they relinquished all claim to the streets\\nlying above fourth cross street lelow the Public Square, but not\\nbelow that street. Water Street was excepted, beyond one hundred\\nand twenty-five feet in width. In this deed, was also included Park\\nand Court House Square, as now located.\\nSubsequent to this, to-wit on the twentieth day of April, 1826,\\nJames Alves, who claimed by inheritance and purchase, that he was\\nentitled to five-sixteenths of the river front, applied to the Countv\\nCourt for an allotment of his proportion of the land. The order was\\ngranted, and Edmond Talbott and George Ormsby, two of the Com-\\nmissioners appointed by the County Court of Henderson County to\\ndivide lands and make conveyance therefor, agreeably to the act of the\\nGeneral Assembly, proceeded to make the allotment, and by inden-\\nture conveyed the following described property\\nCOMMISSIONERS TO JAMES ALVES.\\nAll those several tracts, parcels and lots of land situated in said\\nTown of Henderson, as reduced by the Legislature in November, 1825,\\nbetween the Ohio River and Water Street, lot of ground beginning\\nat Mill Street, (now Second Street), and extending up to fourth cross\\nstreet also lot lying at the upper end of the town opposite lots Nos.\\n41 and 44, also one lot lying at the lower end of the town, and lying\\nopposite lots Nos, 141 and 144.\\nNOW THEN,\\nIn order to clinch this trade, and give to it a legal recognition,\\nthe Legislature was induced to pass the following act, which was ap-\\nproved January 18, 1827.\\nSectiox 1. Be it enacted, etc. That the front, or Water Street, in the\\nToAvn of Henderson be, and the same is hereby reduced to the width of one\\nhundred and twenty-five feet.\\nSec. 2. That the arrangement made and entered into betwixt the cit-\\nizens and lot owners, in the Town of Henderson, and Richard G. Hart. James\\nAlves and others, whereby the citizens and lot owners aforesaid, relinquished\\nportion of the Public Square and Front Street to said Hart, Alves and others,\\nbe, and the same is hereby ratified and fegalized, so far as it effects the tnterestz\\nof the parties to the arrangement or compromise aforesaid,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0267.jp2"}, "268": {"fulltext": "270 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nThe closing sentence of the act shows conclusively that the Leg-\\nislature doubted the legality of the compromise, and ratified it only\\nas to the parties interested, and not as to the public.\\nBy the terms, stipulations and agreements in the compromise, the\\nlimits of the town were reduced by act of the Legislature, approved\\nNovember 21, 1825, and all that portion of the town below Fourth\\nStreet, below the Public Square, including the river front, streets and\\nall, bcame vested in James Alves and other parties to the compromise,\\nand has been held in peaceable and adverse possession from that\\ndate.\\nThus, it will be seen that the Trustees and citizens of the town,\\nin 1825, saved their own town lots, which had been donated, or pur-\\nch.ised for a nominal sum by bartering away property donated for pub-\\nlic uses, and in which each one of them had no more interest than\\nany citizen now- has in the Public Square, yet left in the town.\\nEqually as unheard of, the sulisequent Trustees acquiesed in the\\ncompromise until the supposed statute of limitation estopped the town\\nfrom asserting title or claim to any part except the riverfront. Not\\nsatisiied with giving up two-thirds or more of the public ground do-\\nnated by Richard Henderson Co., the citizen lot holders gave up\\nso far as it was in their power the river front. They bought Buck off\\nby paying him thirteen hundred and fifty dollars, because he would\\nnot compromise for land, which did not belong to them. They com-\\npromised with Alves and Hart because they were willing to take this\\nland and were perhaps glad to do so ^and because they did not de-\\nmand money, and again, it was an easier matter for the lot holders to\\npay in something which did not belong to them than something which\\ndid.\\nIn 1850, the Trustees of the Towm of Henderson contracted with\\nWilliam B. Vandzandt for widening or enlarging the wharf or passage-\\nway down the bank at the foot of second cross street. At that time\\nWater Street was under the agreement between the citizens and lot\\nowners, and Alves and Hart, recognized to be only one hundred and\\ntvventy-flve feet in width, and the strip of land seventy-five feet or\\nmore in width, extending out beyond the street, was claimed by James\\nAlves. When Vandzandt began excavating this strip of land for the\\npurpose of carrying out his contract, he was enjoihed by James Alves,\\nand that brought up the full question of title. The Trustees of the\\ntown, to-wit Dr. Thomas J. Johnson, John McBride, David Clark,\\nWilliam S. Holloway, William B. Vandzandt and George M. Priest,\\nin answer to the cross bill filed against them by Vandzandt, denied", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0268.jp2"}, "269": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COTNTY, KY. 271\\nthe title claimed by Alves, and made their answer a cross bill ag inst\\nhim, and prayed that he be made a defendant thereto, and compe led\\nto exhibit his title to said strip of land. They asked that the respect-\\nive rights of Alves and the town be adjudicated, and that a decree be\\ngranted forever quieting the title of the town, and that he be enjoined\\nand restrained from asserting claims or interfering with the use and\\nquiet possession of the same by the public, and the said Town of\\nHenderson. A number of depositions were taken on both sides and\\nof course, the old sell oiif or compromise, made by the citizens and\\nlot owners in 1825, was thoroughly ventilated.\\nThe follo wing interrogatory and answer, bearing upon this sub-\\nject is found in the deposition of Rev. Joel Lambert:\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Question. What reason had jou for paying off Buck with your individ-\\nual money, and buying off Alves claim by conveying to him land dedicated\\nto public uses why did you make the difference?\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Answer. The reason I consented to pay Buck money to extinguish his\\nclaim was, he would only take money oj w^, and the reason I consented to make\\ndistinction between them, Mr. KUeazvould lake thai claim and release me\\nAlso, in a deposition of Samuel Stites, who was Chairman of the\\nBoard of Trustees of the Town, the following interrogatory and an-\\nswer is found\\nQuestion by James Alves. Did you not own some property in 1825, when\\nthe compromise was made with Charles Buck, and did you not pay your pro-\\nportionable part of the money raised to pay Buck for his relinquishment of\\nclaim upon the lots in the Town of Henderson\\nIn 1825 I had but little property in town! I contributed some money\\nto get Charles Buck to relinquish his claim upon the town lots. I signed the\\ndeed of compi-omise (^as it is called), which was entered into in 1825, between\\nthe citizens and lot holders ot the Town of Henderson, and Alves and Hart.\\nI signed said deed merely to quiet matters, I did not consider my signing the\\ndeed oi any value, having no claim to convey and so stated at the time.\\nDr. Owen Glass testified in answer to the question\\nAt whose instance and by what authority did you sign that deed.?\\nI declare J do not recollect now, I signed iX. as a favor to whoevar asked it,\\nas men usually sign petitions, without feeling any personal interest or refection of\\nany kind. 1 felt \\\\villing to do anythmg in my power to settle the disputes ot the\\ntown.\\nWilliam D. Allison testified\\nThere were several actions of ejectment depending in the court at the\\ndateof the deed to Charles Buck, and I understood that the object of the ar-\\nrangement was mentioned as a compromise of Buck s claim to the town lots. 1\\nfelt no personal interest in the matter at the time, and signed the deed merely\\nas a favor to whoever requested j?ie, just as men sign petitions without consider-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0269.jp2"}, "270": {"fulltext": "272 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\ning the eft ect, remember hearing of some objection made, that the citizens had no\\npoiver to convey the streets ajid Public Square. I did not know that Alves claimed\\nany part of the town lots, until the deed wa$ presented, but had heard it spoken\\nof as a compromise of Buck s claim. Heard Buck say that he (Buck) had car-\\nried ihe l)lack log, and others got all the town property. Thid hehore the\\nodinni of disturbing the titles, and got nothing lor it\\nY. E. Allison testified\\nDeponent would state that he moved to this place in September, 1824,\\nat that time one Charles Buck had sundry suits in ejectment pending in the\\nHenderson Circuit Court against persons in the country to recover an interest\\nwhich he claimed in Henderson Co. s Giant, derived from one Luttrell\\nDeponent recollects welT of hearing George Morris and many other citizens of\\nthe town talk about Buck s suits ruining the prospects of the town and county\\nthat unless Buck s claims could be quieted the place never would improve,\\nthat no man would buy property here, with the almost positive certainty of be\\ning sued for it. Things went on that way until some time the next summer,\\nthen the said George Morris and Nathaniel F.Ruggles, hit upon apian, as the\\nthought, to quiet Buck s claims against the town. The plan was for the cit-\\nizens and lot holders of the town to sell and convey to Buck, ten acres of the\\nPublic Square, and all that part of the river front, which lay between the first\\nrange of lots and the river, after reducing Water Street to one hundred and\\ntwenty -five feet, and Buck to con\\\\ ey to the citizens and lot holders all the in-\\nterest w^hich he claimed to any lot or lots in said town, lying above fourth\\ncross street, below the Public Square. After discussing this plan some time,\\nthe said Morris, Ruggles and others set about carrying their plan into operation;\\nthev talked with the most extensive land holders about town, and entreated\\nthem to come forward and assist in quieting Buck s claims. Justat this point, I\\nfirst learned that Alves and Hart had claims against the town, as well as\\nBuck, and it was said, they were waiting to see how Buck would come out;\\nthat if he succeeded, they would sue for their interests, said to be much larger\\nthan Buck s. The plan of compromise was then changed, in this, that the ten\\nacres of the original Public Square, and that portion of the river front before\\nspoken of, was to be conveyed to Alves and Hart, and a sum of money raised\\nby the citizens and lot holders, to be paid to Buck to extinguish his claim. De-\\nponent was then deputy clerk of the Henderson County Court, and when the\\ndeed of compromise was drawn up and ready for execution, he (in com-\\npany with the late Captain Daniel McBride, who went with him. and collected\\nwhat money was to be raised for Buck, or to make such arrangements in tak-\\ning notes as satisfied Buck), went round and waited on most of the signers to\\nsaid deed at their residences and places of business They all signed it cheer-\\nfully. The said compromise was entered into in good faith, for the purpose of\\nquieting the titles to town property, and everybody seemed to be not only sat-\\nisfied, but delighted with the arrangement.\\nJames Alves has regularly listed said property for taxation, ever since\\n1840, and has as regularly paid the tax on the same up to, and including the\\nyear 1852.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0270.jp2"}, "271": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 27^\\nThese gentlemen were among the citizens who signed the deed\\nto Alves and Hart, and no doubt all of the other signers were gov-\\nerned as they were, except those largely interested, and they were\\nlooking out for self-interest, of course. A short time after the com-\\npromise, Mr. Alves caused the two squares between Upper First and\\nLower First, and Oreen and Elm Streets, to be fenced in with rails,\\nand for one or two years cultivated the two in tobacco or corn.\\nFrom 1832, he sold and leased lots, and annually assessed the\\nproperty for taxation. While it was generally believed that his claim\\nagainst the town really amounted to nothing, yet he and Hart were\\npermitted to hold the three squares, the two back of Elm and the one\\nbetween Main and Water, without molestation by the town authori-\\nties or any citizen.\\nOn the tenth day of February, 1827, Richard G. Hart sold to\\nJohn Spidel one-half of the square now occupied by the Barrett\\nHouse, and during that year Spidel built two stories of the main\\nhouse now standing. The house was originally two stories. In the\\nsuit concerning the river front, the court held that the deed from the\\ncitizens to James Alves did not pass title, but that the property be-\\nlonged to the public. The case was taken to the Court of Appeals,\\nand in July, 1855, Judge Marshall affirmed the decree. Thus ended\\na hot\\\\v contested controversy, resulting in breaking up one of the\\nmost amusing, if not unheard of, bargains and sale ever entered upon\\nthe records of a county deed book. No blame can attach to James\\nAlves and Richard G. Hart, however, for they w\u00c2\u00a3re fortunate in get-\\nting what they claimed without much persuasion or threatening, and\\nit would have been no more than natural for them to have accepted\\nthe whole town if the Trustees and citizens had so deeded it.\\nOn the fourteenth day of October, 1854, the Trustees of the town\\ninstituted suit against the executors of James Alves, and other per-\\nsons who held title under him, by purchase, for that portion of the\\nPublic Square deeded to him by the citizens in 1825. This suit was\\ntried, and the claim of the defendants established by right of posses-\\nsion. It was thought now that all disputes concerning the title to our\\npublic grounds were finally and forever settled, but in 1859, as will be\\nseen in the preceding history, the County of Henderson laid claim to\\nthe strip of land running from Center Street to first upper cross\\nstreet, and lying immediately in rear of the Court House. There\\nwas a long and hotly contested suit between the county and the town,\\nbut the latter was successful. The city now claims, and has left of\\n18", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0271.jp2"}, "272": {"fulltext": "274 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nthe five beautiful squares and streets, the Public Square between Main\\nand Elm and Center and first lower cross streets, and the little\\nstrip of ground in rear of the Court House, and may safely congratu-\\nlate herself she has that much.\\nThis Public Square has never been put to the use for which it\\nwas donateci, technically speaking, yet it has cost a considerable sum\\nof money at various times. I hj old Union Church, the first church\\never built in the town, stood upon its graceful hill side, from its build-\\ning, away back in 1825, to the time of its tearing down. Calvin Sugg,\\nWilliam Wurnell, and a half dozen others, were hung beneath its\\nshades. Hundreds of country horses, teams, etc., have found a pleas-\\nant hitching place there, and many a circus tent has been pitched\\nupon it, and many a side-splitting laugh indulged at the turn and wit\\nof the clowns, old Dan Rice among the number.\\nIn 1856, this poor, neglected spot received the attention of the\\ncity fathers, as a sort of paliative for the negligence of the past. It\\nhad been permitted to wash, and wash, until not only the street, but\\nhalf of the square had washed into the Ohio River; this half, how-\\never, had been put to public uses, for during the winter months it was\\na favorite resort for skatorial enthusiasts, and during the summer for\\nsmall fish and frog anglers. In 1856 it was filled up, and early in\\nthe spring of 1857 fenced, for the first time, with a plank fence.* This\\nevidence of progress and good taste was sufficient to unloose all of\\nthe pent up poetry and sentiment of Judge J.Willie Rice, who at that\\ntime was a contributor to the columns of the Reporter, over the pe-\\nculiar nom deplume Squibob. Squibob wrote as follows\\nTHE PUBLIC SQUARE.\\nSquibob rejoices to announce to the belledom, and the buckdom of\\nHenderson, that the Public Square is in process of improvement that the in-\\ntense Ibngings of their hearts are ere long to be realized, that neath the soft\\nmoonlight of a summer s sky, whilst sweet flowers cast their incense upon the\\nbreeze, and pearly dew drops glisten on the leafy branches, they can sit at\\neventide and tell their vows of eternal love. But, gallant youths and fair\\nmaidens, let not the bright scene which imagination would picture, or the de-\\nlight with which fancy vrould invest so romantic a trysting place, repress for\\nthe present the feelings that well up in your hearts. The young trees, with all\\ntheir virginal beauty, possess yet naught of the romance characteristic of love s\\nrecesses, while the grassy slopes and graveled walks as yet lend no beauty to\\nthat spot which hereafter will be hailed as an Elysium on earth. If Squi-\\nbob s heart were thrilled by the holy passion of love, he would not wait for\\nthe good time coming, with its dew drops and moonlight, but would work\\nwhile yet it is day. Though such scenes, commemorated and embellished by\\nnovelists of all times, possess an interest for the romance of his heart, he says", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0272.jp2"}, "273": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 275\\nto his voung friends, wait not for the dim tuture in the bright noonday of the\\npresent. Those who are yet in the early spring time of youth can watch the\\ngrass as it decorates the square wiih its verdure, and count each leaf and\\ntwig as Ihey add new beauty to the scene. When, within its lovely confines,\\neach one has wooed and won the maiden of his choice, he will raise his heart\\nin thanks to the City Fathers whohave provided so sweet a spot. Aryi when\\nhereafter he will pass that grove, with his dear one on his arm, and prattling\\ninfancy bv his side, he may well exclaim in sweet accents\\nDost thou remember that place so lonely,\\nA place for lovers, and lovers only,\\nWhere first I told thee all my secret sighs\\nWhen, as the moonbeams that trembled o er thee,\\nIllumed thy blushes, I knelt before thee,\\nAnd read m^ hope s sweet triumph in those eyes.\\nThen, then, while closely heart was drawn to heart,\\nLove bound us never, never more to part.\\nSquibob was evidently a man of taste, and pictured in his\\npoetic way what should have been done, but never was, until this\\ngood year, 1887. The surface of the long-neglected ground has\\nechoed the matchless eloquence of early preachers. It has been the\\nscene of sorrow and sadness, as it has been the scene of joy and\\ngladness. It has been a camping ground of the soldiery. It has\\nbeen hacked and abused, and to-day, after a varied life of eighty-\\nseven years, stands before the eyes of the citizens (owing to their re-\\ncent liberality) a beautiful park, inclosed by a handsome iron fence,\\na gift from the county through the good taste of its Magistrates. It\\nis otherwise adorned and beautified, and in the course of tim-^. will\\nbecome a lovely spot. Thus, Squibob s poetic dream has become\\nan actuality.\\nUPS AND DOWNS.\\nFrom 1810 to 1830, indeed we might say up to 1867, Hender-\\nson seems to have struggled with perilous travail for a mere existence.\\nAll accounts go to show that her progress was rather of the retro-\\ngrade and backward nature. The river bank was a source of im-\\nmense annoyance, and all the while the system of engineering was\\nmost brutal and suicidal. Ditches were dug down Water Street to\\nFirst, and in Elm to Main and down Main to Lower First, as a sys-\\ntem of drainage. They were dug down Third to Water, and down\\nFourth to Water, and in every instance where the oulet was there\\nwas a wash made in a short time which it would take thousands of\\nyards of earth to replace. Thus it was that all of the ugly ravines,\\ngradually but slowly working their way into the very heart of the\\ntown, were made. Water Street, with the exception of the two", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0273.jp2"}, "274": {"fulltext": "276 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nsquares between First and Third Streets, was entirely washed away,\\nand since 1867 has been refilled.\\nIn every instance these ravines have been made by the foolish\\nengineering of the ^arly trustees and citizens of the town. The ra-\\nvine between Main and Water on Lower First Street, was made in\\nthat way, and at one time had swallowed up one-third of the now\\nPublic Square. The entire street between Main and Water on Lower\\nFourth Street, has by this same foolish system been washed away, and\\nis now an immense ravine, which, if ever filled up, will cost an untold\\namount of money.\\nThe principal items of outlay were for protecting the river front\\nand for ditching and draining the low and unhealthy grounds that lay\\nin and around the town in all directions. The tax duplicate increased\\nbut little and every year the delinquent list was alarmingly large.\\nIn these early times the town was populated by a well-to-do\\nclass, socially speaking the equal of any in the west, but commer-\\ncially speaking old-foggyish, cynical and selfish. Of course this latter\\nremark is not intended to apply to the community at large, but to a\\nlarge class who persistently opposed every progressive movement\\nwhere that movement encroached upon their rights or pocketbooks.\\nThere was seemingly no disposition to shove the struggling town\\nalong, but an evident feeling of self-satisfaction at its normal condi-\\ntion, therefore, no public enterprise met with much favor, but was\\nrather given the cold shoulder by what was commonly denominated the\\nnabobs of the town. In a deposition of Mr. Samuel Stites, taken\\nin 1853, is the following bit of early history, which is conclusive upon\\nthis proposition\\nMr, Stites was asked to state what occurred on the occasion of\\nan attempt or negotiation in regard to the erection of glass works\\nmany years ago. He answered In the year 1817 or 1818, a\\nmember of the firm of Page Bakewell, extensive manufacturers of\\nPittsburg, visited this place and spoke of establishing a manufactory\\nof glass here, provided they could obtain a suitable lot lying between\\nthe river street and the river. Several of our citizens went with him\\nto the bank of the river to view the ground. I was along, and recol-\\nlect distinctly that one of the signers of the ordinance of 1797 was also\\none of the number. The citizens generally were in favor of accom-\\nmodating them, or that the town corporation should do so, believing\\nthat it would greatly promote the prosperity of the place. Some\\nthought that the town authorities could make them a title to the\\nground, others that it would require an act of the Legislature, and I", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0274.jp2"}, "275": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 277\\nrecollect distinctly that the signers of the ordinance of 1797 vio-\\nlently opposed it, alleging that the ground or space between the river\\nstreet and the river should be kept open. That those who had pur-\\nchased lots on the street did so with the understanding that no ob-\\nstruction should ever be placed between them and the river, and that\\nneither the town authorities or State Legislature could deprive them\\nof that right. I recollect too that many of the citizens were a good\\ndeal displeased at the opposition shown by this man.\\nThe Pittsburg gentleman, who had come to invest largely in the\\ntown, left it thoroughly disgusted. He was satisfied with the sand,\\nthe site and all, but the apparent lethargy and grumbling of such men\\nas mentioned by Mr. Stites, settled the matter so far as Henderson\\nwas concerned. If the argument advanced by the signers of the or-\\ndinance of 1797 held good in 1817, it most assuredly did not in 1825,\\nwhen the citizens and lot owners signed a deed, not only to the\\nstreets and public grounds, but to tl-we entire river front.\\nBut then the reader must not forget that the two propositions were\\nentirely unlike in their bearings. The proposition of 1817 was to receive\\nan indirect benefit to the entire population, by encouraging the erection\\nand operation of a large glass manufactory, while the proposition of\\n1825 was to repurchase the lots of a few by deeding away public\\ngrounds in which they were only interested as citizens and had no\\nright to convey.\\nIn 1835 or 1837, Samuel Orif, for many years a progressive, lead-\\ning and influential citizen and capitalist of Evansville, and one who did\\nas much as any one person to build up that flourishing city, came to\\nHenderson from Pittsburg for the purj)ose of establishing a pork\\nhouse.\\nHe had ample means at his disposal to buy land and erect build\\nings, but met with no liberal encouragement. Land was priced to\\nhim enormously high, and no disposition to sell even at exhorbitant\\nprices. He left Henderson and went to Evansville, where all of the\\nland he required, and temporary buildings erected thereon, were\\nfreely given him without charge or price.\\nIt is a settled fact that the early inhabitants, while hospitable and\\nclever, were yet land sharks, with a confirmed idea of the respecta-\\nbility of a large landed estate, and a determination to hold to or re-\\nceive four or five times its value. In very many instances to hold,\\nno matter what price might be offered. For that reason, Henderson\\nfailed to witness more than a natural increase of population for many\\nyears and was left far behind by many of her neighbors.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0275.jp2"}, "276": {"fulltext": "278 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nLot 59 was set apart in the early settlement of the town as a\\ncemetery, and within that one acre were buried the remains of a large\\nmajority of those who died from 1800 up to 1849. While there is no\\ndeed from General Samuel Hopkins to the Trustees of the town or\\nto the citizens, it is a self-evident fact that the lot was intended for a\\npublic burial ground and was so given.\\nAn act of the Legislature was passed incorporating the Cumber-\\nland Presbyterian Church. The church building was erected on the\\nnorthwest corner of lot No. 58, adjoining the alley, from the fact, per-\\nhaps, the land cost nothing, and from the further fact, perhaps, that\\nin those times it was fashionable to have churches near burial grounds\\nor burial grounds near churches.\\nIn 1849 an act was passed incorporating the the Trustees of the\\nHenderson Cemetery, now known as Fernwood. And several\\nyears thereafter most of the remains of those to be found in the old\\ncemetery were removed to the grounds purchased by the new com-\\npany.\\nDuVing the 1822 term of the Legislature power was given to the\\nTrustees of the town to levy and collect by taxation a sum not to ex-\\nceed fi\\\\e hundred dollars. Incorporated in this same act was a sec-\\ntion regulating the tax le\\\\ ied upon the property of non-residents. It\\nwas enacted, That whenever any part of the tax levied upon prop-\\nerty shall be assessed upon lots of non-residents, if not paid when\\ndue, the same shall be advertised fof three months, and if not paid,\\nthe lot or lots shall be forfeited, but may be redeemed in three years\\nby the payment of triple the amount for which such lot was sold and\\ndouble the tax for every year the lots may remain unredeemed, with\\nlegal interest and cost of advertising.\\nThis one-sided law amounted to confiscation, and whether it was\\never enforced cannot be determined. John Green was allowed the\\nsum of twenty-two dollars for collecting the June tax for 1822.\\n1823.\\nRECORDS OF THE TOWN DOINGS OF THE YEAR, ETC.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 FIRST\\nNEWSPAPER.\\nWith this year the records of the town begin, and on the fifteenth\\nday of September, the following persons were present, and constituted\\nthe Board of Trustees Nathaniel F. Ruggles, Levi Jones, John H.\\nSublitt, Samuel Stites and James H. Lyne; William D. Allison clerk. Dr.\\nLevi Jones and Nathaniel F. Ruggles were appointed commissioners\\nto have the town resurveyed and laid off, and two hundred dollars", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0276.jp2"}, "277": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 279\\nappropriated for that purpose. The meetings of the Board of Trustees\\nwere held monthly, on the first Friday in each month at the Court\\nHouse. Thomas H. Herndon was appointed Captain of the pafol\\nfor the year, and his salary fixecl at twenty dollars. He was also al-\\nlowed the sum of four dollars eighty-seven and a half cents for whip-\\nping slaves by order of the Magistrate The ponds around Court\\nSquare had become a source of great annoyance, and the ditches here-\\ntofore dug for the purpose of draining them, had become great ditches\\nwith perpendicular sides caving with every rain. A great part of the\\nrevenue was used for bridging these ditches and putting a stop to fur-\\nther encroachments into the roads or streets. Early in the year, the\\nfirst newspaper was established in Henderson. It was the Colum-\\nbian^ published by William R. Abbott, and printed by Josh Cunning-\\nham, at that time a practical printer as well as graceful writer. This\\npaper was published for many years, and was finally merged into the\\nSouth Kentuckian under the management of W. R. Abbott and C.\\nW. Pennell.\\n1824.\\nThe Trustees determined it was necessary to the commercial in-\\nterest of the town, that a landing should be provided, and to this end\\ncontracted with Robert Terry and N. C. Horseley, for the building of\\na thirty foot cut, through the foot of Sieam Mill Street as it was then\\nknown. This landing was known as Steam Mill Wharf. These names\\nwere derived from Audubon Bake well s mill, now a part of Clark s\\ntobacco factory. The landing was nothing more than a cut through\\nthe river bank, and owing to its being all sand, was a source of con-\\ntinual annoyance from washes. In order to protect it, the Trustees\\nordered timbers to be sunk in the ground, and lapped or pinned in the\\nmiddle, running oblique to the top of the bluff bank to protect it\\nagainst washing. Before the lower tier of timbers had been laid, a\\nheavy rain came, and had it continued much longer, the whole bank,\\ntimbers and all, would have been washed into the river as it was, great\\ndamage was done and most of the work had to be done over anew.\\nInstead of excavating, great fills had to be made. Finally the land-\\ning was completed and received, and Nathaniel F. Ruggles appointed\\nharbor master at a salary of twenty-five dollars per annum It was a\\nmost difficult matter at that time, to determine upon an equitable sys-\\ntem of taxation, and frequent committees were appointed to investi-\\ngate, and suggest the best plan. On February 2, 1824, a committee\\nconsisting of Samuel Stites and Nathaniel F. Ruggles, reported a plan\\nas follows Having matured the subject, we report as follows that", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0277.jp2"}, "278": {"fulltext": "280 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\na tax of fifty cents be levied on each white male over twenty-one years\\nand on all blacks over sixteen years, which we estimate will yield\\nsixty dollars, and further, that a tax of twenty-five cents each be levied\\non one hundred and eleven lots lying in the north section of the town,\\nand on sixty-nine lots lying in the south section. That a tax of one\\ndollar and twenty-five cents be levied on sixty lots; that a tax of three\\ndollars be levied on fifteen lots lying north of the Public Square, and\\nsixteen dollars be levied on eight lots; that a tax of one dollar and\\ntwenty five cents be levied upon each ten-acre lot.\\nORDINANCE PASSED.\\nAt this meeting of the Trustees, several ordinances were j^assed\\nfor the better regulation of the revenues of the town. Among the\\nnumber was an ordinance making it unlawful for any owner, agent,\\nconsignee or commander of any boat or craft, to vend any goods,\\nwares or merchandise, by retail at any of the landings of the town,\\nwithout first procuring a license to do so, the said license being fixed\\nat twenty dollars for three months, and only during the daytime also\\nmaking it unlawful for any peddler or itinerant person to sell without\\nhaving procured a license, which was fixed at five dollars for one\\nmonth. Another ordinance was passed, making it unlawful for any\\nperson to erect buildings or any obstructions whatever in the streets,\\nand requiring all persons to apply to the Surveyor of the town for cor-\\nrect lines. For a violation of this ordinance, the party offending\\nshould, upon conviction, pay a fine of five dollars per day so long as\\nthe obstruction was permitted to remain. Another ordinance made it\\na penalty for any one to take sand from the river front, without first\\nhaving obtained permission from the Harbor Master, and for a\\nviolation, a penalty of five dollars attached for each and every offense.\\nJames Rouse was appointed collector of the town tax, and re-\\nquired to execute a bond of one thousand dollars, and his salary fixed\\nat twenty-five dollars. The disposition of land grabbers to fence up\\nstreets and public highways had been made so manifest, it became\\nnecessary for the Trustees to ride over the tawn every two or three\\ndays, in order to keep up with this notoriously greedy class. Charles\\nBuck, who had set claim to a great part of the town was conspicuous\\namong this number of men. The Trustees had passed frequent or-\\nders in specific cases, but in order to cover all, a general order was\\npassed May, 1824, directing all persons under penalty, to remove their\\nfences from off of the streets by the first day of January, 1825.\\nThe salary of the Town Clerk was fixed at twenty five dollars,\\nand, whereas, it was found inconvenient to collect the tax on frac-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0278.jp2"}, "279": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 281\\ntional parts of many of the lots, the Trustees at their July meeting\\nordered the Collector to collect on all such lots at the rate of four\\ncents per foot, fronting on each street. Robert Speed was granted\\npermission to mal e .brick on thePublic Square, on a part of the ground\\nnow occupied by the Barrett House, provided he would enter into\\nbond of five hundred dollars penalty to grade first cross street to a\\nlevel from Main or market, as it was then called, to Water Street. At\\nthe August meeting the following ordinance was passed Ordered,\\nthat from and after this time, no person shall be permitted to bathe in\\nthe Ohio River between the steam mill landing and Mrs. Husband s\\nlanding, between sunrise and sunset, under the penalty of five dol-\\nlars, if a white person, and fifteen lashes, well laid on, by the Town\\nSergeant, if a colored person.\\nNathaniel F. Ruggles was allowed forty-three dollars and seventy-\\nfive cents for work done on the bridge across the ditch, near the steam\\nmill landing. This allowance will give some idea of the immensity of\\nthe ditches at that time on the public roads or streets. At this time,\\nthere was an immense pond near the seminary lot, and all of that ter-\\nritory between Elm and Green Streets, and above Upper Third, was\\na flat, covered with water during most of the year. From Rev. Joel\\nLambert s residence, then immediately in the rear of David Clark s\\npresent home, pedestrians were compelled to foot it to the upper end\\nof the town before a crossing to Main Street could be had Samuel\\nStites, N. F. Ruggles and George Morris, were appointed commis-\\nsioners to contract for the draining of the pond near the seminary\\nand the flat on back street, and to superintend the work necessary to\\nsecure the outlet of the ditch leading from said pond and flat.\\nOver one hundred dollars was appropriated for building bridges\\nover ditches, during the month of September, and double the amount\\nfor draining ponds in various parts of the town. This being true, can\\nit be wondered that Henderson was so unhealthy. From 1822 to 182(5\\nGobin Webster and Leonard H. Lyne, had blacksmith shops on the\\nPublic Square, and James Rouse, a slaughter house, for the use of\\nwhich, they paid the town five dollars each.\\n1825.\\nA new act concerning the town was passed by the Legislature,\\nand approved by the Governor, November 21. This act has been re-\\nferred to before as the one in which Buck, Alves and Hart took a\\nlively interest. It is the act which reduced the limits of the town,\\nand turned over to Alves and Hart all of the lots below fourth lower\\ncross street, including streets and riverfront. It also conferred upon", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0279.jp2"}, "280": {"fulltext": "282 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nthe Trustees the power to levy any amount of taxes on said town, not\\nexceeding two hundred and fifty dollars. It also provided that when\\na party owing taxes failed to pay by the appointed time, the Collector\\nshould advertise one month and proceed to sell all of the lot or lots,\\nor enough thereof, to cover the taxes, costs and ten per cent, for sell-\\ning. It also provided for the redemption of the property by payment\\nof the purchase money, with interest thereon at the rate of fifty per\\ncent, per annum. It provided for the laying off of the streets into\\nprecincts, and the appointment of surveyors thereof. It required\\nevery male, over eighteen years of age, within the bounds, or who was\\nallotted to a surveyor, to labor on said streets any number of days\\nnot exceeding six in each year, or two days in any one month, and in\\ncase of failure or refusal, a fine of five dollars was to be assessed\\nand collected. It required the Trustees to hold at least three stated\\nmeetings in every year, to wit: on the first Saturday in May, July,\\nand October, and assessed a fine of five dollars upon any Trustee for\\nfailure to attend.\\n1826.\\nOn the fourth day of Ma}^, Samuel Calvan Sugg was hung in the\\nPublic Square for the murder of Elijah Walton.\\nThe old Union Chuich, the first house built exclusively for reli\\ngious worship, was erected this year on the Public Square, and stood\\non the hill almost opposite the present residence of Nick Becker, on\\nLower First, between Main and Elm Streets.\\nThere were but two meetings of the Town Trustees held during\\nthis vear. From the following record it would seem that the official\\nboard of the town, as well as the citizens, were at outs: Be it re-\\nmembered, that a Board of Trustees could not be convened agree-\\nably to an act of Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, passed\\nat the session of 1825, to pass the necessary ordinances for the bet-\\nter regulation of the town. The Trustees, however, feeling a dispo-\\nsition to do all that was necessary, when it was practicable to obtain\\na meeting, did meet on the third day of July, 1826, and passed ordi-\\nnances which, if carried into effect by the united efforts of the citi-\\nzens, would have made all the repairs nscessary for the convenience\\nand good order of the town. But finding their acts were not techni-\\ncally supported by the existing laws, and some of the citizens, through\\nlethargy, idleness, and a want of public spirit, refused to unite their\\naid in support of measures for their common benefit. Therefore, be\\nit ordained, that the ordinances passed at the said last meeting be\\nand are hereby repealed and thereupon Nathaniel F. Ruggles, Sam", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0280.jp2"}, "281": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 283\\niiel Stites, George Morris and John W. Mosely resigned. There were\\nno more meetings from this day, to wit, July 7, 1826, to May 9, 1827.\\n^.1827.\\nOn the fifth day of May an election was held, and VViatt H. In-\\ngram, Nathaniel F. Ruggles, George Atkinson, John Spidel and Wil-\\nliam D. Allison were duly elected Trustees for the ensuing year.\\nThe Board met May 9, and organized. The streets of the town\\nwere then divided into three precincts, and Joel Lambert, Abram\\nScott and Dr. Owen Glass appointed surveyors.\\nA general turnout of all the males of the city of legal age with\\nspades, picks, etc., was ordered, as will be seen from the following\\nOrdered, that Joel Lambert, Abram Scott and Dr. Owen Glass\\nwarn the hands in their respective precincts to meet on Tuesday\\nmorning next, the fifteenth, just at sunrise, if fair, if not, on the next\\nday, at the Court House, with hoes and spades, to work on the public\\nstreets, as the Trustees may then and there direct, under the penalty\\nprescribed by law, for two days in succession.\\nAt a meeting of the Trustees held June 4, we find another ditch\\nand pond order Nathaniel F. Ruggles and Wiatt H. Ingram, who\\nwere appointed commissioners to view and examine the ditch by the\\nMarket House and report how it might be drained, having performed\\nthat duty, Report, That the best practicable mode of draining the\\nsame is to cut a ditch down Main Street, about twelve feet from the\\nline of the lots on the west side of said street, from the Market\\nHouse to the lower end of the town, which being approved, it is or-\\ndered that a ditch be opened accordingly.\\nFor that purpose, therefore, the order required Mrs. Shackelford\\nand John Spidel, who were most deeply interested in the pond near\\nthe Court House, to furnish one hand each for the space of two\\nmonths, and Mr. Ruggles appointed to purchase, in the name of the\\nTrustees, six spades. This ditch accounts for the great ravines along\\nthe river front. If it be doubted, however, the following order is re-\\nproduced to show the origin of the ravine on fourth lower cross\\nstreet.\\n1828.\\nMarch 8 Whereas, a subscription has been raised for the\\npurpose of draining the pond near the Court House by opening the\\nditch from the Market House down Main Street. It is ordered that\\nJohn Green be and he is appointed a commissioner to superintend\\nthe opening of said ditch, and he is authorized and directed to cut", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0281.jp2"}, "282": {"fulltext": "284 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nthe said ditch at right angles, from the main street to the river, along\\nfourth cross street, below the Public Square, fifteen feet from the\\nline of lots on the north side of said cross street.\\nAfter having paid out hundreds of dollars of public and private\\nfunds in ditching and draining ponds and bridging ditches, the Trus-\\ntees fixed the salary of the Town Assessor at eight dollars for the\\nyear. The Spidel House, on the corner of Main and First Streets\\nnow the Barret House which had been begun in 1827, was com-\\npleted this year and thrown open to the local and traveling public. It\\nwas originally only two stories, with the front of the second story one\\nroom, used for a dining-room and public hall. The frame ell was\\nbuilt a short time after the completion of the brick.\\nIn 1855 and 1856 Martin S. Hancock, who had become the\\nowner, unroofed the old Spidel then known as the Taylor House and\\nreconstructed it by adding a third story and brick elL Nimrod\\nGrisby, a contracting carpenter, then living in Henderson, built the\\nframe addition, and one of his most expert manipulators of the old-\\nfashioned whip-saw, was our now much-beloved fellow-citizen, Judge\\nPhilo H. Hillyer. Aside from the hewed timbers in this building,\\nthe studding, weather-boarding and flooring were sawed by hand with\\nthe whip-saw.\\nIt is said General Zachariah Taylor spent a great part of this\\nyear in the town and clerked for one of the firms doing business on\\nMain Street*at that time.\\nThe farming interest had grown to greater importance, and for\\nthose times a considerable amount of country produce found its way\\nto market. Wiatt H. Ingram, then one of the most progressive mer-\\nchants of the town, became a heavy purchaser and shipper, and\\nboats being scarce he would go with a company of men and whip-\\nsaws to Green River, and there get out lumber and build him boats of\\nsufficient capacity to hold his purchases. When completed he would\\nfloat down to Henderson, load with produce and then go to New Or-\\nleans, where he would sell both produce and boats.\\nThe law firm of Morris Dixon was the only one advertised\\nthis year. Drs. Glass and Gaither and W. H. Allen, practicing physi\\ncians, and J. B. Pollitt Co., James Gobin, merchants, advertised\\nextensively. Orrin Fay was the largest advertiser, and had, perhaps,\\nthe most complete and extensive stock of any merchant in the town.\\nHe was a liberal trader and proposed to sell his goods either for cash\\nor feathers.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0282.jp2"}, "283": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COTNTY, KY. 285\\nFellows Ruggles were also large merchants.\\nOn the first day of January of this year, fifty letters were adver-\\ntised as remaining in the Postcffice uncalled for. The following no-\\ntice to steamboat pilots was published\\nNotice. A series of piles, occupying an extent of about 400\\nyards, has been firmly set in the bed of the river at Henderson Isl-\\nand as indicated by several poles rising eight feet from the tops of the\\npiles. Boats may pass them in safety by running within 300 yards\\nof the island near its lower extremity.\\nS. W. LONG.\\nThis was government work and done to deepen the channel of\\nthe river, which at that point was almost impassible during low water.\\n1829.\\nIt was determined this year to build a permanent wharf, and for\\nthat purpose an act of the Legislature of 1828-29 was passed, vesting\\nfull and ample powers in the Trustees to raise a loan within the limits\\nof $2,000, for the purpose of grading and paving Steam Mill Land-\\ning, to be redeemed out of the taxes by annual installments. George\\nAtkinson and Nathaniel F. Ruggles were appointed commissioners\\nfor the purpose of taking subscriptions for stock, founded on the\\npledge of the taxes annually for its redemption, bearing interest at\\nthe rate of 6 per cent, per annum, and said commissioners were au-\\nthorized to cause the said landing to be graded and paved in a sub-\\nstantial manner and to report when completed. On the fourteenth\\nday of September, 1831, the Commissioners reported, and laid before\\nthe Board a statement of account of the amount expended, and the\\nsame was approved. The first paid wharf was then received, and the\\nTreasurer authorized and directed to issue scrip to the several parties\\nentitled thereto for the sums subscribed.\\nAn order was passed at the June meeting, making it a penalty\\nfor any slave to offer for sale any article whatever, without the con-\\nsent of his or her master or mistress.\\n1831.\\nOnly one meeting of the Board of Trustees was held this year.\\nDuring the year the old market house fell down and the Collector\\nwas directed to sell the roof and brick, and pay over the proceeds to\\nthe Treasurer.\\n1832.\\nDecember 15, Edmund H. Hopkins and Will D. Allison were ap-\\npointed a committee to examine all of the laws in relation to the\\ntown, and report. Only two meetings of the Board were held this\\nyear.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0283.jp2"}, "284": {"fulltext": "286 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\n1833.\\nIt was ordered that the pond near the jail and Court House,\\nwhich had been an interminable source of annoyance and expense,\\nbe drained by digging a ditch in First Street to Main, down Main to\\nFirst Street below the Square, and with that street to the head of the\\nravine, which at that time was making up into the street. This was\\ndone, and many citizens of the town now living remember the result\\nof that foolish order.\\n1834.\\nJames Rouse, Town Assessor, returned his book May 3 and the\\nsame was approved, and thereupon the following rate and amount of\\ntax to be collected was fixed by the Board It is ordained by the\\nBoard that the Collector for the year 1834 collect from each person\\nsubject to pay taxes, the sum of twenty five cents on every one hun-\\ndred dollars valuation of property, and one dollar from each and every\\nfree male inhabitant over the age of twenty years.\\nA wharfage fee of fifty cents per day was ordered to be collected\\nfrom each trading boat landing at the public landings.\\nGreat complaint was made by the merchants of the town at the\\norder of the Board fixing the rate and amount of taxation, whereupon\\nthe following order was passed at the October meeting It ap-\\npearing to the satisfaction of the Board that a tax of twenty five\\ncents on each one hundred dollars value of merchandise, is unequal\\nand oppressive upon the merchants, it is therefore ordained, that\\nall merchandise and groceries in the town be taxed in the following\\nmanner, to-wit Hugh Kerr Co. and George Atkinson Co. each\\npay a tax of ten dollars annually, and that Samuel Stites, Wiatt H.\\nIngram, Marshall Rankin, Dixon Smith, Bayless Chamblin and\\nMr. Halstead pay each a tax, of seven dollars and fifty cents, that is\\nto say seven dollars and fifty cents for each house; and that Thomp-\\nson Johnson, William Hart, Holmes Beall, Joshua Mullin, Robert\\nG. Paschal Rouse and Fountain Cunningham, each pay a tax of\\nfive dollars annually, and that David H. Hillyer Bro. pay a tax of\\nthree dollars annually on merchandise.\\nAt the same meeting an order was passed appointing John D.\\nAnderson, Joseph Cowan, John Green and Edmund H. Hopkins a\\ncommittee to contract for filling up, stopping and securing the ravine\\nmaking from the river to the Public Square on first cross street below\\nthe Square. One hundred and fifty dollars was appropriated for the\\npurpose, and every dollar of it spent, but how, no one now knows.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0284.jp2"}, "285": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 287\\n1835.\\nThe first case of small-pox of which anything is known made its\\nappearance in Joshua Mullin s* tavern in February. If the citizens\\nwere frightened, or the least uneasy about it, that fact was not mani-\\nfested in the special meeting of the Board, held February 27, The\\ntown had no hospital for the sick, but its Trustees had an abundance\\nof fellow-feeling, as will be seen from the following order It is\\nordered that Joshua Mullin be authorized to employ nurses and phys-\\nicians for the sick man, at his, the sick man s expense, if able to pay,\\nif not, at the expense of the Trustees. It having been further repre-\\nsented to the Trustees that said Mullin intends, or threatens exposing\\nsaid man to the inclemency of the weather, by turning him out of\\ndoors, the Trustees respectfully advise said Mullin to abandon all\\nsuch intentions, as they are of opinion that his, said Mullin s, person\\nand property would be in imminent danger from such a proceeding\\nso abhorent to the feelings of humanity.\\nIn addition to the amount set apart to be expended in stopping\\nthe ravine on Lower First Street, the County Court appropriated two\\nhundred dollars to be expended by E. L. Starling and Thomas\\nTowles, Magistrates, in the same direction. These gentlemen caused\\na fill to be made across the ravine twenty feet wide, not only stop-\\nping the ravages of high water, but furnishing ample passage way for\\nvehicles and footmen passing up and down Main Street. This fill re-\\nmained intact until the ravine was filled to the line of Main Street in\\n1855 and 1856.\\nJohn Spidel died this year, and his tavern was sold to Cornelius\\nFellows, of Louisville, for three thousand six hundred and one dol-\\nlars. In 1838 Fellows sold the same to Livingston Taylor for five\\nthousand one hundred and thirty-one dollars. On the twelfth of\\nMarch, 1846, Taylor sold to Martin S. Hancock for eight thousand\\ndollars cash.\\nThe town tax for 1835 was fixed at twenty-five cents on each one\\nhundred dollars valuation, and a head tax of one dollar upon each\\nmale citizen residing in the town over the age of twenty-one years.\\nIn lieu of all other taxes on merchandise a graded specific tax rang-\\ning from live to ten dollars was levied.\\nThe new Steam Mill wharf needed repairs, and for that purpose\\nthe Town Treasurer was directed to issue and sell $500 worth of\\nscrip, redeemable one year after date. The ravine in the Public\\nSquare, from hard rams, continued to wash and cave.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0285.jp2"}, "286": {"fulltext": "288 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\n1836.\\nJames E. Rankin and James Alves were requested to solicit sub-\\nscriptions for the purpose of arresting tiie caving of the ravine. The\\nfirst order looking to a permanent improvement was made at the Au-\\ngust meeting this year. It was ordained that Main or Market Street,\\nas then known, from First to Third Street and Mill or Second Street,\\nfrom Water to Elm Street be paved with brick or stone eisfht feet\\nwide, to be completed by September 1, 1837, and to be done at the\\nexpense of persons owning the lots fronting on the streets. It was\\nfurther ordained that anyone owning a workshop, found guilty of\\nthrowing shavings into the streets, should be fined.\\n1837.\\nThe total debt of the town at the beginning of this year was\\nfive hundred and thirty-three dollars and eighty-one cents for bor-\\nrowed money, officers fees, etc. Upon an investigation it was found\\nthat the Collectors had not settled for the past three or four years,\\nand stringent orders were issued to bring them to time.\\n1838.\\nThe Board of Trustees elected for this year were evidently de-\\ntermined to keep step with the progress of the times. New officers were\\nelected and positive orders passed looking to a speedy settlement of\\ndelinquent taxes and with delinquent Collectors. The Treasurer was\\nordered to effect a settlement at all hazzards, with all persons indebted\\nto the town. After having given attention to all matters financial,\\nthey then turned their attention to the pond and ravine difficulties.\\nA committee was appointed to report the best and most practicable\\nmethod of draining the pond at the corner of First and Elm Streets,\\nand of securing the ravines from further washing. No source of\\nannoyance has ever so successfully baffled the skill of early time in-\\ntellects as the ponds and general drainage of the little town of Hen-\\nderson.\\nThis was a year of compliments and none was more highlv ap-\\npreciated than that paid Thomas Towles, Jr., Town Assessor, for the\\nyear. On the twenty second day of May Mr. Towles was appointed\\nAssessor, and on the fourteenth day of July returned his book, which\\nwas received and highly approved by resolution. In consideration\\nof his most excellent work he was allowed twenty dollars, ten dollars\\nmore than had ever been allowed before.\\nAt the same meeting William D. Allison, Clerk of the Board,\\nwhose work amounted to as much as that of clerks who are now", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0286.jp2"}, "287": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 289\\npaid handsome salaries, was paid fifteen dollars for one year s ser-\\nvices.\\nAt the August meeting an ordinance was passed fixing the license\\nupon all public exhibitions for which money was demanded, the sum\\nof three dollars for the* first day and two dollars for each day subse-\\nquent.\\nFor some reason, which the records of 1838 failed to explain, the\\nTrustees became alarmed concerning the carrying or concealing of\\nunlawful weapons by the colored population. They, therefore, at their\\nOctober meeting, ordered That James Rouse, W. P. Smith, Fountain\\nCunningham, William R. Abbott, James W. Clay, Henry L. Taylor,\\nJames Williams, William F. Quinn, James H. Green, William H.\\nCunningham, Robert J. Rouse, Thomas Towles, Jr., Joseph D.\\nGobin be appointed to search all suspected negro premises for unlaw-\\nful weapons or stolen property, and that they have power to enter and\\nsearch all suspected places, that they arrest and bring before the\\nBoard all negroes having unlawful weapons, and that they seize the\\nweapons, etc.\\nFor clerical reasons it was ordered that Rev. Thomas Evens be\\nreleased from the future payment of town tax.^ There were two wharf-\\nboats lying at Henderson this year upon which a specific tax of five\\ndollars each was assessed.\\n1840.\\nFor many years prior to 1840, indeed from the earliest recollec-\\ntion of Henderson, several of the streets and roads of the town were\\nused for horse racing. It was the custom in early times, during the three\\ndays elections, tor sporting men of the county (and there were many\\nof them) to meet in the town and test the speed of their horses, and\\nthen by appointment to test the superiority of their own pugilistic quali-\\nties. Horse racing and ring-fighting were attractions calculated to\\ndraw great crowds, and great crowds did attend.\\nOne of the favorite tracks for racing was on Elm Street from\\nUpper Fifth to the foot of the hill, near the present residence of Hon.\\nP. B. Matthews. This source of mascu ine and animal punishment,\\nas well as amusement, had become notorious. It was degrading, cer-\\ntainly demoralizing, and as a general thing the chief actors were ig-\\nnorant men whose sole ambition was to be regarded as the best\\nman or the owner of the best nag. The best people became\\ndisgusted and tired of it, and at the July meeting it was ordained by\\nthe Trustees, That any person or persons guilty of running or rac-\\n19", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0287.jp2"}, "288": {"fulltext": "290 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\ning any horse or horses or of causing the same to be done by any\\nother person or persons, the party thus offenchng should be punished\\nby a fine of three dollars.\\nThe course on the part of the Trustees, very properly had, to a\\ngreat extent, the desired effect.\\nThe Trustees directed the Collector to collect this year, in addi-\\ntion to the tax levied upon each and every white male over the age of\\ntwenty-one years, one dollar from each and every free colored male\\nover the age of sixteen years as a poll-tax. A specific tax was also\\nlevied upon the owners and proprietors of grocery stores, farmers\\nproduce and boat stores, varying from $5 to $15.\\nOwing to the growth of the town and the multiplied duties of offi-\\ncials most of the salaries were raised. The clerk was raised from\\nfifteen to forty dollars, the Assessor from fifteen to thirty, and so on.\\nOwing to the increase of grog shops and the manifest determi-\\nnation of that class of dealers to reap a monied harvest, even though\\ncontrary to law and good morals, and also the trouble and annoyance\\nexperienced by the owners of slaves on that account, at the Decem-\\nber meeting the Board of Trustees unanimously passed the following\\nordinance offered by Lazarus W. Powell\\njBe it Ordained by the Tnisteef of the Town of Henderson:\\nThat it shall be, and is hereby made, the duty of the Town Sergeant, or\\neither of his assistants, to punish, with any number of lashes not exceeding\\nten, all or any negro slave or slaves who may be found in any grog shop, gro-\\ncery, or other place where spirituous liquors are retailed in said town, or who\\nmay be found on the streets of said town after ten o clock at night, unless it\\nshall appear to the said Town Sergeant, or assistant, that said negro slave or\\nslaves, are acting under the orders of his, her, or their master or mistress\\nand it shall further be the duty of the Town Sergeant, or either of his assist-\\nants, to enter into any grog shop, grocery, or other place where spirituous\\nliquors are retailed, in said town, whenever he shall be informed that any such\\nnegro slave or slaves are collected therein. Provided, said Town Sergeant, or\\nassistant, can enter the same peaceably and without force.\\n1841.\\nAt the June meeting it was ordered that Mill, or Second Street,\\nbetween Main and Elm, be graded, and that the depth of grade be\\nfixed by the Commissioners appointed for that purpose. It was also\\nordered that Main, between First and Third, be graded in the same\\nway. It was also ordered that sidewalks, ten feet in width, be laid\\ndown.\\nFrom the records it appears that the Trustees of the town ex-\\nperienced equally as much trouble in controlling the hogs as has been", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0288.jp2"}, "289": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 291^\\nby the Council the past ten years. The town pump stood in the in-\\ntersection of Main and Second, or Mill Street, and its frequent use\\nkept the ground wet and sloppy. For this reason, then, the hogs\\ncongregated at that spot, and several times came near rootmg the\\npump out of its position. To prevent this, a special meeting of the\\nBoard was called, and a committee appointed to go and examine the\\npublic well, and character of hogs thereat, and report, instanier, the\\nbest plan of preventing the nuisance or the destruction of the pump.\\nIt was a-reed to fill around with broken brick, and in front of the\\nspout to place a large flat rock, at a cost of several dollars, and to\\nlet the hogs continue to run and root.\\nm KENZIE AND JEFFERSON\\nDeli-hted the town with the first theatrical troupe ever seen in the\\nplace This troupe played in the second story of the Court\\nHouse a medium sized room seated with ordinary plank benches,\\nwithou t backs, and capable of holding from one hundred and fifty\\nto two hundred persons. The troupe was largely patronized and\\nplayed for a week or more, at the urgent solicitation of the people.\\nAs usual the manager complained of the town tax assessed upon\\nthem and petitioned the Trustees for a reduction, and, as an evidence\\nof how delighted the people were, the Trustees, after consideration\\nof the petition, passed the following order\\nis ordered that the said petitioners he and they are hereby exempted\\nand exoneratedfrom paying any town tax for the time they have performed\\nand so long as they may remain at this tifner\\nThere were in Henderson this year four tobacco stemmeries\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nGeorge Atkinson, A. B. Barrett, David R. Burbank and Hugh Kerr.\\nA motion was made for the first time to tax the stemmeries, and a\\nvote being taken upon the propriety of such tax being assessed, it\\nwas decided in the affirmative and the Collector directed to collect\\nwith other specific taxes, ten dollars from each of the stemmeries\\nnamed. r j\\nFrom the following order, passed August 14, 1841, it is inferred\\nthat the Trustees of the town were of a Uberal turn of mind. The\\nPublic Square needed ornamentation, and as it had been donated to\\npublic uses, the Trustees determined that it should be. It was there-\\nfore Ordered that four Horse Racks be erCcted at such places on\\nthe Public Square as a committee appointed for that purpose may di-\\nrect each rack must be twenty feet long, and supported by three\\nposts well set in the ground, and of good, sound, lasting wood there", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0289.jp2"}, "290": {"fulltext": "292 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nmust also be ten pins to each rack. This was clone and the bill,\\ntwenty-five dollars, paid out of the public funds.\\nGeorge Chapman, father of the renowned Chapman Sisters,\\nprayed the Trustees to exhibit his theatrical performances free of\\ntax. This was refused, but a very liberal reduction was made him.\\nIsaac Gayle, a slave of George Gayle, was the leading town\\ncontractor at this time. His work in repairing the wharf and grading\\nMain street was received and pronounced well done.\\nEdmund H. Hopkins, President of the Board of Trustees, at\\nthe December meeting presented his letter of resignation. It is a\\nvery lengthy paper, gracefully written, and full of that fine sense for\\nwhich this great chancery lawyer was so noted. He presented a full\\nreview of the town s troubles, and suggested many ideas of value,\\nwhich were afterwards adopted and resulted to the great benefit of\\nthe struggling town.\\n1842.\\nOn January 1, the Treasurer s report showed credit $2,478.86\\namount of debts, $2,453.12; balance, cash in the Treasurey, $25.74.\\nA general system of ordinances had been adopted, covering every im-\\nportant point, and the clerk directed to record them in a well bound\\nbook, and to have three hundred copies of the general ordinances\\nprinted in pamphlet form. The charter had been amended, so as to\\nconfer upon the Board all needful authority. The town was now out\\nof debt, and nothing was necessary but for the Trustees to exercise\\ngood judgment, and a liberal spirit of progress. The Trustees at this\\ntime were progressive men, but a majority of the people were still\\nplodding along in the old fogy rut in which they had floundered for\\nyears. A memorial was sent to the Senators and Representatives at\\nFrankfort, praying an alteration or amendment of the charter. The\\namendment as sent up was passed, and approved by the Governor\\nFebruary 24. The first order of a sanitary nature by the Board of\\nTrustees since Henderson was established as a Town, was passed on\\nmotion of Alexander D. Barrett, a member of the Board at their meet-\\ning June 25. It was as follows: Ordered, that for the better\\npreservation of the health of the town, the lot owners and tenants of\\nlots be required to cut down all noxious weeds within their lots or in-\\nclosures, and also in and to the middle of the street, and in case of\\nfailure to do so within the next ten days, all persons so defaulting\\nshall be subject to a fine of ten dollars.\\nAt the July meeting, the Trustees in levying the amount of tax\\nto be collected for the year, reduced the ad valorem tax to eighteen and", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0290.jp2"}, "291": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 293\\nthree-fourth cents on the one hundred dollars, and fixed the poll tax\\nat the same it had been for several years previous.\\nThe following specific taxes were levied\\nTOBACCO STEMMERIES.\\nGeorge Atkinson, $10.00; Alexander B. Barrett, $10.00; David\\nR. Burbank, $10.00; Hugh Kerr Co., $10.00,\\nTAVERNS.\\nLivingston G.Taylor, $15.00 Jacob Held, $15.00 William Quinn,\\n$12.50 Joshua Mullin, $12.00.\\nGROCERY STOKES.\\nStephen Medd, $7.50 Robert Clark, $10.00 William N. Thomp-\\nson, $10.00 Joseph Adams. $15.00.\\nBOAT STORES AND DOGGERIES.\\nJoanna Holmes, $15.00; Lewis Ritchie, $5.00, John B. Burke,\\n$6.00; Joseph Bunce, $12.50.\\nCOMMISSION STORES.\\nJames Rouse, $5.00. At a special meeting called August 25, for\\nthe purpose of considering a supposed case of small-pox, all of the\\nphysicians of the town, to-wit Drs. Glass, Maddox, Allen, Newland,\\nRead and Thornton, were notified and requested to visit the said case\\ninstanta, and report to the Board, whether the case was really small-\\npox. The physicians attended in a body, and returned the gratifying\\nreport that it was not small-pox,\\nOn motion of A. B. Barrett, he was authorized to contract with\\nIsaiah S. Keen for inclosing the cemetary, corner Elm and Fourth\\nStreets, at a price not to exceed one hundred and thirty-five dollars,\\nand Joseph D. Gobin was allowed twelve and one-half cents for re-\\nmoving one dead cat from a ditch below the Taylor House.\\nAt the July meeting of the Trustees it was Ordered that a brick\\ntunnel of sufficient capacity for carrying off the water from Mill and\\nWater Streets, be built from the top of the bank at the foot of Mill\\nStreet, such distance down the bank as the committee should think\\nproper. Also, that a paved wharf thirty-six feet wide, not less than\\none foot deep, of concave form, with a gutter in the middle, be built.\\nThe Wharfmaster s fees for freight received upon his wharfboat\\nwere fixed as follows: For one ton or more in same lot, twenty\\ncents per ton for less than one ton, and over five hundred pounds, at\\nthe rate of twenty-five cents per ton for five hundred pounds and un-\\nder, at the rate of forty cents per ton for a single package, ten cents,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0291.jp2"}, "292": {"fulltext": "294 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\n1844.\\nIn 1842-3, the town was the owner of a fire engine, but where it\\ncame from, or what was the cost of it, no one knows. The probability\\nis the Uttle concern was a failure, for at the March meeting 1844, an\\norder was entered of record directing the Town Sergeant to sell the\\nengine, either at public or private sale upon a credit of three months.\\nAugust 12, it was Ordered that the Town Sergeant suppress all negro\\npreaching and negro meetings within the limits of the town, of nights\\nin the future.\\nDuring this year, a determined effort was made by the Trustees\\nto prevent further washing of the river front, and to fill up several\\nravines already encroaching upon the town. A citizens fund was\\nraised two hundred dollars appropriated by the Trustees, and three\\nhundred dollars by the Countv Court. With this a wide fill was made\\nacross the ravine at First Street below the square, a twenty-foot fill\\nmade around the corner of lot No. 1, corner First and Water Streets,\\nand an embankment along Water Street, from Third to Seventh, with\\nfour four-foot plank tunnels or outlets to the river. Notwithstanding\\nthe efforts of the Trustees, and the large amount of money expended,\\nit is a fact that where each one of the four tunnels were placed there\\noccurred a break in the bank, and fearful washing away of the front,\\ncarrying with it the plank tunnels. It would have been better had\\nthe Trustees let matters take its course, but it was commendable at\\nleast, to know that they endeavored to do the best that could be done\\nin their judgment. At this time a general impro\\\\ement of the prin-\\ncipal streets and pavements was being made, new merchants were\\ncoming in, and a brighter outlook hovered over the town.\\n1845.\\nAt the March meeting it was determined to erect a market house\\non pitlars, one-story high, with a calaboose at one end for the use of\\nthe town. Upon petition of Strangers Rest Lodge, Independent Or-\\nder of Odd Fellows, permission was given them to build a second\\nstory, thirty feet long, eight feet high, to be used as a Lodge room.\\nThis building was erected on Main Street, opposite the Hancock, now\\nBarrett House, and in 1852 it was burned, supposed to have been the\\nact of an incendary.\\nA novel way of preventmg the spread of small-pox appears of re-\\ncord at the meeting of the Trustees November 7. A Mr. Ashby, a\\nmerchant from Madisonville, had landed in the town with small-pox,\\nand was placed in a house opposite the old cemetery. The attention", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0292.jp2"}, "293": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 295\\nof the Trustees having been called to this, it was ordered tiiat a high\\njence be built across Elm Street at each corner of the cemetery lot, to\\nprevent the spread of the disejise. The street was fenced across in\\ntwo places, and no one permitted to pass until Ashby recovered, when\\nthe street was again opened.\\n1846.\\nOn the thirtieth day of July a stringent order was passed by the\\nBoard of Trustees, concerning night walkers, and under this order the\\nTown Sergeant was directed to ring the Court House bell every night\\nat nine o clock, and that all slaves, night walkers and disorderly per-\\nsons found strolling about in the night fifteen minutes after that time,\\nshould be arrested and dealt with according to law. At the ringing\\nof the bell, but few persons were to be seen on the streets, and those\\nwho were out made haste to avoid the town watch. On the twenty-\\nfifth day of August, an ordinance was passed directing the lot holders,\\nwhether citizens of the town or otherwise, on both sides of Mill Street,\\nbetween Elm and Back, now Green Street the north side of Water,\\nbetween First and Second, the south side of First, between Water and\\nElm, both sides of Main lying between Third and Fourth, the north-\\neast side of Elm, between first cross and Mill or second cross streets,\\nto grade and pave sidewalks as may be in front of their respective\\nlots. The grade was to be furnished by the Trustees, by marked\\nposts. The sidewalks were to be ten feet wide, except Water Street,\\nwhere eight feet was only required. The sidewalks to be constructed\\nof brick, the curbing to be stone or sound white oak, post oak, or\\nblack locust, timber sawed or hewed on all four sides, and not less\\nthan four inches thick and nine inches wide. Many persons were\\npermitted to use public or river gravel in making their walks in place of\\nbrick. This was the second order passed by the Trustees looking to the\\npermanent improvement of the sidewalks of the town. Another appro-\\npriation was asked of the County Court, to be spent on the ravine on\\nLower First Street, and that body with becoming liberality, donated\\nanother three hundred dollars to be washed into the Ohio River. The\\ntown was laid ofif into four working districts, and for the better pro-\\ntection and improvement of the streets, a supervisor of each district\\nwas appointed, and directed to call upon the citizens of his district,\\nwhenever necessary, to turn out with working tools and repair or im-\\nprove the streets. Be it said to their credit, the citizens did, when-\\never necessary, respond to the supervisor s notice with commendable\\nzeal, and by this means the streets were kept in sufficient repair at no\\nexpense to the Town Treasury, G. A. Mayor, who carried on the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0293.jp2"}, "294": {"fulltext": "296 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COTNTY, KY.\\ngunsmithing business on Mill or Second Street, asked to be relieved\\nfrom the penalties of the ordinance against firing guns in the town.\\nHis petition was granted upon condition he would build a good and\\nsubstantial battery of wood, back of his house, the same to be exam-\\nined and approved by Joseph D. Gobin, one of the Trustees.\\n1847.\\nThe old hospital on the river front, between Eleventh and\\nTwelfth Upper Streets was built this year. Many years afterwards,\\nit was occupied by old Jack Shingler, the noted fisherman, who died\\nin it neglected and almost forgotten. By an order of the Board of\\nTrustees, the negroes were allowed the privilege of holding a meeting\\nfor religious worship every Friday night until ten o clock, and every\\nSunday afternoon until sundown.\\nJuly 27, the Trustees repealed this order, and passed in lieu there-\\nof, an order prohibiting slaves from preaching or assembling for relig-\\nious worship at night, but granting them the privilege of holding Sun-\\nday afternoon meeting.\\n1848.\\nOwing, perhaps, to past stringent orders concerning negro wor-\\nship, the citizens became anxious and interested in their spiritual wel-\\nfare they, therefore, at the February meeting of the Board of Trustees\\npresented a plan of worship, embodied in a petition, which they asked\\nto be adopted. The following is the order of the Board Mr. F. Cun-\\nningham presented the petition of sundry citizens with regard to in-\\nstructing the negroes in the way of salvation. Mr. Samuel N. Langley\\nmoved to lay said petition on the table. Carried unanimously and so\\nthe said petition was laid on the table.\\nIt was the custom of old-time Trustees to deal summarily with\\nall matters of public concern coming before them. It had bpen rep-\\nresented that Messrs. Lyne Terry, who owned a wharf-boat at the\\nfoot of Mill Street, were charging exorbitant prices for freight pass-\\ning over their boat. To remedy this, they were ordered to immedi-\\nately remove their boat from the Public Landing, and, upon failure,\\nthe Wharfmaster was directed to carry out the order.\\nThe old Trustees, also, were not merely local politicians, but\\nmanifested a lively interest in foreign affairs, as will be evidenced by\\nthe following, passed by them on motion of R. G. Beverly\\n**\\\\Vnr :RKAs, The members of this Board have heard with great pride and\\npleasure ot the Revokitions in Europe, and of the downfall of despotism more\\npractically in Fiance therefore,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0294.jp2"}, "295": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 297\\nResolved s That we tender tlie sympathies of this Board, and of our Re-\\npublican constituents, to the peop e of France, and other parts of Europe, in\\ntheir efforts to throw oft Monarchy. And we earnestly hope they will suc-\\nceed in establishing a Democratic Republican form of Government, in which\\nthe principle that the people arethe source of all political power, may be es-\\ntablished\\nDuring this year it was determined that the three offices of\\nTown Sergeant, Collector and Wharfmaster should be consolidated\\ninto one, and that the duties of the three be performed by one per-\\nson. It was further required of said officer to furnish, for the use\\nand benefit of the town during his term of office, one horse and cart\\nand two able-bodied laborers. Also to superintend the said hands,\\nand to see that they and the said horse and cart were employed under\\nthe direction of the Board of Trustees. This new officer was to be\\nknown as Town Sergeant, and to receive a salary of eight hundred\\ndollars, and such commissions as was then allowed by law. James\\nTaylor (better known as Two Horse) was unanimously appointed to\\nperform the duties of the new office.\\n1849.\\nJanuary 22, an act of the Legislature was approved, authorizing\\nthe Justices of the town to sell upon such terms, and in such parcels,\\nas they might deem best, the Public Square, vesting them with power\\nto convey the same to the purchaser by deed of conveyance or other-\\nwise. The Square was not sold under this act, but was, under a sub-\\nsequent one, as will be seen further on.\\nIn the early part of February, a company was organized com-\\nposed of James Alves, Samuel Stites, L. W. Powell, Fount Cunning-\\nham, William H. Cunningham, Edmund H. Hopkins, and others,\\nunder the name of the Henderson Cemetery Co.\\nOn the nineteenth day of February, an act of incorporation was\\npassed, authorizing them to purchase and hold for burial purposes,\\nnot exceeding thirty acres of land. On May 13, 1853, eighteen and\\nfive-eighths acres of land, lying on the Madisonville road, about one\\nmile from the Court House, was conveyed to William Rankin and\\nothers. Trustees of the Henderson Cemetery, for the sum of one\\nthousand three hundred and ninety-six dollars and seventy-six cents,\\nand soon thereafter a transfer was made to the city, and the same es-\\ntablished as the public burial ground. Lots were sold and the place\\ngradually improved, until now this beautiful and sacred spot, known\\nas Fermvood, is one of the prettiest burial grounds in the State.\\nIn this same month the Cumberland Presbyterian Church was\\nincorporated, with Joel Lambert, Wiatt H. Ingram, C. M. Pe^nnell,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0295.jp2"}, "296": {"fulltext": "298 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nEdward D. McBride and John H. Lambert named as trustees. For a\\nnumber of years this church flourished, but, from some unknown\\ncause, was permitted to cease its existence, and for a long time since\\nhas been without a minister or congregation. In 1884 it was revived\\nagain, and now holds regular services.\\nA system of sidewalks was adopted this year which proved to be\\nat that time, not only inexpensive, but of great comfort and conveni-\\nence to the citizens generally. From Main street, or from the termi-\\nnal points of sidewalks already built, flatboat gunnels, or gunwales,\\nwere laid down, and while it is true that in no instance were these\\ntimbers over two feet wide, and parties moving in opposite directions\\nwho happened to meet on one of them necessarily had to decide by\\nlot which of the two should take the mud, they were yet so much bet-\\nter than the limitless mud tracks traveled prior to that time, no com-\\nplaint was urged, but general satisfaction seemed to govern the entire\\ncommunity.\\n1850.\\nApril 15, a contract was made with William B. Vanzandt to grade\\nand pave one hundred feet of Mill Street landing, as an additional\\nwharf, at and for the sum of seventeen hundred dollars.\\nUp to this time the town had never owned a prison house, and\\nfinding one to be indispensibly necessary, it was ordered, June 10,\\nThat John H. Lambert and James Rouse be authorized to contract\\nfor the erection of a small calaboose house, or lock-up. This miser-\\nable little affair was buil as directed, at one end of the Market\\nHouse, and, of course, no arrangement made for keeping it warm dur-\\ning the cold winter days and nights. As a speculation, or precau-\\ntionary movement, it proved a sad investment both to the town and\\nthe Odd Fellows. Tradition has it that a wild Irishman was caged\\nin it one bitter cold winter night, and that but for the continued exer-\\ncise of his body he would have frozen to death that when he was\\nreleased therefrom, he remarked to the officer that that room needed\\nwarming, and he was the very fellow to do the work Sure enough,\\na short time afterwards, the Calaboose, Market House, Town Hall\\nand Odd Fellows Lodge, with all of their books, papers and Lodge\\neffects, were burned to the ground.\\nThe tax levy for this year was the same as for many years pre-\\nvious, to wit Twenty-five cents on the one hundred dollars valua-\\ntion, one dollar on each white male over the age of twenty-one years,\\nand one dollar on each free black over the age of sixteen years, and\\na specific tax as follows", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0296.jp2"}, "297": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 299\\nTAVERNS.\\nMartin H. Hancock, $15; Wm. F. Gobin, $15; William E.\\nLambert, town and wharf-boat, $7.50.\\nGROCERIES.\\nJoseph Adams, ^20; Jacob Held, 810; G. J. C.Atkinson,\\n$10; Alex. B. Barret, $10; John B. Hart, $15; Peter Paul\\nSemonin, $15 Reidhar Millet, $20 Louis Reiglar, $5.\\nSTEMMERIES.\\nA. B. Barret, $20 D. R. Burbank, $20 Hugh Kerr, $20 Rob-\\nert Clark, $20 William Soaper, $15.\\nThis was the first year, it appears, that Robert Clark and William\\nSoaper had transacted the stemming business in their own name in\\nthe town. George Atkinson gave up the stemming business at the\\nclose of 1849, and sold his house to Robert Clark.\\nWilliam D. Allison, Town Clerk, was allowed the sum of forty\\ndollars for his services as clerk this year. Philo H. Hillyer, Treas-\\nurer, was allowed twenty-five dollars, and considering the bond these\\ntwo officials were require^ to make and the multiplied duties heaped\\nupon them, it is safe to say that men in those days served the public\\nmore for glory than for the pay.\\nThe contract made with W. B. Vanzandt for grading and paving\\nMill Street wharf during the year 1849, was changed by consent\\nof parties and a new one made. More paving was required, a\\ntunnel was ordered to be built from the top of the bank of brick\\nto the foot of the landing. This wharf and tunnel was completed in\\nDecember, and at the January meeting of the Trustees, 1851, was re-\\nceived and three thousand seven hundred dollars allowed the con-\\ntractor, to be paid out of the revenues of 1850-51 and 1852.\\n1851.\\nIn June of this year a general ordinance directing the laying of\\nbrick, plank and gravel sidewalks on first, second, third and fourth\\ncross streets and on parts of Water, Main, Elm and Back or Green\\nStreets, was passed.\\n1852.\\nMay 6, Henry J. Eastin was employed to resurvey the town and\\ndirected to plant iron pins at the corner of each square. This sur-\\nvey was made, and afterwards by a hotly contested and bitter elec-\\ntion ratified by a vote of the people, and to this day is recognized as\\nthe correct survey of the city.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0297.jp2"}, "298": {"fulltext": "300\\nHISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nA general ihiprovement of the town was inaugurated this year,\\nseveral brick tunnels leading to the river were ordered to be built,\\nprincipally the one at First and Second Streets. First Street was or-\\ndered graded and filled from Main to Green.\\n1853.\\nRev. Joel Lambert, President of the Henderson Nashville\\nRailroad, at the June 2 meeting was granted the right to construct a\\ntram road over Fourth Street from the depot to the river bank, on the\\nfollowing conditions The grade of the road to correspond with the\\ngrade of Main and Water Stret ts, the track to be located in the cen-\\nter of the street so as not to interfere with a good carriage way on\\neither side of the track. The company to have the right to convey\\nalong said road all the property of the company, but with animal\\npower, and not to move at a speed exceeding four miles an hour, and\\nat no time to obstruct the crossings.\\nOn the seventeenth day of June a majority of the property\\nowners fronting on both sides of Main Street, from First to Upper\\nThird Street, and on Mill from Water to Main, petitioned the Trustees\\nof the town to grade, gravel, gutter and otherwise improve the streets,\\nand obliging themselves to pay for one-half of the streets lying in\\nfront of their respective property. Immediately upon receipt of the\\npetition, an ordinance was passed directing said improvement to be\\nmade. It specified that a carriage way be graded and paved, the dirt\\nto be thrown up in the middle and a stone gutter constructed on each\\nside of said carriage way and on the outside of the sidewalks, the\\ngutters to be five feet wide and laid with stone not less than two inches\\nin depth, the carriage way paved with gravel not less than ten inches\\nthick.\\nIt further directed the building of a landing fifty feet wide at the\\nfoot of First Street, to be paved with gravel and a stone gutter sixteen\\nfeet wide, and annulled the previous order directing a brick tunnel.\\nThis wharf, it was charged, was built in the interest of property own-\\ners near by, one or two of whom were members of the Board of Trus-\\ntees at the time. It proved an expensive failure, washed away and\\ncame near destroying all of the adjoining property and has twice\\nsince been tunneled.\\nThis, however, was the first order or ordinance ever passed looking\\nto the permanent improvement of any of the streets of the town, and,\\nof course was hailed with delight by the citizens generally.\\nA contract was entered into with Moses Ross to build the wharf\\nat First Street for the following prices Twelve cents per cubic yard", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0298.jp2"}, "299": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 30l\\nfor excavation, twelve cents per cubic yard for embankment, $2.75\\nper perch for paving the gutter with limestone, 1Q}4 cubic feet to the\\nperch, and seventy-five cents per cubic yard for all gravel put on ten\\ninches thick. This wharf cost $4,152.37 The President of the\\nBoard was directed to contract for the improvement of the intersec-\\ntions of the streets and also to have stepping stones put at all im-\\nportant crossings.\\nOn November 5 many of the citizens petitioned the Board to be\\nallowed to make sidewalks in front of their respective lots fifteen feet,\\ninstead of twelve feet wide. The prayer of the petition was granted,\\nand from that time all of the principal sidewalks of the town were\\nordained to be built fifteen feet wide.\\n1854.\\nOn the eighteenth day of February an act of the Legislature was\\napproved investing Henderson with all the general powers of mu-\\nnicipal corporations. Under this act the town became a city and was\\ndivided into two wards. The First Ward included all that territory\\nlying above Mill Street, and the Second Ward all that territory lying\\nbelow Mill Street. Each ward was entitled to three Councilmen, and\\nat the first election directed by this charter, it was provided that a\\npoll be opened in each ward for the election of a Mayor, three Coun-\\ncilmen, a City Judge, an Assessor, Marshal and Treasurer. John H.\\nLambert, James Rouse, William Brewster, L. F. Danforth, Elijah W*\\nWorsham and James E. Rankin were appointed commissioners to\\nsuperintend the organization of the city government under the char-\\nter.\\nOn the first day of May an election was held and the following\\nnamed persons elected William B. Vanzandt, Mayor James W.\\nClay, George M. Priest and Jacob H. Fulwiler, Councilmen First\\nWard John H. Lambert, Barak Brashear, David H. Unselt, Coun\\ncilmen Second Ward Worden P. Churchill, City Judge Solomon\\nNestler, Marshal Henry Lyne, Treasurer Young E. Allison, As-\\nsessor.\\nThe eastern survey of the town was submitted at this election\\nand ratified by a large majority of those voting. The last minute ot\\nthe clerk of the Board of Trustees is as follows F/ie Mayor and\\nCouncilmen having been sworn into office^ and the archives and property\\nof the town of Henderson having been delivered up to them, the Trustees\\nadjourned forever and a day.^\\nThe first meeting of the Mayor and the Council was held at the\\nCourt House on the eighth day of May, the Mayor and Council all", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0299.jp2"}, "300": {"fulltext": "302 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\npresent. Y. E. Allison was elected clerk. It was ordained that all\\nordinances in force at the time of the change from a town to a city\\ngovernment, should remain in full force until repealed, modified or\\namended by the Council. An ordinance establishing rules for the\\ngovernment of the Council was passed, and two night policemen em-\\nployed as assistants to the Marshal.\\nIt was ordered that the regular meetings of the Board be held\\non the first Tuesday in every month, at three o clock P. M. At this\\ntime it was determined to change the grade of Main Street, from\\nSecond to sixth upper cross street. From Second to Third Street\\nhad been improved according to the grade established by D. N. VVal-\\nden, engineer, but the Council became dissatisfied with it and passed,\\nat their meeting held on the twenty-seventh, the following ordinanc\\nBe it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Henderson, that\\nthe grade of Main Street from the intersection of Main and Second Streets,\\nto the intersection of Main and Sixth Streets, shall be a regular inclined plain\\nfrom the surface at said Second to the surface at said sixth cross street.\\nThis ordinance necessitated the taking up of the gravel, curb\\nstones and guttering already laid down between Second and Third\\nStreets, a new grade and the relaying of the gravel, and rebuilding of\\nthe gutters, etc. On the thirtieth day of May a contract was entered\\ninto by and between the city and Moses Ross, to do the work at the\\nfollowing prices, and to be paid as follows: For removing 80\\nperches of stone, ^40; for removing 261 feet of curb stone, S25 for\\nremoving and replacing gravel already on the street, $150, and fifteen\\ncents per yard for all excavations. The property holders on both\\nsides of the street to pay for all excavations, and all other expenses\\nto be paid for by the city.\\nOn the thirty-first of May, a more liberal right of way over Fourth\\nStreet was granted the Henderson Nashville Railroad.\\nThe officers of the election, to be held in the following August,\\nwere requested to open a column in their poll book in which to take\\nthe sense of the citizen voters of the city as to the propriety of sub-\\nscribing twenty-five thousand dollars to aid in building the Hender-\\nson Nashville Railroad.\\nIn August, 1854, the Common Council purchased the interest of\\nthe stockholders, to wit Edmund L. Starling, William Rankin, VV. B.\\nVandzandt, Samuel Stites, James E. Rankin, L. G. Taylor, A. B, Bar-\\nrett, William E. Lambert, John N. Lambert, L. W. Powell, Joel Lam-\\nbert, Solomon Nestler, F. Cunningham, Will D. Allison, George M.\\nPriest, James Alves, George Atkinson, Francis Millet, Peter Semo-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0300.jp2"}, "301": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 303\\nniu and D. R. Burbank, in the Henderson Cemetery. The fol-\\nlowing is a copy of the contract\\nThe Council agree to issue scrip^to each stockholder in the compariy\\nfor the amount of his stock, bearing interest from the first day to May, 1853,\\nand to be made payable out of the city revenues to be collected in 1855, and\\nthe Council assumes all the liabilities of said company, and are entitled to all\\nits revenues of every kind and benefits of its charter and privileges.\\nWM. S. HOLLOWAY,\\nJAMES W. CLAY,\\nCommittee.\\nAnd thereupon the following ordinance was passed\\nBe it ordained, etc.: That all persons are hereby prohibited from burying\\ndeceased persons in what is known as the old grave yard, or anywhere else\\nwithin the city limits on and after this date. Further, that the Mayor have\\nthe old grave yard fence repaired and closed forthwith.\\nThe amount of revenue to be collected for this year, as reported\\nby the Collector s books, was $6,653.00, and upon this information\\nSolomon Nestler, City Marshal, was directed and required to give\\nadditional security apon his bond. The Marshal was present when\\nthis order was made, and then and there refused to comply with the\\norder and left the Council Chamber. At the following meeting, Au-\\ngust nineteenth, Mayor Vandzant preferred articles of impeachment\\nagainst Marshal Nestler, as follows\\nI charge him with improperly threatening the Council and saying he\\nwould give them trouble when he got the tax books, I charge him with re-\\nfusing to obey and execute the ordinances of the city according to the true\\nspirit and obvious import of the same. I charge him with interfering with the\\nCouncil, in endeavoring to initiate business, in trying to get ordinancrs passed\\nin such shape as would suit his own views I charge him with insubordinate\\nconduct toward the Council, in his insolent and unbecoming refusal to give\\nadditional security to his bond when required to do so by order of the Coun-\\ncil.\\nUpon the filing of the Mayor s charges, Nestler was summoned\\nto appear before the Council on some day to hear the decision of\\nthat body. On the thirty-first day of August he appeared and was\\nput upon his trial, and after a patient hearing of the testimony,\\nand arguments of the Council both for and against, he was removed\\nfrom his office by a unanimous vote. Thereupon an election was or-\\ndained to be held on September 12 to fill the vacancy, and, strange\\nas it may appear, it is nevertheless true, the people refused to sustain\\nthe action of their Council by re-electing Nestler, and thereupon the\\nMr.yor and three or more of the Council resigned their offices. In\\nNovember of this year, two landings were made, one at the foot of\\nupper eighth cross street, and one at second lower cross street. They", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0301.jp2"}, "302": {"fulltext": "^04 HtStORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\ncost a large amount of money, and both washed into the river in a\\nvery few years after their completion. An exhibit of the amount of\\nmoney squandered in pretending to protect the river front between\\nthe years 1823 and 1867 would astound the oldest inhabitant. In\\nNovember the Courier Co??ipany were elected the first city printers of\\nthe town, having been awarded the contract on the first ballot over the\\nReporter. During the latter part of this year, the Ionian Debating\\nSociety was organized, and composed of a number of the most prom-\\nising youths of the city, many of whom have made brilliant lights in\\nboth commercial and political circles. This society was governed\\nupon the strictest rules adopted by parlimentarians, and was the means\\nno doubt, of bringing into active life, the untrained powers of strong\\nnative intellects. Among its members who have distinguished them-\\nselves in life I am pleased to notice Hon. James F. Clay, ex-member\\nof Congress, from this Congressional District, a man of great native\\nand acquired ability, Hon. J. Henry Powell, a litery lecturer of na-\\ntional fame, and now the unsurpassed attorney for the Commonwealth\\nin this judicial district. Judge L. W. Trafton, now deceased, but who\\nduring life represented this county in the Legislature, and served his\\ncounty as Judge, a strong lawyer and able reasoner, Josephus Cheaney,\\nthe renowned temperance lecturer, William S. Johnson, John H. and\\nJames R. Barret, whose splendid business achievements have made\\nthem the pier of any in the land, and Stephen K. Sneed, cashier of\\nthe Henderson Natioiial Bank, whose reputation for ability through-\\nout the banking circles of the county is recognized and acknowledged.\\nThese gentlemen, with many others, look with pride to the days of\\nthis society, and love to revel in the old memories which yet cluster\\naround its most interesting life.\\nIn the early part of 1854, James Alves additions to the city com-\\nmonly known as Fultyle^^ and Hardscrabble^^^ were by act of the\\nLegislature made a part of the city. These were then clover fields\\nthey are to-day compactly built. This was the year the young city,\\nnot only stood alone for the first time, but commenced walking with\\nease. The Mayor notified the County Court that she was amply able\\nto take care of her own paupers and streets, and asked to be released\\nfrom county poll tax. He asked that the apron strings hith rto bind-\\ning her, be now unloosed, and she turned loose upon the world to work\\nher way to rank with other cities of the country. The order was\\ngranted, and from 1854, then a small place, she has gradually grown,\\nuntil to-day she presents a bold front, and a growth absolutely com-\\nmanding the attention of capital from all parts of this great land.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0302.jp2"}, "303": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 305\\n1855.\\nThe Assessors books for 1855 showed a total valuation of prop,\\nerty $1,191,210 and a total of polls three hundred and eleven. The\\ntax levy was fixed at one dollar and fifty cents on each and every white\\nmale over twenty one years of age, each free colored above the age\\nof sixteen, and fift} cents on each and every one hundred dollars worth\\nof property listed to the Assessor. The following specific taxes were\\nlevied\\nSTEMMERIES.\\nAdams Rudy, $20.00 Burbank, $35.00 Kerr Co., $40.00\\nBarret Bro. $45.00 Clark Co., $35.00 Soaper, $35.00.\\nGROCERIES.\\nMillet Co., $30.00; P. Semonin, $30.00 B. W. Powell, $30,00\\nP. F Somonin, $10.00; J. E. Rankin, $10.00; Jacob Held, $30.00;\\nSpalding Unselt Co., $30.00 William Brewster, $15.00; L. Reigh-\\nler, $15.00.\\nTAVERNS.\\nTaylor House, $35.00; Mrs Eastin, $35.00; Jacob Held, $35.00;\\nB. R. Curry, $35.00.\\nCOMMISSION MERCHANTS.\\nWm. E. Lambert, $15.00; P. B. Bryce, $10.00; B. R. Curry\\nCo., $15.00.\\nBOARDING HOUSES.\\nDr. Thomas Johnson, $25.00; James Rouse, $25.00; Mrs. Allin,\\n$10.00 Dr. Redman, $10.00; John Rudy, $10.00.\\nSTORES.\\nJohn C. Atkinson, $40.00 Andrw Mackay, $15.00.\\nAt the instance of Robert G. Beverley, a contract was entered\\ninto by and between the City Council, and William B. Vandzandr, at\\nand for the sum of one thousand and seventy dollars, to fill the pond\\nor ravine, which had engulfed the whole of the intersection at Lower\\nFirst and Main crossing, and fully one-fifth of the northwest corner of\\nthe Public Square. This contract was made on the third day of July,\\nand soon thereafter work was begun. An idea may be formed of the\\nimmense amount of earth necessary to fill up this great hole, when\\nthe reader is reminded that it required all of the dirt, then in the hill\\nextending from Lower First Street to the center of the square, and\\nthat in the hill, which extended across First Street, near the corner of\\n20", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0303.jp2"}, "304": {"fulltext": "306 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nGreen, running at a rapid decline across the street from the summit\\nof Mrs. Burbank s property, corner Washington and Green Streets to\\nthe ground level of St. Paul s Episcopal Church lot. During the\\nmonth of July, a contract was made with W. B. Vandzandt, to ex-\\nhume all unknown graves, to be found in the old cemetary, on the\\ncorner of Fourth and Elm Streets, and remove what remains there\\nwere to be found, to the new burial ground on the Madisonville road,\\nnow known as Fern wood. Mr. Vandzandt was actively engaged at\\nthis work, but it was deemed best for the public health, to defer fur-\\nther removals until the fall of the year, at which time the contract was\\ncompleted. This sacred square of ground lot No. 58, now belongs to\\nthe city, and if the writer is not mistaken, the title to the old Cumber-\\nland Church should be vested likewise.\\nThe great floating Palace^ with her chime of bells, and magnifi-\\ncent circus, a new feature in the show business, delighted the citizens\\nof Henderson on the afternoon and evening of the sixth day of July.\\nThe low land and pond around the intersection of First Upper and\\nand Elm streets was filled up by order of the Common Council during\\nthe months of July, August and September. This fill included the lot\\nback of the Court House, upon which is situated the City Building,\\nFirst Street and lots bordering thereon, particularly the Quinn corner,\\nnow Robert Dixon s, and the Lawrey corner, now occupied by the\\nstorehouse diagonally across from Dixon s. The fill on First Street\\nwas made from three to three and one half feet above the pavements\\nlaid down at that time. Robert S. Eastin did this work under the di-\\nrection of Henry J. Eastin, City Engineer. This pond, from the ear-\\nliest recollection of the town, had proved an eye sore and nuisance,\\nas well as an interminable expense. As before stated concerning the\\nriver front and its tunnels, so in this case, an exhibit of the amount\\nof money expended in draining this pond, would astound the oldest\\ninhabitant. It claimed the attention of several Boards of Trustees,\\nto the exclusion of almost every other subject. The outbreak of chol-\\nera along First Street during 1863, was attributed to the low, wet and\\nfilthy condition of the street and lots. There were several fatal cases\\non the square, between Elm and Green. Robert Lawrey, a very prom-\\nising young son of David Lawrey, who lived on the corner directly\\nopposite the market house on Elm Street, being one of the number.\\nDuring the summer of this year, the Henderson Coal Company\\nsunk a coal shaft near Upper Twelfth and Water Streets. This com-\\npany bored a large hole with a small and dissatisfied auger, struck\\ncoal at last, commenced business with bright hopes, and finally a few", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0304.jp2"}, "305": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 307\\nyears thereafter, wound up with the largest suit perhaps ever filed in\\nthe Circuit ClerU s office. The experience and end of this company\\nhowever, did not keep others fjpm undertaking a similar enterprise\\nas will be seen as this work progresses.\\nOctober 2, a brick sidewalk, ten feet wide, was ordered laid down\\nand the street graded from First Upper to Lower Second cross street.\\nThe city prison, built under the market house, having been burned\\nand a great necessity for another experienced, a calaboose thirty feet\\nlong was ordered built, and was built upon the spot of ground now oc-\\ncupied by the City Council Building. Mention has heretofore been\\nmade of the difficulties pending between the city and James Alves\\nand others, concerning the title to that portion of the Public Square,\\ndeeded away by the citizens in 1824. The city gained the river front\\nand suit was pending concerning the square. In September, a com-\\nmittee of citizens approached the Council with an offer of compromise.\\nThe Council appointed a committee to confer in regard to such set-\\ntlement. October 2, the committee on the part of the property hold-\\ners came before the Council and submitted a proposition in writing\\noffering one thousand dollars, as a compromise to adjust the difficul-\\nties in the suit. This proposition was rejected, and then the Council\\nsubmitted a proposition to accept fifteen hundred dollars, and to per-\\nfect the title so far as it was in their power to the property. This\\nproposition was accepted by Robert H. Alves and William Brewster,\\nand that, to all intent and purposes, was an end of the Public Square\\nsuit.\\nOn the sixth day of November, an order was passed permitting\\nMessrs. Schraeder and Clore to build a saw mill on the river front be-\\nlow seventh upper cross street.\\nOn the thirteenth day of November, an ordinance was passed\\ndirecting the grading, graveling, guttering, curbing and paving of\\nsecond and third upper cross streets from Water to Green, accord-\\ning to the plan of improvement established by Henry J. Eastin, En-\\ngineer. This work was all completed, save the graveling of the\\nsquare between Elm and Green on Second Street. In compliance\\nwith a petition of the property owners, the Council at a meeting held\\non the fourth day of December, ordered a street forty feet wide to be\\nmade on the river front, from First above the Public Square to Sec.\\nond below. To do this it necessitated a fill on Water or Front\\nStreet across the ravine landing in First Street below the square.\\nThis fill was made, and that improvement has ever since been known\\nas Water Street, and has proven a blessing to the city.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0305.jp2"}, "306": {"fulltext": "308 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nAt an election held in the city on the ^seventeenth day of No-\\nvember, to take the sense of the qualified voters as to the propriety\\nof the city issuing her bonds in the sum of $50,000, for the purpose\\nof aiding in building the Henderson Nashville Railroad. One\\nhundred and seventv-two votes were polled for the proposition, and\\nthis being a large majority, it was ordered by the Council that the\\nsubscription be made upon condition the railroad company would ob-\\nligate themselves that Henderson should be and remain the north-\\nern terminus of the road.\\nUp to the year 1856 none of the cross streets, running out from\\nthe river, extended beyond Green or Back Streets, From Center up\\nto the Third Street, out to the line of James Alves Pultyte En.\\nlargement or addition, was owned by Mrs. Jane Ingram and the heirs\\nof Wiatt H. Ingram, deceased. The addition made by Mr. Alves ne-\\ncessitated an outlet through the Ingram field, which was at that time\\nfenced up in one body, and to secure this the Mayor of the town was\\ndirected to call on Mrs. Jane C. Ingram and request her to open Sec-\\nond Street through her grounds to the corporation lines, and in case\\nof her failure or refusal, to take the necessary legal steps for opening\\nand extending the street as required. The Mayor called upon Mrs.\\nIngram, and she, without hesitation, positively refused to open the\\nstreet, unless compelled to do so by law. Suit was then instituted,\\nand the street condemned and opened one hundred feet wide. Dur-\\ning the same year First Street was ordered to be graded, graveled,\\nguttered and paved from Water to Green.\\nIn December a liberal lease was made to D. R. Burbank for a\\nportion of the river front near his coal mine and salt wells. Mr. Bur-\\nbank commenced boring an artesian salt well, and, in 1857, succeeded\\nat a depth of over 1,600 feet, in striking a four to six inch stream of\\nsalt water. This stream flows out of the surface, and can, it is said, be\\ncarried to the highest part of the city in pipes. The strength of the\\nwater is said to be eighty gallons to the bushel. At the depth of one\\nhundred and sixty feet below the surface is a rock sixty-three feet\\nthrough, which it is said would afford the whole country an abundance\\nof the best of fresh water. At the depth of two hundred feet a\\nstratum of porcelain clay was passed, pronounced by some to be the\\nfinest yet discovered in the United States.\\nThe following from Prof. D. D. Owens to Mr. Burbank shows\\nthe relative value of this water for salt-making purposes\\nD. R. Burbank:\\nDear Sir The approximate examination which I made in Lexing-\\nton, in Dr. Peters labratorj, of the sample of salt you handed me. obtained", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0306.jp2"}, "307": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 309\\nby boiling down in a hasty and rude way from brine obtained in your borings\\nfor salt in Henderson, gave the following comparative result with salt of\\ncommerce, supposed to be Kanawhgi\\nSALT OF COMMERCE KANAWHA. HENDERSON CO.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 BURBANK SALT.\\nSelica 0.000 Same 0.140\\nCarbonatHof lime 0.635 Same 0.583\\nChloride of magnesia or bilter salt. ..0.200 Almost inappreciabl in Burbank s salt.\\nThis shows it is a very pure salt since this examination must inevita-\\nbly show a larger amount of impurity in your salt than could be in the salt of\\ncommerce prepared by crystalization it is in fact purer than the Kanawha\\nsalt. D. D. OWENS, Geologist of Kentucky.\\nShortly after the discovery of this vien of water Mr. Burbank ex-\\npended a large amount of money in the purchase of machinery and\\nbuilding of vats for the purpose of making salt, but, owing to some\\ndefect in the apparatus for boiling and evaporating,or else some opposite\\nquantity in the water,the enterprise was soon abandoned. From that day\\nto this the well has continued to flow ad libitum, furnishing during the\\nspring, summer and early fall months the most health-giving bathing\\nto be found anywhere in the country.\\nDuring this summer (1883) Mrs. Burbank has caused to be\\nerected a swimming pool near the well, where the citizens go in great\\nnumbers to enjoy the health-giving qualities of the water. It is un-\\ndoubtedly a superior water for invalids of all kinds, and is said to be\\na dead shot to chills and fevers, many wonderful cures having been\\nefTected by the use of it.\\nPrior to the boring made by Mr. Burbank, a similar artesian well\\nhad been bored by Mr. John G. Holloway on his farm, some five miles\\nout from the city. Ii was the object of Mr. Holloway, at the begin-\\nning, to secure, if possible, a flowing stream of fresh water, but he,\\ntoo, struck a vein of strong salt, and in endeavoring to go further,\\ngot one of his augers fastened in the tube, and abandoned the enter-\\nprise. The water was permitted to flow through the farm. Sixty or\\nmore sheep were killed from drinking it and the well was plugged up.\\nAt an elevation of 155 feet above low water and to the depth of\\n1,024 feet his borings developed ten beds of coal at 60 feet, one of\\n10 inches at 136)^ feet, over 3 feet of block shale, with some coal\\nat 160 feet, a vein of 4}^ feet at 262 feet, one of 2 feet at 447\\nfeet, one of 1^ feet; at 467 feet, one of 5 feet; at 572 feet, one\\nof 20 inches, and at 861 feet, one of 6 feet.\\nThe coal shaft sunk by Mr. Burbank was intended more for his\\nown convenience than for the public supply. He had expected to\\noperate his gait works, but when that enterprise exploded, he then", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0307.jp2"}, "308": {"fulltext": "310 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nturned his attention to raising coal for public sale. He continued to\\nwork his mines up to 1862, when, in the month of November, he\\nleased them to Mr. A. H. Talbott. This gentleman operated the\\nmines for one or two years, when they were again delivered up to the\\noriginal owner.\\nMr. Burbank was heavily engaged in tobacco stemming and\\nfarming, besides other important enterprises, attracting a good por-\\ntion of his time and attention, and for this reason he abandoned the\\nshaft and thus permitted it to fill up.\\n1856.\\nOn the second of January a contract was entered into for the per-\\nmanent improvement, by grading, graveling, guttering, curbing and im-\\nproving Main Street from Third to Upper Sixth Street. This contract\\nwas made with Stapp Ackerly at the following prices For excava-\\ntions, 22 cents per cubic yard embankment, 12^ cents per cubic\\nyard; guttering, $3.50 per perch of 25 feet; $1 per cubic yard for\\npaving with gravel sandstone curbing, 25 cents per foot; limestone\\ncurbing, 50 cents per foot, lineal measure paving sidewalk with good\\nhard brick, $1.10 per foot, lineal measure. Upon all of the streets order\\ned to be improved, it was stipulated that the gravel used should be\\ntaken from the conglomerate mine above the city. The value of this\\ngravel as a lasting roadbed will be appreciated when it is considered\\nthat all of the principal streets of the city were laid over twenty-seven\\nyears ago, and have never been relaid except in spots as necessity\\ndemanded.\\nBy ordinance, passed April 25, Back Street was called and\\nnamed, and to be hereafter known as Green Street.\\nOn the third day of May, on motion of C. W. Hutchen, a con-\\ntract was entered into with B. Brashear to grade and fence the Public\\nSquare, pi ant in it 270 trees and sow it down in blue grass, for the\\nsum of eight hundred dollars.\\nOn July 22 the Mayor preferred charges against Henry Clay\\nBard, who had recently be en elected City Judge, for mal and\\nmisfeasance in office. On the twenty-eighth day of August the\\ncharges were tried and resulted in a resolution requesting or rather\\nidvising Judge Bard to resign.\\nDuring the summer and fall of this year Messrs. Paul F.\\nSemonin and Robert G. Rouse, Jr., built the steamboat Governor\\nPowell. She was 125 feet long and carrying capacity of 400 tons.\\nShe was a neat little craft, but, from some cause, never succeeded in", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0308.jp2"}, "309": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 311\\nmaking a fortune for her owners, but, on the contrary, at the June\\nterm, 1859, of the Henderson Circuit Court, in the case of Peter\\nSemonin Co., a decree was rejidered directing the sale of the boat\\nto satisfy numerous debts and claims against her.\\nOn the evening of the twenty-fourth of March, 1856, the re-\\nnowned reader and actress, Mrs. McCready, accompanied by M lle\\nCamille Urso, a little prodigy of musical science, at that time only\\nsixteen years of age, delighted a large audience of Henderson peo-\\nple, using the dining-room of the Hancock House, because there was\\nno public hall in the city. M lle Urso, then a wonder, is yet living\\nand enjoying a reputation as a violinist equal to that of Ole Bull.\\nThis charming little performer was assisted by Prof. C. F. Artes,\\nthe great musician, lately deceased.\\nOn Sunday morning, October 12, the large pork house of Wood-\\nrufif Funk, located in the lower end of the city near the ste m mill,\\nwas set fire to bv an incendiary and burned to the ground. The loss\\nwas a heavy one to the firm and a serious blow to the commercial in-\\nterest of the county.\\n1857.\\nThe lease for a part of the river front, petitioned for by Messrs.\\nShrader Clore, for the purpose of building a steam saw mill, was\\nexecuted May 2 for a term of thirty years. The mill was built and\\nhas been for a number of years operated by Joseph Clore. On the\\nfirst day of January, 1884, the firm name was changed to that of Joseph\\nClore Sons, and is one of the largest and most successfully man-\\naged mills in the State.\\nThe first steam ferryboat, under command of Captain James W.\\nAnthony, was introduced this year.\\nIn July a terrific wind storm passed over the city, unroofing many\\nhouses and rasing to the ground a magnificent five-story brick, two\\nhundred feet in length, the property of D. R. Burbank, fronting on\\nthird upper cross, between Main and Water Streets. This house was\\nrebuilt upon the same foundation, but only four stories high. In its\\ncrushing fall it demolished an adjoining brick stable, the property of\\nWilliam S. Holloway, and killed forever and anon, 01d Bally, one\\nof the finest specimens of equine flesh ever owned in this place.\\nThe Farmers Bank building on the corner of Elm and Second\\nStreet, was completed in August.\\nThe Hancock House was given a thorough overhauling, among\\nother things plastered on the outside with a rough coat in imitation\\nof stone, Henderson improved rapidly this year.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0309.jp2"}, "310": {"fulltext": "312 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nThe Reporter oi September 17 said We have never witnessed\\na more healthy and vigorous manifestation of the spirit of improve-\\nment than now prevails throughout this city. Business and dwelling\\nhouses are in process of erection in almost every direction. Streets\\nare being graded, pavements laid and all other species of im-\\nprovements are going ahead with rapid strides. There is more work\\nthan the present force of mechanics can manage.\\nDuring the month of October, a society of young men known as\\nthe Thespian Society, a dramatic literary association, was organ-\\nized, and during the fall and, winter of 1858 gave entertainments in\\nWoodruff Hall to large and delighted audiences. This society\\nundertook such pieces as Ingomar, Lady of Lyons, Still\\nWater Runs Deep, Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady, and\\nothers of a difficult and popular cast, and, contrary to the predictions\\nof the most sanguine friends of the players, the several renditions\\nwere not only creditable but positively meritorious. L. W. Danforth,\\na most humorous young man, possessed a happy and peculiar faculty\\nof fun and wit, proved himself the equal in his line of comedy and\\nfarce of any trained actor who had preceded him on a Henderson\\nstage.\\n1858.\\nOn the fifteenth day of July a compromise of the suit of the city\\nvs. Robert Clark Co. and John B. Burke, for that part of the river\\nfront lying between First and Second Upper Streets, was filed and\\nordered to be made a part of the decree to be rendered in the Circuit\\nCourt. This compromise stipulated that Clark Co. and Burke be\\npermitted to remain in peaceable possession of the ground during the\\nremainder of the unexpired term of the lease from the town to Au-\\ndubon Bakewell, made by the Trustees of the town on the six-\\nteenth day of March, 1816, and to run ninety-nine years from that\\ndate, upon the said Clark Co. and Burke executing and accepting\\na lease from the city for the unexpired term of said lease, to-wit the\\nfifteenth day of March, 1915, and paying such annual taxes upon\\nsaid property as may from year to year be assessed against it by the\\ncity authorities.\\nThe first billiard table ever seen in the city was introduced this\\nyear by Martin S. Hancock.\\nThe second market house was built during the months of Octo-\\nber and November and cost twelve hundred dollars.\\nThis year, like its predecessor, witnessed a rapid growth of the\\ncity, streets were improved and old contracts finished, more impor-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0310.jp2"}, "311": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 313\\ntant still, all owners of property encroaching upon the line of the\\nstreets as established by the Henry J. Eastin survey and ratified by\\na majority xote of the people, ^\u00c2\u00a5-ere notified to draw in their fences\\nand thus conform to the survey. In many instances this was done,\\nbut in no instance where the ground was held by right of possession\\nwas the order obeyed. Be it said to the credit of the Council, in\\nmany very important cases and equally unimportant ones, this timely\\nstep was taken.\\nOn the sixth day of April, Mrs. Betsy Sprinkle, relict of Michael\\nSprinkle, one of the pioneers, died. She was a devoted Christian\\nwoman. Once upon a time, her husband, in his old age, was ap-\\nproached upon the matter of religious preparation, when he replied\\nin all earnestness My vi/e, Fefsy, has got it, Judge Knox has got\\nit, and I am getting too old to enjoy it.\\nOn the seventeenth day of February, an act to amend the city\\ncharter was approved. This act reinstated within the city limits all\\nthat territory lying between fourth and eighth lower cross streets, a\\nportion of the same let out in 1825 under that remarkable trade be-\\ntween the citizens and James Ah es and others.\\n1859.\\nMcBride s old Horse Mill, near the corner of Eighth and Main\\nStreets, was torn away by order of the Council, passed March 24.\\nThis was one of the first mills built in the county, and for many years\\ndid the grinding for this entire section of country.\\nOn the second day of May a poll was opened to take the sense\\nof the qualified voters as to the propriety of the city paving the river\\nfront between uppe/ second and third cross streets, and authorizing\\nthe issue of $80,000 of her bonds, bearing six per cent, interest, to\\nrun twenty years, for the purpose of paying for said wharf. The\\nvote resulted as follows In the First Ward, for the bonds, 77\\nagainst the bonds, 1. In the Second Ward, for the bonds, 53 against\\nthe bonds, 2. These bonds were never issued.\\nOn the seventeenth day of May, an ordinance was passed, au-\\nthorizing the erection of works for the manufacture of illuminating\\ngas, and giving the privilege of selling and suppling the same to the\\ncity for the term of fifty years.\\nOn the sixteenth day of August, the old public well, in the inter-\\nsection of Main and Second cross streets, was ordered filled up ami the\\npump removed. This old well had refreshed many of the inhabitants\\nfor years and years, and it may be, that its cooling waters, made poi-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0311.jp2"}, "312": {"fulltext": "314 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\nsonous by filth deposited therein by evil-disposed persons, had aided\\nin sending others to untimely graves. It also had a history asso-\\nciated with the corrective influences of courts, and such like. It was\\na power, it was a terror at times. As a corrector of morals and mis-\\ndemeanors, it was frequently pointed to, and upon more than two occa-\\nsions that old pump handle was made to ring out, as its rapid stream\\npoured down upon the head and body of some penitent subject who\\nhad violated the laws of society and morals.\\nThe $50,000 of bonds voted on the seventeenth day of Novem\\nber, 1855, to aid in completion of the Henderson Nashville Rail-\\nroad, were never issued, but by a compromise between the Council\\nand the railroad officials, it was agreed that a proposition to subscribe\\n$100,000, one-fourth payable when five miles of the track was laid,\\none-half when ten miles was completed, and so on till the whole\\namount had been paid, should be submitted at an election to be held\\non the seventeenth day of September, 1857. An ordinance was\\npassed directing the election to be held and the vote taken as fol-\\nlows In favor of the subscription by the city of one thousand\\nshares of one hundred dollars each of the capital stock in the Hen-\\nderson Nashville Railroad, and another column opposed to the\\nsubscription by the City of Henderson of one thousand shares of one\\nhundred dollars each. Also another column in favor of a direct tax\\nto be paid in three years in six semi-annual payments, to be made\\nand levied of the taxable property of the city, to be appropriated to\\nthe payment of the subscription of stock. Also another column in\\nfavor of payinp- the subscription of stock by the issuance of bonds\\nof the said city, payable to the railroad company at thirty years after\\ndate, bearing six per cent, interest, payable semi-annually.\\nThe election was held and resulted as follows Two hundred and\\ntwenty-nine votes in favor of the city subscribing one thousand shares of\\none hundred dollars each, and 229 votes in favor of a direct tax, pay-\\nable semi-annually in six installments, to meet said subscription op-\\nposed to the subscription and tax, 6 votes in favor of the thirty year\\nbonds, none.\\nElm Street, from first upper cross street to a line between the\\nproperty of Governor L. W. Powell and Thomas Evans below the\\nSquare, was ordered graded, guttered and paved according to the\\nplan of general improvement of the streets. This work was com-\\npleted early in I860.\\nOn Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, March 14, 15\\nand 16, the citizens of the town enjoyed a most charming musical", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0312.jp2"}, "313": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 315\\ntreat at three performances of Cooper s celebrated opera troupe.\\nMiss Annie Milner, the best English soprana heard in this country for\\nsixteen or eighteen years, was tt.e leading artist, and was the more\\nremarkable, as she had had but little stage experience. She exhib-\\nited many of the peculiar beauties of her instructress, the celebrated\\nMrs. Wood, particularly in the sweetness of her trills, the firmness\\nof her sostenuto and the remarkable ease with which she attacked the\\nnotes in her upper register. Her entire rendition of Verdi s trying part of\\nLeanorain II Trovatore, was a perfect success and stamped her a\\ngreat lyric artist. The singing of the entire troupe was warmly ap-\\nplauded, and it is safe to say no entertainment prior to that time or\\nsince has so captivated the city. The great Rudolfson, who is yet de-\\nlighting the musical world, was one of this opera company, and will\\nlong be remembered by many who enjoyed the richness of his vocal\\npowers.\\nJune 19, Dr. A. J. Morrison suicided in the county jail.\\nJuly 18, the young Americans of Henderson were surprised and\\ndiverted by five or six Indians in their peculiar uniforms. These\\nsavages were somewhat civilized and begged importunately. The\\nmales and females were each as ugly as it is said of a Ducth picture\\nof the devil.\\nJuly of this year was the hottest ever known, the thermometer\\nindicating from 98 in the shade during the morning to 103 in the\\nafternoon.\\nDr. Owen Glass, a leading citizen, and greatly respected by all\\nwho knew him, died suddenly, December 29\\n1860.\\nFebruary 25, an act, to amend an act, incorporating the City of\\nHenderson was approved. This act restored the oli boundaries ac-\\ncording to the original plat. The Mayor and Council were given\\ngeneral powers over streets, etc., and the city divided into two wards.\\nMill or Second Street being the dividing line.\\nOn the seventeenth of March the new charter was submitted to\\na vote and ratified by the people. This charter brought in the addi-\\ntions made by James Alves.\\nIn January the magnificent steamer Grey Eagle, built for the\\nLouisville Henderson Packet Line, made her first trip, and was re-\\nceived on rounding in at Henderson by the Henderson Guards\\nwith a royal salute from their handsome loud-mouthed six-pound brass", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0313.jp2"}, "314": {"fulltext": "316 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\ncannon. Captain W. H. Daniels acknowledged the compliment in a\\nbecoming manner.\\nIn the fall of 1859 John C. Stapp had buflded an immense ice\\nhouse, which he filled during the winter with ice for the accommoda-\\ntion of the general public. In the sp.ing of 1860 he advertised as\\nfollows Having erected and filled with superior ice, a mammoth\\nice house, I wish to furnish private families and others with that lux-\\nury the ensuing season, commencing May 15 and continuing until\\nthe first day of October at the following rates For the season of\\nfour months, $12 for one-fourth bushel per day, $20 for one-half\\nbushel per day, ^28 for three-fourths of a bushel per day, ari l $35\\nfor one bushel per day, oz. weight. In all cases of sickness where the\\nparties are not able to buy ice I will supply them free of charge.\\nOn March 10 the streets along the gas main were lit with gas for\\nthe first time.\\nMarch 5 William D. Allison, for thirty-eight years Circuit and\\nCounty Clerk of Henderson County and decidedly the most popular\\nman in the county, departed this life after a brief illness.\\nMarch 8, Joseph Grant, for many years the only butcher in the\\ncity, dropped suddenly dead.\\nMarch 21, a miniature hurricane swept the river, sinking two\\ncoal barges and a boat containing a large number of sewing machines\\nat the foot of the wharf.\\nMay 10, E. G. Hall was elected Mayor, the total vote polled\\nbeing 320.\\nJune 10 the new Methodist Church was dedicated, and at the\\nevening meeting $3,000 was raised by subscription to free the build-\\ning from debt. Rev. Charles Booth Parsons conducted the services\\nand preached a powerful sermon.\\nJune 5, an agreement or covenant, was entered into between\\nproperty lot holders, who held adverse possession, and the city, for\\nthe surrender upon certain conditions, ground encroaching upon the\\nline of the street, as established by the Eastin survey. This agree-\\nment was signed by sixty-two lot holders and is recorded in city\\nrecord book A, page 260.\\nOn the third day of July an ordinance was passed directing the\\npermanent improvement of Elm Street, between first and fourth up-\\nper cross streets.\\nMonday, August 20, the first iron rail was laid on the road-bed\\nof the Henderson Nashville Railroad at the present depot grounds.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0314.jp2"}, "315": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 317\\nThis interesting incident in the history of Henderson was attended\\nand witnessed by a large concourse of people. Capt. Jas. W. Clay was\\naccorded the honor of driving the first spike. The Mechanics Brass\\nBand made harmonious music, while Colonel John W. Crockett and\\nC. M. Pennell made glorious and enthusiastic speeches.\\nOctober 4 the first five miles of this road was completed and\\nready for the iron horse. This was the terminal of the railroad un-\\ntil two years after the war, to-wit 1867.\\nAt a meeting of the Common Council, held October 23, the\\neight cross streets below the Public Square were appropriately named\\nas follows First, Washington; second, Powell; third. Clay; fourth,\\nDixon; fifth, Jefferson; sixth, Audubon; seventh, Jackson, and\\neighth, Hancock.\\nDecember 4 the city paid the first installment of $16,666.66 2-3\\non her subscription of one hundred thousand dollars to the building\\nof the Henderson Nashville Railroad.\\nClouds of war hanging over the country it was resolved by the\\nCouncil that all improvements of streets and sidewalks that have not\\nalready been put under contract be and are hereby suspended indefi-\\nnitely. At the next meeting uncompleted work was ordered to be\\nstopped indefinitely.\\nDuring this year, 1860, the Council exerted every energy to keep\\nHenderson abreast of the times, all of the lots lying on First Street\\nhad by order of the Council been filled up and the street itself had\\nbeen filled and improved. An immense amount of street improve-\\nments in other parts of the city had been completed and begun.\\nProperty had been reclaimed and in many instances a liberal com-\\npromise had been effected with those lot holders who held property\\nencroaching upon some one or more of the streets of the town. The\\nwor-v of this Council, as well as those preceding it four or five years,\\nwas immense and they deserve a more extended notice than time and\\nspace in this work will admit of, suffice it say, however, that their\\nlabors in a few more years would have culminated in securing Hen-\\nderson a front position among the leading cities of the West, but for\\nthe coming of that cruel, cruel war. The war had dawned, and was\\nnow about to shine out in all its horrors, and anything of a bright\\nfuture had begun to settle beneath its lowering cloud of death and\\ndesolation.\\n1861.\\nThe Council was now satisfied that the services of an engineer\\nwould be no longer needed, so at the January meeting an order was", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0315.jp2"}, "316": {"fulltext": "318 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\npassed dispensing with the services of that expert, whom they had\\nkept busy for three years.\\nAt a meeting of the City Council, held January 2, the committee\\nappointed to compromise suits pending in the Henderson Circuit\\nCourt between the city and D. R. Burbank, reported the following\\nagreement\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2This article of agreement made and entered into this twenty-ninth day\\nDecember, i86d, between the City of Henderson and D R. Burbank, wit-\\nnesseth. That, whereas the city has instituted suits against said Burbank for\\ncertain streets situated on the property purchased by said Burbank of W. A.\\nTowles and wife and John D. Anderson, also for portions of Green and\\nWashington Streets, and the sidewalk on Elm and Third Streets, where tlie\\nsaid Burbank now resides, all of which is inclosed and claimed by him ad-\\nversely to the said city. Now, in consideration of the said Burbank relin-\\nquishing and giving up to the city the portions of Green and Washington\\nStreets, and the sidewalk on Elm and Third Streets above named, the said city\\nagrees to dismiss said suits as to the prttpert^j now in dispute. It is understood\\nthat Burbank is to retain possession of that portion of said Third Street on\\nwhich his factory stands, until the same shall rot or burn down, or be pulled\\ndown or removed, then Burbank is to relinquish to the city the remainder of the\\nsidewalk in his possession. Witness our hands, etc.\\nD. R. BURBANK.\\nE. G. HALL, Mayor, etc\\nOn the twentieth day of April the evidences of bloody war hav-\\ning become so unmistakably apparent, the Common Council deter-\\nmined to fight, or better, perhaps, to be captured full-handed. The\\nfollowing is a copy of the proceedings of the meeting held on that\\nday\\nMr. Matthews moved that an appropriation of one thousand dollars be\\nmade to purchase arms and ammunition for the protection of the city, which\\nmotion carried by the following vote Ayes Mayor Hall, Beverley,\\nLadd, Matthews and Tallbott Nayes None.\\nOn motioii, R. G. Beverley is appointed a committee to purchase fifty\\nkegs oi liowder, also to purchase (dl of the powder now in the city for the use\\nof the city, which motion was carried by the same vote\\nThe teaching of negro Sunday Schools was prohibited, and the\\nmeeting of that race in the city for public worship when conducted,\\ncontrolled, or assisted by a slave, or free negro, was declared to be a\\nnuisance. It was made the duty of the Marshal to disperse all such\\nmeetings, and to arrest the person or persons by whom the same was\\nconducted, and if the preacher, speaker or exhorter be a slave he was\\nto be punished with any number of lashes not less than ten, nor more\\nthan twenty, and if a free negro to be fined not less than twenty, nor\\nmore than fifty dollars.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0316.jp2"}, "317": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 319\\nMr. Beverly reported on the twenty-sixth of April that he had\\npurchased the powder directed in the order of the previous meeting,\\nand thereupon amotion was made to furnish the Henderson Guards,\\nwith such quantities as they may need for protection purposes.\\nThis motion was unanimously carried. Upon motion of Mr. Beverly\\nthe City Council was then constituted a Committee of Public Safe-\\nty, any two members to have power to act. The Mayor was then\\ninstructed to notify the colored preacher. Green, not to preach here\\nany more. The city having been fortified with powder enough to\\nblow up the enemy, and all other military precautions taken, the Coun-\\ncil then cast a guardian circumspection once more over the streets,\\nMarket House, etc., until her pickets should be driven in or the ap-\\nproach of a flag of truce demanding a surrender.\\nOn the seventh day of May the Henderson Guards are again\\nremembered, this time handsomely. Councilman Dr. Lafayette Jones\\noffered the following resolution, and the same was unanimously\\nadopted\\nWhereas, The officers and members of the Henderson Guards have\\nexpended a great deal of money, time and labor in effecting their organ-\\nization, and whereas the said company has given in the way of a night guard\\nits services re cently, and expresses a willingness to continue said service, and\\nin as much as many of the members of said company are pecuniarly unable\\nto furnish themselves with uniforms and bear the other necessary expenses\\nentailed upon thein, therefore\\nBe it resolv^d,By the Mayor and the Council that the sum of three hun-\\ndred dollars be appropriated for the use and benefit of the Henderson Guards\\nand that said sum be placed in the hands of Captain E. G. Hall (Mayor) for\\nthe benefit of said company.\\nThis trifling recognition was all right, and as the Home Guards\\nwere all wealthy men, individually and collectively, and were pos-\\nsessed of constitutions fully equal to the demand of night service\\nmade upon them, for weeks prior to that time, and for many weeks\\nafterwards, they rejoiced at the luck of their comrades in arms. But\\na short time afterwards one Colonel Charles Cruft came to town from\\nIndiana, and then there was no Henderson Guards to defend the\\nCommittee of Public Safety, or the fifty kegs of powder that had been\\nhid for protection purposes.\\nOn the fifth day of October the Committee of Public Safety\\ncaused the following order to be issued The Mayor and Marshal\\nare authorized to sell all of the powder belonging to the city to the\\nmerchants or citizens thereof, according to their discretion, and at no\\nless a price than ten dollars per keg.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0317.jp2"}, "318": {"fulltext": "320 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nThe total valuation of property reported this year, including\\n37 stores and 141 slaves, amounted to $1,614,170. White males over\\n21 years, 431 free negroes over 16 years, 9, and 34 dogs, the head\\ntax on all of which amounted to $8,803.35. There were 8 tobacco\\nstemmeries, 15 groceries, 11 taverns and boarding houses, 3 produce\\nand commission merchants, 1 lumber yard, 1 wagon yard and 1 wharf\\nboat, upon all of which was assessed a specific tax of $867.50. Dur-\\ning the winter of 1861 Hugh Kerr s tobacco factory, corner Water\\nand Fourth streets, burned.\\n1862.\\nThe pedestrians who had plodded in the mud and mire from\\nearly recollection, wanted more street conveniences. They had real-\\nized the comforts of a progressive age, and like the church parson,\\nenthused by the eloquent exhortation of his co-worker, cried out\\naloud, Go on, brother. They must now have stepping stones at\\neach intersection, and in the middle of the Square. On the thirteenth\\nday of May a contract was entered into to have such work done at\\nall of the principal crossings. From that day to this, the citizen who\\nhad tramped the streets with his unblacke 1 conestogas drawn over\\nthe outside of his pants, has enjoyed the felicity of perambulating\\naround the muddiest of streets in his blacked and shiny box-toed,\\nhigh and dry above the scum of the earth, and so much for a pro-\\ngressive Council. The days of tlie Committee of Public Safety\\nhad now almost come to an end One Colonel John W. Foster, hail-\\ning from Evansville, in the State of Indiana, and holding in his\\npocket a Federal commission to reconstruct every man south of the\\nOhio River who should happen to come under his military supervision,\\nstepped into the warlike arena and announced himself monarch\\nwhether the Committe of Public Safety liked it or not. This man,\\nFoster, was a positively positive man, and thought to be as positively\\nunscrupulous. If he was a failure in the military field, where the\\nballs and shells flew the thickest, that was no reason why he should\\nnot sit in his comfortable room at the Hord House and rule with an\\niron will.\\nOn the sixteenth day of August this distinguished Post Com.\\nmandant, whose forte was bartering with guerrillas, and suspected\\nsympathisers, and always beating them in the trade, issued his first\\nbull and addressed it to the Committee of Safety. That remark-\\nable document reads as follows", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0318.jp2"}, "319": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 321\\nHeadquarters United States Forces,/\\nAT Henderson, Ky., August 16, 1862. f\\nTo the Members of the City Council of Henderson, Ky.:\\nGentlemen It has been brought to my notice that Mayor Hall has,\\ncontrary to the orders of the Secretary of War. absented himself from the\\ncity and trom his post of duty. He has done this tvithout reporting himself to\\nME. I am reliably informed that he has fled fr\u00c2\u00abm the city, either to avoid\\nthe contemplated draft or to join the rebel army. In either case he has for-\\nfeited his oflice, and incurred the penalties of the military authorities I de-\\nsire that you should take prompt and decided action in the matter. Mayor\\nHall must return to his post of duty and purge himself from the suspicion that\\nresting upon him, or you must declare his office vacant and order a new elec-\\ntion. I desire that you would act upon the matter to- nighty and notify me\\nof your actions. Very respectfully,\\nJOHN W. FOSTER,\\nLieutenant Colonel Commanding Post.\\nThe Council had been called in extra session, and about that\\ntime the mere thought of a prison cell was equally as alarming as the\\nfact of having been locked in. This then being true, Councilman\\nBeverly offered the following resolution, which was adopted unani-\\nmously without discussion\\nWhereas, It appears /rom a communication of Lt. Col. John W. Foster,\\ncommanding Post Henderson, Ky (in accordance to which the Council met)\\nthat His Honor, Mayor Hall, has absented himself irom his post of duty;\\ntherefore, be it\\nResolved, That in accordance with said military order, and the provisions\\nof the city charter, should the Mayor not appear within ten days of the publi-\\ncation of this notice, the Council will take the steps ordered hi/ the CHARTER\\nto elect a Mayor to fill his place.\\nResloved, That a copy of this order be handed to Lieutenant Colonel\\nJohn W. Foster, commanding post.\\nThree days after this meeting of the Council, Col. Foster called\\nanother one and sent the following communication\\nHEADqUARTERS U. S. FoRCES AT HeNDERSON, Ky.,\\nAugust 19th, 1862. j\\nTo the City Council of Henderson, Ky,\\nGentlemen I have received a copy of the proceedings of your Board\\nof August 16th, by which you propose that Should (he Mayor not appear\\nivithin ten days of the publication of this notice, the Council will take the steps or-\\ndered by the Charter to elect a Mayor to fill his vacancy,^ I am not informed\\nas to what you construe a publication of the notice. I cannot learn that\\nany other publication has been made other than spreading it upon the records\\nof the Council and sending me a copy. If you deem that sufficient notice,\\nthe ten days began to run from the 16th inst. Mr. E. G. Ilall, the late Mavor\\n21", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0319.jp2"}, "320": {"fulltext": "322 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nof Henderson, has abandoned his post secretly, in the darkness of the night.\\nfled from the city taking misguided youth with him. and has joined the rebel\\narmy in rebellion against the Government.\\nNo time should be lost in supplying the place which he has disgracefully\\nand traitorously abandoned. I, therefore, require that you issue a proclama-\\ntion to the citizens of Henderson, setting forth the fact that you are credibly\\ninformed that E. G Hall, late Mayor of Henderson, has secretly abandoned\\nand made vacant the office of Mayor, and has joined himself with those in\\nrebellion against the Government, and therefore, unless he should return on\\nor before the 26th inst and purge himself of the charge, there is ordered an\\nelection to be held to fill the vacancy occasioned by his action, on Wednesday,\\nAugust the 27th, J 862.\\nIn this wa} I think, you will meet all the requirements of the city char-\\nter, and at the same time show your willingness, as loyal officers, to fill the\\nvacancy occasioned by the action of a disloyal associate.\\nVery respectfully,\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6\u00e2\u0099\u00a6JOHN W. FOSTER,\\nLt. Col. Commanding Post.\\nThis order was fully discussed, and the advice of the City Attor-\\nney asked for. It was agreed to carry out the will of Foster, and\\nwhile the Attorney was engaged drawing up a proclamation conform-\\ning thereto, another communication was received, on the point of a\\nbayonet^ which read as follow\\nHeadquarters U. S Forces at Henderson. Ky\\nAugust 19th, 1862. i\\nTo the C\\\\tij Council of Henderson^ Ky.\\nGentlemen The late Mayor of your city, and your associate officer,\\nhas secretly fled from the city and joined the enemies of the Government in a\\nwicked war for its overthrow. As you have heretofore been his political\\nfriends, and were elected to office on the same ticket with him, I deem it proper\\nin order that you may relieve yourselves from suspicion, that you, together\\nwith all other officers elected with you, subscribe and take the oath accom-\\npanying this letter. Very respectfully,\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6\u00e2\u0099\u00a6JOHN W. FOSTER,\\nLt, Col Commanding Post.\\nOATH.\\nWe do severally solemnly swear that we have borne, and will bear, true\\nallegiance to the United States of America and the State of Kentucky. That\\nwe have supported, and will support, the Constitution of the United States\\nand the State of Kentucky, the ordinances of any State Convention or Legis-\\nlature to the contrary notwithstanding; that we have not encouraged, and will\\nnot encourage, the enemies of the United States, and especially the supporters\\nof the so-called Confederate States, or give them aid and comfort either by\\nword, vote or actions\\nThat we have not encouraged, and will not encourage, the enlistment\\nof troops for their aid; that we have not desired the success of their arms, nor", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0320.jp2"}, "321": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 323\\nexulted over any reverse of the arms of the Federal Government; that we\\nhave not encouraged, and will not encourage, opposition to the collection of\\nthe tax imposed by the United State%. save through the ballot box; that we\\nwill furnish all information of the enemy, their aiders or abettors, to the proper\\nUnited States authorities, when we can do so, and in all things have demeaned,\\nand will demean, ourselves honestly and sincerely, as true and loyal support-\\ners and friends of both the constitution and laws of the United States made in\\npursuance thereof\u00e2\u0080\u0094 so help me God.\\nThis oath was a little more than the Council could take at one\\ndose. The medicine was too strong, and the principal parts com-\\npounded too recklessly, and, in return, the patients resolved to suffer\\nrather than seek relief at the expense of such a horrid prescription\\ntherefore, the following answer was returned to his royal excellency\\nHenderson. Ky., Mayor s Office, August 19th, 1862\\nLt. Col John W. Foster, Commanding Post:\\nSir\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Your latest communication has been received by the City Coun-\\ncil, and as we have already taken the oath prescribed by law, and faithfully\\nobserved it, we do not feel incHned to take any other We, therefore, do not\\nwish to act any longer as Councilmen and hereby resign our positions as such\\nRespectfully,\\nP B. MATTHEWS, Chairman.\\nW. H. LADD,\\nF. B CROMWELL,\\nR. G. BEVERLY,\\nJ. ADAMS,\\nW. H. SANDEFUR.\\nUpon receipt of this communication the resignations of the\\nCouncilmen were accepted, but they were held to answer, at the point\\nof the bayonet, until each one should execute, with good security for\\nhimself, a bond conditioned, not as the law directed, but as a military\\ndictator determined.\\nThe resignation of the Council having been reported to the\\nLegislature, then in session, a special act was passed and approved\\non the thirtieth day of August, directing the County Judge to appoint\\nofficers of an election to be held in the city on the tenth day of Sep-\\ntember, 1862, to fill the vacancies. On this day the election was held\\nand the following officers were elected Mayor, David Banks\\nCouncilmen, First Ward, William S. HoUoway, Jacob Reutlinger, J.\\nC. Allin Councilmen, Second Ward, P. H. Hillyer, Jacob Held, Peter\\nSemonin Assesor, Robert B. Cabell. The new officers were sworn\\nin by his Honor, P. A. Blackwell, City Judge, and held their first\\nmeeting on the twelfth day of September.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0321.jp2"}, "322": {"fulltext": "324 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nOn the sixth day of November the Council contracted with Collins\\nO Byrne for building a three-foot brick tunnel at the foot of First\\ncross street and filling two ravines in Water and First Streets.\\n1863.\\nAt a meeting of the Council held October 6th, 1863, a petition\\nfrom the heirs of Wiatt H. Ingram, deceased, was presented, praying\\nfor the opening of a stre t fifty feet wide, running through Ingram s\\nenlargement from the Catholic Church on Third Street to Center\\nStreet at Mrs. L. M. Thornton s property, and for a continuation of\\nFirst cross street to the new street to be called Ingram Street, and\\ngiven to the city by the said Ingram s heirs. At that time Second\\nwas the only street running through the Ingram property, the whole\\nof it back of Green Street being fenced up in one body. The Coun-\\ncil accepted the gift of Ingram Street, and directed its opening from\\nThird to Center, and the opening of First from Green to Ingram.\\nIn the organization of the Henderson Gas Light Company the\\nCity of Henderson had subscribed for ten shares of the stock of the\\ncompany, valued at $50 per share, and given in payment for the same\\nthe lot of ground upon which the buildings were erected.\\nMisfortune for some cause fell to the lot of the company, and on\\nthe twenty-fourth day of November suit was instituted by Hugh Kerr\\nto foreclose a mortgage given him upon the works, to secure the pay-\\nment ot a note for $784 and interest.\\nOn the eighth day of April, 1864, another suit was filed by\\nSamuel P. Spalding, assignee of Peter Semonin, to forclose a mortgage\\nfor $835.25 and interest. Other suits were brought, and on the\\ntwenty-fifth day of April, 1864, under an order of court, D. N. Wal-\\nden, sheriff of Henderson County, at the Court House door, exposed\\nthe works to public sale, and J. C. Allin, on behalf of the city, became\\nthe purchaser. Exceptions were taken to this sale, but the court\\noverruled them, and then an appeal was taken to the Court of Appeals.\\nThis court reversed the court below subsequently, to-wit On Janu-\\nary 22d, 1866, under an order of court, G. A. Sugg, Sheriflt of Hen-\\nderson County, exposed the property to sale the second time and\\nRobt. G. Rouse, Jr., being the highest bidder became the purchaser\\nat and for the price of $1,991.25, and afterwards transferred his bid\\nto the City of Henderson. This sale was confirmed and deed ordered\\nmade to the city.\\nIn an article criticising the beauty and social charms of the ladies\\nof Henderson the New Albany Ledger^ in its last issue in December,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0322.jp2"}, "323": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\n325\\npaid them the following handsome compliment: The ladies of no\\ncity in Kentucky are more celebrated for this heavenly gift than\\nthose of Henderson, and added to this are those rarest charms of\\nintelligence and accomplishment in all the graces that make women\\nangels on earth.\\n1864.\\nThe tax levy showed for this year, value of town lots, $1,541,490\\n436 slaves under sixteen years and 401 over sixteen years, value,\\n$173,775; value of personalty, $90,250; 38 stores, $139,850 ;^^42\\nslaves hired per annum and 3v hired for less than one year, $18,650\\n402 white males over 21 years of age, 30 free blacks and 32 dogs.\\nThe following is a list of the specific taxes\\nGROCERIES.\\nWilliam Biershenk, $15 Jacob Held, $25 George Hak, $5\\nJacob Held Sons, $25 B. Koetinsky, $35; P. L. Kloninger, $5;\\nJ. B. Millet, $10 Nunn Rudy, $50 T. L. Norris, $40 L. Reigler,\\n$10 John Schlamp, $15 W. A. Sandefur Co., $20; E. L. Starling\\nCo., $50; J. B. Tisserand, $40 B. B. Williams, $40 Whiting Co.,\\n$20.\\nSTEMMERIES.\\nJoseph Adams, $50 John H. Barret, $40 D. R. Burbank, $25\\nD. R. Burbank, Jr., $40 B. M. Clay, $35 John Funk, $25 Kerr,\\nClark Co., $40; J. Rudy Co $35; William Soaper, $40; Taylor\\nEvans, $40 E. W. Worsham, $25.\\nCOMMISSION AND FORWARDING.\\nM. P. Rucker, $50.\\ny BOARDING HOUSES.\\nJ. B. Cook, $10; John H. Lambert, $20 A. H. Talbott, $10.\\nCOFFEE HOUSES.\\nEighteen in number in the city.\\nSeptember 10th the Farmers Bank was robbed by guerrillas and\\na meeting called to organize for mutual protection, a history of which\\nhas been given before.\\n1865.\\nOn March 1st, upon petition of the Mayor and Council, an act\\nwas passed by the Legislature authorizing the sale of the Public\\nSquare, the proceeds to be applied to building a wharf in front of the\\ncity. This act was to take effect uoon its having been ratified by a\\nmajority of the qualified voters at some election called for that pur-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0323.jp2"}, "324": {"fulltext": "326 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\npose. By order of the Council on Monday, May 1, 1865, an elec-\\ntion was held, and resulted in a majority voting for the sale of the\\nSquare.\\nOn the sixth day of June the Council directed the Public Square\\nto be laid out into suitable lots and a plat made thereof.\\nAugust 1st the committee reported, and a sale of lots ordered to\\ntake place on Saturday, the ninth day of September, on the following\\nterms one-third cash, one-third in six months and one-third in\\ntwelve months, with interest from date of sale. The Square was di-\\nvided into twenty-six I ots, fronting from twenty-four and a half to\\nfifty feet, and sold at prices varying from $20 to $60 50 per front foot.\\nTwenty-three lots were sold, aggregating the round sum of $20,-\\n632.75.\\nThis was very good, but three years afterwards the Council found\\nout what the Council of 1865 ought to have known, to-wit that the\\nact of the Legislature authorizing the sale of the Square was worth\\nno more than the paper upon which it was written. The city could\\nmake no title, and as a necessary consequence, was compelled to re-\\nfund the money she had received, and pay for one or two buildings\\nerected since the sale. The principal, interest and extras were paid\\nfor in 10 per cent, bonds and the Square again became the property\\nof the general public.\\nJuly 21st, upon motion of Hon. Grant Green, a committee was ap-\\npointed by the Council to purchase a mule and cart. This was done,\\nand many citizens remember how faithfully that little animal earned\\nhis food year after year, under the experienced management of Coun-\\ncilman Henry R. Tunstall. It is claimed by some to this day, tliat\\nthis little mule, with his cart, did more in his peculiar line for the city\\nthan all of the teams employed since he was sold, or turned out to\\ndie.\\nOn the eleventh day of October an ordinance was passed to gen-\\nerally improve the unimproved side walks of the city by laying down\\nsubstantial plank walks. Some eighteen lines were ordered at this\\nmeeting. While plank walks are, as a general thing, expensive and\\nsoon become worthless, yet under the circumstances they added at\\nthis time greatly to the comfort of pedestrians.\\nThe war was over now, peace had once more embraced the land,\\nand no man or set of men could have felt the need of earnest effort\\nmore keenly than did the City Council, The spirit of progress had\\nseized them all, and the disposition to regain all lost by the war, and", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0324.jp2"}, "325": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 327\\nthen move on with the quick times, was evidently manifested at each\\nmeeting of that body. It was now determined, in addition to other\\nimprovements, to build a magnificent wharf, extending between Sec-\\nond and Third Streets. This great undertaking it was known, would\\ncost an untold sum of money, but it was deemed necessary, and for\\nthat reason preliminary steps were taken looking to its building and\\ncompletion. Councilman Grant Green was directed to prepare an\\namendment to the city charter to be passed by the Legislature, au-\\nthorizing the Council to raise the ad valorem tax of the city to the\\nmaximum of one dollar upon the hundred valuation. The specific\\nmaximum to one hundred dollars and the poll tax to two dollars. The\\nwharf committee on the sixteenth day of December was authorized\\nto advertise for sealed proposals for paving the wharf.\\nOn the twenty-sixth day of September the City Bank build-\\ning, now the Henderson National Bank, on Main Street, between\\nSecond and Third, was purchased by Hon. Grant Green, William J.\\nMarshall and Edward Atkinson under the firm name of Green, Mar\\nshall Co., and on the fourth day of November this firm opened and\\nestablished a private bank with sufficient funds to transact a large\\nbusiness. In November this same firm caused to be built the large\\ntobacco sales warehouse on Third, between Main and Water Streets.\\nNovember 7, J. M. Taylor s large brick tobacco stemmery, on\\nthe corner of Clay and Green Streets, was burned.\\nThe cholera made its appearance in Henderson this year, but\\nowing to rigid health regulations, it was smothered.\\nThe magnificent residence of Joseph Adams and the splendid\\nstone front bank building, erected by the Farmers Bank, were\\ncontracted for and put in course of building this year.\\nL. C. Dallam s handsome residence, corner of Elm and Powell\\nStreets, Gilmour s tobacco factory, corner First and W^ater Streets,\\nand Reutlinger s City Brewery were built this year.\\nJ. M.Taylor s large tobacco stemmery was rebuilt,\\nSeptember 11, William Harris, an ex-Federal soldier, was shot\\nand killed in P. O. Applegate s saloon on First Street, by one Henry\\nKokernot (pronounced Coaconut), a brother-in-law of W. W. Catlin.\\nThe shooting was said, at the time, to have been a plain case of mur-\\nder, although the examining trial exonerated Kokernot. The slayer\\nleft Henderson soon after and has never returned.\\nThis was the great year in the history of the Presbyterian Church.\\nIt was here the C^hurch divided into two factions, the Northern faction", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0325.jp2"}, "326": {"fulltext": "328 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nbeing led bv the great Robert Breckenridge, the Southern by the\\nequally great Stuart Robertson. It was an exciting time in the his-\\ntory of the Church, as very many who will be reminded of it by this\\nbrief mention, will well remember.\\n1866.\\nFebrary 5th, the act before mentioned, was passed and approved,\\nauthorizing the Council to assess and collect annually for two years\\nagainst each male inhabitant over twenty-one years of age, a capita-\\ntion tax of fifty cents, and ad valorem tax of the same amount, on the\\nsame property allowed by law, and a specific tax of not exceeding\\nfifty dollars upon the same property now allowed by the charter in\\naddition to the taxes already assessed, to be appropriated to building\\nthe wharfs between Second and Third Streets.\\nOwing to excavations in the hillside at Fourth Street along side of\\nthe old cemetery, and the exposed condition of many old and unknown\\ngraves, the Council ordered that all exposed remains should be re-\\nmoved and decently interred in the new cemetery, and that other\\ngraves then in the street beyond the line of tjhe Eastin survey be ex-\\namined, and if any remains were to be found they to be interred also.\\nIn January of this year the first daily mail was established be-\\ntween Henderson and Louisville.\\nJanuary 11th, Stephen Duval, a white man, was publicly whipped\\nby order of a jury for stealing meat from the market house.\\nTnere was a greater demand for houses this year than had been\\nknown for many years.\\nApril 1st, F. H. Dallam, one of the most learned and profound\\nlawyers in the State, departed this life.\\nSaturday, April 15th, Sterling Payne was killed in the intersec-\\ntion of Main and Second Streets by Richard Allen in self-defense.\\nAn ordinance was passed May 1st directing the improvement of\\nSecond Street from Green Street through the Alves enlargement by\\ngrading, guttering and laying down a plank walk.\\nOn August 7th, 1866, an order was passed by the City Council\\ndirecting the purchase of a city clock, provided it did not exceed in\\nprice eight hundred dollars. On the twentieth day of September a\\ncontract was made with E. Howard Co., of Boston, Mass., for the\\npresent clock, at and for the price of five hundred and twenty-five\\ndollars. Other expenses attaching, to-wit freight, iron weights, put-\\nting it up and the expense of an expert from Boston to do the work,\\nmade the whole cost nine hundred and seventy-six dollars. No one", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0326.jp2"}, "327": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 329\\nwill gainsay the expenditure, for most assuredly this public time piece\\nhas proven a blessing to the public generally.\\nTHE N*:W WHARF.\\nThe work of grading the wharf had gradually progressed until\\nit had become necessary to contract for the stone work. On the\\ntwelfth day of July City Engineer F. H, Crosby presented a profile and\\nspecifications of the wharf, together with a form of contract drawn by\\nMessrs. Turner Trafton, city council advisors, all of which were\\nadopted.\\nOn the seventeenth day of July the contract was awarded to\\nJohn Haffey at the following prices For grading, 24 cents per\\ncubic yard for graveling, $1.05 per cubic yard for sand 20 cents\\nper cubic yard; for curbing, $1.30 per lineal foot; for paving, $4.25\\nper 25 feet surface measure and 9 feet deep.\\nOn the eighteenth day of July the contract was signed by P. B.\\nMatthews, Mayor, on the part of the city, and John Haffey, John C.\\nStapp, William S. HoUoway and W. H. Sheifer on the part of Haffey.\\nOn the fourth day of December a license was granted Messrs.\\nCrocket Reichert upon their new public hall just completed and\\nknown as City Hall.\\n1867.\\nTHE NEW CHARTER.\\nUpon the incoming of Mayor P. B, Matthews the Council of\\n1866 and the City Council Advisors associated with them, it was\\ndeemed advisable that a new charter should be secured, and that a^\\nan early date, for many reasons. The charter and araendments then\\nin existence were better calculated for the government of villages\\nand towns, by no means what was needed for a progressive city of\\nfour or five thousand inhabitants. It conferred but few powers of\\na general nature, and in many of its parts conflicted with the laws of\\nCongress, passed subseqent to the war, and, therefore, in so far, was\\nnon-operative and obsolete. The Council wanted and needed a\\ncharter conferring all general and special powers given to cities, in\\norder that Henderson throttled by the damaging consequences inci-\\ndent upon the coming and progress of the war, should come up out\\nof her depressed and crippled condition, and assume a station among\\nthe leading and growing cities surrounding her on every side.\\nIt was necessary to pull out of the old rut and take on a new\\nlife by devising and encouraging new commercial and business enter-\\nprises, by a general and systematic improvement of the streets and", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0327.jp2"}, "328": {"fulltext": "330 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\npublic places of the city. In short to lay aside the village habits and\\ntake on the quick step of the wideawake city. To do this, therefore,\\nMessrs. Turner Trafton, City Council Advisors, on the eighth day\\nof June, 1866, were appointed a committee and requested to prepare\\na charter and report at their earliest convenience. For some\\nmonths this learned firm was diligently engaged in preparing a char\\nter to meet the wants of the times, and on the sixteenth day of Jan-\\nuary, 1867, made their report, which upon being read section by sec-\\ntion, and every doubtful point thoroughly discussed, was unanimously\\nadopted by the Board of six Counciimen then in office. Immediately\\nafter its adoption the charter was sent forward to Hon. G. M. Priest,\\nRepresentative, then at Frankfort, with instructions to procure its pas-\\nsage, which was done without one single change or alteration, and\\nthe same approved by the Governor February 11th, 1867.\\nUnder this charter the city was divided into four wards, giving to\\neach ward two representatives in the Board. It extended the bound-\\naries of the city, greatly enlarged the judicial powers of the corpora-\\ntion, defined the duties of the Legislative, Executive, Judicial and\\nMinisterial Departments, and was in every respect a document cal-\\nculated to meet the growing demands of the times. As an evidence\\nof the real worth of this charter, it was, after its passage, adopted in\\nwhole or in part by several cities of the State, Owensboro, Covington\\nand Paducah among the number.\\nSince its passage sixteen years ago, many changes and amend-\\nments have suggested themselves, but in the main the charter of 67\\nremains yet intact, the law governing the municipality. It has\\nworked well, and from its birth we can date the substantial and rapid\\ngrowth of Henderson. The first election held under this charter\\ntook place on the sixth day of May, 1867, when two Counciimen\\nfrom each of the four wards were elected, together with an Assessor,\\nCity Clerk, Treasurer and City Attorney.\\nRAILROAD SUBSCRIPilON.\\nOn the eighth day of April, 1867, a petition signed by 354 legally\\nqualified voters, constituting a majority of the qualified voters of\\nHenderson, was presented to the Council, certified toby F. W. Reut-\\nlinger, A. J. Anderson, James H. Johnson, William H. Hopkins^\\nWilliam Biershenk, P. B. Bryce, E. W. Worsham, John C. Stapp, J.\\nW.Williams, W. A. Sandetur, George M. Priest, Thomas S. Knight, C.\\nSechtig, bearers of petitions, praying the Council to subscribe to the\\ncapital stock of the Evansville, Henderson Nashville Railroad\\nCompany the sum of three hundred thousand dollars^ to be paid in the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0328.jp2"}, "329": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUI^TY, KY. 331\\nbonds of the city at par, one hundred thousand dollars payable in\\ntwenty years, bearing 8 per cent, interest, payable semi-annually, and\\ntwo hundred thousand dollars -i^ayable in thirty years, bearing 7 per\\ncent, interest, payable semi-annually.\\nThe people lost all control, went wild, they wanted a railroad,\\nand, but for the action of the Council, General Boyle, President of\\nthe railroad company, would have asked and had readily given him\\nrights, damaging to the city beyond the loss of any amount sub-\\nscribed The Council refused to entertain his proposition until it\\nhad been modified in several particulars, and the city s interest more\\nsafely guarded.\\nOn the eighteenth day of April, an ordinance was passed mak-\\ning the subscription, and directing the issue and disposal of the\\nbonds. John H. Barret was selected as the depository to hold and\\nnegotiate the bonds as directed in the ordinance and letter of Gen-\\neral Boyle to the Council.\\nIt was an easy matter for the Common Council to count the\\nnumber of those who had signed General Boyle s petition. It was an\\neasy matter to determine the majority, and so it was an easy matter to\\ndirect the issue of three hundred thousand dollars of the city s bonds\\nto aid in building the road, but to raise the twenty two thousand dol-\\nlars of interest to be paid annually, was a matter of moment, few\\nof those who had signed the petition had ever given a passing\\nthought, yet this had to be done, and exactly how was the question.\\nThis Council felt no disposition to oppress anyone, it was their deter-\\nmined wish to instruct the Assessor upon the most equitable plan\\npossible, and yet they knew that no list of property could they decide\\nupon as the proper one for taxation would be perfectly satisfactory to\\nall parties concerned.\\nIn the act to incorporate the Evansville, Henderson Nashville\\nRailroad, passed and approved January 29th, 1867, is the following\\nclause It shall be lawful for any election district or the legal\\nvoters thereof, through which the road may be located, to petition the\\nCounty Judge of their county, by written petition, signed by the said\\nvoters, to subscribe to the capital stock of said company, for such sum\\nas they may fix in their said petition, and on such conditions as may\\nbe accepted by said company, to be paid by a tax to be levied upon the\\ntaxable property of the said election district^ real and personal^ that may\\nbe subject to taxation under the general revenue laius of the State.\\nThis then settled the question of taxation, and on the eleventh\\nday of July a form was adopted, and under that form the Assessor", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0329.jp2"}, "330": {"fulltext": "332 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nreported taxable property to the value of $3,500,000, and to raise the\\nsum of $22,000 interest and $6,000 to cover commissions and con-\\ntingencies, a tax of 80 cents on the $100 was levied, and to make the\\npayment of the tax as easy as possible, the Marshal was directed to\\ncollect one-half by the first of November, 1867, and the other by the\\nfirst of May, 1868.\\nThe Assessor was directed to make his list as if taken the first\\nday of June. This order met with opposition, as did every other\\norder made by the Council. H. E. Rouse, Assessor, was indefatiga-\\nble in his effort to do his duty, yet he was met by determined oppo-\\nsition, and was thereby compelled to appeal to the Council time and\\nagain. Several plans were adopted and changed, and finally it was\\ndetermined to stand by the one adopted July 11th. This was con-\\ntested by certain taxpayers by suit in the Henderson Circuit Court,\\nand finally decided in the Court of Appeals December 4th, 1868,\\n4th Bush.\\nFrom the syllabus to the decision the following is taken and\\ndeemed sufficient without copying the entire decision\\nJohn H. Barret Co. vs. the City of Henderson the City of\\nHenderson vs. John H. Barret When a city is authorized to levy\\na tax upon the taxpayers of the city taxable under the revenue laws\\nof the State, such tax must be levied as of the date and upon the\\nsame persons and property as presc/ibed by the revenue laws of the\\nState. Taxpayers, taxable under the revenue laws of the State, des-\\nignates both the person and subject of taxation.\\nThis decision then settled the vexatious question of taxation for\\nrailroad purposes. From the first assessment to this day, be it said to\\nthe credit of the taxpayers, the city has never defaulted in the pay-\\nment of her semi-annual interest.\\nOn the twenty second day of July, John H. Barret, custodian of\\nthe bonds, tendered his resignation and settlement of the trust, show-\\ning that he had received from the sale of bonds the sum of $34,500,\\nand that he had paid out, including the sum of $500 allowed him for\\nhis services and expenses while in the East in the interest of the com-\\npany, the sum of $24,282.51, leaving a balance in his hands of $10,-\\n217.49, which was promptly paid to the Mayor of the city He sold\\nand delivered thirty-three bonds and negotiated others, which were\\ndelivered by his successor.\\nDuring his visit to the East he purchased with his own means\\nEngine No. 1, known as the Pony, and had it shipped to Hender-\\nson, etc.\\nOn the thirtieth day of January this, the first engme ever seen\\nin Henderson, was landed at the wharf and several days were con-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0330.jp2"}, "331": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 333\\nsumed in hauling it up the wharf, and through the streets over a tem-\\nporary track to the depot where it was soon afterwards placed in run-\\nning order. When this had be n done steam was raised and a shrill,\\nkeen whistle awakened the citizens to the absolute certainty that the\\nEvansville, Henderson Nashville tiailroad was a thing of life in-\\ndeed. This same afternoon the Mayor and Council, and several citi-\\nzens were treated to a short ride over the five mile track which had\\nbeen laid down before the war, but never before used.\\nUpon the resignation of Mr. Barrett, Hon. Grant Green was ap-\\npointed and qualified his successor as custodian of the bonds.\\nThe gas works, which had become the property of the city by\\npurchase, but had remained idle for a number of years, except the\\nshort time while under lease to W. A. O Bryan, made December 6th,\\n1866, were again thrown upon the city, and what to do with them\\nwas a question the Council was anxious to settle permanently. On\\nthe 11th day of July a committee was appointed by the Council to\\nlet out the gas works and report. This committee contracted with\\nT. M. Jenkins to take charge of the works as superintendent and\\nmanager, and filed the contract, which was adopted July 17th. ap-\\npointing him for fifteen years and appropriating seven thousand dol-\\nlars to be expended in placing the works in first class repair, adding\\nnew machinery and extending the gas mains. The works were re-\\nconstructed, and under competent management have proven a most\\ngratifying success, not only as an illuminating power, but as a profit-\\nable financial enterprise. These works to-day, size and capacity con-\\nsidered, are the equal of any to be found in the State.\\nOn the 7th day of August a contract was entered into by and\\nbetween the city and Collins O Byrne for the grading of Second\\nStreet, commencing at Green, and running to the east line of Thomas\\nRyan s property on Alvasia street.\\nOn the 8th day of August the historic high bank of earth stand-\\ning on the river front, between third and fourth cross streets, known\\nas Fort Nigger, was excavated and thrown back into a hollow or\\nravine lying between said bank and Water street.\\nOn the 19th day of August an ordinance was passed directing\\nand ordering Water Street, between Second and Third, to be graded,\\nguttered, curbed and graveled a width of fifty feet.\\nOn the same day an ordinance was passed directing Second\\nStreet to be opened one hundred feet in width, from Green Street to\\nthe eastern limit of the Alves enlargement, near the residence of", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0331.jp2"}, "332": {"fulltext": "334 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nJames P. Breckinridge, and that it be established a public street and\\nknown by the name of Second upper cross street.\\nOn the 29th day of October a contract was awarded Dr. P.\\nThompson and John W. Alves, for paving on the south west side of\\nCenter Street, from the intersection of Green, to the north east cor-\\nner of Dr. Thompson s property.\\nNovember 6th an ordinance was passed to pave on Main from\\nUpper Sixth to Eighth cross street to plank from Eighth to Upper\\nEleventh; to pave from Lower Second to Fourth; to plank from\\nFourth to Lower Eighth on Main Street to pave between Upper\\nFirst to Lower Third, or Powell Street, on Elm.\\nDuring this year the handsome residences of Dr. P. Thompson,\\nThomas Soaper, A. H. Talbott (now G. I. Beatty s), A. T. Leslie and\\nJohn E. McCaliister were built.\\nOn the 24th, 25th and 26th evenings of October the Black\\nCrook, a gorgeous spectacular drama exhibited to a multitude of\\ndelighted people on the Public Square.\\nNovember 1st, the old South Kentuckian building, which\\nstood on the corner of Main and First cross streets, was torn down\\nand two small brick store rooms afterwards built in its stead. This\\nbuilding was one of the primitive land marks, and around it clustered\\nmemories most dear to many of the older inhabitants. It belonged\\nto Governor Dixon.\\n1868.\\nOn the 20th and 21st evenings of January, Rear Admiral Semmes\\ndelivered his entertaining lecture, The Cruise of the Alabama.\\nFebruary 19th, an act of the Legislature was approved, incorpor-\\nating William Bierschenck, Jac Reutlinger, Jac Peter, FcUk Fry, J. J.\\nDeihl and P. Hoffman trustees of the Henderson German School.\\nThis school was established, but a few years afterwards merged into\\nthe public school.\\nSaturday night, 19th, a demand was made upon Jailer J. W. Wil-\\nliams for the person of one Jack Burle, by an organization called and\\nknown as Kuklux. Upon a positive refusal to comply, an attempt\\nwas then made to force an entrance. Judge Cissell, then Circuit\\nJudge, who lived only a short distance from the jail, was notified and\\nin a short time appeared upon the ground, and by the use of good\\nargument succeeded in persuading the mob to retire.\\nMany of the purchasers of the Public Square having refused to\\npay for lots purchased at the public sale, the Mayor was instructed", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0332.jp2"}, "333": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 335\\nto enter suit, which was done. The Court held the sale to be void\\nupon the ground the city had no right to sell, and therefore could\\nmake no title.\\nMarch 3d, a contract was made and entered into betwen the city\\nand Haffey Stapp for grading and paving with stone, between the\\nMain wharf and Clark s tobacco factory on Second Street.\\nOn the 7th day of April the Superintendent of Gas reported net\\nreceipts of the works for the preceding months of January and Feb-\\nruary, $899.60.\\nAt a meeting of the City Council held June 2d, the new wharf\\nwas received and guaranteed for ten years, by the city paying $500\\nper annum to the con-tractors, Messrs. Haffey Stapp.\\nOn the 2d day of June the Mayor had read to the Council a\\nlengthy message urging their careful attention upon certain proposi-\\ntions regarded as of material interest to the city at that time. Among\\nother things he called attention to the important and responsible trust\\ncommitted to them. He dwelt at lengtli upon the paramount import-\\nance of a good system of public schools by which the children of the\\ncity could be educated at a comparatively small cost, many of them\\nat no cost at all. He recommended the appointment of a suitable\\ncommittee to thoroughly investigate the system of public schools as\\nadopted in other cities, and then the propriety of submitting to a vote\\nof the people the proposition to borrow a sufficient amount of money\\nfor the purposes in view.\\nHe also recommended the building of a Court room, Council\\nroom and prison, all to be included in one building. He recommended\\nthe organization of a good fire and hook and ladder company, with\\nnecessarry apparatus for controlling this devastating element. He\\nrecommended the general and permanent improvement of the streets\\nof the city. He recommended the opening of Second Street to the\\ncity limits and its improvement. He recommended a good plank or\\ngravel road to the cemetery. He recommended a liberal policy to-\\nward market men and by proper encouragement thus aid in building\\nup a market, where the citizens could be provided at a reason-\\nable cost. He also recommended that the outstanding indebtedness\\nin scrip and judgments held by the purchasers of Public Square lots\\nbe funded by the issue of a sufficient number of interest bearing\\nbonds.\\nThe message was received and referred to a committee of the\\nwhole to consider and report at some future meeting of the Council.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0333.jp2"}, "334": {"fulltext": "336 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nJune 25th the following resolutions were adopted\\n^Be it Resolved, That the Committee on Ways and Means be and they\\nare instructed to report to the Council at its next regular meeting, or as soon\\nthereafter as practicable, the best means ot issuing the bonds of the city, and\\nstate the amount of bonds that ought to be issued, the denomination thereof,\\nthe rate of interest they ought to bear, the time they ought to mature, the prob-\\nability of selling said bonds and for what amount, and all other facts in rela-\\ntion thereto which in their judgment may seem proper.\\n^*Be it resolved further^ That the Mayor appoint a committee of five either\\nof Councilmen or other citizens, any three of whom may act. who are request-\\ned to ascertain and report to the Council, at their earliest convenience, upon\\nthe best manner of establishing a public school in Henderson, and they wi l\\nstate particularly what sum it will require to build and put in operation said\\nschool, the cost ot conducting the same, the best system of its government in\\nall particulars, the character of building required, and all facts in relation to\\nthe subject they may deem proper\\nOn the fourth day of August this committee reported, recommend-\\ning the preparation and passage of an act by the Legislature, giving\\nthe city full power to issue bonds and erect suitable buildings in which\\nto carry on public schools; also, to authorize the city to borrow money\\nby issuing her bonds, etc.\\nConcerning the proposition to fund the outstanding indebtedness\\nof the city, January 19th, 1869, an act was drawn and adopted by the\\nCouncil authorizing the Council to issue the bonds of the city for\\nthat purpose. This act was passed by the Legislature and approved\\nby the Governor June 16th.\\nThe Mayor was instructed to have printed and engraved $50,000\\nof city bonds and report his acts. July 6th, the bonds were reported\\nto the Council, and upon motion the Mayor was directed to advertize\\nrequesting all persons holding scrip, judgments or other evidences of\\nindebtedness against the city to come forward and report, and if satis-\\nfactory to take up the same by substituting in lieu thereof the bonds of\\nthe city payable thirty years after date bearing ten per cent, interest.\\nThis proposition proved a great success. All creditors were satisfied,\\nand in three weeks time, or as soon as the work could be completed,\\nthe Mayor had taken in, by substituting bonds, the entire outstand-\\ning scrip, judgment, and Public Square indebtedness, amounting to\\nnearly $50,000.\\nOn the seventh day of September the Mayor reported in full his\\nacts, and upon full investigation by the Finance Committee, the same\\nwas unanimously approved by the Council.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0334.jp2"}, "335": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 337\\nPrior to this time the city had no money, and could borrow none,\\nbut few citizens outside of the Council knew this. There was an im-\\nmense amount of improvement going on, and other work being con-\\ntracted for at each meeting of the^Council. Progress was the motto,\\nand a trust to luck for the money to foot the bills was the understand-\\ning. It has been said the city at one time could not borrow money-\\nTo verify this On the 3d day of November, 1868, the city needed\\n$5,000. Application was made to both banks and moneyed men, but\\nit could not be had. It was necessary to raise this amount or else\\nlet the whole business go to the wall. Seeing this, Mayor Starling\\nand Councilmen William F. Reutlinger, and Leroy Martin, borrowed\\non their individual credit the amount of five thousand dollars, and\\nrelie\\\\ed the city, taking a pledge from the Council that the amount\\nshould be refunded from the revenues to be collected. Several times\\nduring the year the members of the Council borrowed sums of money\\non their individual credit and loaned the same to the city, to enable\\nher to carry on public work then under contract.\\nUnder the funding act the city was relieved, and soon after a\\nBoard of Sinking Fund Commissioners was organized, under a special\\nact of the Legislature, with power to hold and use the various reve-\\nnues specified for the purpose of reducing the outstanding debt and\\npaying interest.\\nAs I proceed with this itemized history, the reader will see what\\nan amount of public work was done, and will agree with a previous\\nstatement made, that the substantial and solid growth of the city dates\\nback to the new charter of 1867. No one will ever know, but those\\nwho were actively employed, the immense amount of labor entailed\\nupon the Councils of 1866, 67, 68, 69, 70 and 71, the manner in\\nwhich they managed public affairs, conducted the multiplied improve-\\nments of the city, including streets, wharves, and public buildings,\\nthe levying of taxes, the collection of revenues, etc., etc.\\nAugust 4th, 1868, the Market House had become too small, and\\nanother section, nearly equal to the original in size, was added to it\\nAugust 25th, pavements around the Court House, on First and\\nMain Streets, and on First to the river, and on Lower Main, were or-\\ndered laid down.\\nThe extension of the gas mains and erection of street lamps\\nwas ordered in every direction where it was judged by the Council\\nthe extension would pay ten per cent, upon the investment.\\n22", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0335.jp2"}, "336": {"fulltext": "338 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nSeptt mber 15th, a contract was made with Collins O Byrne to\\ngrade, giitier and curb Green Street, from First to Upper Third\\nStreet, to completely finish Main from Second to Lower Fourth Street.\\nClay and Fagan Streets were received and ordered opened sixty feet\\nwide to the cemetery.\\nOctober 6ih, a contract was entered into with Haffey Stapp to\\ngrade and pa\\\\e Third Street to low water mark, in the same manner\\nthe Main wharf had been done.\\nNovember 17th, Second Street was purchased through the Breck-\\nenridge property, and ordered opened to the limits of the city at the\\nbridge.\\nIn July, 1868, an organization known as the Kuklux appeared\\nupon the streets of the city at night, alarming many citizens of the\\ncity, and committing, in one or more instances, acts contrary to law\\nand order. It was said with how much truth, however, is not known\\nthat many of the best citizens of the city were members of the clan,\\nand that its organization was intended to assist good government and\\nthe enforcement of the laws, that that portion of the organization were\\nas much opposed to anything in the shape of outlawry as any citi-\\nzen who refused to countenance the movement. Yet the movement\\nwas regarded generally as a dangerous one, calculated to do no good,\\nbut, on the contrary, to become the source of great evil. The Coun-\\ncil regarded it as dangerous to the peace of society, ill-timed, and ab-\\nsolutely unnecessary, unlawful, and uncalled for, and therefore deter-\\nmined, at all hazards, to suppress it, first by persuasion, if possible, if\\nnot, then by force, no matter how that force was secured or from\\nwhence it came.\\nOn the twenty-seventh day of July the following ordinance was\\npassed\\nBe It ordained by the Mayor and Common Council: First That it\\nshall be unlawful for any person to appear on the streets, alleys or highways\\nof the city in mask or with his face or person so disguised that he cannot be\\nrecognized by casual observation of his acquaintance, and for each offense\\nsaid person shall be fined not less than fitty nor more than one hundred dol-\\nlars to be recovered by warrant or other fines,\\nSecond It is hereby made the special duty of the Marshal and police\\nto arrest all parties violating this ordinance, and for this purpose they shall\\nhave the power to call to their assistance any citizen of the city, and for a\\nfailure of the Marshal or police to faithfully discharge their duty, he or they\\nshall be fined twenty-five dollars, and for a failure of such citizen to aid in ar-\\nresting such person or persons, violating the first section of the ordinance, he\\nor thev shall be fined ten dollars", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0336.jp2"}, "337": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 339\\nBe it further ordained, that the Mayor forthwith issue a proclamation\\ncalling upon all citizens to desist from appearing in disguise by day or ni^ht,\\ndisturbing the quiet of the city, and to warn them that if persisted in imme-\\ndiate measures will be taken to punish. them.\\nWhereupon the Mayor issued the following proclamation\\nTo all whom it may concenr:\\nYour attention is called to the above ordinance, passed by the City\\nCouncil at its meeting of Monday night last. In accordance therewith, you\\nare earnestly requested to desist from any further such exhibitions of masks,\\nguns, weapons and pretenses of authority unknown to and unrecognized by\\nthe law, as have attended your frequent appearances in the streets of the city\\nwithin the past few weeks. The object of your organization and its plans and\\npurposes I do not know, nor do I propose to inquire. That it is calculated in\\nits etfects to do great and irremediable injury to the best interests of the com-\\nmunity, no right-thinking and prudent person will deny, and it will, if con-\\ntinued, result in mischief, no one who has regarded the rise and pro^-ress of\\nsimilar organizations in other localities, can doubt. If it be said it was organ-\\nized to reform abuses, which its members imagine exist in the community, I\\nanswer the laws are in full force and will be vindicated by a prompt resort to\\nthe remedies whenever they are known to be violated, besides the administra-\\ntors of the law are men of your own choosing. If they fail to do their dutv\\nthe remedy is in yours and the hands of other citizens, and it is with vou and\\nthem to apply it. If your organization has for its object nothing beyond the\\nindulgence of what you may regard as a little harmless pleasantry, through\\nthe media of masks and horns and howls, I answer, that such exhibitions are\\nunseemly, annoying and mischievous, for the} have been accompanied more\\nthan once with the display and use of weapons and the utterance of threats\\nagainst those who are entitled to the p/otection of the law, and have resulted,\\ntoo, in terrifying many peaceable and well disposed citizens.\\nIf, as many persons suppose, this organization was intended to keep in\\nsubjection, to order and law, and to enforcr- habits o^ndustry and a respect\\nfor the observance of their contracts for labor, a certain class of our popula-\\ntion, I answer, that class is ammenable to the law, and is entitled to the pro-\\ntection of the .aw as much as any other, and that its members have been gener-\\nally well-behavfcd and orderly, and industriously engaged in maintainino- them-\\nselves and families. This intended or threatened interference with their rio-hts,\\nwhether real or maginary, works a great injustice to that class, and will result\\nin injury and damage to their employer, for some of them have been already,\\nand many more will be, trightened into an abandonment of their contract for\\nlabor, leaving numberless fields untitled and crops unharvested. The tolera-\\ntion of such an organization in our midst for any length of time will also have\\nthe tendency to induce some of our best citizens to seek more quiet and safer\\nlocalities, while many who might otherwise be disposed to bring their capital\\nto our growing and prosperous city for investment, will be deterred from do-\\ning so by its existence. Certainly its members, who probably have an equal\\ninterest with all our citizens in this matter, are not willing to see this result\\nbrought about by their agency.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0337.jp2"}, "338": {"fulltext": "340 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nThen, when it is considered how many outrages may be committed\\nunder the color and seeming sanction of tliis organization it is hoped that the\\nmost thoughtless of the members may be induced to abandon and discontin-\\nuance it. A band of highwaymen taking advantage of the fact that this organi-\\nzation exhibits itself unmolested in our streets, may any night, disguised as they\\nare generally, penetrate the city and rob the bariks and stores and escape un-\\nharmed to their hiding places, and a cowardly villian, malignant and thirsting\\nfor blood, may safely and surely, under the assumed mask ol this organization,\\ntake the life of a good citizen, whom he fancies has wronged him\\nViewed in the length of all the consequences which will flow from it\\nthe organization is wrong, unnecessary and dangerous and ought to be aban-\\ndoned, or failing in that, suppressed. I therefore earnestly urge upon all its\\nmembers, a prompt compliance with the ordinance above cited, lay aside for-\\never your masks, make no more parades upon the streets and alleys of the\\ncity, and show yourselves supporters of the laws as they are. liut if you will\\nnot do this, it will be my imperative duty to see the observance strictly en\\nforced, and I shall certainly dq so to the extent of the powers vested in me.\\nRespectfully, E. L. STARLING.\\nThis proclamation was received in good part so far as the fact\\ncould be known, and many of the leading members of the clan de-\\ntermined to abide by the advice given. There were others, though,\\nwho preferred to resist the authority of the law, and did turn out\\nagain. Mention has been made of the attack upon the county jail*\\nUpon this movement being made the Council appropriated one thou-\\nsand dollars and passed the following ordinance\\nBe it ordained, that the Mayor is authorized to employ such additional\\npolice as he may think necessary, for such length of time as he may see proper,\\nand at a compensation not exceeding that received by the present police.\\nIt was understood that this force should not be known and that\\nits duties should be to detect members and report their names. The\\nauthority of the law began to close around the boys a little closer\\nthan they had suspected, and many interviews were held with the\\nMayor by those suspected of being members One youngster who\\nwas going to leave the city to make his home elsewhere, ventured as a\\nfriend to confess his connection with the clan and to furnish a full\\nlist of the membership.\\nWhether this young Kuklux told the truth or not has never been\\nknown. It is enough to know that the law-abiding portion of the\\nclan saw the folly and danger to come out of such nonsense and\\nwere mainly instrumental, and finally succeeded in disbanding the or-\\nganization. They held their last parade with the distinct understand-\\ning that that was to be the last, proceeded to the lower end of the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0338.jp2"}, "339": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 341\\ncity, fired off their guns, pistols, etc., made peace with the world and\\nnothin y more has ever been heard of them as a military organization.\\nGood men belonged to the ICuklux beyond question, and upon\\ngoing into it thought it a good thing just at that time. They soon\\nsaw the danger, however, and deserve credit for bringing about its\\ndisbandment.\\nIt is due to the city to say that no single member of the Council\\nentertained a desire to do more than his duty, they were opposed to\\nthe organization and determined upon its suppression, no matter the\\ncost.\\nThey recognized the fact that friends were i.i the ranks, and yet\\nif these friends would not consent to be governed by good advice,\\nand abide by the laws, then if they suffered from any source it was\\ntheir misfortune and not the wish or fault of the Council.\\nDuring the year 1868, the residences of William T. Barret, now\\nJohn H. Barret, Jr., A. S. Nunn, now Colonel Jackson McClain, Allen\\nGilmour, now Colonel W. S. Elams, E. L. Starling s store house, now\\nJames R. Barret s, and Robert Dixon s brick three-story livery stable\\nwere built.\\n1869.\\nThe old Johnson two-story brick, corner First and Main, was\\ntorn down, and the real estate divided into nine lots, four fronting\\non Main Street and five fronting on First Street. The four fronting\\nMain were sold for the following prices: $125, SlOO, $100 and $96\\nper foot. The five fronting First were sold for $73, $62, $60, $54\\nand $54 per foot.\\nFebruary 2d, the first meeting of the City Council was held in\\nthe new Council roofn fitted up on the Public Square.\\nFebruary 6th, D. R. Burbank paid $42.55 per hundred pounds\\nfor tobacco\\nThursday, March 10th. Richard Powell, son of Governor L. W.\\nPowell, was killed by Stanley Young on the pavement in front of\\nJudge P. H. Hillyer s book store on Main Street, three doors above\\nFirst.\\nThe Episcopal Diocesan Convention met in St. Paul s Church in\\nMay, and was attended by Governors John W. Stevenson, Merri-\\nweather and other distinguished gentlemen.\\nSaturday, August 7th, there was a total eclipse of the sun. This\\noccurred between 4 and 5 o clock, and so complete was the eclipse", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0339.jp2"}, "340": {"fulltext": "342 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nchickens went to roost, to find themselves a short while after sitting\\nin the broiling hot sun.\\nMay 4th, an ordinance was passed, directing a fitty-foot fill to\\nbe made between Third and Fourth upper cross streets on Water,\\nand the same to be guttered, curbed and graveled. There was no\\nstreet there at the time, nothing save a great ravine, gradually eating\\nits way into the Atkinson Square beyond the corner of Third and\\nWater Streets. The fill was made, and the improvement has proved\\na blessing to the city.\\nJune 8th, a book of laws and ordinances was ordered prepared\\nfor publication. This book was prepared by Captain R. H. Cun-\\nningham and printed by Ben Harrison. Work highly creditable to\\nboth gentlemen.\\nJune 15th, an ordinance was passed, directing a fifty-foot street to\\nbe made along Wjter Street from the intersection of Fourth, to the\\nintersection of Fifth upper cross street in front of the Hugh Kerr\\nproperly. This fill was made and the street improved as that part\\nbetween Third and Fourth.\\nAugust olst, a compromise was effected with George F. Beatty,\\nwhereby the city became the purchaser of one hundred feet of ground\\nin width, running through the old Ingram property, on First Street\\nfrom Ingram to Adams Street.\\nAugust 31st, the city leased to D. R. Burbank for distilling pur-\\nposes all that part of the river front lying below the salt wells and in\\nfront of lots Nos. 37, 40, 41. During the year Mr. Burbank built his\\ntwenty barrel distillery, the first of the kind ever built in the county.\\nOctober 19th, Plank Road, or the continuation of Third upper\\ncross street, was received and established fifty feet wide.\\n1870.\\nThe population of Henderson, as given by the official census,\\nwas 4,158, divided as follows First Ward, 692 Second, 806 Third,\\n1,326 Fourth, 1,334.\\nMarch 11th, an act of the Legislature was approved, incorpor-\\nating W. B. Woodruff, Geo. M. Priest, E. W. Worsham, John C. Stapp\\nand P. A. Blackwell under the name and style of the Deposit Bank,\\nwith an authorized capital of $50,000.\\nJune 7th, a contract was entered into by and between the city\\nand railroad, authorizing the road to haul coal over Fourth Street to\\nthe river front and the privilege of building a coal tipple between the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0340.jp2"}, "341": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON OUNTY, KY. 343\\nline of Water Street and the river. This expensive wooden structure\\nwas built, but proved worthless for the purposes for which it was in-\\ntended, and was a few years after^orn down by order of the Council.\\nJuly 27th, the following assessments of property for taxation\\nwas reported For school, $2,638,723. On this amount a tax of 30\\ncents on the $100 was levied to pay the interest on the bonds issued\\nfor erecting and furnishing the school building, and 15 cents for pay-\\nin- salaries of teachers, etc.; for railroad, $2,863,133. On this\\namount a tax of 87 1-2 cents upon the $100 was levied for the pur-\\npose of i-aving the interest (and expenses of collecting) on the bonds\\nissued to the E., H. N. R. R. The city tax was fixed at 75 cents.\\nAugust 2d, a committee was appointed and directed to report the\\nbest and cheapest plan for supplying the city with water. Septem-\\nber 6th, a petition, signed by a large number of citizens, was pre-\\nsented to the Council, praying that body to submit to the quahfied\\nvoters, Shall bonds be issued for the building of water works This\\nwas the beginning of the water works.\\nDuring the summer and fall of this year Messrs. W. P.. Wooruff\\nCo. built the large ice house on Water Street, adjoining Woodruff\\nHall and in the early spring of 1871 purchased and packed two hun-\\ndred tons of lake ice for the comfort and convenience of the general\\npublic.\\nMr. Robert Dixon, during the fall, re-floored the third-story room\\nof his large brick building, on the corner of First and Elm Streets,\\nfor the pu%ose of roller skating, and threw it open for the enjoy-\\nment of the amusement-loving public.\\n1871.\\nThe Council having submitted for years to second-story rooms\\nand unsuitable and uncomfortable places wherein to hold their meet-\\nings, and to exhorbitant charges for keeping and feeding city prison-\\ners, determined to erect a building combining Council Chamber,\\nClerk s office, Mayor s and other offices, prison and station rooms.\\nFebruary 22d a resolution was adopted to build such a house,\\nand a commiuee appointed to procure plans and specifications and\\nreport cost. October 24th George W. Fallon furnished a plan and\\naccompanying specifications and the same were adopted.\\nMay 7th, 1872, a contract was entered into by and between the\\ncity and Digman Kyle to build the house, the same to be eighty\\nfeet in length by thirty feet in width.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0341.jp2"}, "342": {"fulltext": "344 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nMarch 19th, 1872, the county had determined to build a new\\njail, and by order of the Commissioners the old jail was exposed to\\nsale at public outcry. At this sale the city became the purchaser for\\na mere nominal sum. The old prison was soon torn down and all\\nmaterial of any value safely stored away, to be used in building the\\nCity Hall and prison. This purchase proved to be a most judicious\\none, for by it the city secured all the iron doors, frames, grating, etc.,\\nnecessary to be used in the new building. In addition this, one hun-\\ndred thousand or more good brick were saved from the ruins, and\\nenough fiag stones to lay the pavement in front of the building. After\\nreserving all material of value the remainder was sold for more than\\nenough to satisfy the purchase bid.\\nThis building was completed at a cost of near $17,000 and was\\noccupied by the Council for the first time on July 15th, 1873. It is a\\nmagnificent building and stands to-day an evidence of the taste and\\ngood judgment of the Council who conceived the idea of its building.\\nThe South Kentucky Narrow Gauge Railroad Co mpany\\nhaving been chartered by the Legislature March 15th, G. M. Alves,\\nCity Engineer, was employed to make a preliminary survey, which he\\ndid in April. September 11th an ordinance was passed by the Com-\\nmon Council directing the sense of the qualified voters to be taken\\nupon the propriety of the city subscribing for six hundred shares of\\nstock. This election was held September 23d and resulted in 180\\nvoles being polled for the proposition and 50 opposed to it.\\nOctober 3d the Mayor was directed to subscribe for six hundred\\nshares, $50 each, making $30,000, and on January 23d, 1872, the\\nCouncil appriated $500 to assist in making necessary surveys.\\nA Board of Directors was elected, but for many reasons nothing\\nmore than has been enumerated, has ever been effected.\\nMay 2d, Thomas F. Cheany, appointed for the purpose, reported\\n923 children of legal school age, living in the city.\\nFrom the completion of the Evansville, Henderson Nashville\\nRailroad there had been manifested by the management a determin-\\nation to reach the water line of the Ohio River, even though the\\nrights of the city had to be trampled under foot. There was at the\\ntime a positive contract between the city and railroad company that\\nno cars or engines should be run over Fourth Street only so far as\\nstipulated, certainly no passengers or freight trains were to run to the\\nriver. This agreement, which was quite satisfactory to the company\\nwhen money was asked to aid in completing the road, had become", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0342.jp2"}, "343": {"fulltext": "CITY HALIi.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0343.jp2"}, "344": {"fulltext": "I", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0344.jp2"}, "345": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 345\\nsince its compleiion equally as distaseful and annoying. An outlet\\nwas wanted, and for this the company was unwilling to remunerate\\nthe city.\\nConceiving the idea that for the purpose of transporting the\\nUnited States mails, engines and cars should be run to the river and\\nno interference by the city would result, on the sixteenth day of\\nMay an engine, mail, express and passenger coaches attached, rushed\\nover the forbidden track to Water Street. This was a nice dodge, an\\nunscrupulous company embraced (shielding itself behind the sup-\\nposed interference of the United States) to violate and trample under\\nfoot a positive agreement made and entered into, presumably in good\\nfaith. The Mayor of the city witnessed this gross violation of right and\\nimmediately applied to those in authority to find out its meaning.\\nFinding a settled determination on the part of the company to sub-\\nmit no longer to the agreement, but to force trains to Water Street\\nunder the pretense of carrying the United States mail, he applied to\\nJudge S. B. Vance, and that able, clear-headed lawyer drew an in-\\ngenious ordinance, not only attacking the flanks, but the rear of the\\ncompany in such i way as to compel its surrender a short time there-\\nafter.\\nGeneral Boyle, then President of the company, and those who\\nhad advised with him, had never taken the view embraced in the or-\\ndinance, and were therefore completely outgeneraled. A meeting of\\nthe Council was called and the ordinance passed without a dissenting\\nvoice to take effect from its publication. Several days passed before\\nthe ordinance could be made operative, and dqring that time trains\\nran unmolested to Water Street.\\nThis ordinance did not deal directly with the company, but at-\\ntacked those in its employ. It prescribed a fine of fifty to one hun-\\ndred dollars to be laid against each and every employe, engineer,\\nconductor, brakeman or other person detected in running a train of\\ncars between the depot and Water Street. The Superintendent of\\nthe road, one Hugh Pitcairne, with his headquarters in Hopkinsville,\\ndirected the movements of the trains by use of the wire connecting\\nthe two cities. He was a wiley fellow, cute and unscrupulous. He\\nhesitated to do nothing in the interest of his masters and partook\\nstrongly of their rebellious and dishonest spirit. He heard of the\\nordinance and cut his cloth to suit the municipal garment, in short,\\nhe directed his trains to be run to Water Street, with no one\\nbut the engineer and one brakeman. Upon one occasion there was\\nno one but the engineer and mail agent. The first day after the or^", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0345.jp2"}, "346": {"fulltext": "346 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\ndinance had become law, two policemen were stationed between Main\\nand Water about train time. Soon the train came along, the em-\\nployes whistling and thinking little, if anything, of what was in store\\nfor them. Upon halting at Water Street each employe was sum-\\nmoned to appear before the Police Court. At this they smiled an\\nuncertain smile as the train backed back to the depot. Next day new\\nmen were on the train and they too in turn were summoned to appear\\nbefore the Police Court. Fines were assessed, and yet these fellows\\nthought the city was indulging a little game of bluff. About the third\\nday five employes, ij;icluding two engineers, one conductor and two\\nbrakemen, in an unguarded moment, were arrested and straightway\\nmarched to jail. Not until they were looking out from behind the\\ngreat iron doors and exercising their teeth upon the toughest of diet\\ndid they realize the serious attitude in which a man placed himself\\nwho attempted to violate the law. They refused to be bailed by their\\ncity friends, but demanded that those who had gotten them there\\nshould see to their release. The fourth evening another batch was\\nincarcerated, and the engineer, rather than suffer a similar fate,\\njumped his engine and left it with train attached standing in the street\\nbetween Main and Water, where it remained for several days.\\nSuperintendent Pitcairne could get no one to venture from the\\ndepot to the river. One engine and a train of cars was standing idle\\nin the street, and no one could be induced to remove it. The magni-\\ntude of the situation induced him to tear his hair and anathematize\\nHenderson, yet no relief came to him. He could stand it no longer,\\nso he ventured from his Hopkinsville headquarter to visit Henderson\\nand by his august presence intimidate the authorities, throw open the\\nprison doors and visit vengeance upon those who had dared to inter-\\nfere with his plans. He, however, alighted from the train a few hun-\\ndred yards outside of the city limits and took a birds-eye view of the\\ndepot surroundings by the aid of a field-glass. Failing to discover\\nan officer of the city in sight he ventured in, but in fifteen minutes\\nafterwards was se\u00c2\u00b0n marching down the street between two police\\ngoing in the direction of the county jail. He fumed and protested,\\nhe threatened to bring in a troop of negro soldiers, and yet the police\\nminded him not. A few minutes later the great prison door was\\nopened and he ushered into the company of his engineers, conduc-\\ntors and brnkemen. He swore he would rot in jail, but he didn t.\\nHis men swore they would sue the company and nothing short cf a\\ncompromise kept them from it.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0346.jp2"}, "347": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 347\\nSuperintendent Pitcairne took two meals in jail, changed his\\nmind, pledged the revenues of the road to any citizen who would bail\\nhim and his men and soon left^lhe town.\\nHis dignity was completely destroyed, the importance of his po-\\nsition manifestly insignificant, and two days afterwards he begged to\\nbe permitted to remove his engine and train, which had stood in the\\nstreet for a week without steam, back to the depot.\\nBy this time the county jail had become such terror the Mayor\\nwas forced to accompany an engineer to the engine in order to assure\\nhim that he would not be molested in raising steam and then backing\\nback to the depot.\\nThese were exciting times, and all the while the United States\\nmail or the agent had never been molested. This important func-\\ntionary was permitted to ride down to Water Street unnoticed,\\nand afterwards to foot it or take passage in an express wagon\\nsuited his pleasure. One of their dignitaries, tpo lazy to walk, and\\ntoo important to ride in a country wagon, reported the city authori-\\nties to the Postmaster General.\\nAn agent of the Postal Department was dispatched to Hender-\\nson to investigate the charges preferred, and, having heard the evi-\\ndence, unhesitatingly endorsed the action of the city. No more cars\\nwere run to Water street, but the judgments recovered in the City\\nCourt amounted to over two thousand dollars. Immediately after the\\nrelease of Superintendent Pitcairn, General Boyle instituted suit in\\nthe United States Court, at Louisville, against the city, for the right\\nof way and damage.\\nThe stoppage of the United States mails in the streets of the\\ncity was one of the allegations in this remarkable petition.\\nMay 29th, the Common Council directed the Mayor, City Attor-\\nney, Judge Eaves and Judge S. B. Vance, to proceed to Louisville\\nand enter defense to the suit of the American Contract Company,\\nand the Mayor authorized and empowered to employ additional and\\nexperienced counsel in that city. Hon. Isaac Caldwell was employed,\\nand, at his instance, Hon. Harvey Yeaman, whom the City of Hender\\nson delighted to honor, not alone on account of his eminent legal\\nqualifications, but his high and noble personal and social culture, was\\nassociated with him.\\nAn answer was filed and the case continued to July. During the\\ntime, the officers of the city busied themselves securing evidence and\\nin various ways fortifying the defense.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0347.jp2"}, "348": {"fulltext": "348 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nJuly came, and on the sixth day of that month the case was\\nreached and called for trial. Both parties announced themselves\\nready. The city, by her attorneys, filed a demurrer to the petition,\\nand upon the trial of this hung the fate of General Boyle and his\\ncompany. The papers were read and Judge Ballard, without listen-\\ning to a prepared speech from either side, sustained the demurrer-\\nHe even decided that if a mail agent (whose importance had been\\nso magnified and relied upon by the plaintiffs) had violated a law, he\\ntoo was as much liable to arrest as any officer of the train. This de-\\ncision was a death blow to General Boyle. It must have been, for\\nthis peculiarly great man could not restrain a tear or two.\\nA few months subsequent to this trial, the American Contract\\nCompany sold the road and its franchises to Winslow and Wilson, of\\nthe St. Louis Southeastern Railroad, running from Evansville to\\nSt. Louis.\\nJuly 5th, 1872, the Mayor called the attention of the Council, in\\na message, to a meeting to be held in Hopkinsville, July 29th, for the\\npurpose of consolidating the two roads, and thereupon the following\\nnamed gentlemen were appointed to report what policy should be\\nadopted by the city James F. Clay, S. B. Vance, Henry F. Turner,\\nJohn O Byrne, Ben. Harrison, T. M. Jenkins, Governor A. Dixon,\\nWilliam S. Johnson, N. H. Barnard, John C. Stapp and P. H. King.\\nJuly 26th, the committee reported to the Council as follows\\nAfter mature consultation your committee reports the following:\\nRf solved, That from all the information we have, it will be to the interest\\nof the Citv of Henderson for a consolidation of the E., H. N. R. R. with\\nthe St. Louis Southeastern and the Edgefield Kentucky Railroad, if the\\nsame can be made upon equitable terms; and we therefore recommend that\\nthe City Council so direct the vote of the stock, and upon the best terms they\\ncan make. JAMES F. CLAY, Chairman.\\nBEN. HARRISON, Secretary.\\nThis report was adopted by the Council, and the Mayor instructed\\nto attend the meeting at Hopkinsville, and so vote the stock of the\\ncity. The proposition to consolidate the three roads was carried by\\nan overwhelming majority.\\nSeptember 5th, 1872, an ordinance was passed granting perma-\\nnent right of way over Fourth street, with the right to build to low\\nwater mark, to establish a transfer for freight and passengers, under\\nan agreement between the city and the St. Louis Southeastern Rail-\\nroad, consolidated. There were many stipulations in this agreement,\\nthe most important, that Henderson should not be discriminated against\\nin shipments of freights that the machine shops of this division should", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0348.jp2"}, "349": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 349\\nbe established here, and that the sum of two thousand dollars recov-\\nered in judgments against the employes of the E., H. N. should\\nbe paid. The two thousand dollars was paid by General Winslow,\\nand with that ended the Boyle-Pitcairne farce.\\nThe following handsome buildings were erected during this year\\nHon. M. Yeaman s residence, Haffey, Fleming Clores block of\\nthree-story brick store houses, corner Main and First Streets, the\\nPlanters Bank and C. H. [ohnson Bros, book store.\\nDecember 1st, a committee composed of several members of the\\nCouncil, and other citizens was appointed to co-operate with a com-\\nmittee from Vanderburgh County, Indiana, for the purpose of organ-\\nizing a short line railroad company connecting the two cities of Hen-\\nderson and Evansville. This connection was to be made on the In-\\ndiana side, and in order to encourage the subscription of a sufficient\\nsum for the purpose, upon the recommendation of the Mayor he was\\nauthorized to subscribe the sum of fifteen thousand dollars for and\\nin behalf of the city. This proposition failed to materialize, owing\\nto the fact the people on the Indiana side failed or refused to give it\\nthe necessary encouragement.\\n1872.\\nJanuary 2d, the inhabitants, that is, many of them, were consid-\\nerably exercised over the passage of a compulsory vaccination ordi-\\nnance.\\nMarch 19th, for the purpose of encouraging manufactories, an\\nordinance was passed releasing manufactories, where the building and\\nmachinery was worth in the aggregate ten thousand dollars in cash,\\nfrom taxation for city purposes for the term of five years.\\nIn November of this year that very remarkable horse disease\\nknown as the epizootic swept the country. Henderson, as well as\\nother cities, suffered on account of it, and to relieve the pressing\\nneed of teams, December 7th an ordinance was passed permitting\\nteams from the country or elsewhere to haul throughout the city limits\\nfree of license. All of the livery horses, as well as those belonging\\nto private stables, were more or less affected, yet but few losses oc-\\ncurred on account of it. This was a blood and lung disease and was\\neasily detected by the following symptoms At the beginning the\\nanimal exhibited a drowsy, mopy disposition, then a swelling of the\\nunder jaw and legs, then a continued hacking cough, then heavy dis-\\ncharges of mucous from the nose. A drench of linseed oil, sweet\\nspirits of nitre, quinine and gum goaccum, in proportionate parts,\\nand the animal kept heavily blanketed, effected a sure cure.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0349.jp2"}, "350": {"fulltext": "350 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nIn 1881 a disease somewhat similar made its appearance. This\\nwas called the Pink Eye and evidenced itself in the horse by\\nswelling, mattery eyes and leg swelling. This was a kidney disease,\\nand the same drench used as in the Epizootic. In addition to this\\nCaptain Thomas Gilligan, who treated a number of horses with won-\\nderful success, used a prescription made of proportionate parts of\\npowdered gentian, sassafras, skunk cabbage, cream tartar, sal nitre,\\npulverized ginger, sulphur, digitalis, blood root and berchie leaves.\\nThis was made into a powder and fed twice a day in bran.\\nPreliminary steps were taken during the fall looking to the build-\\ning of the bridge across the Ohio.\\n1873.\\nApril 5th, the city purchased the present hospital site and build-\\ning of Mrs. Sterling Payne.\\nJune 3d, F. W. Reutlinger, executor of the will of John Pernet,\\ntendered the City Council one hundred dollars, an amount directed\\nby the testator to be given to he poor of Henderson. This generous\\npublic benefaction was appropriately accepted by the Council and\\nplaced to the credit of a special fund to be disposed of as intended\\nby the gracious donor.\\nEarly in the month of May the stern wheel steamboat Collier\\nsank at the wharf foot of Second Street. She was permitted to re-\\nmain unmolested, except by the current, until the third day of June,\\nwhen an order was passed by the Council directing her removal. A\\nfew weeks after a contract was entered into with Captain Hiram Hill,\\nthe noted submarine diver and wrecker, at and for the sum of $1, 200,\\nto remove the wreck. On the 17th day of December he completed\\nhis work. The owners of the boat brought suit against the city, but\\nfailed to make a case.\\nSeptember 2d, the severe restrictions placed upon the sale of ege-\\ntables, fish, meats, etc., were removed.\\nNovember 4 1th, the first Hook and Ladder wagon, together with\\na full complement of buckets, ladders, etc., was purchased of B. Bruce\\nCo., of Cincinnati, at a cost of one thousand dollars.\\n1874.\\nOn the 16th day of February, Hon. Jacob Held qualified and\\nassumed the duties of Mayor of the city. The new administration\\ndirected the Finance Committee, and very properly, to report the\\nfinancial condition of the city. On the 3d day of March this com-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0350.jp2"}, "351": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 351\\nmittee reported the assets of the city amounting to $563,643.84 lia-\\nbilities, $429,411.09; assets in excess of liabilities, $134,232.75.\\nMarch 24th, by order of the Council, seconded by the County\\nCourt, the beautiful shade trees*novv surrounding Court House Square\\nwere planted out.\\nMay 5th, Thomas F. Cheaney, School Enumerator, reported in\\nthe city 1,118 white children between the ages of six and twenty\\nyears, and 418 colored children between the ages of six and sixteen.\\nMay 20th, the press of Kentucky met here in convention, and\\nwere elegantly entertained. For this purpose, in addition to hand-\\nsome sums contributed by citizens, the City Council donated six hun-\\ndred dollars.\\n1875.\\nOn the 15th day of February Rescue Hook and Ladder Com\\npany tendered its services to the city, and was received as a volun-\\nteer fire company.\\nIn the spring of this year, 1875, the State Medical Society held\\nits annual meeting in Henderson, attended by very many disting-\\nuished members of the profession.\\nThe society was elegantly entertained by Dr. P. Thompson.\\nDavid Clark, Thomas Soaper and E. L. Starling.\\nOctober 5th a contract was entered into with Delker Blondin\\nfor the building of the first horse wagon ever owned by the City of\\nHenderson at and for the price of $375.\\nOctober 5th the Superintendent of the Public School reported\\nthe total enrolment of pupils 785. Of this number 382 were boys\\nand 403 were girls. Daily attendance, 587.\\nMarch 16th the remains of the five men shot by Colonel Glenn s\\ntroops during the war and interred near the water works grounds,\\nwere exhumed by order of the Council and buried in the City Ceme-\\ntery.\\nA valuable lithograph map of the city by G. M. Alves, City En-\\ngineer, was offered for sale during the month of March.\\nThe delinquent lists returned by the Marshal for 1873, four and\\nfive, were very large and the sales of property for taxes due were\\nalarming.\\nThe Jay Cooke panic had had its effect, and this, coupled with\\nthe very high taxation impos ed upon the people, was more than very", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0351.jp2"}, "352": {"fulltext": "352 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\nmany of them were able to contend with.\\nThe distress of the people necessarily crippled the city govern-\\nment, yet under all of these unlooked for circumstances the city man-\\naged to pull through by exercising close and scrutinizing economy.\\nA report of the City Clerk of amounts received and disbursed\\nfrom September 1st, 1874, to September 7th, 1875, inclusive, shows\\n$67,738.99 received and $67,824.74 disbursed, showing the disburse-\\nments to exceed the receipts only $85.75.\\nSeptember 7th the administration of Mayor Jacob Held termin-\\nated by limitation, and upon retiring Mr. Held delivered an appro-\\npropriate an.d feeling valedictory.\\nHon. John C. Atkinson upon assuming the responsible position\\njust vacated by the Hon. Jacob Held, read his inaugural address, a\\npaper of considerable length, but full of most excellent suggestions.\\nThis paper showed that the executive fully comprehended the wishes\\nand wants of the people, and in dealing with matters of public con-\\ncern was clear, strong and graceful. After having called the atten-\\ntion of the Council to the importance of the trusts committed to its\\nkeeping, he argued that the debt of the city should not be extended\\nbeyond what it then was, and that the taxes must in no event be in-\\ncreased, and that the strictest economy should be exercised in every\\ndepartment of the city government. In the exercise of retrenchment\\nand economy, he urged the Council to examine into various offices\\nmade subject to its control by the charter, and ascertain whether or\\nnot they were indispensible to the proper working of the municipal\\nmachinery. He urged the abolishment of all offices which could be,\\nwithout material detriment to the public service, to inquire into the\\namount of salaries, and if found too high, cut them down to an\\namount considered a fair compensation for the work rendered. He\\nargued that existing salaries were fixed at a time when general pros-\\nperity prevailed and money possessed a less value, but a time of\\nbusiness depression, and where labor was seeking in vain its just re-\\nward, that salaries and expenses should be reduced and made to con.\\nform to the standard of values then existing in other departments of\\nbusiness. He urged the Council to make some provision for the pay-\\nment of the bonds falling due in less than twelve years, to the import-\\nance of the sinking fund, to the heavy debt of the city and large\\namount of interest to be paid semi-annually.\\nThe Mayor dwelt at some length upon the pride the Council\\nshould feel in the advantages possessed by Henderson. Its spacious\\nwharf, broad and well paved streets, its well appointed gas works", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0352.jp2"}, "353": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 353\\ngiving free of charge more street lamps than any city of similar size,\\nits water works, which would afford an abundant supply of pure\\nwater for all purposes, its beautiful city of the dead, where death is\\nrobbed of half his terrors, its public schools, where all of the youth\\nwithin the limits of the corporation, both white and colored, are in-\\nstructed. These he urged were the city s jewels of priceless value\\nand should be closely watched and nourished.\\nHe paid a high compliment to those public-spirited citizens who\\ncomposed the Rescue Hook and Ladder Company, who, without\\nthe hope of fee or reward, save the consciousness of a duty performed\\nin mitigating or pre^ enting the misfortune of those unhappy citizens\\nwhose toil of a lifetime is threatened with destruction in an hour, hold\\nthemselves in readiness to brave all the dangers incident to a fire-\\nman s life.\\nIn conclusion, the Mayor said A united and harmonious city\\ngovernment striving to promote the happiness and prosperity of all,\\neven the humblest citizen, and animated by an earnest desire to dis-\\ncharge their duty, will certainly accomplish much. We have fallen\\non troublous times for the past two years, the business of the coun-\\ntrv has been deranged and trade is not found in its accustomed chan-\\nnels, but this condition must shortly have an end. The signs of a\\nchange are favorable and already streaks of light of the coming day\\nmark the horizen, and but a few months will elapse before the hus-\\nbandman will again receive the promised reward of his labor, the\\nbusy hum of industry will be heard as loud as ever on our streets, labor\\nwill not seek in vain for its accustomed employment and the ring of\\nthe anvil and the trowel and the noise of the hammer and saw will\\nmake sweetest music for our ears.\\nThe tax levied for 1875 was 85 cents for city purposes, 60 cents\\nfor school, 90 cents for railroad and 50 cents to pay interest on water\\nworks bonds, making a total of $2.85 on each $100 of valuation. In\\naddition to this a poll-tax of $2 on each male citizen over the age of\\ntwenty-one years.\\nTo collect this tax was a very difficult matter and in very many\\ncases absolutely impossible. In many cases the Collector was com-\\npelled to sell realty and personalty, and altogether the burden was\\nsomething terrible. Therefore it was the object and aim of the new\\nadministration to conform to the most economical views, and to there-\\nby relieve the citizen taxpayer as much as possible.\\n23", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0353.jp2"}, "354": {"fulltext": "354 1 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nOn September 21st, the first meeting after the inauguration, the\\nRetrenchment Committee reported, recommending sweeping reduc-\\ntions in salaries and in some instances abolishment of offices.\\nOctober 5lh, after being amended and added to in one or two\\nparticulars, the report of the committee was adopted.\\nNovember 16th, a contract was entered into with George W.\\nScantland, for the purchase of sufficient ground for the extension of\\nAdams Street, from Third to Fourth, at the L. N. depot.\\n1876.\\nOutside of the completion of the water works and necessary leg-\\nislation concerning that important public enterprise, nothing of ma-\\nterial interest occurred during the year.\\nApril 25th the city alarm bell was purchased at a cost of three\\nhundred and twenty dollars.\\nJuly 18th a contract was entered into by and between the city\\nand John Haffey for building the sewer, now running from the inter-\\nsection of First and Water Streets to the river.\\nThe delinquent list this year was, as for several years previous,\\ndistressingly large.\\n1877.\\nThe number of children of school age reported this year was\\n1112 white and 410 colored.\\nMay 1st the Retrenchment Committee reported in favor of issu-\\ning $98,000 in 6 and 7 per cent, bonds, to be used in redeeming the\\nsame amount of outstanding bonds bearing 10 per cent, interest.\\nThis proposition failed to be adopted by the Council.\\nThe assessment of property reported this year was for city pur-\\npurposes $2,162,035, lor water works $2,200,210, for school $2,147,-\\n960, for railroad $2,618,190. Upon this assessment the following\\nlevy was made For city 80 cents on the $100 valuation, 55 cents for\\nschool, $1 for railroad and 50 Qents for water works. The delinquent\\nlist, as in. previous years, continued to be very large.\\n1878.\\nA volunteer fire company, known as Hose Company No. 1,\\ntendered its services and was accepted by the city. April 16th a hose\\nreel was purchased for the benefit of this company.\\nJanuary 1st, the charter was again amended, and in addition, an\\nact was approved authorizing the city to fund her indebtedness.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0354.jp2"}, "355": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 355\\nThere were outstanding at that time bonds of the city represent-\\ning two hundred thousand dollars, bearing seven per cent, interest.\\nOne hundred thousand dollars bearing eight per cent, interest, issued\\nto aid in building the Henderson Nashville Railroad. Twenty-\\neight thousand dollars of school bonds, bearing ten per cent, inter-\\nest. Sixty-one thousand three hundred dollars of city funding bonds,\\nbearing ten per cent, interest. Thirteen thousand five hundred dol-\\nlars of water works extension bonds, bearing eight per cent, interest,\\nand one hundred thousand dollars of water works bonds, bearing ten\\nper cent, interest. The total outstanding bonded indebtedness at\\nthat time was $496,800, bearing an annual interest of $42,280.\\nCoupled with the gradual decrease in price of all real estate, and ne-\\ncessary high taxes to meet this fixed and certain interest, an outstand-\\ning scrip debt of eleven or twelve thousand dollars, and scrip below\\npar, it will require but little thought to determine the difficulties Mayor\\nAtkinson and his Council labored under in keeping up the ordinary\\nrunning machinery of government, to say nothing of the city s good\\ncredit. Yet, considering all of this, as has been before said, the city\\nnever defaulted in payment of her semi-annual interest.\\nBy the amended charter of 1873-4, a sinking fund was established\\nfor the payment of the bonded debt, and among other sources of rev-\\nenue specified for said fund, it was provided that the revenue derived\\nfrom the tax on licenses and from all other specific tax should be sa-\\ncredly devoted to the payment of the bonded debt of the city and to\\nno other purpose. The fund available to the city for expenses con-\\nsisted of the ad valorem and poll tax, whatever those amounts may\\nhave been, and the receipts from wharfage and fines, the whole\\namounting, after deductmg commissions and delinquencies, to $22,000\\nor $23,000. This amount, then, constituted the fund at the command\\nof the Council to carry on the government, keep the streets in repair,\\nand do such other things as were regarded absolutely necessary. It\\nwas evident that the people could not, or would not, suffer under this\\nterrible yoke much longer. A very large majority of the people were\\nbeginning to consider a compromise, not a repudiating compromise,\\nbut one to be adjusted upon an honorable and equitable basis, while\\nthere were a smaller number who were in favor of scaling the bonds\\nwith a merciless indiscretion. This excitement continued to grow,\\nyet all the while the Board of Sinking Fund Commissioners, of which\\nthe Mayor is, and was, ex officio chairman, strived without ceasing to\\nbring about a satisfactory settlement. As this history progresses we\\nshall see what was the result of the compromise.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0355.jp2"}, "356": {"fulltext": "856 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nThe colored school had grown to such magnitude it was found\\nnecessary to have more room, and in order to accommodate the in-\\ncreased number of pupils, July 16th an addition of twenty by thirty\\nfeet was ordered made to the school house. Be it said to the credit\\nof the Council, in all of its travails, sight was never lost of the edu-\\ncational interest of the city, but loans and donations were frequently\\nextended to the blacks as well as the whites.\\nThis was the year of the great temperance revival, sailing under\\nthe color of the Red Ribbon. The movement had been inaugu-\\nrated in the latter part of 1877, by an Evansville club headed by\\nGeneral James M. Shackelford, and had swept everything before it\\nlike a whirlwind. It was calculated to do good, and did do good, but\\nthe apathy of leading officers, partaken of by those who had been\\nmost active, submitted the organization to the inevitable of all such\\nmovements. Henderson alone did not partake of this wonderful con-\\ntagion, but it swept the entire county. At Cairo, Robards, Hebbards-\\nville, Corydon, Smith s Mills, Zion, and other places, clubs were\\nformed and great numbers of people signed the pledge. All of these,\\nbe it sorrowfully said, have turned their toes to the daisies.^^\\n1879.\\nThis year begins with the Council of the city still laboring to ef-\\nfect a settlement of the bonded indebtedness. In order that this\\nsettlement may be thoroughly understood, it is deemed best to take\\nup the beginning and follow it to the end. In the latter part of 1878\\nMayor Atkinson had urged the Council to appoint a committee for\\nthe purpose of giving the matter a calm and wise consideration, and\\nto recommend some plan for the funding of the bonded debt. The\\nCouncil at this time was composed of VV. H. Lewis, George H. Steele,\\nF. E. Kreipke, Henry Unverzaght, J. O. Clore, William H. Sandefur,\\nFred Kleiderer and Martin Schlamp. A committee was appointed\\nconsisting of S. K. Sneed, L. C. Dallam, John E. McCallister, L. H.\\nLyne, John C. Atkinson, composing the Board of Sinking Fund Com-\\nmissioners, and M. Yeaman, Attorney for the city. On the sixteenth\\nday of January this committee, composed of gentlemen of the finest\\nfinancial ability, and all men of more than average wealth, gave the\\nmatter referred to them the closest scrutiny, weighing well the inter-\\nest of the city, as well as consulting the rights of the bondholders,\\nand, after calm and due deliberation, unanimously recommended that\\nthe city give in exchange for their outstanding bonds a new bond\\nbearing six per cent, interest (interest payable semi-annually), payable\\nin thirty years after date (with the option of the city to redeem after", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0356.jp2"}, "357": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 357\\nfive years) at the rate of eighty cents to one dollar for the seven per\\ncent bonds, ninety cents to one dollar for the eight per cent, bonds,\\nand one hundred cents to the on^dollar for the ten per cent bonds.\\nThis will be, as we believe, substantial and relative justice to all par-\\nties, would be a saving to the city of $15,000 a year interest and\\n$50,000 of the principal debt, and give to the bondholder a safer in-\\nvestment of his money in a bond the city can more certainly provide\\nfor. This report was received and filed for future consideration.\\nOn the 18th day of February the question was again called up, and\\nthereupon a report, signed by seven members of the Council, and a\\nminority report signed by one member, were received and ordered\\nfiled.\\nThe majority committee, composed of Fred. Kleiderer, F, E.\\nKreipke, J. O. Clore, George H. Steele, W. H. Unverzagt, Martin\\nSchlamp and W. H. Sandefur, reported that m their opinion the city\\nshould issue new bonds bearing five per cent, interest, payable semi-\\nannually, the bonds payable in thirty years, but may be redeemed at\\nthe pleasure of the city at any time after five years said new bonds\\nto be given in exchange for the now outstanding bonds of the city, on\\nthe following basis Seventy cents on the dollar for seven per cent,\\nrailroad bonds, eighty cents on the dollar for eight per cent, railroad\\nbonds, one hundred cents on the dollar for school, water works and\\ncity bonds.\\nThe minority report was signed by Councilman W. H. Lewis and\\nis in substance as follows He reasoned that as property had shrunk\\nin value below fifty per cent,, that there was no reason Nyhy the bonds\\nshould not shrink in a like ratio; therefore, that he favored paxing\\nthe seven per cent, bonds at fifty cents on the dollar, the eight per\\ncent, bonds at sixty cents on the dollar, and the ten per cent, bonds at\\nseventy-five cents on the dollar, and that the settlement be made by\\nsubstituting a new bond bearing five, per cent, interest.\\nThe proposition to fund the bonded indebtedness of the city had\\nnow become the town talk, nothing else was thought of. Politicians\\nand office seekers had seizf:d upon it and hoped to ride into office\\nupon their own peculiar hobby, no matter how damaging their views\\nmay have been to the public welfare. Scores of men who barely\\nknew the marked difference between a city bond and a map of North\\nAmerica, talked of nothing else but bonds, and just what sort of a\\nsettlement should be adopted, and thus it was the weak kneed, look-\\ning ahead for accumulating popularity, pandered to the ruinous policy)\\nwhile the substantial element, holding the general good of the city", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0357.jp2"}, "358": {"fulltext": "358 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nparamount to popular favor or personal aggrandizement, held out for\\nan equitable and just basis.\\nThe bondholders recognized that the city needed relief, and were\\nmore than willing to contribute to it. I hey were, perhaps, the origina-\\ntors of the movement, for a large majority of them were deeply inter-\\nested outside of the amount of bonds they held.\\nMarch 4th, Mayor Atkinson urged the Council that if they pro-\\nposed to adhere to the majority report that they appoint a committee\\nto prepare and submit a printed proposal to the bondholders. Upon\\nthis suggestion a committee was appointed consisting of the Mayor\\nand Attorney Yeamen. In addition to this, as a sort of persuader,\\nthey were to incorporate with the proposal a statement of the city s\\ndebt and her resources, as they might deem advisable. On the twelfth\\nday of March the committee reported a paper addressed to the bond-\\nholders wherein they set forth the wishes of the Council, as reported\\nby the majority committee, in regard to funding the bonds, making a\\nclear exhibit of the bonded indebtedness of the city, the valuation of\\nproperty in the city for taxation for city, railroad, school and water\\nworks purposes, showing the property belonging to the city and from\\nwhat source she derives her revenues, the current expenses of the\\ncity, and, in fact, a clear, full and fair exhibit of all matters pertaining\\nto the subject then in hand. Upon the report of Mayor Atkinson\\nand Hon. M. Yeaman, Council advisor, being read, a resolution was\\npassed by the Council approving of the report, and requesting the\\nbondholders to signify their acceptance or rejection of the proposi-\\ntion of the Council contained in said statement on or before the first\\nday of May, 1879. This statement was inclosed to the bondholders,\\nand on April 1st Mayor Atkinson and Mr. Yeaman reported that a\\nmajoritv of the holders of the bonds had been heard from, and that\\nmost of them refused to accept the proposition of the Council, and\\nurged that the report of the Sinking Fund Commissioners, or some-\\nthing else which would likely be accepted by the bondholders be pro-\\nposed to them. Thereupon the Council, like unto eight lost men,\\nafraid of their own shadows, resolved and directed Mayor Atkinson,\\n(notwithstanding the bondholders had signified a willingness to accept\\nthe proposition as embodied in the report of the Sinking Fund Com-\\nmissioners) to correspond with those bondholders from whom he had\\nheard, as well as those from whom he had not, what plan or propo-\\nsition they were willing to accept, assuring them that the Council\\nwas desirous of coming to some honorable settlement. The Mayor\\nwas then requested to report at the next regular meeting. April 28th", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0358.jp2"}, "359": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 359\\nMayor Atkinson reported that he had conversed with a number of the\\nlargest bondholders, but failed to get any proposition from them. He\\nagain urged the adoption of the proposition of the Sinking Fund Com-\\nmissioners, whereupon a motion was made to receive and record the\\nreport of the Mayor, but it was lost by a vote of four to four, Messrs.\\nSteele, Kreipke, Sandefur and Kleiderer voting in the affirmative,\\nMessrs. Unverzaght, Clore, Schlamp and Lewis in the negative.\\nAgain, on the 6th day of May, Mayor Atkinson urged the adop-\\ntion of the Sinking Fund proposition, but no action was taken.\\nIn order to settle this perplexing question the Council held fre-\\nquent caucus meetings. New ideas suggested themselves and were\\ndiscussed. Every evidence of ability was exercised to effect an in-\\ntelligent solution of the momentous matters in hand. Just the thing\\nto do, the proper step to take was the question. The supervisors of\\nthe tax books had reported, and the time had arrived for levying the\\nseveral taxes. The report had been referred to the Finance Commit-\\ntee and they were ready with their report. The Mayor called a meet-\\ning for June 6th for the purpose of considering the report of the Fi-\\nnance Committee upon the report of the Supervisors and Assessor.\\nMayor Atkinson and the Council differed as to what course should be\\npursued in levying the annual taxes for 1879. The very strange\\ncourse the Council seemed determined upon was met by the Mayor s\\nstrong opposition, but was passed over him by a unanimous vote. The\\nFinance Committee had reported that a tax of $3.45 would have to\\nbe levied upon each $100 valuation, in order to defray expenses, pay\\ninterest, and so on, and furthermore that State taxation would in-\\ncrease said amount to $4. Accompanying this report was also a reso-\\nlution, that the Council levy only a tax of 30 cents on each $100 val-\\nuation for school purposes and 70 cents to defray the necessary ex-\\npenses of the city for the year ending July 1st, 1880. Also that it\\nwould be inexpedient to levy any tax to pay existing interest on the\\nbonded indebtedness. This resolution, it would seem, was intended\\nas a genuine bulldozer^ no doubt to frighten the holders of the city s\\nbonds into a compromise, but such was not the case, as will be seen\\nfurther on. The truth was, the Council had dilly dallied long\\nenough. A liberal compromise had been offered them, but rejected,\\nand the people were beginning to become restive and out of all pa-\\ntience.\\nThe city was losing ground every day and something had to\\nbe done, therefore, as a feeler more than anything else, this reso-\\nlution was passed. It was worded to capture the masses, and al-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0359.jp2"}, "360": {"fulltext": "360 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\ntogether was a serio comic dodge calculated to wake the natives\\nto a sense of the terrible condition they had gotten themselves into\\nwithout persuasion, and the bond holders to a sense of the perilous\\nmonitary situation gradually surrounding them. This movement of\\nthe checkmate, all of a sudden, failed to have the desired effect.\\nThe bondholders paid no attention to it, but moved along as serenely\\nand complacently as though nothing had ever occurred to mar their\\npeaceful equilibrium. Thus matters went on until it was discovered\\nthat something must indeed be done. A large number of mechanics\\nhad left the city and others were prepari,ng to follow after. No build-\\nings were going up, houses were being emptied, and altogether the\\nsigns of the times were becoming truly alarming. The bondholders\\ncould stand it, but those who had to live by the sweat of their\\nbrow could not.\\nSeptember 2d Mayor Atkininson s term of office expired, and re-\\nlying upon a consciousness of having done his whole duty as an exe-\\ncutive, he gracefully surrendered the reins of government to Hon.\\nFrancis M. English, his duly elected successor.\\nUpon the inauguration of the new Mayor, who be it said, had\\nbeen elected upon the compromise excitement as the very man of all\\nmen to effect a satisfactory settlement, this vexed question was\\nagain called up in the shape of a resolution requesting the bondhold-\\ners to meet the Common Council in conference on Tuesday evening,\\nSeptember 9th. No meeting it appears was held for a month, and\\nyet the city was not only dead, but the corpse gradually growing\\ncolder and colder.\\nOctober 9th the Council met in called session, and upon assem-\\nbling, Mayor English stated the object of the meeting to be to con-\\nsider what proposition should be made to the bondholders.\\nAt this meeting it is evident that the Council was in a better\\nframe of mind and more determined to a settlement. As a sort of\\nfeeler, Councilman Kleiderer proposed as a basis of settlement\\nthe minority report of Councilman Lewis, made February 18th, 1879.\\nA vote was taken and resulted in its defeat, no one voting for it, save\\nMr. Lewis himself. Thereupon the majority report made to the\\nCouncil upon the same date, was proposed and unanimously adopted.\\nMr. Lewis voimg for it for the purpose of having the matter settled,\\nMayor Englibh was then directed to communicate with the bondhold-\\ners by printed circular.\\nOctobei 4th, 1879, Mayor English addressed to Colonel L. H.\\nLyne, John H. Barret and others, a notice of the action of the Coun-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0360.jp2"}, "361": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 361\\ncil, inclosing them one of the printed propositions, and requesting an\\nanswer by the twenty-first also requesting all creditors and taxpayers\\nof the city lu ue present. The^reditors and taxpayers failed to put\\nin an appearance, from th j fact, perhaps, it was regarded a difficult\\nand uncomfortable matter to impress one thousand or more people\\ninto a room only capable of accommodating forty or more. One hun-\\ndred and fifty-six taxpayers did put in an appearance by petition, how-\\never, and a petition that had its weight.\\nAt the meeting, October 21st, Mayor English reported a letter\\nfrom John G. Morton, representing the Hopkins county bondholders,\\ndeclining to accept the proposition of the Council as communicated\\nin the printed circular also a petition signed by one hundred and\\nfifty-six citizens requesting the Council to offer to the bondholders\\nnew bonds bearing five per cent, interest, in lieu of the seven and\\neight per cent, outstanding bonds, and new bonds bearing six per cent,\\ninterest in lieu of the ten per cent, outstanding bonds. This peti-\\ntion, as before stated, had its weight, as the following resolution passed\\nby the Council October 24th, three days after, will show\\nResolved, That this Council tender to the holders of the outstanding\\nbonds of the City ot Henderson, Kj new bonds, bearing five per cent, in-\\nterest for the seven and eight per cent, bonds, and new bonds bearing six per\\ncent, interest for the ten per cent bonds, said bonds to be issued under author-\\nity and in accordance with an act of the Legislature of the State of Kentucky,\\napproved January 30th, 1878, and all past due interest on the outstanding\\nbonds to be paid at same rate that the new bonds will bear to the old.\\nThis resolution was supported and voted for by Councilmen\\nKreipke, Unverzaght, Clore, Sandefur, Kleiderer and Schlarap. Op-\\nposed by Steele and Lewis. Upon its passage the following resolu-\\ntion of the Board of Sinking Fund Commissioners was read to the\\nCouncil and by that body adopted.\\n^Besolved, That we agree that the funds now on hand and to come into\\nthe Treasury of this Board shall be applied to the payment of the interest on\\nthe new bonds proposed to be issued.\\nAyes McCallister, Lyne, Dallam, Sneed and Mayor English.\\nNovember 18th, Messrs. Leonard H. Lyne and S. K. Sneed, gen-\\ntlemen who had from the beginning taken a most active and leading\\ninterest in the settlement of the bonded troubles upon an equkable\\nand just basis, reported to the Council that holders of the bonds of\\nthe city amounting to $435,000 had signed an agreement accepting\\nthe proposition of the Council made to them. This report was re-\\nceived and Messrs. Lyne and Sneed requested to procure, if possi-\\nble, the signatures of the remaining bondholders. In addition to", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0361.jp2"}, "362": {"fulltext": "362 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nthis, a committee was appointed to prepare the form of a funding\\nbond, to be reported at their earliest convenience.\\nIt will be remembered that at a meeting of the Council held\\nJune 6th, a tax was levied only to pay the current expenses of the city\\ngovernment, and for the further purpose of carrying on the public\\nschools. No levy subsequent to that time had been passed to meet\\nthe interest of the city falling due upon her outstanding bonded in-\\ndebtedness. But now matters had changed, a better feeling existed,\\nthe people, or at least one hundred and fifty-six of them, representing\\nthe general business and professional interest of the city, had become\\ninterested, and an agreement had about been concluded. The Council\\nnow determined and did pass an ordinance in relation to the levy and\\ncollection of certain taxes for 1879. This levy was exclusively for\\nthe purpose of paying interest, and was as follows: To pay the in-\\nterest on railroad bonds, seventy-five cents on the one hundred dol-\\nlars; to pay the interest on outstanding school bonds, ten cents on\\nthe one hundred dollars to pay the interest on water works bonds,\\nthirty-five cents on the one hundred dollars. These amounts, coupled\\nwith the levy of seventy-five and thirty cents June 6th, made a grand\\ntotal of two dollars and twenty-five cents on each one hundred dol-\\nlars valuation, and was made upon the basis of the agreed bonded\\nsettlement.\\nThe assessed valuation for 1878 was, for city purposes, $2,131,-\\n155; for water, $2,165,115; for school, $2,124,005; for railroad, $2,-\\n411,780; the total levy for all purposes, $2.90.\\nThe assessed valuation for 1879 was, for city, $1,922,907; for\\nwater, $1,961,992; for school, $1,918,872; for railroad, $2,096,227,\\nand the total levy, $2.25.\\nEvery citizen, with perhaps a few exceptions, was rejoiced at the\\nlong hoped for settlement, and business, which had been so distressed\\nfor many months, began immediately to assume a life both bright and\\ncheering.\\nNovember 20th, the Council, by resolution, directed the Board\\nof Sinking Fund Commissioners to pay the past due interest upon\\nthe basis agreed upon.\\nIn compliance with a resolution passed by the Council July 20th,\\n1880, inviting the Sinking Fund Commissioners and bondholders to\\nmeet the Council in reference to the bond settlement, the following\\nnamed gentlemen met July 23d Mayor English Councilmen Kreipke,\\nClore, Unverzaght, Sandefur, Kleiderer, Schlamp and Lewis, and", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0362.jp2"}, "363": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\n363\\ni\\nMessrs. L. H. Lyne, S. K. Sneed, L. C. Dallam, on the part of the\\nSinking Fund Board and bondholdeis, and E. B. Newcomb on the\\npart of several bondholders.\\nAt this meeting it was agreed between the Council, Board of\\nSinking Fund Commissioners and bondholders represented, that the\\noutstanding bonds should be replaced by a new bond bearing five\\nand six per cent, interest, the only dissenting vote being that of Mr.\\nLewis. The following resolution was then passed, Colonel L. H.\\nLyne and E. B. Newcomb dissenting.\\nResolved, That it is the sense of this Conference that no interest should\\nbe paid on the present outstanding bonds unless the holders of said bond^\\nagree to accept the new bonds and conform to the provisions of the resolution\\nheretofore adopted\\nDuring the time this settlement was pending the City Assessor\\nhad made his assessment of property liable to taxation for the year\\n1880, and returned his book to the Council. The Board of Super-\\nvisors, to-wit, ex-Mayor Jacob Held, John O Byrne and Aaron F,\\nKennedy, appointed to compare and correct the books, met, and,\\nafter completing their labors, returned them, together with their re-\\nport. The action of the Supervisors was so peculiar, and so differ-\\nent from that of any previous board, the Council, or a majority of\\nthat body, at least, were amazed, and by resolution not only refused\\nto accept the action of the Supervisors, but thereupon directed the\\nAssessor s book and the accompanying report referred back to them.\\nThe Supervisors seemed to be imbued with the idea ot scaling prop-\\nerty as well as bonds, arguing that if bonds had depreciated in value\\nso iiad real estate, and no matter how low a valuation had been placed\\nupon real estate by the Assessor, it was yet entitled to a sweeping re-\\nduction of twenty per cent. The Supervisors again met, and having\\nmatured a report, reduced it to writing, and, on the 23d day of July,\\n1880, returned the same to the Council. The following is a copy\\nHenderson, Ky., July 22d, 1880.\\nTo His Honor, the Mayor, and ihe Common Council:\\nGentlemen\u00e2\u0080\u0094 As supervisors of tax assessments the report furnished\\nby us to your honorablr bod3 on June 30th, 1880, has been by your order re-\\ncommitted to our further supervision, we beg leave to state that the duty as-\\nsigned us, has this day. July 22d. 1880, been completed, which herewith is\\nfurnished for vour consideration. In the judgment of the Board there has not\\nbeen furnished them facts sufficient to make any alterations in their first re-\\nport.\\nWith reference to the assessment of the city bonds, the Board are of\\nthe opinion that fifty cents ot their face value is all that they should be taxed,\\nfor the following reasons:", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0363.jp2"}, "364": {"fulltext": "364 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nFirst. The bondholders personally appeared (at least several of them)\\nbefore the Board and said that fifty cents was as much as their cash value.\\nSecond. Your Board was well advised, that not long since, less than\\nfiftv cents of their face value was the amount for which some of them were ex-\\nchanged for cash.\\nThird. In 186S there was real estate taxed for the interest on said bonds\\nto the amount of $3,066,656. Since then real estate has been in the amount\\nof $1,000,000 added, allot which is assessed in 1880 at $1,320,702, which shows a\\ndepreciation in said real estate of $2,744 954, thus a depreciation appears in\\nsaid real estate of fully sixty-seven percent As the bondholders admit, and\\nthe facts establish, this depreciation, why should your Board fix a fictitious\\nvalue on the bonds, at more than double their cash value. The oath and\\nclearest judgment positively forbids it.\\nIn conclusion, since the Council cannot run the city government at sixty _\\nc^nts per one hundred dollars, and the fact that the bondholders insist upon\\nproperty thus depreciated being taxed to pay the interest on the bonds at their\\nface value, which are equally depreciated, the Council, if it meet their deiiiand,\\nwill be compelled greatly to increase the per cent of taxation above the amount\\nfor the year 1879, for which this Board is not responsible.\\nAll of which is respectfully submitted.\\nJACOB HELD Sr.,\\nJOHN G BYRNE,\\nA F. KENNEDY.\\nCommittee.\\nThis very remarkable report was a sort of cannon shot, but\\nnevertheless unsatisfactory to the Council. It was referred to four\\nmembers of that body, namely, Messrs. Unverzaght, Kreipke, Lewis\\nand Kleiderer, who, after having given the Assessor s book a thorough\\noverhauling, and a scrutinizing attention to the report of the Super-\\nvisors, reported\\nWhereas, Complaints have been made to this Council that the report ol\\nthe Board of Supervisors of tax for the year 1880 in decreasing the value of\\nall real estate, as reported by the Assessor, twenty per cent and increasing\\ncertain lists as follows, in order, as they report, to equalize the value of real\\nestate, and decreasing other lists for the same purpose, is unjust and unfair;\\nand\\nWhereas, The Common Council have the right to hear complaints and\\nto change, reduce or correct the tax list of any person and\\nWhereas, The Council is satisfied that said complaints are well taken;\\ntherefore, be it\\nResolved, First. That the tax list reported by the Board of Supervisors be\\nand the same is declared by this Council unfair,\\nResolved, Second. That the tax books, or lists, as repoited by the Board\\nof Supervisors, be changed and corrected so that the same will conform to the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0364.jp2"}, "365": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 365\\nAssessor s lists or books as originally returned by said Assessor, and the taxes\\nto be levied for the year 1880 shall be levied on the basis of the return of the\\nlists or books by the Assessor. W. H. UNVERZAGHT\\nF. KLEIDERER.\\nF, E. KREIPKE,\\nCommittee.\\nFrom this it is quite plain that the Supervisors report met with\\nsummary treatment and was consigned to the waste basket of un-\\nfair public documents. The Council once again turned its atten-\\ntion to the agreed settlement, and upon motion to change the deposi-\\ntory at which the interest should be paid from the Bank of America,\\nNew York, as fixed in the original bonds, to that of the Treasury of\\nthe City of Henderson, opposition was again met, but the motion\\nprevailed by the following vote Ayes\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Unverzaght, Kreipke, Klei-\\nderer, Clore, Sandefur and Schlamp. Messrs. Lewis and Steele vot-\\ning in the negative.\\nThereupon the ordinance directing the issuing of the funding\\nbonds as per the agreement, was placed upon its final passage and\\nadopted by the following vote Ayes Unverzaght, Kreipke, Klei-\\nderer, Clore, Sandefur and Schlamp. Nays\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lews and Steele, This\\nordinance directed to be issued the bonds of the City of Henderson\\nto the amount of four hundred and ninety-six thousand eight hundred\\ndollars. Three hundred and ninety-eight bonds of one thousand dol-\\nlars each. One hundred and eighty-nine bonds of five hundred dollars\\neach, and forty-three bonds of one hundred dollars each, to be num-\\nbered serially as issued, commencing with number one, and to be des-\\nignated as series A,^B, C and D, to be payable to bearer, and fall due\\nin thirty years from the date thereof, but redeemable at any time\\nafter the expiration of five years at the option of the City Council\\nand to bear interest at the rate of 5 and 6 per cent, per annum. It\\nwas directed that the new bond to be issued in exchange for the out-\\nstanding railroad bonds, be designated as series A and entitle the\\nholder to the same liens and priorities as were given the holder of the\\noriginal bond. That the new bond to be issued in exchange for the\\noutstanding school bonds, be designated as series B and entitle the\\nholder to the same liens and priorities as were given the holder of the\\noriginal bond. That the new bond to be issued in exchansfe for the\\noutstanding bonds issued for city purposes, be designated as series C\\nand entitle the holders to the same liens and priorities as were given\\nthe holder of the original bonds, and mat the new bond to be issued\\nin exchange for the water works bonds, be designated as series D", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0365.jp2"}, "366": {"fulltext": "366 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTS, KY.\\nand entitle the holder to the same liens and priorities as were given\\nthe holders of the original bond. It was further directed that the\\nbonds designated as series A should bear 5 percent, interest, pay\\nable semi-annually, on the first day of May and November. Series\\nB to bear 6 per cent, interest payable semi-annujilly, on the first\\nday of May and November. Series C (with the exception of\\nthirteen thousand five hundred dollars, which originally bore 8 per\\ncent, interest) to bear 6 per cent, payable semi-annually, on the first\\nday of September and March. The thirteen thousand five hundred\\ndollars to bear 5 per cent, interest, payable semi-annually, on the\\nsame days. Series D to bear 6 per cent, interest, payable semi-\\nannually, on the first day of March and September. Upon the\\nadoption of the new bond and ordinance levying the tax for 1880 was\\nread and adopted by the following vote Ayes Unverzaght,\\nKreipke, Kleiderer, Clore, Sandefur and Schlamp. Messrs. Lewis\\nand Steele voting in the negative.\\nThe tax levy as fixed by this ordinance was as follows: An ad\\nvalorem tax of 60 cents on the one thousand dollars valuation as re-\\nturned by the Assessor for city purposes, for defraying the current\\nexpenses of the city. An ad valorem tax of 30 cents for the pur-\\nposes of defraying the expenses of the public school, and an addi-\\ntional tax of 10 cents for the purpose of paying the interest on the\\nthe school bonds. An ad valorem tax of 70 cents for the purpose\\nof paying the interest on the bonds issued for railroad purposes, and\\nan ad valorem tax of 30 cents for the purpose of paying the interest\\non the water works bonds, making a total of two dollars tax levy,\\nninety cents less than 1878 and twenty-five cants less than 1879.\\nThis levy was made upon the following assessment for city purposes,\\n$1,980,864, for water works, $2,021,989, for railroad the same, for\\nschool, $1,980,864.\\nI have endeavored to give a full and complete history of the\\nlong to be remembered settlement of the bonded indebtednes of the\\ncity of Henderson, which had its beginning in May 1877, during the\\nadministration of Hon. John C. Atkinson, and finally settled in Au-\\ngust 1880, during the administration of Hon. F. M. English.\\nTo sum up this long contest in a few words it amounted to this\\nIt was evident to a majority of the bondholders that the interest was\\ntoo much for the city to bear up under, and that by funding their\\nbonds at a lower rate of interest, the investment would certainly be-\\ncome a much safer one. They knew full well, better, in fact, than\\nothers, that the interest was too great and that it should be reduced.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0366.jp2"}, "367": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 367\\nThey were willing, in fact, more than willing, that such should be\\ndone, but upon a just and equitable basis. As to what this basis\\nshould be, the bondholders, and Council elected upon the heavy scal-\\ning idea, failed to agree. That they were willing to give more than\\nthe Council ultimately demanded, is surely proven by comparing the\\nproposition made by the Board of Sinking Fund Commissioners, Jan-\\nuary 16th, 1869, with the final settlement. To make this plain, the\\noutstanding bonded indebtedness of the city at the time the settle-\\nment was made consisted of the following bonds One hundred and\\nninety-four railroad bonds of $1,000 each, bearing seven per cent,\\ninterest; twenty-seven city bonds for water works extension, of $500\\neach, bearing eight per cent, interest; fifty -six school bonds of $500\\neach, bearing ten per cent, interest; twenty-nine city bonds of $1,000\\neach, bearing ten per cent interest fifty-six city bonds of $500 each,\\nbearing ten per cent, interest; forty-three city bonds of $100 each,\\nbearing ten per cent, interest; seventy-five water works bonds of\\n$1,000 each, bearing ten per cent, interest, and fifty water works bonds\\nof $500 each, bearing ten per cent, interest, making a to.tal of six\\nhundred and thirty bonds bearmg seven, eight and ten per cent, in-\\nterest and representing $496,000.\\nJanuary 16th, 18/9, the Board of Sinking Fund Commissioners,\\nrepresenting a large majority of the bondholders, proposed to the\\nCity Council to receive in lieu for the $194,000 of seven per cent,\\nrailroad bonds, new bonds bearing six per cent, interest and repre-\\nsenting $155,200 or twenty per cent, off of the face of the original\\nbond. For the $100,000 eight per cent, railroad bonds, and $13,500\\neight per cent city water works extension bonds, new bonds bearing\\nsix percent, interest and representing $102,150, or ten percent, off of\\nthe face of the original bonds. For the $189,300 school, water\\nworks and city ten per cent, bonds, new bonds for the same face\\nvalue, but bearing six per cent, interest. Under this agreement the\\ntotal value of the new bonds would have been $446,650, bearing six\\nper cent, interest, in place of $496,800 bearing seven, eight and ten\\nper cent.\\nThis proposition was rejected, although the Council was repeat-\\nedly importuned and urged by Mayor Atkinson and others to adopt it\\nas a basis of settlement. Meetings were held week after week, and\\nnight after night, and yet no conclusion could be arrived at. Fi-\\nnally, on the 24th day of Oct/ober, over nine months after the propo-\\nsition made by the Board of Sinking Fund Commissioners had been\\nrejected, the proposition to fund the bonded indebtedness at its ori.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0367.jp2"}, "368": {"fulltext": "368 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nginal face value, the seven and eight per cent, bonds to bear five per\\ncent, and the ten per cent, bonds to bear six per cent., was submitted\\nby the Council to the bondholders, and by a very large majority of\\nthem accepted.\\nThe difference between the propositions of January 16t4i and Oc-\\ntober 24th, 1879, which it took the Council nine months of laborious\\nwork and study to harmonize, settles down to this The bondhold-\\ners proposed to receive, January 16th, $50,150 less of principal and\\n$66 more of interest than was voluntarily given them October 24th,\\nnine months afterwards, as the following statement will show\\nPROPOSITION SINKING FUND, JANUARY 18tH.\\n$194,000 7 per cents, 20 off $i55.2oo at 6 per cent.\\n113,5008 10 off 102,150 at 6\\n189,300 10 GO off 189,300 at 6\\n$496,800 $50,150 $446,650 at 6 per cent. 26729\\nCOUNCIL COMPROMISE, OCTOBER 24tH.\\n$194,000 7 per cents $194,000 at 5 per cent 9.700\\n113,500 S 113,500 at 5 5675\\n1S9.300 TO 189.300 at 6 ii\u00c2\u00ab35S\\n$496,800 $496,800 $26,733\u00e2\u0080\u0094 $26,733\\nInterest in favor of Council $66 00\\nPrincipal of debt against Council $50,150\\nThus the city had, after a settlement, a bonded indebtedness of\\n$496,800, bearing five and six per cent, interest, when she could have\\nhad nine months before a bonded indebtedness of $446,500, bearing\\nsix per cent, interest.\\nWhat was the loss in valuation and business during this long\\nunnecessary, and almost ruinous, settlement, it is not the pur-\\npose of this work to investigate. That it was immense, maybe safely\\ninferred. Since the settlement property has advanced faster than the\\nassessor, and the whole city resounds with the ring of trowel and\\nhatchet.\\nOn the twenty-first day of January, the weather being intensely\\ncold, with every p/ospect of a long cold spell, the Henderson Coal\\nand Mining Company, with commendable liberality, donated twelve\\nhundred bushels of coal to be delivered gratuitously to the suffering\\nand destitute of the city. This liberal contribution of one of the\\ngreatest comforts of life was distributed by the Mayor and a commit-\\ntee of the Council, and it is not surprising to know that many persons.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0368.jp2"}, "369": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 369\\nfar from belonging to the unfortunate class for whom this charity was\\nintended, were importunate applicants, and had to be watched\\nclosely. _j.\\nMay 15th the annual conclave of the Knights Templar of Ken-\\ntucky held its meeting in Henderson and was largely attended. The\\ncity was beautifully bedecked with flags, and altogether the grand oc-\\ncasion was one long to be remembered. A sumptuous and magnifi-\\ncent banquet was given the Grand Commandery at Marshal s ware-\\nhouse on Third, between Main and Water Streets.\\nJuly 21st a rigid quarantine was established, and an ordinance\\npassed to prevent, if possible, the introduction of yellow fever.\\nThis ordinance made it a penalty for any railway company or\\nother persons operating or controlling any railway or trains leading\\ninto Henderson to transport over such road any cars, freight, passen-\\ngers or baggage coming from south of Guthrie to within less than\\nfive miles of the city before obtaining permission of the city. No\\nsteamboat coming from a point on the Ohio River south of Paducah\\nwas permitted to land passengers, freight or baggage within less than\\nfive miles of the city without permission. This was the year of the\\nfrightful fever epidemic at Memphis and still further up the Missis-\\nsippi River at Hickman, Kentucky. It will be remembered that Dr.\\nJohn L. Cook, of this city, a brilliant young physician, husband\\nand father, volunteered his services, went to Hickman and soon be-\\ncame himself a victim of the terrible scourge. Dr. Pickney Thomp-\\nson, of this city, as President of the State Board of Health, also visited\\nthe plague-stricken city. Surely Henderson contributed liberally to\\nthe comfort^and health of the Hickman people.\\nThe Grand Lodge of Kentucky, Knights of Pythias, held its\\nannual meeting in this city in September. At the same time the\\nHenderson Fair Association was holding its meeting; the city was\\nalive with flags and music, and a general good cheer pervaded the\\ntown. There were a large number of Knights from different portions\\nof the State, and their handsome bearing was noticeable. A compe-\\ntition drill was given in the ring of the Fair Association, and Ivy\\nLodge lost, Evansville winning the prize. An unsurpassable banquet\\nwas given the Grand Lodge at Marshal s warehouse. Altogether,\\n1879 was a gala year for Henderson and will be remembered with in-\\nfinite pleasure for years to come. W. VV. Blackwell, of this city, was\\nelected Grand Chancellor at this meeting. He is the youngest mem-\\nber ever elected to that exalted position, being only thirty years of\\nage at the time of his election.\\n24", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0369.jp2"}, "370": {"fulltext": "370 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\nFebruary 27th, an act of the General Assembly of Kentucky\\nwas passed, incorporating the Henderson Female Seminary, Miss\\nMary McCullogh, principal, Hons. John Young Brown and H. F.\\nTurner, James R. Barret, Ben C. Redford, Dr. W. M. Hanna, Thomas\\nSoaper, James Alves, David Clark and A. S. Winstead, incorporators\\nand trustees. This magnificent institution of learning deservedly\\nranks among the first in the State.\\nThe city purchased during this year her two fine horses Jumbo\\nand Dido and shut up the market house by converting its rear\\nend into a stable.\\n1881.\\nAn ordinance was passed on the fifth day of May granting the\\nHenderson Bridge Company the right to bridge the Ohio River, to-\\ngether with all other privileges thereto appertaining.\\nFebruary 23d an ordinance was passed reducing the price of\\ngas from $S to $2.25. This ordinance was bitterly fought and only\\npassed by the vote of Mayor English. Upon its passage a motion\\nwas made to shut off the street lamps. Mayor English opposed it. The\\nvote stood For shutting off Unverzaght, Clore, Kleiderer and San-\\ndefur. Opposed Schlamp, Steele, Kreipke and Lewis.\\nTOWN AND CITY OFFICIALS.\\nTRUSTEES.\\nNathaniel F. Ruggles, 1819 to 1835 Levi Jones, 1819 to 1825\\nJohn H. Sublett, 1819 to 1826; Samuel Stites, 1819 to 1826, 1834\\n1843 James H. Lyne, 1820 to 1831 George Morris, 1824, 25^\\n26; William D.Allison, 1826 to 1833 John W. Moseley, 1826;\\nGeorge Atkinson, 1827 to 1835; Wyatt H. Ingram, 1827, 28; John\\nSpiedel, 1827 George Gayle, 1828, 29; James Rouse, 1828 to 1838\\n1837 to 1847 Thomas Johnson, 1830, 31, 1843, 44, 45 Joseph\\nCowan, 1832, 33, 34, 35 Edmund H. Hopkins, 1832, 1838 to 1848\\nJohn D. Anderson, 1833 to 1845 Archibald Dixon, 1835 to 1844\\nJames W. Marshall, 1835, 36, 37; William Vermilyer, 1835; Hugh\\nKerr, 1835 James E. Rankin, 1835, 1846, 47 James Alves, 1835\\nAlexander B. Barret, 1837, 1842 William P. Smith, 1838, 39 F.\\nCunningham, 1838 to 45; L. G. Taylor, 1839, 40, to 41 James\\nCarroll, 1840 Lazarus W. Powell, 1840, 41, 46, 47 Y. E. Allison,\\n1841, 46, 47 William R. Abbott, 1841, 42 William J. Ross, 1841,\\n42 Thomas Towles, Jr., 1841, 42 D. R. Burbank, 1841, 42 Wil-\\nliam L. Stone, 1842, 45 William Quinn, 1842 Littleberry Weaver,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0370.jp2"}, "371": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 371\\n1842, 48 David H. Cowan, 1842 to 1847 John H. Lambert, 1842,\\n43, 47 James Wilson, 1843 Philo H. Hillyer, 1843 44, 45, 46;\\nWilliam H. Cunningham, 1845 ;^Nathaniel D. Terry, 1846, 47 Brent\\nHopkins, 1846; Edward D. McBride, 1846, 47; George W. Johnson,\\n1847 William B. Vandzandt, 1847 Samuel W. Langley, 1847 Rob-\\nert G. Beverley, 1847 David Banks, 1849 Philip L. Johnston, 1849;\\nWalter A. Brown, 1849 Andrew Mackey, 1849 C. M. Pennell, 1850\\nJohn McBride, 1851, 52; William T. Barret, 1851; David Clark,\\n1851 William S. Holloway, 1851 Geo. M. Priest, 1851 James Ba\\ncon, 1851 James Carroll, 1852 Peter Semonin, 1853; James Wilson,\\n1852; D. N. Walden, 1853; Thomas J. Johnson, 1853; William\\nBrewster, 1853; James Carroll, 1853; W. B. Vandzandt, 1853;\\nFrancis Millet, 1853.\\nCOUNCILMEN.\\nJames W. Clay, 1854; George M. Priest, 1854; Jacob Fulwiler,\\n1854, 55, 56, 57 John H Lambert, 1854, 55, 59 B. Brashear,\\n1854, 55, 56, 57; D. H. Unselt, 1854; William S. Holloway, 1854,\\n55, 62, 69, 70; P. H. Hillyer, 1854, 57, 58, 62, 63 James Bacon,\\n1854, 55 R. G. Beverley, 1854, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62\\nRobert G. Rouse, 1854, 55 P. B. Matthews, 1855, 56, 57, 60, 61,\\n62; John Rudy, 1855, 56; B. R. Cu rry, 18 55, 56; C. W. Hutchen,\\n1855, 56; Walter A. Towles, 185f; William P. Grayson, 1856;\\nWilliam Steele, 1856; William Brewster, 1856 Andrew Mackey,\\n1856 E. G. Hall, 1857, 58, 59 Sam l P. Spalding, 1857, 58\\nJohn McBride, 1857, 58; Richard Garland, 1858, 61; Sol. S. Size-\\nmore, 1858, 59 F. W. Reutlinger, 1858, 59, 68, 69 William E.\\nLambert, 1858, 59 L. F. Jones, 1858, 59, 60, 61 W, W. Catlin,\\n1859; A. H. Talbott, 1860, 61 66, 67, 68; F. Millet, 1860, 61 J.\\nAdams, 1861, 62, QG, 67, 71, 72; W. H. Ladd, 1860, 61, 62, 64, 65\\nR. M. Allin, 1861; F. B. Cromwell, 1862; W. H. Sandefur, 1862,\\n1876, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81 J. C. Allin, 1862, 68 Jacob Reutlinger,\\n1862, 63 Peter Semonin, 1862 Jacob Held, 1862, 63, 64, 65,\\n66; Henry R. Tunstall, 1862, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68; Ben M.\\nSandefur, 1863 Jacob F. Mayor, 1863; A. S. Nunn, 1864, 65, m,\\n67, 68, 69, 70, 71 David Hart, 1864, 65 T. M. Jenkins, 1864,\\n65, 66, 67 D. N Wilden, 1865 Grant Green, 1865, 66 E. L.\\nStarling, 1866, 67, 68, 75, 76 David Banks, 1867, 68, 71 Thos.\\nS. Knight, 1867, 68 Jacob Reutlinger, 1867 K. Geibel, Jr., 1867,\\n68, 69, 70, 71, 72; P. H. King, 1868, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74; M.\\nYeaman, 1868, 69; A. B. Weaver, 1868, 69 J. E. Fagan, 1868, 69,\\n70, 71 L. Martin, 1868, 69; Thomas L. Norris, 1869, 70; John", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0371.jp2"}, "372": {"fulltext": "372 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nC. Atkinson, 1869, 70, 71 John C. Stapp, 1869, 70, 71, 72, 73\\nN. H. Barnard, 1870, 71, 72. 73; Robert Dixon, 1871, 72; W. S\\nJohnson, 1871 72, 73 J. Ed. Rankin, 1872, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78\\nE. W. Worsham, 1872, 73; L. C. Dallam, 1872, 73; James R. Bar\\nret, 1873; Jacob Peter, 1873, 74; F. H. Overton, 1874,75,76,77\\nW. B. Woodruff, 1874, 75, 76; H. C. Elliot, 1874, 75; John\\nO Byrne, 1874, 75 F. Kleiderer, 1874, 75, 76, 78, 79, 80 Henry\\nC. Kerr, 1874, 75; Martin Schlamp, 1875, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81\\nJames H. McCulJagh, 1875, 76; John McBride, 1875, 76; Jacob\\nHeld, 1876 J. O. Clore, 1876, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81 R. C. Soaper,\\n1876, 77, 78 G. A. Prentice, 1876, 77 S. A. Lambert, 1876, 77,\\n78 John H. Barret, 1876, 77 S S. Sizemore, 1876, 77 W. H.\\nUnverzaght, 1878, 79, 80, 81, 83 George H. Steele, 1878, 79, 80,\\n81, 82, 83 F. E. Kreipke, 1878, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83 William H.\\nLewis, 1878, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83 John P. Beverley, 1880, 81\\nPerry Robinson, 1880, 81 John Thomasson, 1881, 82, 83 R. E.\\nCook, 1881 Henry Katterjohn, 1881, 82, 83 P. P. Johnson, 1882,\\n83, 84, 85, 86, 87 A. S. Winstead, 1882, 83, 84, 85, 86 James\\nE. Rankin, 1882, 83; Richard Stites, 1883; Phelps Sasseen, 1883,\\n84, 85, 86, 87 James Williamson, 1883, 84, 85, 86, 87 Edward\\nManion, 1883, 84, 85, 86, 87 M. M. Kimmel, 1886, 87 Alex.\\nFenwick, 1886, 87 Frank Sugg, 1886, 87 J. G. Adams, 1886, 87.\\nCHAIRMAN BOARD TRUSTEES.\\nJohn H. Sublett, 1823 Samuel Stites, 1824 N. F. Ruggles,\\n1826 to 1835 John D. Anderson, 1834, 37, 45; James W. Marshall,\\n1835, 36 Edmund H. Hopkins, 1838 to 1845 William R. Abbott,\\n1842 James Rouse, 1846 L. W. Powell, 1847 Archibald Dixon,\\n1848; David Bants, 1849, 50 Thomas J. Johnson, 1851, 52, 53.\\nMAYORS.\\nW. B. Vandzandt, 1854 M. S. Hancock, 1854, 55, 56, 57, 58,\\n59; E. G. Hall, 1860, 61, 62; D. Banks, 1862, 63, 64, 65; P. B.\\nMatthews; 1866, 67, 68; E. L. Starling, 1868, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73,\\n74; Jacob Held, 1874, 75; John C. Atkinson, 1875, 76, 77, 78,\\n79 F. M. English 1879, 80, 81 Jac Peter, 1881, 82, 83 C. C.\\nBall, 1883, 84, 85, 86, 87.\\nTREASURERS.\\nN. F. Ruggles, 1819 to 1834; Samuel Stites, 1834; James W.\\nMarshall, 1835, 36, 37; William P. Smith, 1838, 39; Henry Delano,\\n1840 to 1847; Philo H. Hillyer, 1847, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53\\nHenry Lyne, 1854, 55, 56, 67; Andrew Clark, 1857, 58, 59, 60,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0372.jp2"}, "373": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 373\\n61, 62 James iL. Ricketts, 1862, 63 F. W. Reutlinger, 1862, 63,\\n64, 65, 66, 67; Grant Green, 1867, 68; S. K. Sneed, 1868, 69,\\n70, 71, 72, 73 B. C. Ailin, 1874, 75 C. T. Starling, 1875 to 1887\\ninclusive.\\nCLERKS.\\nWilliam H. Thomas, 1819 to 1824; William D. Allison, 1824 to\\n1852; Y. E. Allison, 1852, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59; F. W. Reut-\\nlinger, 1860, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66; E. M, Clark, 1867; W. H.\\nRoss, 1868, 69 C. Bailey, 1870 Henry Pyne, 1870, 71 A. S.\\nNunn, 1872, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78 79 David Hart, 1880, 81, 82,\\n83 J. B. Johnson, 1883, 84, 85, 86, 87.\\nMARSHALS AND COLLECTORS.\\nJohn Green, 1822; James Rouse, 1823, 28, 29; Joel Lambert,\\n1824 to 1828; Thomas P. Lambert, 1830, 31, 32; James H. Green,\\n1833; William R. Abbott, 1834; W. F. Quinn, 1835; Robert G.\\nRouse, 1836, 37, 38, 39, 40, 45, 50, 52, 53 Joseph D. Gobin,\\n1841, 42, 44, 45, 49; Y. E. Allison, 1843, 47; Samuel W.\\nLangley, 1846 John C. Stapp, 1848, 49, 50; Eli J. Melton, 1851\\nB. M. Clay, 1851; Charles G. Boardman, 1852; Solomon Nesler,\\n1854, 55; N. P. Green, 1856, 57, 58, 59; W. W. Catlin, 1860,\\n61, 62, 63, 64; R. G. Rouse, Jr., 1864, 65, 66, 67; George\\nGayle, 1868, 69, 70, 71; B. M. Winston, 1872; Jake Held,\\n1872, 73, 74, 75; S. A. Young, 1875, 76, 77, 78, 79 Edward At-\\nkinson, 1879, 80, 81 Peter Yaney, Collector, 1881, 82, 83, 84, 85,\\n86, 87; James H. Priest, Marshal, 1881, 82, 83; Joe A. Rudy,\\n1883, 84, 85, 86; John Kriel, 1886, 87.\\nHARBOR AND WHARF MASTERS.\\nN. F. Ruggles, 1824 to 1834; William Hart, 1834 to 1838; John\\nShingler, 1838 William P. Smith, 1839 Jacob Fulwiler, 1840; John\\nB. Burk, 1841, 42, 44, 58, 59, 61, 62; Joseph Grant, 1841, 42;\\nJames Perrot, 1843 Robert G. Rouse, 1843, 44, 45, 49, 53, 54,\\n55; James F. Clay, 1840; William F. Quinn, 1847; John C. Stapp,\\n1848; William E. Lambert, 1850, 51; Charles G. Boardman, 1852;\\nW. W. Catlin, 1856, 57; Samuel W. Black, 1860, 61 John H. Morris,\\n1863; M. P. Rucker, 1863, 64; W. W. Huston, 1865, 66; Paul J.\\nMarrs, 1867 to 1882, inclusive; William H. Ladd, 1872, 73; Frank\\nDeschamp, 1882 to 1887, inclusive.\\nASSESSORS.\\nWilliam H. Thomas, 1822, 23 Daniel McBride, 1824 to 1829,\\n2, 33; William D. Allison, 1830, 31; James Rouse, 1834, 36, 50", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0373.jp2"}, "374": {"fulltext": "374 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nWilliam F. Quinn, 1835, 60, 64, 65; William S. Holloway, 1837;\\nThomas Towles, Jr., 1838, 39 Joseph D. Gobin, 1840, 41 H. E.\\nRouse, 1842, 66, 67; Y. E. Allison, 1843, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50,\\n52, 53, 54; William L. Stone, 1845; Littleberry Weaver, 1851, 52\\nT. J. Hopkins, 1855, 56 J. O. Cheaney, 1856, 57, 58, 59 R. B.\\nCabell, 1861, 62, 68, 69; A. L. Jones, 1863; Thomas F. Cheaney,\\n1870, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 81, 82 E. R. Moore, 1875 B.\\nBrashear, 1879, 80 Charles G. Henson, 1883; A. F. Kenneday,\\n1883, 84, 85, 86 Stephen P. Smith, 1887.\\nSUPERINTENDENT GAS WORKS.\\nT. M. Jenkins, 1867 to 1882; William Cannings, 1882 to 1887,\\ninclusive.\\nCITY COUNCIL ADVISOR.\\nHughes Dallam, 1853, 54, 55, 56; John T. Bunch, 1857;\\nCrockett Vance, 1858, 59; John W. Crockett, 1860, 61 S. B.\\nVance, 1862, 63, 64, 65, 66; Turner Trafton, 1866, 67, 68, 69,\\n70, 74; Charles Eaves, 1870, 71, 72; M. Yeaman, 1873, 74, 75,\\n76, 77, 78 James F. Clay, 1879, 80, 81, 82; A. T. Dudley, 1883;\\nS. S. Sizemore, 1884, 85, 86; John L. Dorsey, 1887.\\nCITY JUDGE.\\nWorden P. Churchill, 1854, 55; P. H. Lockett, 1856; H. C.\\nBard, 1856; W. R. Kinney, 1857; J. Willie Rice, 1858, 59; C. W.\\nHutchen, 1860, 61 P. A. Blackwell, 1861, 62; P. H. Hillyer,\\n1863, 64, 65, 66; A. T. Dudley, 1866, 67, 72, 73, 74. 75 E. M.\\nClark, 1868, 69, 70, 71; R. H. Cunningham, 1876, 77, 78, 79;\\nG. C. Averitt, 1880, 81, 82, 83 Ezra C. Ward, 1884 to 1887, in\\nelusive.\\nCHIEF FIRE DEPARTMENT.\\nCharles L. Woods, 1874, 75; A. M. Tutt, 1875, 76; T. M.\\nJenkins, 1877, 78, 79; William Cannings, 1880 to 1887, inclusive.\\nCITY PHYSICIAN.\\nSamuel Fox, 1866, 67 P. G. Valentine, 1868, 69, 70, 71 J.\\nD, Collins, 1872, 73; J. L. Cook, 1873; Ben Letcher, 1874, 76;\\nBen James Letcher, 1875 John B. Cook, 1877 A. Dixon, 1878\\nBen Letcher, 1879; Ben James H. Letcher, 1880; Ben and James\\nH. Letcher, 1881 Arch. Dixon, 1882, 83; B. R. Helms, 1884, 85,\\n86 J. C. Smith, 1887.\\nCITY ENGINEER.\\nThomas Allen, 1797; John Green, 1824; D. N. Walden, 1853,\\n54, 57. Henrv J. Eastin, 1855, 56; James D. Saunders, 1858, 59,\\n60; J. J, Kriss, 1861 F. H. Crosby, 1866, 67, 68; Crosby Be-\\nbee, 1869; G. M. Alves, 1870, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75.\\nSTREET INSPECTOR.\\nCharles W. Quinn, 1886; John Haffey, 1887.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0374.jp2"}, "375": {"fulltext": "PRECINCTS.\\nCAIRO PRECINCT.\\n^Z! HIS precinct is bounded by the Corydon, Hende rson and Ro-\\nbards Station Precincts and Webster County. For many years,\\nfrom the earliest times of voting, the voters living in all that territory,\\nwith Green River to a point far beyond Petersburg, Webster County,\\nincluding all of the precinct of Cairo, voted at Petersburg and John\\nHarvey s, living at the junction of the Henderson and Madisonville,\\nand the Smiths afterwards McFadden s ferry roads. Years after-\\nwards the voting place was changed from Harvey s to Isom Seller s,\\nand here the elections were held until a growing population clamored\\nfor a change, which was made from Seller s to David Sights Here\\nthe elections were held for a number of years, when the voting place\\nwas changed to William Sutton s. In 1851, after the new constitu-\\ntion having been adopted, and the population having greatly increased,\\ntwo voting places were established, one at Randall Osburn s, the other\\nat Corydon.\\nIn 1851 Cairo Precinct was established and the town of Cairo\\nmade the voting place. Among the earliest settlers of this part of\\nHenderson County were John Leeper, the slayer of Big Harpe,\\nJacob Newman, John Christian, James Worthington, Abraham Saun-\\nders, Rowland Hughes, Joseph Worthington, William Black, Sher-\\nwood Hicks, Nevil Lindsay, John McCombs, John Lock, William\\nHughes, David Hughes, Eneas McCallister, John Luttels, John and\\nMartin Kates, Joel Sugg, Andrew Black, Andrew Agnew and Mica-\\njah Hancock. These early settlers cleared the country, opened the\\nfirst roads, built the first churches and school houses, and reduced", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0375.jp2"}, "376": {"fulltext": "376 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nthe wild woods from a state of semi-barbarism to green fields and\\nwoodlands, dedicated to the culture of fine crops of cereals, tobacco,\\nand the raising of horses, cattle, sheep and swine. Educational facil-\\nities in those early times were provided, and the boy or girl who could\\nlearn so much as the multiplication table and to spell, was fortunate\\nindeed. A large majority of the second and the third generations\\ngrew up in almost absolute ignorance. It is a well known fact that\\nwhere positive illiteracy controls the populace, there too is to be\\nfound riotous living, debauchery and vice in all its multiplied phases.\\nIgnorance pays no homage to law, save only so much as is com-\\npelled from a natural fear existing in the brute as well as the human.\\nOwing to this state of ignorance a greater part of the population in-\\ndulged their time in horse racing on the Sabbath particularly, but any\\nother day when the boys could be notified to come forward with the\\nnecessery shekels.\\nRowdyism reigned supreme, drinking, debauchery and fist mills\\noccupied the chief attention of this large class, and, altogether, it was\\na most lamentable state of affairs, but between 1807 and 1812 Salem\\nChurch was built near Sellers, and during the week a school taught\\nin the building. This pioneer building was ot course a small log af-\\nfair with puncheon seats and no desks or tables, yet it was sufficient\\nfor all purposes at the time. It was owned and used by what is\\nknown as the Regular Baptist, a minature congregation at that early\\ndate, and was presided over by Rev. John Street, a man of ordinary\\nreligious training, but an earnest worker in the faith. He was suc-\\nceeded by Rev. John Dorris, a preacher of considerable power, but\\nsadlv deficient in education. Rev. John Grantham preached for a\\ntime for this little congregation also. In those days settlements were\\nfew and very far between, therefore it was no unusual occurrence for\\nmembers, both male and female, to ride fifteen, twenty and even\\ntwenty-five miles to preaching. It was a general rendezvous on Sun-\\nday for the young enthusiasts and lovers, and thus became the means\\nof doing greater good than was expected in the beginning. Great\\nrevivals were held and numbers of those whose lives had been de-\\nvoted to the sins of the world united with the Church and became\\nactive in securing others to do likewise. During the time a school\\nwas taught by Rev. John Street, afterwards by William Frazier. The\\nchildren for miles around attended as best they could, most of them\\nbeing necessarily compelled from the scarcity of horses and limited\\nmeans of their parents, to walk day after day through by-paths for\\nmiles in search of knowledge denied their parents.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0376.jp2"}, "377": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 377\\nThe country at this time was alive with wolves, yet they con-\\nfined themselves mostly to those woods unfrequented by the traveler.\\nThe trials and dangers incident to that time, may be appreciated by\\nthe young of this day when ^ey remember that little children,\\nwholly unable to offer resistence, flocked along wood paths with\\nnothing but the rustling of leaves and the chirps of birds to cheer\\ntheir lonely way. Seeking an education was accompanied by fears\\nand trials at every turn of the paths, j^et they braved all dangers and\\nsearched that precious prize, a primary training, which eventuated in\\nbringing the country from a wild horse racing, gambling, drinking set\\nof ignorant hoodlums to a community of God-fearing, honest, laborous\\npeople. Salem Church, Salem school and the influence of Christian men\\nand women gradually moralized the country until its rapid growth\\nbrought other blessings. Neighborhood roads were opened, more\\nschools were taught, land was gradually cleared up, houses were built,\\nlaw respected and thus the people became more thrifty and more in-\\ntelligent.\\nEighteen hundred and eighty-three dawned upon this precinct\\npopulated by a people noted for honesty of purpose, moral training,\\nhospitality, social culture, laborious living, and, in fact, all the charac-\\nteristics of worth to be possessed by any similar body of people in\\nthe country at large. Most of the lands lying in this precinct are\\nrolling lands, some low lands. While there are some poor lands in\\nthe precinct, yet it is a fact that the larger part of it is rich and very\\nproductive. The principal products are corn, wheat and tobacco.\\nA great part of this precinct is yet heavily timbered, all of the forest\\ngrowth congenial to this climate is to be found in great abundance,\\nincluding the oak, hickory, ask, elm, gum, poplar and walnut.\\nThe tenth United States census gives this precinct a population\\nof sixteen hundred souls, but the estimated population at this time,\\nfrom what may be considered accurate, gives it twenty-five hundred.\\nThe Baptist still have a church where old Salem stood and the Meth-\\nodist have a church at Union Hill.\\nCAIRO.\\nThe town of Cairo is located in the southwest part of Hender-\\nson County, eleven miles from the City of Henderson, and seven\\nmiles west from Robards Station on the Henderson Nashville\\nbranch of the Louisville Nashville Railroad. The first person\\nknown to have settled in business upon the ground where the town is\\nlocated, was William H. Hancock, who established a blacksmith shop\\nfor the convenience of the surrounding country. Albert G. Walker", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0377.jp2"}, "378": {"fulltext": "378 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nsettled a few years afterwards, and when, in 1848, a mail and stage\\nline was established between Henderson and Hopkinsville, Mr.\\nWalker was appointed first postmaster. The town or station at that\\ntime had no name, and in order that the office might have a desig-\\nnated appellation by which it should be known at Washington, as\\nwell as throughout the delivery offices of the country, Mr. Walker\\nsent in a name which the government declined to ratify, from the fact\\nthe same was on another post route in the State of Kentucky. Mr.\\nWalker then sent on the name of Cairo, which was ratified by the\\nPostoffice Department.\\nThe tenth census gives Cairo a population of one hundred and\\nseven, but at this time the town has an estimated population of three\\nhundred.\\nIn 1873 the town was incorporated, and under the act Isom Cot-\\ntingham, John McMullin, Albert A. Niles, Dr. W. B. Floyd, U. N.\\nSwope and A. Kohl appointed trustees. The boundaries of the town\\nwere described, the election of trustees regulated, that is to say,\\nthe act directs the election of six trustees in the month of May an-\\nnually, who are to serve one term of twelve months or until their\\nsuccessors qualify. These Trustees must select one of their own\\nnumber who shall be permanent chairman of the Board. Power is\\ngiven the Trustees to enact ordinances and all needful laws and reg-\\nulations for the government of the town and to annex fines for their\\nviolations not exceeding magisterial jurisdiction, power to levy and\\ncollect taxes, etc.\\nThe act of incorporation was amended February 4th, 1874, ex-\\ntending the power of the Trustees. Under this amendment all\\nmales over the age of sixteen and under fifty years of age, who pay\\ninto the town treasury the sum of two dollars, are exempt from pay-\\ning poll-tax for road purposes.\\nThe town of Cairo has one church building, the property of the\\nCumberland Presbyterian denomination. The building is used also\\nby the Methodist congregation. There is also within the town limits\\none district white and one district colored school.\\nTOBACCO STEMMERIES.\\nWm. T. Cottingham handles annnually from 100 to 150 hogs-\\nheads strips and leaf.\\nWm. E. Royster handles annually from 125 to 150 hogsheads\\nstrips and leaf.\\nNick Thomas Royster handles annually from 100 to 150 hogs-\\nheads strips and leaf.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0378.jp2"}, "379": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 379\\nJoseph A. Quinn handles annually from 100 to 150 hogsheads\\nstrips and leaf.\\nJ. A. Fisher Son handles annually from 40 to 75 hogsheads\\nstrips and leaf.\\nDavid W. Denton (Rock Spring) handles annually from 50 to 75\\nhogsheads strips and leaf.\\nThe stemmeries employ during the stemming season from fifteen\\nto twenty hands each.\\nGeorge W. Kimball owns and operates a flour and grist mill,\\ncapacity of two hundred bushels of fiour and meal per day.\\nAmong the oldest inhabitants now living are Martm Galloway,\\nJohn W. Royster, Samuel Alderson, P. G. Sights, Dr. W. B. Floyd.\\nN. B. Since the foregoing was written Cairo has had a big fire\\nand safe robbery. Business has materially increased and many\\nchanges have taken place. It was near Cairo that Dr. W. T. Sutton\\nkilled young Alderson, for which offense he was cleared by a jury of\\nthe court.\\nCORYDON PRECINCT.\\nThis precinct was established on the 20th day December, 1851,\\nand a voting place appointed at a house built upon the ground now\\nwithin the limits of the beautiful little town of Corydon. The pre-\\ncinct at that time was a wilderness of wild woods, inhabited by droves\\nof wolves and other wild animals known to Kentucky for many years\\nanterior to that date.\\nIt is true there were a number of settlers, yet their places of\\nhabitation were so remote, neighbors seldom visited and seldom saw\\neach other. The mode of traveling was extremely irksome and sub-\\njected to pioneer dangers. Corydon at that time was known only as\\na woods settlement of perhaps two or three log cabins.\\nThe aged and respected Dr. John N. Dorsey settled in 1848\\nwhere the town of Corydon is now situated, and built the first cabin,\\na little log hut of a concern, in the forest upon the hill now orna-\\nmented by the handsome residence of Charles L. King.\\nIn 1850 or 51, William L. Dorsey, a brother of Dr. Dorsey, laid\\noff a few lots, using a grapevine for measuring distances. Some of\\nthem he sold for five dollars per lot, others for a less amount. Land\\nat that time was valued from four to five dollars per acre. Dr. Dorsey,\\nin 1868 and 69, purchased land for four dollars and fifty cents per", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0379.jp2"}, "380": {"fulltext": "380 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY. KY.\\nacre, the identical ground upon which the town of Corydon is now-\\nsituated.\\nA weekly mail was established and brought on foot or horseback\\nby some of the settlers from the Point, now Smith s Mills. Dr. J. N.\\nDorsey was the first postmaster, and when, some years after, finding\\nfurther service incompatible with his large and growing practice, gave\\nup the position. A box was then fixed in the middle of the village,\\nwhere the mail was deposited.\\nMrs. Dorsey suggested the name of Corydon and that name was\\nadopted by the settlers. Dr. J. N. and William L. Dorsey established\\nthe first store at Corydon. The first school was taught by Baxter\\nCheatham, the great talker, at a place two miles in the direction of\\nSmith s Mills. Another school was taught at the Rock Spring. The\\nfirst church was built in 1820 at a point opposite and near the resi-\\ndence of Mrs. Norwood. It was a Baptist church. Rev. McMahon\\noccasionally preached, as did Methodist circuit riders\\nW. B. Pentecost built the first tobacco stemmery at Corydon in\\n1853. The first church was erected in 1853 by the Christian de-\\nnomination.\\nThe greater part of the lands in this precinct are very fertile and\\nproductive. The principal crops consist of tobacco, corn and wheat.\\nThe farmers, as a general rule, are thrifty, intelligent, industrious and\\nwell to do. The raising of beef cattle has become one of the aims of\\nmany farmers in this precinct, and no better lands for grazing pur-\\nposes are to be found in the county.\\nThere is no prettier territory to be found in Kentucky than that\\nlying between Corydon and Smith s Mills. The average value per\\nacre of lands in this precinct is now from twenty-five to thirty dollars.\\nThe town of Cor3 don is located upon two gently sloping hills,\\nand is second in population and commercial importance to Hender-\\nson The population of the Corydon Magisterial District, including\\nthe town as given in the Tenth United States Census, was 2,789.\\nPopulation of the town, 544. Since that time the population has ma-\\nterially increased. There are a number of handsome and comfortable\\nhouses in Corydon. So there are a number of manufacturing and\\nmercantile enterprises.\\nOn the tenth day of March, 1884, Corydon was visited by a fire\\nthat swept away a dozen business and dwelling houses. This natur\\nally, of course, cast a gloom over the good people, but they soon\\nrallied and rebuilt their burned property. Business revived and all\\nwas bright for the time.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0380.jp2"}, "381": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 381\\nThe Ohio Valley Railroad was built to and beyond the town, a\\nbetter and cheaper outlet was furnished, telephone and telegraph\\noffices were established, a daily ^ail soon became another blessing,\\nand the future of Corydon seemed bright indeed. But the fire fiend\\nhad not yet completed its wicked work it seemed that the town was\\ndoomed beyond peradventure, for on the ninth day of April, 1887, early\\nin the morning when all were asleep, a fire broke out and before it\\ncould be checked sixteen stores and other buildings had succumbed\\nto its merciless temper. This then was a most terrible calamity, and\\nin every way calculated to demoralize the community, but it did not.\\nThose who were the sufferers took renewed courage and determined\\nto rebuild. There are now seven new houses in course of building\\nand many more to follow so soon as building material can be had.\\nInstead, then, of the fire being a curse, it has proven a blessing in\\nbringing about the building of better houses and destroying traps that\\nare always and at all times dangerous.\\nIn the town of Corydon there are four white churches, to-vvit\\nChristian, Baptist, Presbyterian and Methodist, with large, intelligent\\ncongregations. There is a coal mine supplying the town and sur-\\nrounding country which costs its stockholders $9,000 one planing\\nmill one large flouring mill supplied with the latest and most im-\\nproved machinery and capacity of one hundred barrels per day eight\\nfirms engaged in merchandising and three tobacco stemmeries of large\\nhandling capacity. In addition to the churches before mentioned,\\nthere are also three colored places of religious worship.\\nIn addition to all that has been said, Corydon glories in the pos-\\nsession of one of the best graded public schools to be found in the\\nState. To the enterprise, good taste and liberality of that people,\\n(and praised be their names), the youth, not only of the precinct but\\nof the county, are offered and given a first-class High School educa-\\ntion at a very moderate expenditure. All of the branches studied in\\nordinary colleges are taught in this school, except the Greek language.\\nThe act of the Legislature, creating this school was passed on the\\n25th day of March, 1872, Wm. H. Hancock, John R. Wilson, Green\\nW. Pritchett, Dr. John N. Dorsey, Charles L. King, Dr. James N.\\nPowell, Dr. H. S. Jones and George W. McClure, incorporators.\\nThis also directed a district vote to be taken, and the levying\\nand collecting of a tax of sixty cents upon the one hundred dollars\\nvaluation, and a poll tax of six dollars. The election was held and\\nthe proposition carried by a handsome vote. The bonds, one hun-\\ndred in number of one thousand dollars each, were issued and quickly", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0381.jp2"}, "382": {"fulltext": "382 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\ndisposed of at a premium in Corydon and Henderson. The original\\nbonds bore 10 per cent, intereest, but since that time have been re-\\ndeemed at a lower rate.\\nAs soon after the sale of the bonds as possible, a magnificent\\ntwo-story brick building was commenced at a cost of ten thousand\\ndollars. This building was completed and occupied for the first time\\non September 1st, 1873. There were five teachers, 1st primary, 2d\\nprimary, intermediate, preparatory and high school. There was a\\nboard of eight trustees, which, at the time this sketch was written,\\nwas composed of the following named John A. Stapp, Hon. Jos. V.\\nOwen, Green W. Pritchett, Charles L. King, E. G. Powell, J. T.\\nHead, H. H. Lawrence and John R. Wilson. Professor William\\nJohnson, of Cincinnati, was the first superintendent. The first year\\nthe number of pupils enrolled aggregated 325 to 340 average daily\\nattendance 230. There were fifteen or more non-resident pupils and\\nfrom this source alone the school has annually received a benefit of\\nsiy or seven hundred dollars. The salaries were fixed at from ?30 to\\n$45 per month for teachers, superintendent $90 per month. This\\nschool has invariably employed the best instructors and has graduated\\nsome of the brightest minds in the county. The location is healthy\\nand never has the school been demoralized by sickness or trouble by\\nthe taxpayers.\\nCorydon is located in a fine section of country, and with such\\npublic spirit and liberality as characterizes the citizens must eventually\\ncome to the front in commercial importance. There is no community\\nto be found anywhere possessing a greater share of social culture and\\nbroad and liberal intelligence.\\nCorydon was incorporated many years ago and has a police judge,\\nmarshal, police, c. Among the early settlers of this precinct were\\nDr. J. N. and Wm. L. Dorsey, John R. Wilson, William J. Powell,\\nBaxter D. Cheatham, James Powell, Berry Gibson, Pressley Pritchett,\\nJack Pritchett and Albert Jones. Among the oldest now living are\\nDr. J, N. Dorsey, Green W. Pritchett, Jno. R. Wilson, Thomas Ash,\\nHerbert A. Powell, W, B. Pentecost and Jno. Trigg.\\nGENEVA PRECINCT.\\nPrior to 1880, the voters of this precinct, in order to exercise\\nthe right of elective franchise, were compelled to go either to Smith s\\nMills, Corydon or Henderson. The distance was an uncomfortable\\nand fatiguing one. It was so with their court matters, and in order", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0382.jp2"}, "383": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 383\\nto remedy this, a petition, largel} signed, was presented to the Court,\\nand upon its hearing, on the 24th day of May, 1880, a precinct was\\nestablished with two magistrates. This precinct was formed from\\nportions of Smith s Mills Corydon and Henderson, and Geneva made\\nthe voting place. Originally Geneva was known as Walker s, then\\nthe Cross Roads, and is situated at the crossing of the Henderson\\nand Smith s Mills, and Diamond Island and Corydon roads. The\\nprecinct lands are generally level and of a fine producing quality.\\nThe farmers are thrifty and intelligent. Diamond Island bend is in-\\ncluded in this precinct, and for the production of corn and tobacco\\nno better land is to be found in the county. It is in this bend where\\nsportsmen find the greatest pleasure in the fall, winter and spring\\nmonths, duck and goose shooting. There are a great number of\\nsloughs and ponds, and with the coming of cold weather these are\\nliterally taken possession of by wild ducks and geese. The village of\\nGeneva consists of a postoffice, four or five stores, a blacksmith shop,\\na grist mill, and several residenc.es. Mr. J. T. Sandefur, one of the\\nmost successful and intelligent raisers and handlers of bees, has his\\napiary near Geneva, where he collects annually a large amount of\\nhoney.\\nOn the twenty-fourth day of September, 1864, a company of ne-\\ngro soldiers, returning from a recruiting (or negro stealing) expedition\\nto Corydon, passed through Geneva, and while there discovered that\\none of the men was afflicted with the small pox. They determined\\nto leave him, and did leave him, only to meet the savage vengeance\\nof a party of rebels close on their heels. This unfortunate soldier\\nwas captured and taken to a woods near by and there hung and left\\ndead. The sequel to this hanging will be found in the brutal murder\\nof young Wathen, of Union County, published in the history of the\\ncounty.\\nAmong the oldest inhabitants of this precinct are Captain E. D.\\nMcBride, J. T. Sandefur, Walter A. Towles, John Farmer and W. A.\\nSisson.\\nHEBARDSVILLE PRECINCT.\\nThis precinct was formed on the twentieth day of December, 1851,\\nwith voting place at Hebardsville. It borders on Green River, and\\nconsequently the greater portion of the precinct is hilly. Very many\\nof the finest tobacco and corn farms to be found in the county are\\nlocated in this precinct. In addition to this, fruit can be more suc-\\ncessfully grown on the hills adjacent to Green River than elsewhere", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0383.jp2"}, "384": {"fulltext": "384 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nin the county. There is an abundance of the finest timber known to\\nthis country. The tenth United States census gives this precinct a\\npopulation of 2,280.\\nThe early history, as written of other precincts, apply to this.\\nEarly settlers had the same embarrassments and difficulties to con-\\ntend with, although the first road established in the county ran\\nthrough this precinct. Mr. Craven Boswell, was one of the earliest\\nsettlers, and at one time owned pretty much all the land adjoining\\nand adjacent to the town of Hebardsville. A great portion of this\\nland he donated to others in order to induce immigration and build\\nup the country. The town of Hebardsville was named for Mr.\\nCharles Hebard, who in very early times opened and carried on a\\nblacksmith shop at that point. One of the first grist and saw mills\\nknown in the county was built in this precinct and operated by\\nGeorge McCormick. This mill was an undershot concern, located\\non Lick Creek, and built in 1808 or 1809. The lumber used in\\nbuilding the old Johnson House, in the town of Henderson, was\\nsawed at this mill in 1809. In 1830 Mr. McCormick sold the mill to\\nPhilip Vanbussum, who operated it a few years and sold to Richard\\nHazelwood. In 1848 or 1849 Mr. Boswell, after having disposed of\\na quantity of his lands, died, leaving six children, only two of whom\\nare now living, William, and Mrs. Catharine McFarland.\\nHebardsville is the leading village or town in the precinct, and\\nas a commercial point offers many inducements. It is surrounded by\\na magnificent tobacco and corn territory and a thrifty, well to do pop-\\nulation of planters. Hebardsville has a number of merchants and\\nbusiness men, all of whom are accumulating slowly but surely. C.\\nW. Johnson, R. S. Hart, Boswell Bros., George Willingham, George\\nReed, John Abb Johnston, Saunders Biggs, Joe Robertson, Oliver\\nand Jack Malone, are among the number of merchants; George Neg-\\nley operates a coal bank one and a half miles from Hebardsville and\\nsupplies the entire country surrounding with coal of the best quality.\\nThere are three churches at and near Hebardsville, the Cumberland\\nPresbyterian, Baptist (Bethel) and Methodist. The Cumberland and\\nBaptist are among the oldest known to the county. James Carroll\\noperates a saw mill and turns out the best lumber for building pur-\\nposes. There is one district school presided over by a competent\\nteacher. Bluff City, a few miles below on Green River, is also in\\nthis precinct. It has a post office, saw mill and store. It is prettily\\nlocated and ought to become a fine shipping point. Among the\\nearly settlers of Hebardsville were Craven Boswell, Charles Hebard,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0384.jp2"}, "385": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 385\\nTurner Denton, Benjamin L. Hicks, Samuel Pirtle, Caleb Hall, Ed-\\nward D. Bennett, Robert McFarland and John B. Davis. Among\\nthe oldest inhabitants now living mre Benjamin L. Hicks, Rev. Abram\\nHatchett, William Boswell, Arthur Hicks, Richard Roach, Wash. But-\\nler, James Willingham, Stark Haynes, and others. Hebardsville, and\\nthe precinct bearing its name, is peopled by a law-abiding, intelligent\\nclass of citizens. The society in and around the town, in a social\\nsense, is fully up with the times, well educated, intelligent and hos-\\npitable. At Mason s Landing, on Green River, Thomas Hust has a\\nstemmery, where annually he purchases and handles the great bulk\\nof the tobacco grown in that portion of the precinct. It was in this\\nprecinct, and near Hebardsville, that Colonels Adam Johnson and\\nBob Martin, during the war, 1863 or 1864, captured Dr. Kimbly, of\\nOwensboro, while en route behind a dashing team to Henderson. Miss\\nShelby, now Mrs. John Folden, was in the buggy with the doctor at\\nthe time. Colonel Martin relieved the doctor of the reins and saw\\nher safely to her uncle, John McCormick, while Colonel Johnson\\ntook charge of the prisoner. About the same place and time old\\nman Solomon Oberdorfer, so well known throughout this county, was\\narrested, together with a drove of mules which he was taking to Evans-\\nville for Government purposes. He was taken to Slaughtersville and\\nthere released and given his mules. The guerrillas made frequent\\nraids into Hebardsville and were a source of great annoyance to the\\nresident business interest. There was an incident in the life of\\nThomas McFarland, who lived in this precinct, three miles from Heb-\\nardsville, in the direction of Henderson, unsurpassed by any of the\\nrecollections of that bloody period.\\nIn July, 1862, he and his old maid sister, who had lived together\\nsince the birth of the younger, and were yet fighting life s battles as\\nbrother and sister, side by side, on the old homestead, were awakened\\nin the dead hour of the night by a call at the gate, only a few feet from\\nthe house. It was a beautiful night, the moon was shining in all of\\nits glory, its shimmering, silvery rays making gloriously bright the\\nwhole face of the earth. Closely and snugly slept the subject of this\\nsketch in one room of the log building, while his sister slept in the\\nother, just across the hall. Twelve well armed and determined men\\nhad now surrounded the house, watching every approach and awaiting\\nthe command of their leader. McFarland lay unconscious of his\\nterrible surroundings, while his sister, who had awakened at the first\\ncall, and was arising to know what was wanted, little thought of the\\n25", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0385.jp2"}, "386": {"fulltext": "386 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nfrightful ordeal through which she was soon to pass, and thus it is\\nwith man. He passes more frequently than he ever dreams of through\\nstartling dangers. He treads upon the brink of eternity, and wan-\\nders close by his opening tomb, and yet he is none the wiser and none\\nthe more thoughtful. In his most pleasant moments, and when he\\nleast imagines, death is often grinning close at hand, and sorrow\\ntreading hard upon his heels. Thus it was with Thomas McFarland,\\nwhile at every avenue of approach or escape stood a remorseless sol-\\ndier only awaiting developments to give the signal of death. Another\\ncall from the gate and he arose, approached the little window and\\nasked what was wanted.\\nWe are home guards from across the river in Daviess County,\\nand want our suppers and horses fed, was the significant and unmis-\\ntakable reply.\\nIt was now after midnight, a curious time to want supper. His\\nsister, hearing the reply and apprehending that all was not safe for\\nher brother, approached his room and asked of him what should be\\ndone.\\nTake them something to eat, was his quick reply, for he had\\nnever been known to turn a hungry man from his door. He partook\\nof his sister s uneasiness, and placing himself at the door leading\\nfrom his room to the hall or passage way through the building, deter-\\nmined to defend his life and home at any cost. His sister secured\\na ham and some bread and quietly unbolted the front door, when three\\nor more horrid men, armed to the teeth, pushing her aside, exclaimed\\nClear the way, that is not what we want it s your brother\\nTom, and him we intend to kill in spite of hell.\\nThe poor sister, frightened beyond understanding, sunk to the\\nfloor in piteous screams for mercy, but there was no mercy there.\\nAt this moment Mr. McFarland barred the door to his room and stood\\nwith the weight of his body against it. Several attempts were made\\nto force it in, but without effect. The leader then called to six men\\nto burst in the door, but in this they yet failed. Seeing this, the leader\\nyelled a loud Clear the way, I ll get him, and with this announce-\\nment fired sixteen buckshot through the door. Fortunately, as he\\nsaid Clear the way, Mr. McFarland anticipated his meaning, and\\nhe too cleared the way by stepping back to the wall of the house, the\\nsixteen buckshot passing directly under his arm and in uncomfortable\\nproximity to his body. With the firing the leader, so certain was he\\nthat he had killed his man, called at a loud voice, Damn him, I ve\\ngot him. At that the outer guards left their posts and rushed to the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0386.jp2"}, "387": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 387\\nhall. Mr. McFarland, taking time by the forelock, and realizing that\\nnow was his only chance, leaped from a back entrance, master of the\\nsituation, and trimmed for out-^vinging even the air piercing mes-\\nsenger of death sent after him. He was unincumbered, no bopts or\\nshoes, coats or pants, retarded his progress, his garment was light\\nand frail, of a pure white and fine texture, its tail fluttered in the\\nbreeze as though it were propelled by an arrow, and in this make-up\\nhe made three jumps from the door to an eight rail fence, over which\\nhe skipped as though it were one rail, and without halting. He was\\nnot troubled with a shortness of breath, but, as he progressed, seemed\\nto accumulate wind and power of endurance. He in a moment more\\nreached the woods, and there secreted himself to await the exit of his\\nmidnight visitors. Shortly after his successful escape, his would-be\\nmurderers broke in the door to his room and fired promiscuously into\\nhis bed and a trundle bed standing close by, but the bird had flown.\\nThe wads from the pistols set the bed clothing on fire, and but for the\\nintercessions of his sister the house and contents would have been\\nburned to the ground. At her request, some of the men threw the\\nbed clothing out of the window, where it was permitted to burn un-\\nmolested. They then robbed the premises, getting some thirty-five\\ndollars in money and all the good clothes he had. They then took\\nwhat little money his old sister had and vacated the house, sadly dis-\\nappointed at their failure to capture and kill the object of their visit.\\nTwo negro men were then pressed into their service, and with them,\\ntwo men of the command went to the pasture and tok therefrom two\\nvery fine young horses, one of which belonged to the sister. The\\ncommand then left, going in the direction of Hollow Port, and pass-\\ning but a few yards away from where Mr. McFarland was concealed\\nin the brush. He had witnessed the taking of the horses, and the\\ntwo negro men had witnessed his exit, which they compared to the\\nflitting by of some spiritual apparition. After it was well believed\\nthat the midnight murderers had gone for good, the negro men ap-\\nproached the woods and at a signal called their master to them. He\\ncame tremblingly, yet satisfying himself that all was well for^him.\\nOnce there he delivered his orders, one of which was to bring him\\nsome suitable garments and the news from the seat of war. This was\\nsoon done, and ajl evidence of his safety being fully assured he began\\nto take an invoice of himself to see if he was all together, and,\\nstrange as it may appear, his feet were not scratched, nor was a hem\\nof his garment torn, and, stranger still, an old chronic crick which\\nhad set in his neck, and had been pronounced incurable by his phy-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0387.jp2"}, "388": {"fulltext": "388 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nsicians, had disappeared, and the once perfectly stiff member was\\nnow as supple as a limber jack.\\nFor this, of course, he was thankful, and as a solace for all that\\nhad passed thanked Providence for the cure, even though such terrible\\nmeans had been used to produce the result. Having dressed himself in\\nall that was left him, he made silent tracks, not to his home, but\\nthrough the lonely woods in the direction of town. He pursued his\\njourney with both eyes piercing in every direction and both ears sen-\\nsitive to every rustle of the leaves. He came into the public road\\nat John McCormick s just at daylight and followed it from there into\\nthe city.\\nFrom that time to November, 1865, three years therafter, Mr.\\nMcFarland slept away from his house. The attack was made upon\\nhis home a few days before General Adam Johnson captured New-\\nburgh, and when that distinguished commander was pursued through\\nHenderson County by Captain Union Bethel with thirty-eight\\nmounted men from Newburgh and Col. Gavin with a regiment of in-\\nfantry, Mr. McFarland accompanied the expedition with the hope of\\ncapturing some of the disturbers of his peace and happiness, and re-\\ngain if possible his lost property. When John Patterson, one of\\nJohnson s most daring soldiers, was shot through both eyes in the\\nend of the lane of the old Samuels place, this side of Slaughtersville,\\nMcFarland was riding in the rear at the time and was the only man in\\nthe whole command who volunteered to get Patterson to some house\\nwhere he could be carefully and comfortably provided for. He took\\nhim to the house of Mr. Samuels and there left him. At the time of\\nPatterson s wounding he thought Bethel s men were rebels from the\\nmanner in which they were dressed, and laboring under this mistake,\\nhe with others, dashed into the road between the advance guard and\\nthe command, and at a loud voice gave the command right and left\\nface about. Seeing this Captain Bethel, Dr. McGill and Private\\nRoot dashed at him, but McGill s horse being the fleetest footed\\ngave him the advantage and it was him who fired the shot that shut\\nout the world to Patterson forever. Patterson s comrades escaped\\nOn the first night out Bethel s command captured Willis P ields\\nat his house on the old Knoblick Road near Robard s Station, and\\nrecaptured many of the guns, blankets, etc., ta)len by Johnson s\\ncommand at the Newburgh surrender. Mr. McFarland was pres-\\nent just after the killing of Lieutenant Braydon, an account of which\\nwill be found under the head of Robards Station Precinct. He re-\\nturned to Henderson with the remains of the dead lieutenant and", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0388.jp2"}, "389": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 389\\nwas never again out with a scouting party. He has ever believed\\nthat he knew the men who were at his house on that terrible eleventh\\nof July, 1862, and as the intelligence of each one s death reached\\nhim he was rejoiced of course.\\nIt is said, with one or two exceptions, perhaps, the whole gang\\nhas been swept from the face of the earth, each one meeting a\\nhorrible death. After the war Mr. McFarland returned to his farm\\nand labored hard to repair the loss incurred by lost time until last\\nJanuary, when he, as before stated, removed into the city. Unex-\\npectedly to him he succeeded during the war and just after its close in\\nsecuring his long lost horses.\\nROBARD S STATION PRECINCT.\\nThis precinct as now known was originally a part of District No.\\nt, with voting place in the town of Henderson. A few year there-\\nafter it became a part of District No. 2, with voting place at Gaflo-\\nway s, now in the Hebardsville Precinct. In 1851, after the adop-\\ntion of the present constitution, a part of Robard s Station Precinct,\\nas now known, voted at Randall Osburn s, and a part at Achilles Nor-\\nment s, then at Tillotson s, then at Charles Leig s. In 1875 the pres-\\nent district was formed.\\nAt the formation of this precinct the voting place was established\\nat George Rudy s old school house near McMullin s chapel. A short\\ntime thereafter it was changed to the Station. The eastern part of\\nthis precinct is rather hilly and rocky, the western level and very pro-\\nductive. Even the hilliest part of the district produces finely. The\\nGreen River hills produce the finest tobacco brought to this market.\\nThe district, as a general thing, is peopled by a thrifty, intelligent\\nclass of farmers, who are keeping step with this progressive age by\\nbuilding substantial plank fences in place of the old rail, and otherwise\\nimproving and enhancing the real and producing value of their\\nrealty. The improvement since the completion of the railroad has\\nbeen very marked.\\nFIRST CHURCH AND SCHOOL.\\nGeorge Rudy s school house, near McMullin s chapel, is the\\noldest in the district and is yet standing. This building has been\\nused not only for school purposes but for church purposes also. Wash-\\nington Sale was the first teacher, and was followed by David Cowan,\\nFrank Davis and Joseph C. Norman, between the years 1840 and 48.\\nMcMullins Chapel was the first house built exclusively for religious\\nworship, known to have been built in the district since its formation.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0389.jp2"}, "390": {"fulltext": "390 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nThis house was built by the Methodist denomination, and was dedi-\\ncated and consecrated in 1853 by Rev. William Edmunds. At Cherry\\nHill the regular Baptists have a church to which Rev. Spaurlin, of\\nCaldwell County, makes regular visitations.\\nCOAL MINES.\\nWithin the last few years three surface mines have been opened,\\nand a very fine article of coal taken therefrom. These mines are\\nlocated one, two and three miles from the L. N. R. R., and are\\nowned respectively by A. J. Denton, L. M. Cheaney and Enoch Eak-\\nkins.\\nFRUIT NURSERY.\\nNear the station is where Parsons Sandefur operated their\\nlarge nursery, growing large stocks of fruit trees of all kinds indige-\\nnous to this climate. They also grew all of the grape varieties.\\nTHE WAR.\\nThis precinct was kept at fever heat during a good portion of the\\nwar. Many of its citizens volunteered under Colonel Adam Johnson,\\nand, during the time the recruiting service was executing its mission,\\nmany little skirmishes were had in and near its borders. Likewise, a\\nnumber joined the Federal forces, and they were anxious that their\\nhomes should remain unmolested in other words, that the Confeder-\\nates keep out of their territory.\\nIn the summer of 1862, Colonels Johnson and Martin, on their\\nreturn from the Newburg raid to headquarters at Slaughtersville, Ky.,\\nwere pursued by Captain Union Bethel and thirty-eight mounted New-\\nburgers, supported by Colonel Gavin s regiment of infantry. Near\\nthe old Samuel s place, above Robard s Station, Captain Megill, of\\nBethel s command, shot John Patterson, of Sebree City, through both\\neyes. Patterson was one of Colonel Johnson s most daring soldiers\\nand his shooting, of course, greatly enraged the Confederates. They\\nthen determined to punish the enemy in every way possible, and to\\nthis end ambushed them at every turn in the road Colonel Gavin s\\ncommissary supplies running low, he dispatched Lieutenant Braydon\\nand a few men with wagons to Henderson for the purpose of getting\\nfresh supplies. Gavin accompanied Lieutenant Braydon, wearing an\\nordinary linen duster, while the Lieutenant was dressed in full mili-\\ntary suit. The two were riding along the lane just back of Robard s\\nStation, and not over a mile away, and about one or two hundred\\nyards in advance of the wagon train, when just opposite Parsons\\nSandefur s nursery, a party of Confederates lying in ambush took de-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0390.jp2"}, "391": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 391\\nliberate aim and fired. At the crack of their guns Lieutenant Bray-\\ndon and his horse both fell mortally wounded and died in a few min-\\nutes. It would seem that each shot was aimed at Braydon (owing to\\nhis shining dress), for Colonel Qavin was but slightly wounded in the\\narm. At this fire Gavin dashed into the woods and scampered away\\nas fast as his horse could carry him. The Confederates, in the mean-\\ntime, retreated in the opposite direction. Gavin soon found that his\\nhorse was giving away under him, and but a moment after discovered\\nthat the animal was badly wounded. Dismounting and leaving him\\nin the woods, he footed it alone in this dangerous country until he\\ncame in sight of a house, which he cautiously approached to ask the\\nway to Henderson. This was Mr. Franklin Lester s and that gentle-\\nman, or some one of the household, kindly gave the Colonel the de-\\nsired information. Colonel Gavin suffered terribly from his wound,\\nyet hurried along through the woods and succeeded in reaching Hen-\\nderson next morning. Braydon was fired at by fourteen men, and\\nupon examination of his body it was found to be literally shot to pieces\\nwith buckshot.\\nRenz Fisher, a Captain in Colonel Johnson s command, and\\nan officer of great personal daring, was raised in this precinct. His\\nfather lived a few miles from the Station on the Knoblick road, and\\nduring the summer of 1864, when the City of Henderson was invested\\nby Federal soldiers, under command of Colonel John W. Foster, he\\nventured into the precinct and pitched camp a mile or more away\\nfrom his father s house in the direction of Green River. News of\\nthis was brought to Foster, and by a returned Confederate soldier.\\nWithout divulging to his informant any of his plans, or making any\\npromises, Foster very quietly ordered Lieutenant Carey, with double\\nthe number of men Fisher was represented to have had under him, to\\nmove out cautiously during the night, so as to be near the place of\\nrendezvous by daylight the next morning. Lieutenant Carey had\\nmet Fisher before, and at one time received a bullet hole from his\\ngun while in ambush along the roadside. Carey and his command ar-\\nrived in sight of old man Fisher s house about one hour before day-\\nlight, and dismounted. He left a sufficient number of men to take\\ncare of the horses, and with the others proceeded on to a point in the\\nwoods opposite Fisher s house, where they secreted themselves, hoping\\nto capture Renz Fisher and one or two of his men, whom be believed\\nto be asleep in the house.\\nJust before or about sunrise, he heard the cracking of weeds and\\nbushes and the rustling of leaves proceeding from a ravine or ditch", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0391.jp2"}, "392": {"fulltext": "392 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nin an old field lying directly to his right. Carey was ambushed near\\nthe corner of this old field and just across the Knoblick Road di-\\nrectly in front of the Fisher homestead. It was but a few moments\\nmore when he discovered the form of a man cautiously moving up\\nthe ditch in the direction of the house. Every movement of his\\nbody and the keen, nervous, suspecting glances of his eyes, showed\\nthat he was guilty. He manifested an uneasiness, a cautiousness,\\nwhich at once satisfied Lieutenant Carey that the man was a rebel\\nsoldier and just from the camp. He would move forward a few\\nsteps, then halt on tip-toe and take a careful survey of all that sur-\\nrounded him his approach to the road was intensely nervous and cau-\\ntious, yet he moved on, little thinking that the keen eye of one whom he\\nhad ambushed only a few weeks before was watching his every move-\\nment now, and that an unerring carbine cocked and primed, was pointed\\ndirectly at him. He reached the fence only a short distance away from\\nCarey, he climbed it and was in a moment more standing in the cen-\\nter of the road, stretching his body, first surveying with rapid look in\\nthe direction of Henderson and then toward the Station. The long\\nflowing curly locks which hung down his back glistened in the bright\\nsunlight and all was now well with him. He turned his breast towards\\nthe very tree behind which his enemy lay secreted, and giving his\\nhead a gentle shake of self-satisfaction, started to move on in the di-\\nrection of the house. An imaginary sound again attracted his atten-\\ntion to the woods, and again halted, exposed to the full view of the\\nenemy. During all of this exciting time Carey watched him with the\\neye of a hawk, endeavoring, if possible, to satisfy himself beyond\\nperadventure that it was Renz Fisher. His carbine was pointed at\\nhim and a perfect bead drawn on his breast. As the doomed man\\nstraightened himself on tip-toe and gave one more shake of his head\\nto disentangle his uncombed locks, Carey recognized him for certain\\nand pulled trigger. Instantaneously at the report of the carbine the\\ncautious rebel sprang into the air and fell full length upon the ground\\npierced through. This report brought out the inmates of the house,\\nand soon old man Fisher was standing over the body of his dead boy\\nin company with his slayer and other soldiers. The old man was\\ncalled to identify the body, and protested he knew him not. Carey\\nknew better, and drawing his carbine demanded that he tell or suffer\\nthe penalty of his duplicity. Then he took hold of the dead body,\\nand with a shriek of pent-up anguish screamed aloud, Oh, it is my\\nboy, my darling boy", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0392.jp2"}, "393": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 393\\nThe old man was then required to pilot the command to the\\nrebel camp, which he did. On arriving there it was found that the\\nlast soldier had scampered away at the firing of the gun which had\\nkilled their captain, leaving a f-gw horses, guns and other camp equip-\\nage. The body of the son was then given to the father and the com-\\nmand returned to the city where Carey was greatly lionized. He at-\\ntended the Presbyterian Church that day and worshipped as uncon-\\ncernedly as though he had not ambushed and killed a human in the\\npublic highway, four or five hours previous to that time.\\nYOUNGER JARRETT.\\nIt is asserted by those who profess to know, that in February,\\n1873, the noted outlaws, Jim Younger and John Garrett, visited Ro-\\nbards and remained in the neighborhood three months. That they\\ntraveled from New Orleans in a spring wagon drawn by two horses.\\nThat they went from Robards to Louisville to see the renowned de-\\ntective, Yankee Bligh, who was in search of them, and failing to find\\nthe old man returned to Robards. That they made fr iquent visits to\\nHenderson, although the officials were searching for them. That they\\nwere orderly and well-behaved when not under the influence of liq-\\nuor. When they determined to leave Kentucky they quietly drove to\\nthe Mt. Vernon ferry and crossed the Ohio into Indinna. All this\\nthey did when there were perhaps a hundred men on the look-out for\\nthem.\\nSPRINGS AND CURIOSITIES.\\nThe County of Henderson contains many mineral springs, but\\nthe one near A. J. Denton s farm in this precinct is by far the best\\nchalybeate to be found in the county, and no doubt the equal of any in\\nthe State. It is located about three miles from the Station in what\\nis known as the Rock House branch. Not far away from this spring,\\nsurrounded by the wildest and most romantic scenery, is found the\\nRock House and Buzzard Hole. These two are remarkable natural\\ncuriosities, and even to this day have never been explored.\\nIt is said, that some years ago, Mr. Geo. W. King, the then\\nowner of the land, employed a miner to explore the hidden recesses\\nof this house, but after laboring some time the work was suddenly\\nabandoned and the miner went away. He pursued his journey to\\nnear Green River where he had lived, and where he was soon after\\ntaken sick and died. Before death, however, he told his wife he had\\nsomething he wanted to tell Mr. King, and then divulged the secret\\nto her, of the Rock House and what he had done, and further said\\nhe would not strike another lick until he had earned enough to be-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0393.jp2"}, "394": {"fulltext": "394 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\ncome the purchaser of the natural wonder. Mr. King arrived too\\nlate to see him alive and his wife refused to tell what she had been\\ntold. His discoveries, if any, have never to this day been known.\\nThis Rock House is made of a semi-circular shelf, projecting\\nfifty feet over the surface with earth rock and scrubby trees, one hun-\\ndred to one hundred and fifty feet above the shelf. Underneath this is\\na passage way which leads to a cave, the mouth of which is fifty feet\\ndistant. This cave has been explored to a distance of forty or fifty\\nfeet to a hole in the wall, through which no man has ever gone, and\\nwhat is beyond is a hidden mystery. Off from the cave is the Buz-\\nzard Hole, an irregular shaped hole leading into a mountain of rock.\\nMany years ago, Esquire Moss, while driving with his hounds,\\njumped a deer in the neighborhood of this shelf rock and in the chase\\nthe deer and one or more of the dogs ran over this high projecting\\nmountain and fell dead on the surface below. It is located in the\\nwildest part of the county and is very difficult of approach, in fact a\\nperson must be well posted indeed, who can engineer his way to the\\nshelf. During the war it was used as a safe place of rendezvous\\nfor frightened and uneasy soldiers and citizens. The surrounding\\ncountry is very hilly and mountainous, some rock hills standing 200\\nfeet above the valleys. The shelf rock is almost perpendicular. The\\nproperty now belongs to W. G. Vaughn.\\nSome time since the Calhoun, Ky., Progress contained a lengthy\\nnotice of this remarkable freak of nature, and among other things, it is\\nsaid, that while one George Fryor, was searching around in this cave\\nhe happened to turn over a stone, and under that found a letter dated\\nPlotter s Cave, April 20th, 1868, which told of a hidden treasure,\\nalso, that on a large rock was engraved the names of J- H. Letcher\\nand J. L. B. Bowder. This letter was mysteriously signed M. N. P.,\\nwhich being interpreted, evidently meant for the finder to make no\\nproselytes to the lie he had written. Certain it is, the hidden treas-\\nure has never been discovered.\\nSince the war this precinct has doubled itself in population, espec-\\nially in the sub-division of lands. For instance Mr. J. D. Robards owned\\neight hundred and fifty acres of land in a body at the close or just after\\nthe war which is now divided and worked in tracts of one hundred and\\nten acres. The average price of lands at this time is between twenty\\nand twenty-five dollars. While tobacco, corn and wheat is the chief\\nproducts of the precinct, a number of farmers are largely engaged in\\ncattle raising, and find the country eminently adapted to that branch\\nof business.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0394.jp2"}, "395": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 395\\nREGULATORS.\\nA great many years ago this country was visited by men of bad\\nrepute from Christian, Hopkins, and other counties, and after submit-\\nting until forbearance ceased to be a virtue, a band of regulators, as\\nthey were called, organized and cleared the country of the outlaws.\\nRACE TRACKS.\\nAt far back as 1810 and up to 1840, and even later, perhaps,\\nwhere the station is now located, was a straight quarter or half mile\\nrace track where men used to congregate to bet, test the speed\\nof their animals, drink liquor and otherwise indulge their vicious and\\nuncultured appetites.\\nLODGES.\\nThe Odd Fellows have a lodge at the station.\\nCHURCHES AND SCHOOLS.\\nThere is one commodious frame building used for the District\\nCommon School and for religious services. The Christian denomina-\\ntion have the only established church, S. W. Cowan, minister. This\\ncongregation meets once a month and have occasional Sunday school\\nmeetings.\\nFIRST BUILDING.\\nJ. D. Robards, for whom the precinct and station is called, built\\nthe first house in 1867. This was u frame store-house and occupied\\nby him as a dry goods, grocery and general merchandise store. In\\nthis store he has carried on a business aggregating from twenty-five\\nto forty thousand dollars per annum.\\nIn addition to this he owns and operates a tobacco stemmery,\\nthree stories 70x120 feet, in which he handles from two hundred to\\ntwo hundred and fifty hogsheads of strips annually. He works from\\nforty to fifty employes and ships direct from the station to Europe.\\nMr. James Cheaney does a snug business in the manufacture of\\nbrooms made of straw raised in the precinct.\\nEARLY SETTLERS.\\nAmong that number are Reuben Moss, George Robards, George\\nEakins, Bennett Sandefur, Jordan Moss, Enoch Spencer, Thomas\\nReidout, Ben Wall, Nathan Smith, T. W. Royster, Jas. McMullin,\\nSam l M Mullin, Sr. Among the oldest inhabitants now living are\\nThomas Royster, J. F. Toy, Enoch Spencer, W. N. Royster and\\nMarshall Robards. Mrs. Prissey Long, widow of Jno. Long, is the\\noldest inhabitant now living.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0395.jp2"}, "396": {"fulltext": "396 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nN. B. Since writing the foregoing, Robards has voted prohibition\\nand it is said the wealth of the place has more than doubled. They\\nnow have nine stores, all doing well; one steam mill; one school\\nbuilding that is a credit to ihe county one large church with seating\\ncapacity of 350 to 400 one large livery stable and one good hotel.\\nThe population of the town has increased fully two hundred per cent,\\nin the last three years.\\nSCUFFLETOWN PRECINCT.\\nThis district was originally a part of Ohio County, but by an act\\nof the Legislature, approved January 16th, 1809, was taken from Ohio\\nand added to Henderson County, and bounded as follows Beginning\\non the Ohio at the mouth of Green River, and running up the Ohio\\nto where the line of Henderson Co. s grant strikes the same, thence\\nwith said line to Green River, thence down the same to the beginning.\\nFor a number of years the qualified voters of this district voted\\nat Henderson and then at Galloway s, near Hebardsville.\\nAfter the adoption of the new Constitution, and on the sixth day of\\nJanuary, 1851, the district was again established as follows Begin-\\nning at the mouth of Green River, thence up the Ohio River, includ-\\ning the Islands, to the dividing line between Henderson and Daviess\\nCounties, thence with the said County lines to where it strikes Green\\nRiver, thence down Green River to the beginning place of voting at\\nthe house of Isaac Clark. The voting place was continued at Clark s\\nfor a number of years after the war, when it was changed to Shelby s\\nstore at Scuffle town. All that part of the district lying across Green\\nRiver, and opposite and above Spottsville, vote at Spottsville.\\nAmong the earliest settlers of this district were Henry Jeems,\\nJacob Fickers, Richard Van Kirk, Jonathan Stott, John Fuquay and\\nMartin Vanada. During the year 1809 Eneas McCallister settled a\\nfew miles below the present town. Ten or twelve years after this,\\nJohn Harrison, Edmund Galloway, Alfred Hill, John Folden, George\\nMcCormick, William Shelby, Charles Winfrey and others settled\\nin the district.\\nFrom 1800 to 1804, and perhaps years afterward, Jonathan Stott\\nkept a tavern and bar at the point where Shelby s store is now located.\\nHe was said to be a wild sort of character and invited that class of\\nmen around him. The banks of the Ohio River at that time offered\\nbut few landing places, and in low water Stott s tavern was quite a\\nplace of resort and rendezvous for flatboatmen. Here they would\\nhold high carnival and indulge their appetites for drink, as Stott kept", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0396.jp2"}, "397": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 397\\na plenty of it. As was most generally the case at such gatherings,\\ndifficulties occurred and a general fight would ensue. From this the\\ncountry around Stott s received^ the name of Scuffletown, a name which\\nhas clung to it from that day to this.\\nFrom a few miles below Stott s to the mouth of Green River, the\\ncountry has always been known as the point.\\nThere were no doctors in this part of the county in early times.\\nDrs. James Hamilton and Gaither, of the town of Henderson, were\\nfrequently called there, and after their time most of the practice\\nwas done by Drs. Levi Jones and Owen Glass, of Henderson, and\\nDr. Trafton, of Evansville. Chills and fevers for many years were\\nthe annoyance of the whole river country, and from these malarial\\npests Scuffletown suffered as much as any other part of the river lands.\\nIn early times, and even up to 1830, the settlers in this part of\\nthe county suffered greatly from the ravages of wild animals. Wolves\\nand bear were there in abundance, and in the early summer the bear\\nwould come in, break down the young corn and destroy the ears.\\nDuring the years 1827, 28 and 29, a large number of bear were killed.\\nNathaniel G. Stanley has been known to kill as high as fifteen during\\none winter, and from his wonderful success received the appellation of\\nDaniel Boone of the precinct.\\nThere were no schools in the earliest days of the settlement, but\\nin 1817 Jonathan Bunn was employed by Eneas McCallister, father of\\nJohn E. McCallister, to teach a neighborhood school. One morning\\nbefore opening his school, he was called by the barking of Mr.\\nMcCallister s dogs to a neighboring thicket and there discovered, in\\na tree, a large black bear. Mr. McCallister was notified and with his\\ntrusty rifle soon fell bruin to the ground, and had him conveyed to his\\nhouse. The skins of these animals were sold in those days for the\\nmoderate sum of one dollar and fifty cents.\\nThe whole face of the country was covered with cane, affording a\\nmost excellent food for cattle.\\nCURIOSITIES.\\nOn Green River, below the mouth of Griffith Creek, is a large\\nmound, one hundred feet in circumference at its base, and fully fifteen\\nfeet in height, and near by are large holes from which the earth was\\ntaken to build the mound. From what is known of this mound, it is\\nsafe to say it was built by the Mound Builders, a race of people who\\ninhabited the country anterior to the red man.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0397.jp2"}, "398": {"fulltext": "398 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nThe first church ever built in this part of the county, of which\\nanything is known, was erected by the Christian denomination on the\\nVanada farm in 1830. A story characteristic of Charles Winfrey, an\\nold bachelor who lived near Scuffletovvn, is told. He seldom ever\\nattended church, but when this one was established, and after several\\nsermons had been preached, he partook of the curiosity which had\\nseized the whole country around, and one day had his old grey mare\\nsaddled to attend and see for himself. Going along the road in the\\ndirection of the church, he was halted by one of his neighbors and\\ninterrogated as to where he was journeying. I am going up here to\\nchurch. I learn that these people have discovered a new route to\\nHeaven fully forty miles nearer, and I am going to see for myself.\\nCharles Winfrey was the first magistrate in the precinct, having\\nbeen appointed in the year 1821. He was succeeded by Charles W.\\nAllen he by George McCormick, and he by John E. McCallister. all\\nunder the old Constitution.\\nThis precinct has always been noted for its large number of pecan\\ntrees. The number on the lands of Esq. John E. McCallister have\\nfor many years aggregated fully five hundred, and one year he realized\\none thousand dollars from this crop alone.\\nWilliam Shelby, Jr., in 1865 packed his tobacco and shipped to\\nEurope. In 1860 he went to Scuffletown and with his uncle, John S.\\nMcCormick, built a tobacco stemmery and embarked regularly in\\ntobacco stemming for the European markets. Their average business\\nwas from four hundred to four hundred and fifty hhds. per year. In\\nthe year 1877 the firm put up six hundred hhds. Up to 1860 the\\nplanters had never engaged largely in tobacco growing, but through\\nthe efforts of Mr. Shelby, a larger crop was grown. In 1877 1,100,000\\npounds were produced, the largest crop ever known, and with perhaps\\na few thousand pounds, this entire crop was bought and handled by\\nShelby McCormick.\\nIn 1868 Shelby McCormick built a large storehouse near their\\nfactory and stocked it with a general assortment of merchandise.\\nA steam grist mill and blacksmith shop soon followed. This\\nfirm did a very large business selling from their store, many years as\\nhigh as forty thousand dollars worth of goods, and averaging one year\\nwith another, fully thirty thousand dollar sales. The average product\\nof this precinct is from 500 to 600,000 pounds of tobacco, and 150,000\\nbushels of corn.\\nThe precinct comprises about twelve thousand acres of land,\\nmostly cleared six thousand acres are within the bounds of the fence", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0398.jp2"}, "399": {"fulltext": "HISTORY^ OfJhENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 399\\ncompany s lines, and are mostly in a high state of cultivation. There\\nis no better land to be found on the Continent than that bordering on\\nthe river. i?\\nThe precinct now has three district schools and one Union\\nChurch. The church was built several years ago by private subscrip-\\ntion, and upon its completion was dedicated by the Rev. J. W.\\nPondexter, now of Texas. A magnificent dinner was spread on the\\noccasion and hundreds of people attended.\\nThrough the influence of Mr. Shelby and others a post office was\\nestablished at Scuffletown, and the first mail received in 1867. John\\nW. Folden was appointed Post Master and served up to June, 1881.\\nMURDERS.\\nOn the night of the 4th of December, 1836, William Wurnell, a\\ndesperate character, stabbed and killed Abner Jones in what was\\nknown as Lake Town, on the Ohio River, six miles above Scuflletown,\\nat the house of Ike Dover. John E. McCallister was the District\\nMagistrate at the time, and upon information, issued his warrant for\\nWurnell s arrest. The murderer had fled, but was afterwards captured\\nopposite Smithland and brought back, tried and held to the Grand\\nJury. An indictment was found, a conviction had and Wurnell hung\\nin the town of Henderson.\\nSTEALING NEGROES\\nDuring the latter part of the war, when the draft act was being\\nso rigidly enforced by the Federal authorities, substitutes were in great\\ndemand, commanding in many mstances as high a price as one\\nthousand dollars. At that time there were a great many likely negro\\nmen in the Scuffietown precinct, and strange to say they had been let\\nalone by the army of negro thieves on the border. These negroes\\nwere well treated and contented to remain where they were, but the\\ndesire for gain and the easy manner in which large sums of money\\ncould be accumulated by thieving scoundrels in Indiana, soon\\nunsettled their happy lives and completely disarranged all of their\\nplans. Interlopers from Indiana were continually slipping into\\nKentucky and whispering in the night time to them stories of a joyous\\nfreedom. These scoundrels professed to be their friends and mani-\\nfested a desire to spirit them away to the land of freedom where they\\ncould find employment and be masters of their own labor. The\\nnegroes were not much disposed to listen to their glowing stories, and\\nyet hesitated.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0399.jp2"}, "400": {"fulltext": "400 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\nAll this time the draft was going on and the unlucky were seeking\\nsubstitutes. Many Indianians of wealth were drafted and were willing\\nto pay any price for a sound man as a substitute. Finally a regularly\\norganized clan for the purpose of driving the negroes, whether they\\nwanted to go or not, appeared upon Kentucky soil, and succeeded in\\nsecuring a goodly number to accompany them upon the promise of a\\nrich reward. These poor deluded darkies would go, and when once\\nover the river were sold into the army, and their white friends would\\npocket the money. The planters in Scuffletown organized a patrol\\nto guard the river front and shoot down any mterloper coming across\\nthe river without satisfactory credentials and yet, with all their\\nvigilance, they continued to lose their negroes.\\nMR. CHARLES WINFREY,\\nAn old bachelor, and the largest land and slave owner in the precinct,\\nwas continually annoyed by these night prowlers. He was kind to\\nhis slaves and none of them wanted to leave him. He lived in a\\nhouse by himself and had his slaves quartered in different settlements\\non his lands. One day in November, 1864, Wm. Shelby, Esq.,\\nreceiving information that a party from Indiana intended that night to\\nvisit Winfrey s for the purpose of running off his negro men, conveyed\\nto him immediately what he had heard. Mr. Winfrey prepared\\nhimself to meet them, and for that purpose, with one or more of\\nhis men, guarded the river bank until a late hour in the night. Be-\\ncoming sleepy and thinking the thieves would not cross over, he\\nreturned to his house and was soon soundly asleep. He had taken\\nthe precaution during the day to send around and notify his men, and\\nas a greater precaution had them all come to his house that night for\\nprotection.\\nA short while after retiring the thieves came and were headed by\\na man who had prior to that time overseed for John B. Davis, of this\\ncounty. This man knew Mr. Winfrey and knew his fearless character.\\nThe thieves were all armed, but approached the house cautiously.\\nThey soon found that the negroes could not be driven off without\\ndisturbing their master, so the leader concluded to go near his room\\nand call him. He approached his room, called him from his sleep\\nand told him that they had come for his negroes. The old man\\nsprang from his bed and ordered them off of his premises. They\\ndeclined going and directed him not to come out of his room. He\\nput on his pants and with his double-barrelled gun came out on to a\\nside porch, when the villain who led the party took aim and fired,\\nshooting him through and through. At the firing of this gun, the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0400.jp2"}, "401": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 401\\nwhole party ran from the house and were soon in their boats, crossing\\nthe river without ever having encountered any of the bank patrols.\\nMr, Winfrey lived but a short time after he was shot. He was a very\\nwealthy man and many ugly stories were circulated concerning some\\nof his relatives and their association with his killing. Charles\\nWinfrey was one of the noblest of men. His word was regarded by\\nall his neighbors as of equal value with any man s bond. He was a\\nkind neighbor and master, and a man of unimpeachable integrity.\\nHis death cast a gloom over the whole surrounding country and no\\nman s death was ever more keenly regretted. Wm. Shelby and N. B.\\nHill rode to Owensboro next day after the shooting to lay the case\\nbefore the military, but that branch of the government service refused\\nto take hold of or have anything to do with the matter in any way.\\nAt the earnest solicitation of some local as well as non-resident\\nrelatives, Esquire John E. McCallister settled the estate and suc-\\nceeded in bringing to light some rascalities which, but for his\\nindomitable will and energy, would have remained secrets forever.\\nMORE OF THE WAR.\\nIt was a few miles below Scuffletown, in 1862, where Col. Adam\\nJohnson, with Lieut. Col. Bob Martin, planted his black log upon the\\nhind wheels of a two-horse wagon and frightened the great town of\\nNewburgh with one hundred or more Federal soldiers, and an equal\\nnumber ot home guards, into an unconditional surrender. It was\\nhere where he, with two men and Martin with seventeen to twenty,\\ncrossed the Ohio to Newburg, took possession of the town, paroled all\\nof the Federal troops and brought back to the Kentucky side hundreds\\nof guns and an unknown quantity of munitions of war. At the mouth\\nof Green River, in this precinct, was where four or five of his men\\nfired upon a Federal transport and forced her to retreat.\\nSMITH S MILLS\\nIs the name of a village located at the junction of the Henderson\\nand Morganfield and Henderson and Mt. Vernon roads. It is situ-\\nated upon high, rolling land and is one of the prettiest natural loca-\\ntions to be found anywhere. The section of country comprising this\\nvoting precinct was originally as wild as the early pioneer could wish,\\nand even very many years anterior to its settlement it was inhabited\\nby bear, wild cats, wolves, panthers and endless numbers of deer and\\nturkeys. Bear were known in this part of the county as late as 1835.\\nIn early times this precinct was known as Rowlanson s settlement,\\ntaking its name from that of William Rowlanson, and several brothers,\\n26", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0401.jp2"}, "402": {"fulltext": "402 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nwho were perhaps the first settlers. Among the early settlers were\\nColonel Robert Smith, Captain Lazarus Powell, Stephen Martin and\\nAaron Knight.\\nCHURCHES AND SCHOOLS.\\nIn very early times there were no schools or churches in this dis-\\ntrict, and it was only an occasional time when preaching was heard\\nor the opportunity was offered children for gaining an insight into the\\nprimary branches Itinerent preachers and teachers would occa-\\nsionally pass through and perhaps locate for a month or more and\\nteach a small school. The first church built in the precinct was\\nerected upon a lot of ground located on a most beautiful hill, a half\\nmile beyond the point or village, by Stephen Martin. This was as\\nearly as 1825, and the house of worship erected thereon was built of\\nbrick burned by the surrounding neighbors. The money to complete\\nthe work was subscribed by the neighbors, and, as an evidence of\\ntheir liberality, a brick church soon stood upon the high hill. A man\\nby the name of Drury did the brick work and it was universally ac-\\nknowledged to be the roughest ever seen, even up to the time it was\\ntorn down. This was not the fault of the builder of the house but of\\nthose who builded the brick. The educational and religious interest\\nincreased rapidly during the last three or four decades, and now on\\nthe spot where the rough old brick stood stands a beautiful frame\\nchurch, the property of the Baptist denomination, and within a half\\nmile is another, the property of the Methodist denomination. The\\nfirst of these buildings is forty by sixty feet, the second, fifty-five by\\nthirty-five. The congregations average from seventy-five to one hun-\\ndred and ten members each.\\nVOTING PLACES.\\nAs stated in sketches of other precincts, the people of this pre-\\ncinct in early times first voted at Henderson. In 1833 the county\\nwas divided into three precincts. Walnut Bottom being one of the\\nthree, and at the house of William B. Cannons the election polls were\\nheld. Here the people of Smith s Mills voted until 1849, when a\\nvoting place was established at Colonel Robert Smith s residence,\\nabout half a mile beyond the present post office. From that time to\\nthis, although there never was a separate magisterial district, there\\nhas always been either at Colonel Smith s house, or at the village, a\\nvoting place for the accommodation of the people of that section.\\nHURRICANE.\\nIn the year 1812, just after the great earthquakes, a most terrific\\nhurricane passed across this district, sweeping everything before it.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0402.jp2"}, "403": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 403\\nIt cut a clear swath through the forest varying in width from a half to\\na mile wide. The destruction of timber was terrific, and its tanded\\nand matted condition remained for many years.\\nIn early times; and even up to 1845, Smith s Mills was perhaps\\nmost noted for its horse racing. It was usually the custom for men to\\ngather on Saturday evenings for the purpose of racing and betting,\\nand having placed the judge on the hill, near Colonel Elias Powell s\\npresent residence, would start the horses at the point and run to the\\njudges.\\nThe lands of this precinct are generally rolling, and justly re-\\ngarded as one of the very best portions of the county. The low,\\nlevel lands are very superior. Heavy crops of wheat, corn and to-\\nbacco are grown annually, and some sorghum. Of late years many\\nfarmers have turned their attention to stock raising and grazing and\\nhave found the country eminently adapted to that purpose. On\\nHighland Creek there is a salt lick, where cattle congregate for the\\npurpose of satisfying their briny appetites.\\nThe oldest living inhabitants are G. B. Martin, B. F. Martin,\\nRoyal Utley, Elias Powell, Person Latta, Scarlet Latta, Laz Hancock,\\nJohn Higgins, and Esquire James Lilly.\\nThe farmers of this district, as a general thing, are all thrifty\\nand well to do, and have their lands in a good state of cultivation.\\nSociety has very much improved, and no people are more thought of\\nfor the many excellent traits which go to make up a fine, hospitable,\\nlaw abiding, moral people, than those who live and have their being\\nin this precinct.\\nThe first post office established in Henderson County, outside\\nof the town of Henderson, was located at the residence of Colonel\\nRobert Smith, and was maintained at that place until removed to the\\nvillage, or the point, as it is sometimes called.\\nColonel Smith built and operated the first grist mill ever known\\nin the Smith s Mills section of the county. His was an old-fashioned\\nsweep mill, pulled by horses or oxen, and did the grinding for the\\nwhole county for years.\\nSPOTTSVILLE PRECINCT\\nWas established in 1860 a precinct and voting place. As far back as\\n1833, before the locks were built, the falls were known as Knight s\\nFalls, and there were no buildings on the bank save those owned by\\nmen engaged in quarrying rock. The first town was located down in", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0403.jp2"}, "404": {"fulltext": "404 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\nwhat was known in early times as the lower coal banks or Spott s\\nMill. Major Spotts, in 1829, owned most of the land lying on Green\\nRiver, and had made seven coal entries, running into the bank from\\nthe river. Later, in 1833, Robert Scott, a brother-in-law, sunk a shaft\\nfor Major Spotts, and then the entries were closed. His object was\\nto float coal to New Orleans, but misfortune overtook him and but\\nlittle of his coal reached that market.\\nThe original name of the now town of Spottsville was Shanty,\\nderiving its name from the shantys occupied by the rock men. It\\nwas afterwards known as The Locks. During the year 1850 the\\nplace was called Spottsville, Major Spotts children, Harry, Jim,\\ntheir wives, Mrs. Lydia McBride, and Miss Lydia Scott, giving it that\\nname in honor of its founder. Major Sam Spotts, of the United States\\narmy.\\nThe magnificent locks built in Green River at Spottsville, by the\\nState, were commenced in the fall or winter of 1833. Joseph Bar-\\nbour, employed by the State to build the locks and dam, arrived at\\nSpottsville during the summer of 1834, and commenced getting out\\nrock from the bank between Upper and Lower Spottsville, as now\\nknown, and Sugar Camp branch. He worked between two and three\\nhundred men, and quarried enough rock to build the face work to the\\nlocks and abutments, which he had piled up on the plain between the\\nbluff bank and river. The winter of 1834 was an exceedingly cold\\none, so cold it is said the mice eat up the red peppers, and the rock\\nof that quality that would not stand such exposure. Consequently,\\nmost of it crumbled, or was so materially damaged that it was rejected\\nby the engineer in charge of the work. Barbour, therefore, found\\nhimself broken up and compelled to abandon the contract. In the\\nwinter, in wedging out the rock, the workmen found a roll of thirteen\\nrattlesnakes, and in the center of the roll was a toad^ quietly taking\\nhis rest. Upon the failure of Barbour, the contract was then awarded\\nCaptain William Brown, who completed the locks and dams during\\nthe year 1842. Captain Brown opened a rock quarry at Rock Island,\\nIndiana, and boated his material from that point. Mr. James Burnes,\\nof Hebardsville, was employed during the time this work was being\\ndone, as Captain Brown s head blacksmith. During the year 1840,\\nCaptain Brown s steamboat, Buck Snatcher, used in towing, while\\ncoming down from the upper dam, got caught in an eddy at the foot\\nof the island, caused by a coffer dam built at the head of the chute,\\nand capsized. There were a number of passengers on board, among\\nthe number, Mrs. Settlemier and seven or eight children and Mrs", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0404.jp2"}, "405": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 405\\nCaptain Brown. Only four of the passengers were saved, three boys\\nof Mrs. Settlemier and Mrs. Brown, who floated down the river fully\\na mile clinging to a barrel, until rescued by a fisherman named Peter\\nJohnson. It was said that Mrs. Brown s presence of mind was more\\nthan remarkable.\\nMany lives have been lost at the dam. Joe Settlemier and Wil-\\nliam Raysner, in endeavoring to save a lot of saw logs, went over the\\ndam and were lost two years after the mill was built. Since that time\\nAlvan Williams and Joe Smith lost their lives in a similar way.\\nIn 1844 there was a great barbecue given near Spottsville, dur-\\ning the Clay and Polk campaign, where that great wit, Thomas Towles,\\na disciple of Mr. Clay, made in a speech, his celebrated comparison.\\nSaid he Gentlemen, you might as well compare the noise made\\nby the rack of a porter bottle to the wreck of matter and the crush\\nof worlds, as to compare these two men.\\nIn early times the nearest church or school house was to be found\\neight miles from Spottsville, on Major Posey s land.\\nAmong the early settlers of Spottsville were Robert Scott, Rob-\\nert Scott, Jr., George Lyne, Samuel Hopkins, Daniel Slayton and\\nJesse Knight.\\nTHE FOUNDER.\\nMajor Samuel Spotts was a soldier, and spent but little time on\\nhis possessions. He entered the army in 1812 as Second Lieutenant,\\nFourteenth Artillery, and served up to 1829. Served with General\\nJackson throughout the Seminole and Creek Indian wars and was\\nbrevetted at New Orleans. In 1829 he was appointed by General\\nJackson, Major, and during the year appointed x\\\\ssessor of the Port\\nof New Orleans. While in New Orleans, and during the summer of\\n1833, he died of cholera. During the years 1827 and 1828 he was\\nstationed at Fortress Monroe, and while there obtained a furlough and\\ncame West to look at his lands. He spent several summers on Green\\nRiver with his brother-in-law, Robert Scott. Major Spotts married\\nHarriet, a daughter of Dr. Chetherall, U. S. A., Charleston, South\\nCarolina. She died June 10th, 1834, and was buried in the Hender-\\nson cemetery.\\nSPOTTSVILLE\\nIs a flourishing town of five or six hundred inhabitants, large coal\\nmines, operated by T. Shiver, and doing a large shipping business\\ndown the river. It has fine school and church advantages, good so-\\nciety, and all other claims necessary to make it a desir^lble locality to\\nlive in. It has local option, a flourishing lodge of Good Templars,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0405.jp2"}, "406": {"fulltext": "406 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nand is the home of R. Sidney Eastin, the Worthy Chief of the order\\nin Kentucky.\\nIn 1861, Captain A. C. Bryant organized a company of Home\\nGuards in the neighborhood of Spottsville. During the fall of the\\nsame year, the town was occupied by State troops under Captains\\nHolloway and Starling, for the purpose of protecting the locks, it hav-\\ning been reported that Captain Daniel White, of Hopkins County*\\nhad been directed by General Buckner, of the Confederate army, to\\ndestroy them. Captain Holloway was relieved by the Thirty-second\\nIndiana, United States troops.\\nTILLOTSON S PRECINCT.\\nThis precinct, since the death of Mr. James Tillotson, was\\nknown for many years as Cross Plains, and of later years as Niagara.\\nThe voting place is now known as Niagara. As was the case with all\\nother parts of the county in very early times, this particular part was\\nlargely invested by wolves, panthers, wild cats and such like, deer\\nand turkey in abundance.\\nEducational and church advantages were no better here than\\nhas been shown to exist in other precincts. It is enough to know\\nthat few hardy pioneers suffered as great privations as those else-\\nwhere in the countv.\\nThe people of this precinct first voted, as has been stated in the\\nsketch of Robards, thereafter they voted for years at Tillotson s,\\nthen at Leigs and then at Cross Plains. The present voting place is\\nknown as Niagara, but it is the same as Cross Plains. As a general\\nthing this precinct, especially that portion between Anthoston and\\nGreen River, is mostly rolling land, yet of the best quality, producing\\nthe finest corn and tobacco. A great part of it is heavily timbered, dog-\\nwood, poplar, hickory and oak constituting the main growth. The\\nfarms are generally well improved and the farmers thrifty, energetic\\nand well-to-do. It can be safelv a3serted that no better farminc: or\\ngrazing lands can be found than are to be had in this precinct, the\\nGreen River portion producing the finest tobacco.\\nTHE FIRST CHURCH\\nKnown in this section of the country was a small log affair called\\nShiloh. It was located near George Eakin s farm, was a Union\\nchurch, and primitive schools were taught in it. Subsequent to that a\\nUnion church was built where Pleasant Valley Church now stands.\\nIn this church as well as Shiloh, schools were taught. Old Shiloh was", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0406.jp2"}, "407": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 407\\na noted church, and great sermons for those early times, were preached\\nin that little log hut dedicated to religion. The present church build-\\ning at Pleasant Valley is a twg-story one, the lower story used for\\nchurch worship, while upstairs the Masons hold their regular meet-\\nings. Pleasant Valley Lodge is composed of many of the best\\nmen of the precinct, and very many of its members are active\\nworkers in the order. This church is also a Union church. There\\nis at the present time but one village in the precinct and that is the\\nvoting place known as Niagara.\\nAt one time Ranger s Landing was a place of considerable im-\\nportance, but it has lost its identity. Ranger s Landing is located\\nupon Green River and was named in honor of Morris Ranger, of\\nNew York, the great cotton and tobacco king, who during the war\\ncaused to be built at this point a large, substantial and commodious fac-\\ntory for handling tobacco. For several years he carried on an im-\\nmense business and really was a king in that territory. The factory\\nis yet standing but in dreadful repair. Niagara is well located and is\\na thrifty little village.\\nJ. W. Porter is the owner and operator of a large two-story tobacco\\nstemmery, a house with a capacity of handling from three to four\\nhundred hogsheads annually. He is a large, yet prudent and success-\\nful buyer.\\nClose to Niagara is the noted Martha Brown s Springs, a\\nchalybeate water of fine quality. This old spring, in the times of\\nWhigs, Know Nothings and Democrats was a noted gathering place\\nfor those political clans. The greatest men of the country have\\nspoken from its hillside, and thousands of men have shouted them-\\nselves hoarse. The eloquence of Govs, Dixon, Powell, Kinney,\\nVance, Crockett, Hughes, Dallam and others have made the welkin\\nring. Those were good old t?lnes, the days of James Tillotson\\nand others like him nothing of the kind has been witnessed since the\\nwar.\\nA postoffice was established at Niagara in 1882, prior to that\\ntime it was through the kindness of Mr. J. W. Porter that the people\\nreceived their letters and papers. Mr. Porter has been postmaster\\nfor a number of years.\\nThere is a district school taught at Niagara attended by a very\\nrcbpectable number of pupils. Of late years a very handsome Union\\nchurch has been erected. The business of Niagara, in addition to\\nPorter s tobacco interest, consists of a grocery and general merchan*", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0407.jp2"}, "408": {"fulltext": "408 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\ndise store owned by J. W. Porter, a drug, grocery and dry goods store,\\nowned by Dr. J. M. Willingham, a blacksmith and wood working\\nshop, by the Biggs Brothers, and a boot and shoe shop by Frank\\nBush.\\nLocal option was voted several years since and a drink of liquor\\ncan t be had.\\nAmong the oldest inhabitants now living are Sam l E. King,\\nJohn Dorris, E. C. Craig, C. C. Eades, John R. Knight, Robert Til-\\nIdtson, Radford Dunn, Bradley Towler and George Triplett.\\ni", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0408.jp2"}, "409": {"fulltext": "EDUCATIONAL.\\nTHE SCHOOLS OF HENDERSON COUNTY FROM THE\\nBEGINNING TO THE PRESENT.\\nTT is a traditionary fact that among the earliest settlers of Hen-\\nderson County there were many men of ordinary education and\\nconsiderable property, while there were many others lacking in the\\nprimary branches and very poor. As in most counties the majority\\nexcelled in intelligence the average population from which they had\\nimmigrated.\\nWhen, perhaps, as many as a dozen families had located upon a sec-\\ntion of land from ten to fifteen miles square, there was an effort made\\nto establish a school. As a unanimous thing a rude unhewn log\\ncabin, at one end of which a chimney built of sticks and m?Id was\\nerected. These buildings were covered with boards held to their\\nplaces by poles as no nails were to be had. The cabins were never\\nknown to have windows, and only a small opening called a door. The\\nbenches or seats used, were made of logs split through the middle,\\nand holes bored in the round side in which were driven common split\\nsticks, which did the service of legs. In these rude cabins, the pri-\\nmitive teacher at a compensation of from fifty cents to one dollar per\\nmonth for each scholar, taught reading, writing, spelling, and a little\\narithmetic. Many of those employed were men of superior intelli-\\ngence and thorough teachers. Books were few, therefore, those to be\\nhad were thoroughly taught and as thoroughly studied. The readers\\nused m early times, especially the Old English and the National\\nwere filled with the finest selections to be found in the English\\nlanguage. Many men with no advantages beyond those found in the\\npioneer schools, became noted professional and business men. As noth-\\ning beyond what has been mentioned was taught in these early schools,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0409.jp2"}, "410": {"fulltext": "410 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nthe teachers would go from one neighborhood to another and teach\\ngrammar for a term of five or six weeks. Writing and geography\\nwas also taught by these primitive teachers. Thus the children were\\noffered an opportunity for acquiring a moderate education and very\\nmany of them embraced this opportunity, yet the majority of settlers\\nenjoyed but poor facilities for obtaining this blessing. The thinly\\nsettled condition of the county and the extreme distance necessary to\\nbe traveled, in many instances offered an insurmountable obstacle.\\nThe woods were wild, no roads, and the dangers attending the daily\\nwalk, necessarily kept most persons from sending their little ones so\\nfar from home, consequently they grew up in ignorance. Nor was\\nthis all, money was very scarce and a large number of the inhabitants\\nat that time found it impossible to raise the small sum charged by the\\nteacher. As the county grew in population and wealth, there was a\\ngradual improvement, but to this day, in many parts of the county\\nthe people are nearly as far behind in educational matters as they\\nwere in primitive days. Some of the county school buildings at this\\nday are yet the poorest cabins and not worth perhaps as much as fifty\\ndollars. Of late years however there has been great improvement in\\nthe buildings.\\nOur system of common schools dates back to 1822. It was not\\nhowever, until the act of Congress, approved June 23d, 1836, that any\\npractical results were attained. During this year Congress appor-\\ntioned about fifteen millions of dollars of surplus money in the\\ntreasury to the several older States in the form of a loan, of which\\nKentucky s share was $1,433,757. Though no provision of the law\\nimposed on the State the obligation to devote this fund exclusively to\\npurposes of education, yet it was asked on this plea and granted with\\nthis expectancy. Yet by act of February 23d, 1837, $l,nOO,000 only\\nof the fund was set apart as the financial basis of our educational\\nsystem, and by an act of February 16th, 1868, this amount was\\nactually reduced to $850,000. This, then, is the origin and principal\\nresource of our permanently invested school fund, from the interest\\nof which, for many years, we derived our only public school revenues\\nand from which a portion of our annual school revenues are now\\nderived.\\nIn 1838 the first school law was enacted for the establishment of\\ncommon schools in Kentucky. An act was passed in 1847-8 providing\\nfor the submission of a proposition to a vote of the people to levy a\\ntax of two cents on the one hundred dollars to increase the revenue\\nfor common school purposes. The people ratified this proposition by", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0410.jp2"}, "411": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 411\\na large majority. Beginning with the fall of 1849, the convention for\\nforming a new constitution was held. It was then by the eleventh\\narticle, the school funds, for which the State had executed her bonds\\nto the State Board of -Education, were forever dedicated to common\\nschool purposes. In 1855 the people, by a large majority, ratified the\\nproposition to increase the ad vaIore?n tax from two cents to five cents\\non the one hundred dollars. But little organic change was made in\\nthe school svstem until after the close of the civil war. At the August\\nelection, 1869, a proposition to increase the tax to fifteen cents was\\nsubmitted and ratified by a large majority. Under this law, the\\naggregate amount of schooling was more than doubled and the quality\\nof education greatly improved. Better teachers were employed and\\nsalaries of teachers prior to that time, fixed at from twelve to thirty\\ndollars per month for three months, were raised to thirty and forty-\\nfive dollars per month for five months.\\nThe Legislature in 1822 passed an act establishing school\\ndistricts in the several counties of the State, and agreeably to that act,\\nthe County Court of Henderson County did, in the same year, pro-\\nceed to lay off Henderson County into twelve districts. In 1839, on\\napplication of Col. Robert Smith, James S. Priest and Willie Sugg,\\nCommon School Commissioners for Henderson County, it was\\nordered by the County Court that the surveyor of the county lav off\\nand divide the county into convenient school districts. In 1842,\\nMarch 1st, the Legislature gave to the School Commissioners, or a\\nmajority of them, the power to district their county or to allow or\\nmodify the same as circumstances might require, without making\\napplication to the County Court, also authorizing the commissioners,\\nor any one of them, co hold elections in any of the districts without\\nany order from the County Court. Also power to appoint three\\nexaminers, who should be professional teachers, at or near the town\\nof Henderson, whose duty it was to examine and give certificates to\\nteachers. This act further stipulated that in case any district failed\\nor neglected to levy a tax for the support of a common school, the\\ncitizens legally entitled to vote therein or a majority of them, might\\nproceed to raise by subscription or otherwise, any sum of money for\\nthe support of a school, not less than enough to support a school for\\nthree months in each year, and upon this fact being certified to the\\nSchool Commissioner by the Trustees of such district, they should then\\nbe entitled to their just proportion of the money allowed for the\\nsupport of common schools. Under this law the schools of the county\\nwere conducted. The funds necessary to the successful carrying on", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0411.jp2"}, "412": {"fulltext": "412 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nof the District Schools was small and as a necessary consequence the\\nschools were poor indeed.\\nAs before stated, in 1848 a proposition was submitted to the\\nqualified voters as to the expediency of creating a tax of two cents on\\nthe one hundred dollars for common school purposes. It was supposed\\nthat there would be no objection to such an insignificant tax, yet\\nHenderson County gave a majority vote of twenty-one against the\\nproposition. It carried, however, in the State and proved in the\\nend a blessing compared to what had been. Yet this sum was found\\nin a short time afterwards to be too small for the purpose at hand,\\nand in 1855 another proposition to increase the tax to five cents on\\nthe one hundred dollars was submitted to the qualified voters, and\\nstrange to say, was carried by a large majority, the county vote being\\nfor 1,011 against 398, a majority of 613. This tax, though small, yet\\nhad a most favorable effect for good. The county was again redis-\\ntricted. Prior to the war there were many excellent schools in the town\\nand county and there were but few unable to give their children an\\nopportunity for getting a plain English education, but subsequent to\\nthe war this condition ot things changed very materially. The number\\nof poor people was greatly increased, very many of them unable to\\npay tuition at all. This increase of poor people was due in a great\\nmeasure to immigration into the county of persons from other States.\\nHad there been no public schools, the condition of the children\\nwould have been deplorable indeed. In 1869 an act to increase the\\nschool tax to twenty cents on the one hundred dollars was submitted\\nto the qualified voters, and stranger than in the second instance, the\\nproposition was badly defeated in this county. The city and Spotts-\\nville, praised be their names, did nobly by voting handsome majorities\\nfor the tax however, the tax carried by a large majority in the\\nState, and the act of the Legislature became a law. Since that\\ntime the public or common school system in this county has becr;me\\nrespectable and has been the source of immense good to the youth of\\nthe county.\\nFrom 1850 to 18 2, Rev. John McCullough held the ofiice of\\nCommon School Commissioner, and worked indefatigably in the in-\\nterest of educating the young. He was extremely popular with the\\nchildren, and was, perhaps, the best known man in the county. Dr.\\nH, H. Farmer, a man of superior qualifications, succeeded Mr. Mc-\\nCullough, and served in that capacity from 1872 to 1880. Mr. Ezra\\nC. Ward was appointed to succeed Dr. Farmer. He served four\\nyears and was succeeded by A. L. Smith. In 1866 William Hatchitt\\nwas elected and is yet Commissioner.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0412.jp2"}, "413": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 413\\nCommissioners prior to 1850 were Thomas Towles, A. H. Bailey,\\nColonel Robert Smith, Willie Sugg and James S. Priest.\\nTHE OLB. SEMINARY.\\nThis was the first school of any note in Henderson County. On\\nthe 10th of February, 1798, an act of the Legislature was approved,\\ndonating and setting a part of the public lands of the Commonwealth\\nof Kentucky, 6,000 acres each, for the benefit of certain academies\\nand seminaries of learning. A similar act was approved February\\n11th, 1809, eleven years afterwards, embracing like provisions and\\nextending therein to Henderson and other counties. The following\\nis a copy of section one of the act of 1809\\n*Be it enacted hy the General Assembly, That the Justices of the County\\nCourts of Henderson, Caldwell and Hopkins Counties are hereby authorized\\nto procure to be located, surveyed and patented, 6,ooo acres of any vacant\\nand unappropriated land in the Commonwealth for the use of Seminaries of\\nlearning within their respective counties, except the lands to which the Indian\\ntitle is extinguished by the treaty of Tellico, and the lands lying west of the\\ndividing ridge between the waters of Cumberland and Tennessee.\\nUnder the terms of this act no person was to be permitted to\\nsettle upon any of this reservation after the expiration of one month s\\ntime from the passage of this act.\\nFrom absolute negligence, or else some other palliating reason,\\nthe Justices of Henderson County failed to locate, have surveyed\\nand patented, the six thousand acres of land offered them by the\\nState. Subsequent to this act, to-wit on the thirty-first day of De-\\ncember, 1813, another act was passed establishing an Academy in the\\ntown of Henderson, to be known as the Henderson Academy.\\nSection two of this act constituted Adam Rankin, Joseph Fuquay,\\nDaniel McBride, William R. Brown, James Hillyer, Richard Hender-\\nson and Wyatt H. Ingram a body politic and corporate to be known\\nby the name of the Trustees of the Henderson Academy. They\\nwere given perpetual succession and all the powers and privileges\\nenjoyed by the Trustees of any Academy or Seminary of learning in\\nthe State. They were authorized in their corporate capacity to pur-\\nchase or receive by donation any lands, tenements, hereditaments,\\nmoneys, goods, rents and chattels, and to hold the same by the name\\naforesaid, to them and their successors forever, for the use and benefit\\nof the said Academy, and to sell the same if deemed proper and ap-\\nply the proceeds to the use and benefit thereof.\\nOn the sixth day of June, 1814, in accordance with the act. Dr.\\nAdam Rankin, first named trustee, called a meeting of the Trustees,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0413.jp2"}, "414": {"fulltext": "414 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nand the following were present Adam Rankin, Joseph Fuquay,\\nDaniel McBride, James Hillyer, Wyatt Ingram and Richard Hender-\\nson. These trustees met at the house of Joseph Fuquay and seve-\\nrally took the oath of office as prescribed by the act. Dr. Adam Ran-\\nkin was unanimously elected President of the Board and Richard\\nHenderson, Clerk.\\nOn the fourteenth day of June, 1814, it was ordered by the Board\\nthat Rev. Daniel Comfort be appointed a tutor to take charge of the\\npupils of the Academy for the space of six months, under the direc-\\ntion of the Board, and that he be paid for that time the sum of two\\nhundred and fifty dollars. The price of tuition was fixed as follows\\nFor the learned languages and sciences, $20.00 per annum reading,\\nwriting, arithmetic and English grammar, $15.00; reading, writing\\nand spelling, $10.00, and an additional charge of two dollars was\\nmade against each student to defray the expense of house rent and\\nfuel.\\nThe Board then rented of Mrs. Catharine Brent the old log house\\nknown for years as Blackberry Hall, and the lot upon which it stood,\\nand the garden lot, all for the sum of sixty dollars for one year. Old\\nBlackberry Hall, it will be remembered, stood on the corner of\\nEhii and Third cross streets, now handsomely improved. It was\\ncalled Blackberry from the great number of berries growing around it.\\nOn the third day of August, 1814, Richard Henderson died and\\nhis place was filled by the election of Walter Alves. Dr. Adam Ran-\\nkin and William R. Bowen contracted with the Board to furnish wood\\nto the Academy during the winter at one dollar per cord.\\nJanuary 31st, 1815, an act of the Legislature was passed in\\ncreasing the number of trustees to seven, and at a meeting of the\\nBoard pursuant to the act the following were elected John Hollo-\\nway, General Samuel Hopkins, Obadiah Smith, Samuel Woodson,\\nSamuel Casey and James M. Hamilton. Rev. James McGready, the\\ngreat revivalist of 1800, was unanimously elected a member of the\\nBoard.\\nLands had been located under the act in Hopkins County and a\\nschool house had been built on the Seminary ground in the town of\\nHenderson. All things were now working as the trustees wanted.\\nAt a meeting of the Board, May 17th, 1815, the finance committee\\nwere instructed to report the best mode of increasing, and the pro-\\npriety of selling, the Seminary lands. A committee was then ap-\\npointed to have seats and desks built for the accommodation of the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0414.jp2"}, "415": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 415\\npupils. The school had so grown that it was found necessary to em-\\nploy an usher or under teacher, and for this purpose Rev. Daniel\\nComfort was allowed $250, including board and tuition, for the pur-\\npose of employing an usher or under teacher. The rules for the\\ngovernment of the school were very strict. Rule No. 7 was as fol-\\nlows\\nReverence and obedience to teachers are the first duties of all students.\\nA strict observance of decency and politeness in their deportment toward\\neach other, as well as toward all other persons. Every species ot gaining,\\ndrunkenness, frequenting disorderly or immoral houses, keeping bad company,\\nbeing found in unlawful assemblages, profane swearing, or bad or immoral\\nconduct of any and every kind, is strictly and absolutely forbidden.\\nThere were a great number of pupils, and it seems that the ma-\\njority of them were credit pupils. Certain it was the Board, in the\\nlatter part of 1815, found itself in debt, and not only in debt, but in-\\nvolved in a serious unpleasantness with the principal, Rev. Daniel\\nComfort.\\nThe tuition accounts were placed in the hands of the Sheriff for\\ncollection, and for the time being the Trustees had to individually pay\\noff the then outstanding debts. On the 29th day of March, 1816,\\nthe Board discharged Mr. Comfort and directed the President, Dr.\\nRankin, to employ counsel and immediately institute suit against him\\nfor a breach of the contract entered into on July 10th, 1815. James\\nM. Hamilton, Clerk of the Board, made the following laconic note at\\nthe close of this meeting The end of Daniel Comfort s reign in\\nHenderson Academy.\\nFrom the very beginning it appears that the Board and Rev.\\nDaniel Comfort failed to get along as smoothly as the necessity of\\nthe case demanded, and, as a necessary consequence, the influence\\nof the school was impaired. Trustees became dissatisfied and re-\\nsigned one after another, and eventually, as we shall see, the school,\\nas an institute of learning, ceased to exist. There can be no doubt\\nentertained of the great good brought to society, and the community\\nat large, in the work of the trustees, and really, through their untir-\\ning labors and liberality, a good school was established and taught\\nfor many years. There was an outside trouble existing between the\\nBoard and Mr. Comfort, of which the records hint, but furnish no\\nexplanatory satisfaction.\\nOn the third day of September, 1817, Elisha N. Plumb, of Phil-\\nadelphia, was employed at a salary of $600 to take charge of the\\nthe Academy.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0415.jp2"}, "416": {"fulltext": "416 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nThe Trustees were getting deeper and deeper in debt every day,\\nand how to remedy matters was a question difficult of solution. Elisha\\nN. Plumb had arrived from Philadelphia and his traveling expenses\\namounted to $59.93. This amount had to be raised by the Trustees,\\nand so it was all along the line. It wa\u00c2\u00bb proposed to sell the Academy\\ngrounds. Then, again, the Legislature was asked to pass a law au-\\nthorizing the Trustees to raise a sum not exceeding $3,000 by lottery.\\nThis the Legislature did, but the lottery never materialized. Francis\\nE. Walker, Robert Speed, James Wilson and Robert B. Streshly were\\nappointed to superintend the lottery, but from some unknown cause\\nthe scheme was abandoned. Robert Terry preferred charges against\\nMr. Plumb for expelling a scholar without authority, and again for\\nimmoderate correction. The Board adjudged Mr. Plumb guilty, and\\ndirected that only switches should be used in correcting scholars.\\nOn the first day of March Mr. Plumb vacated and on May 14th\\nRev. D. C. Banks took charge as principal of the Academy,\\nand the number of pupils limited to forty. Payments had become\\nmore prompt and the number of pupils increased. It was now de-\\ntermined to employ an assistant to Mr. Banks, and on the twentieth\\nday of April, 1822, a contract was entered into with Mr. Banks, as\\nprincipal, and Miss C. Selliman, as assistant, at and for the sum of\\n$1,200, with the understanding that Miss Selliman would take charge\\nof the female pupils in a separate room, under the general superin-\\ntendence of the Trustees and the principal. It was then ordered that\\nthe price per session for female pupils be fixed at eight dollars and\\nthe number limited to twenty.\\nRev. Banks taught up to January 1st, 1823, when Rev. Henry\\nGratton was employed as principal. Mr. Gratton s health failed him,\\nand on the sixth day of February, 1820, he resigned. Thereupon a\\ncontract was effected with Captain Francis E. Walker, with a curious\\nproviso. It was resolved by the Board that in place of the usual va-\\ncations allowed by the rules that Captain Walker (who was a lawyer)\\nbe permitted to take the time required by the sessions of the several\\ncourts beyond the usual vacations. It was then ordered that sixteen\\nweeks tuition should be considered as completing a session of the\\nschool. Prior to February 27th, 1824, the Seminary building had\\nbeen used by any religious denomination desiring to hold services.\\nUpon one occasion, it is said that the door of the building was unin-\\ntentionally locked again st a certain congregation which had assembled\\nfor worship. Captain Daniel McBride, a Christian man and at one\\ntime a trustee, seeing this, applied the heel of his unqualified brogan,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0416.jp2"}, "417": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 417\\nand without the use q^ magical words, bolts, hasps and fastenings\\nflew in every direction. The parson at the head of his flock immedi-\\nately entered, and in a few moments was feeding his lambs upon such\\nspiritual food as he was able to^ command from his limited acquaint-\\nance with the holy book. Without pretending to know positively, it\\nmay be inferred, however, that from this proceeding emanated the\\nfollowing\\nResolved y That after the first of April next, religious societies of any\\nkind be prohibited from holding their meetings in the Academy without the\\nconsent of the Board of Trustees.\\nThat Captain Smith, Captain F. E. Walker, James Alves and Robert\\nSpeed be appointed a committee to have the door of the Seminary thoroughly\\nrepaired, a good lock put on it, and such other repairs made as to them may\\nseem necessary and practicable.\\nCaptain Walker gave up the school at the end of his first year\\nand from that time there was never another teacher employed by the\\nTrustees. August 21st, 1824, Rev. Azra Lee was granted the use of\\nthe Academy for a short time. February 19th, 1825, the Board\\nturned over to James Hillyerthe globes and tables in part payment of\\na debt due him. A committee was then appointed to settle all out-\\nstanding claims against the Board.\\nOn the twenty-fifth of February, 1826, the Academy was let free\\nfor one year to George Gayle, provided he would organize a school.\\nMr. Gayle taught for three years, when the building was let to a Mr.\\nEndicott On the twenty-second day of October, 1838, Edmund L.\\nStarling, William Rankin, Daniel H. Deacon, Wyatt H. Ingram, John\\nG. Holloway and Thos. Towles, Jr., were appointed Trustees. A\\nnumber of land warrants, calling for hundreds of acres of land had\\nbeen located in Hopkins County and no attention whatever had been\\ngiven this liberal donation from the State. The new Trustees above\\nnamed, took the matter in hand and appointed Thomas Towles, Jr.,\\na committee to make provisional arrangement with Ambrose G. Gor-\\ndon to preserve the lands belonging to the Seminary and lying in\\nHopkins County.\\nOn the twenty-fifth day of February, 1839, Robert Speed was ap-\\npointed to superintend the Seminary lands, with authority to sell at the\\nbest price, taking care to sell in such quantities and such shape as\\nwould leave no refuse lands, and at the same time bring the best\\nprice. On the twentieth day of November, 1839, Ambrose G. Gor-\\ndon was appointed in place of Speed with the same instructions.\\n27", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0417.jp2"}, "418": {"fulltext": "418 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nJuly 18th, 1840, John McCullagh was permitted to take possession\\nof the Seminary building as the tenant of the Board. He occupied\\nit for three years. July 12th, 1843, the Board took possession of the\\nbuilding and directed a committee to examine the same and report\\nany necessary repairs, and to devise a plan for the reorganization of\\nthe Academy. Edmund H. Hopkins, from the committee reported a\\nplan which was tabled by a large majority and that was the last of\\nthe Academy.\\nFrom June, 1814, to July, 1843, the Trustees, without the hope\\nof pecuniary fee, managed this property, keeping a good school and fre-\\nquently paying out of their own pockets amounts necessary to keep it\\nfrom surrendering to the inevitable fate of all institutions without money.\\nA large majority of our oldest citizens were educated at the old\\nSeminary, and very many yet considered young men learned the\\nprimary branches in that school.\\nA debt of gratitude is due to those old men, who toiled and self-\\nsacrificed for the good of the youths of the town and surrounding\\ncountry, which can never be paid, for they ha^^e gone never to return.\\nNo school was taught after the reign of Mr. McCullagh, at least so\\nfar as the Trustees were concerned. The record of the school was a\\nhigh one, and perhaps no institution was ever better managed or\\nmore closely guarded in all of its important points.\\nOn the eleventh day of June, 1853, the Trustees leased the Sem-\\ninary lot to D. R. Burbank for $15 per annum. June 10th, 1854, the\\npower of attorney given Ambrose Gordon, of Hopkins County, was\\nrevoked and Henry J. Eastin appointed agent of the Board, with\\npower to investigate the landed interest, but more especially the coal\\ninterest in Hopkins County, and to settle with Mr. Gordon for lands\\nsold by him. From this time on to 1868 the Board of Trustees were\\nas vigilant as possible, yet with all their watchfulness land sharks\\nand timber thieves continued to annoy them. A large number of\\nacres had been sold, and in many instances to worthless parties. Suits\\nhad to be instituted and the lands reclaimed. The expense of this\\nlitigation and the expense of an agent and surveyor continually\\nwatching squatters and unscrupulous settlers, was necessarily heavy,\\nand not until after the war were the lands considered valuable.\\nOn the tenth of April, 1868, William Rankin, former Treasurer\\nof the Board, tendered his report of moneys and notes on hand. The\\nfollowing is a copy", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0418.jp2"}, "419": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 419\\nCash on hand 259^33\\nNote on John O. Cheaney, principal j37 20\\nNote on Lsham Cottingham, Commissioner Henderson County,\\nPrincipal 74500\\nNote on F. E. Walker, principal 2 380 00\\nNote on Barnard Jenkins, principal 1 200 00\\n$4,721 53\\nMr. Rankin was succeeded in 1868 by Hon. Henry F. Turner,\\nand on the twenty-first day of January, 1871, he, as Treasurer, tend-\\nered the following report\\nBalance in money in his hands $2 932 78\\nJ. O Cheany, one note dated May 11th, 1864 500 00\\nSame, one note dated March 13th, 1865 637 20\\nN. H. Barnard Co., one note dated December 14th, 1866 1,200 00\\n$5,269 98\\nOn the fifteenth day of March, 1869, the Henderson High School\\nwas incorporated, and on the same day an act to organize and estab-\\nlish a system of public schools in Henderson was passed. Section\\nfifteen of the act, so far as the same refers to the Henderson Aca-\\ndemy is here given\\nThe Mayor and Common Council of the City of Henderson shall pro-\\nvide the funds for building the school houses and paying all expenses of said\\npublic schools, and for that purpose an act entitled an act to establish an\\nAcademy in the town of Henderson, in Henderson County, and the several\\nacts amendatory thereof be and they are hereby repealed, and that all the\\nproperty, money, rights and credits of the said Henderson Academy be and\\nthey are hereby vested in the Board of Trustees created by this act, and the\\nsaid Board of Trustees are authorized to sell and convey all the real estate and\\ninterest therein thus transferred to them and apply the proceeds thereof, and\\nalso any money or credits now held by said academy or belonging to it. and\\nany money otherwise provided by this act to the erection of school houses in\\nthe City of Henderson.\\nIn obedience to this act, on the twenty-first day of January, 1871\\nthe Treasurer was directed to pay over to the Trustees of the Henderson\\nHigh School all of the money and notes held by him as Treasurer of\\nthe Academy.\\nThe Trustees of the Henderson Public Schools, proceeding under\\nthis act, were prompt in demanding of the Trustees of the Henderson\\nSeminary the funds and lands held by them. The demand was as\\npromptly rejected. Suit was then instituted for the property, and in\\nthe due course of time, after much litigation, the same was compro-\\nmised to the satisfaction of all parties concerned. Since that time", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0419.jp2"}, "420": {"fulltext": "420 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\nthe property has been controlled by the Board of Trustees of the\\nHenderson High School, composed of the Trustees of the Henderson\\nPublic Schools and three members appointed by the County Court.\\nOf late years all of the Hopkins lands have been sold, and\\nrecently the lot on the corner of Fourth and Elm Streets in the city,\\nwas disposed of at a good round sum. The fund now in the hands of\\nR. E. Cook, Treasurer of the High School Board, amounts to twenty-\\ntwo thousand and five hundred dollars. Nineteen thousand invested\\nin bonds and three thousand five hundred held in notes of the Ohio\\nValley Railway Company. Thus it will be seen that after a period of\\nnearly seventy-five years of vexation of spirit, the original trustees\\nand their successors in office have succeeded in saving a handsome\\nschool fund, which land pirates and other genteel robbers spent years\\nin trying to get their iron grasp upon. As it is, many hundred acres\\nof land were lost, but to the fidelity of the old trustees all honor is due\\nfor securing what is left.\\nOFFICERS OF THE OLD SEMINARY AND PRESENT HIGH\\nSCHOOL FROM 1814 TO 1883.\\nPRESIDENTS.\\nAdam Rankin, 1814 to 1817 James Hillyer, 1817 to 1831 Thos.\\nTowles, 1831 to 1853; William Rankin, 1853 to 1868; John G.\\nHolloway, 1868 to 1871 John S. McCormick, 1871.\\nSECRETARIES OF THE BOARD.\\nRichard Henderson, 1814 to 1815 James Hillyer, 1815 to 1817\\nEdmund H. Hopkins, 1829 to 1839, 1853 to 1857 Thomas Towles,\\nJr., 1839 to 1853 James B. Lyne, 1857 to 1866 L. W. Trafton, 1866\\nto 1871.\\nTREASURERS.\\nDaniel McBride, 1814 W. R. Bowen, 1815 Jas. Wilson, 1817\\nto 1819; Jas. Hillyer, 1820 to 1825; Robert Speed, 1825 to 1829;\\nGeorge Gayle, 1829 to 1839; F. E. Walker, 1839 to 1843 William\\nRankin, 1843 to 1855; Owen Glass, 1855 William Rankin, 1855 to\\n1869; Adam Rankin, 1869 to 1870; H. F. Turner, 1870 to 1871.\\nTRUSTEES.\\nAdam Rankin, 1814, 15, 16, 17; Joseph Fuquay, 1814, 15\\nDaniel McBride, 1814, 15; William R. Bowen, 1814, 15; James\\nHillyer, 1814 to 1831, inclusive; Richard Henderson 1814; Wyatt\\nH. Ingram, 1814 to 1845, inclusive; Walter Alves, 1814 to 1820,\\ninclusive; John Holloway, 1815 to 1824, inclusive; Gen. Sam l", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0420.jp2"}, "421": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 421\\nHopkins, 1815, 16, 17; Obediah Smith, 1815 to 1826, inclusive\\nSam l Woodson, 1815, 16, 17 Samuel Casey, 1815, 16, 17; James\\nM. Hamilton, 1815, 16, 17, 4.8, 19, 20 Rev. James McGready,\\n1815 Edmund Hopkins, 1815, 16 Thomas Towles, 1815 to 1843,\\ninclusive; Captain John Posey, 1815, 16; Fayette Posey, 1815, 16;\\nCaptain Philip Barbour, 1815, 16, 17, 18; James Wilson, 1817, 18,\\n19, 20, 21 James Bell, 1817 to 1829, inclusive Robert Terry, 1817\\n1829, inclusive; Francis E. Walker, 1817 to 1840, inclusive; Robert\\nB. Streshly, 1817 to 1833, inclusive; Robert B. Speed, 1817 to 1829,\\ninclusive; J^ficholas Horseley, 1817 to 1829, inclusive; James Alves,\\n1820 to 1853, inclusive Levi Jones, 1820 to 1831, inclusive Joseph\\nCowen, 1820 to 1838, inclusive George Lyne, 1821 to 1826, inclusive\\nGeorge Gayle, 1829 to 1843, inclusive Owen Glass, 1829 to 1858,\\ninclusive; Nathaniel F. Ruggles, 1829 to 1839, inclusive; Edmund\\nH. Hopkins, 1829 to 1857, inclusive; William Rankin, 1838 to 1868,\\ninclusive; Edmund L. Starling, 1838 to 1868, inclusive Rev. Daniel\\nH. Deacon. 1838 to 1869, inclusive; George Atkinson, 1838 to 1868\\nJohn G. Holloway, 1838 to 1868, Thos. Towles, Jr., 1838 to 1843;\\nJames B. Lyne, 1857 to 1866; L. W. Trafton, 1866 to 1871; E. L.\\nStarling, Jr., 1868, 69; H. F. Turne/, 1868, 69, 70, 71; Adam\\nRankin. 1868, 69, 70; Larkin White, 1868, 69, 70, 71; Jno. S.\\nMcCormick, 1868, 69, 70, 71 P. H. Lockett, 1868, 69, 70, 71\\nBen. Talbott, 1868. 69, 70, 71 N. B. Hill, 1870, 71.\\nHENDERSON HIGH SCHOOL.\\nThus it will be seen that out of the old Henderson Academy\\ncame the present high school, and that the property originally held by\\nthe Trustees of the old academy is now held by the high school\\nboard. On the fifteenth day of March, 1869, the high school was\\nchartered and on the first day of May, 1873, the following named met\\nand organized as the Board of Trustees E. L. Starling, Jr., President\\nS. B. Vance, G. M. Priest, Dr. P. Thompson, John Reichert, C.\\nBailey, John B. Hart and Jacob F. Mayer, Trustees on behalf of the\\ncity Larkin White, Henry F. Turner and George W. McClure on the\\npart of the county. The county is equally interested with the city in\\nthis school.\\nThis magnificent institution has proven a great blessing to the\\nyouth of the city and county. Its educational advantages are of the\\nhighest order and terms very reasonable. In fact, so much so no\\nyoung man or woman need go without a first-class education. There\\nare two competent teachers employed, a principal and assistant, under\\n|.he supervision and control of the Superintendent of the public school.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0421.jp2"}, "422": {"fulltext": "422 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nTHE PUBLIC SCHOOL.\\nOn the first day of June, 1869, an act was passed, incorporating\\nthe Henderson Public School, and authorizing by a majority vote of\\nthe citizens, the issue of fifty thousand dollars of city bonds for the\\npurpose of erecting a suitable building for school purposes. As soon\\nthereafter as possible, an election was ordered and the act submitted\\nto the people for their ratification or rejection.\\nThe desire on the part of the people for greater and more liberal\\neducation of the youth had become widespread and almost unanimous,\\nconsequently the act was ratified by a large majority vote. The\\nCouncil thereupon met and directed the issuing of the city bonds to\\nthe amount of $50,000, and the following Board of Trustees were\\nelected A. H. Talbott, Jacob Held, L. H. Lyne, J. F. Mayer, James\\nF. Clay, Dr. P. Thompson, John B. Hart and P. B. Matthews E. L.\\nStarling, President ex officio. On the fifteenth day of June, 1869, the\\nbonds were issued and were soon after sold at par. On the ninth day\\nof July, 1869, the Board purchased of John W. Alves 158x300 feet\\nof ground on the corner of Elm and Green Streets, paying him\\ntherefor the sum of six thousand six hundred dollars cash. A, H.\\nTalbott, a member of the Board, was sent to Louisville to investigate\\nand secure a plan and specifications for a suitable school building.\\nHe contracted with A. H. Clark, an architect of prominence, and soon\\nthereafter the plan was adopted by the Board and the building com-\\nmenced. In 1870 the handsome and commodious building now\\nstanding on the corner of Green and Center Streets was completed,\\nand the first school opened in September of that year.\\nThis building is a three-story brick with basement. It contains\\nfourteen large rooms, with an assembly room of double size. It is\\nsupplied with the latest and most improved furniture, slate black\\nboards, etc. There are thirteen teachers connected with the public\\nschools, and two with the high school. The rooms are graded and\\npresided over by excellent teachers. The children of the city are\\neducated free of charge, while non-resident pupils are taxed a small\\ntuition fee. The attendance is large, every room being well filled.\\nThis school is justly regarded as one of the best of its class in the\\nState a fine education is offered to any and every child who will re-\\nceive it. Prof. Maurice Kirby, now principal of the Louisville Mail\\nHigh School, was elected first Superintendent and Miss Lydia Hamp-\\nton, now principal of the Hampton Female College, Louisville, prin\\ncipal of the high school. The corps of teachers employed were mostly", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0422.jp2"}, "423": {"fulltext": "PUBLIC SCHOOL.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0423.jp2"}, "424": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0424.jp2"}, "425": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 423\\ntrained in the finest schools of the country, and from that beginning\\nthe school took, and has maintained a high rank among the educa-\\ntional institutions of the State.\\nBefore another history of Henderson is written, we shall have,\\nperhaps, another public school and high school building surpassing\\nthe splendid structure, now the pride of the city. Prof. Edward\\nClark, the present superintendent, is a gentleman of superior learning,\\na teacher of ability and a man of most excellent executive judgment,\\nand very .popular with both teachers and pupils. On the sixth day of\\nMay, 1878, the Trustees of the German school, then being taught in\\ntheir school building on corner Third and Ingram Streets, donated the\\nentire property to the public school and closed their school.\\nThe following is a list of the Trustees of the Public and High\\nSchools from their beginning to the present time\\nTRUSTEES.\\nL. H. Lyne, 1869, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79;\\nJames F. Clay, 1869, 70, 71 A. H. Talbott, 1869, 70 P. Thomp-\\nson, 1869, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75; Jacob F. Mayor, 1869, 70, 71;\\nJohn B. Hart, 1869, 70, 71, 72; P. B. Matthews, 1869, 75; Jacob\\nHeld, 1869 George M. Priest, 1870, 71, 72 S. B. Vance, 1870,\\n71, 72, 73, 74, 75; E. W Worsham, 1871 C. Bailey, 1872, 73\\nJohn Reichart, 1872, 73, 76, 77, 78, 80; Charles Eaves, 1872 J\\nHenry Powell, 1873; Thomas S. Knight, 1873, 74; Fred. Overton\\n1873,78,79; M. Yeaman, 1873, 74, 75, 76; James R. Barrett\\n1874,75; C. H. Johnson, 1874; W. J. Marshall, 1874, 75;Jac\\nPeter 1875, 76, 77, 78, 79, 83 L. C. Dallam, 1876, 77, 78, 79\\nDavid Clark, 1876, 77, 78; B. G. Witt, 1876, 77, 78 John J. Reeve\\n1876, 77, 78; James L. Lambert, 1877, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87\\nA. T. Dudley, 1877; James E. Rankin, 1878, 80; W. B. Woodruff\\n1879; James McLaughlin, 1879, 80^ 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86; W\\nW. Huston, 1879, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85; Robert Dixon, 1879, 87\\nC. G. Henson, 1879, 80, 82, 83, 84; S. A. Young, 1879, 80, 81\\n^82, 83 S, S. Sizemore, 1879, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87 R\\nC. Blackwell, 1880, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87 J. T. Ruby, 1882\\nH. C. Kerr, 1883, 84, 85 Jackson McClain, 1884, 85, 86, 87 A\\nT. Callender, 1885, 86, 87; Moses Heilbomer, 1886; Jas. Beach\\n1885, 86; G. E. Barnard, 1887; Archibald Dixon, 1887.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0425.jp2"}, "426": {"fulltext": "424 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nHENDERSON FEMALE SEMINARY.\\nMISS MARY L. m CULLAGH, PRINCIPAL.\\nFollowing in the footsteps of her distinguished father, Rev. John\\nMcCullagh, who taught in Henderson for many years, and to whom a\\nmajority of the young men of the town, at that time, owe their educa-\\ntian, Miss McCullagh conceived the idea, in 1879, of establishing upon\\na permanent basis a first-class female seminary a seminary from\\nwhich young ladies could be graduated with the highest honor, and\\nenter society fully equipped for its severest tests. To this end, there-\\nfore, she applied for, and was granted by the Legislature of itentucky,\\non the twenty-seventh day of February, 1880, a charter, liberal in its\\nprovisions, and confering upon her all the right given any of the col-\\nleges of the State. Under this charter Miss McCullagh was recog-\\nnized as principal of the seminary, and the following named gentle-\\nmen appointed directors Hon. H. F. Turner, James R. Barrett, Dr.\\nW. M. Hanna, Colonel A. S. Winstead, Hon. John Young Brown,\\nThomas Soaper, Ben. C. Redford, David Clark and James S Alves.\\nWith this Board of Directors, composed as it was of the very best\\nmaterial to be found in the community, and Miss McCullagh as prin-\\ncipal, the seminary could not be expected to prove less than a splen-\\ndid success, and such it has been from its commencement. The\\nschool has been largely patronized by the best people of the city, the\\nnumber of pupils last term aggregating in English and the languages\\nseventy-six. In vocal and instrumental music fifty-six, and in drawing\\nand painting nine.\\nCommencing with 1880, Miss McCullagh has graduated annually\\nfrom two to eight young ladies. Her commencement exercises have\\nproven of the highest and most interesting order, and her examina-\\ntions have given the utmost satisfaction to patrons and friends of the\\nseminary. While the intermediate and higher branches are thoroughly\\ntaught, the primary department is made a special feat\u00c2\u00abre of the school.\\nMusic is made an essential feature, and both vocal and instrumental\\ninstruction is given by the best of teachers. There is no school in\\nKentucky more deserving, and there is no school in the State better\\nequipped in its every department for educational work. The school\\nbuilding is a large and commodious one, supplied with all of the\\nnecessary furniture and apparatus necessary to the comfort and pleas-\\nure of the students. One year ago Miss McCullagh transferred the\\nprincipalship of the seminary to Miss S. E. Steele and Prof. J. M.\\nBach, both thoroughly competent and capable of keeping the school\\nup to its past high standing. There are eight teachers in the school.\\nMiss Steele presides in the department including Latin, mathematics,\\nand higher English, Rev. J. M. Phillips, D. D., mental and moral\\nphilosophy and rhetoric Mrs. J. M. Bach, elocution Mrs. Fanny P.\\nMcCullagh, penmanship and preparatory studies Madame Fauche\\nScott, French and German Prof. J. M. Bach piano, organ and theory\\nMrs. Henrietta Stoltz Bach, art of singing, piano, history of music;\\nMrs, M, S. Vigus, art studies, drawing and painting.\\nI", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0426.jp2"}, "427": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 425\\nHOME SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.\\nTwo years ago this school was organized by Miss Mary Stewart\\nBunch, principal, and in June Jast closed its second annual term.\\nDuring the session of the Legislature of 1876, 77, a most liberal charter\\nwas granted the Home School for girls. Its diplomas rank with any\\ninstitution of learning in the State, and those desiring to fit themselves\\nfor teachers will find in its provisions special advantages. The prin-\\ncipal, Miss Bunch, is a highly educated lady, and one who has had\\nlarge experience in the art of teaching and training the young. Her\\nschool is divided into three departments, primary, intermediate and\\ncollegiate. Every study is taught necessary to the graduating of ac-\\ncomplished and cultured ladies. Miss Bunch is assisted by Miss Ad-\\nrienne Blackwell, who has charge of Latin classes, Madame Fauche\\nScott, French and German; Miss Mary L. Withers, instrumental\\nmusic Mrs. Mary E. Vigus, the art of drawing, painting, designing,\\ndecorative and industrial art, wood carving, etc. This school is largely\\npatronized, and at its First Annual Commencement held last June,\\ngraduated four young ladies with the highest honors.\\nSCHOOL FOR BOYS.\\nAt the instance of several parents who were anxious that their\\nsons should be thoroughly educated. Prof. J. Lewis Cobb, of Augusta,\\nKentucky, an instructor, not alone of local, but of State, reputation,\\ncame to Henderson two years ago and established a school upon a\\nhigher and more satisfactory basis than had ever been the case before.\\nHe is a thorough diciplinarian and holds his school under most excel-\\nlent control. His large experience in teaching fits him eminently\\nfor the position, and as a matter of fact his compliment of students is\\neasily kept up to its fullest number.\\nIn addition to the schools mentioned, there are several others\\nMiss Sue. S. Towles presides over a flourishing school for the young,\\nMrs. A. T. Lewis rejoices in a large patronage. Miss Lizzie Jones\\nwill open a school this fall.\\nTHE CATHOLIC SCHOOL\\nIs one of the largest in the city and is in every way a most worthy\\nand creditable institution of learning.\\nPUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR COLORED CHILDREN.\\nOn Tuesday, November 21st, 1871, the Common Council of the\\nCity of Henderson passed the following ordinance\\nBe it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Henderson, that\\nthe following named residents of the City of Henderson, Dr. Pinkney Thomp-\\nson, H. S. Park, A. F. Parker. Jacob Held, Jr., and Y. E. Allison, be and\\nthey are hereby appointed Trustees of the public school for colored children\\nin the ^ity of Henderson, established by an act of the General Assembly of\\nthe Commonwealth of Kentucky, entitled an act to establish a public school\\ntor colored children in the City of Henderson, approved March loth, 1S71,\\nSaid Trustees to hold their office for two years and until their successors are\\nqualified.\\nOn the twenty-seventh of the same month the following named\\npersons, being a majority of those named in the above ordinance, to-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0427.jp2"}, "428": {"fulltext": "426 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nwit Jacob Held, Dr. Pinkney Thompson, H. S. Park and Y. E.\\nAllison, met at the dwelling house of Jacob Held, in the City of Hen-\\nderson, and took the oath required by law and the constitution as\\nsuch Trustees which oath was administered by E. L. Starling,\\nMayor of said city. Whereupon they organized by unanimously elect-\\ning Jacob Held President and Y. E. Allison permanent Secretary.\\nThe Trustees purchased a lot at the corner of First and Alves\\nStreets, 75x200 feet, and had erected thereon a frame building with\\ntwo rooms, each 80x30 feet. The school was opened September 2d,\\n1872, with Professor Sam l Harris (white), superintendent and\\nteacher, and Mrs. E. P. Thompson (colored), assistant. The latter\\nserved three months and resigned, after which the Board employed\\nMrs. Mary Letcher who, with Professor Harris, continued in the\\nschool to the close of the session in 1874,\\nAfter this the Board employed John K. Mason, superintendent\\nand teacher, and Martha J. Mason, his wife, assistant, who still oc-\\ncupy the positions. Mason and his wife were citizens of Louisville,\\nbut had for several years been teachers in the Runkie Institute at\\nPaducah, Kentucky.\\nIn 1878 the City Council added another room to the school\\nbuilding and another teacher, Miss Virgie D. Harris, a graduate of\\nthe school, was employed as second assistant. Miss Harris held the\\nposition to the close of the session June, 1882.\\nThe Board having made other additions to the building, the ses-\\nsion of 1882-83 opened with four teachers, as follows John K.Mason,\\nsuperintendent and teacher; Mrs. Martha J. Mason, first assistant\\nMiss Alice D. Moting, second assistant William H. Hall, third as-\\nsistant.\\nThis school is governed by the same rules and the same text\\nbooks as are used in the public schools for white children, and its ses-\\nsions are of the same length, ten months This school has three de\\npartments, namely primary, elementary and intermediate, in the\\nlatter physiology and book-keeping are taught. The attendance has\\nsteadily increased from 145 pupils in 1874 to 368 enrolled in 1882,\\nan increase of 152.4-73 per cent.\\nIn addition to the revenues derived from the sources authorized\\nby the act of the Legistlaure, approved March 10th, 1871, this school\\nreceives its pro rata of the State fund for common school purposes,\\nwhich, at $1.30 on each of the 588 persons of school age enrolled in\\n1883, amounts to $764.40.\\nThe average cost of mamtaining this institution is about $1,300\\nper annum. This school has proven a blessing to the children of\\ncolored parents, as it is a credit to those who were instrumental in its\\norganization. No bickerings or complaint has marred its peace, and\\nat no time has a demand necessary been denied. Many of our best\\npeople have manifested an interest in its good government and bless-\\nings, and a commendable spirit of liberality has ever guided the\\nCouncil in its protecting care.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0428.jp2"}, "429": {"fulltext": "RELIGIOUS.\\nCHURCH HISTORY.\\nFROM ITS EARLIEST ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE COUNTY.\\n/^MONG the earliest settlers of this county were a number of\\nJ Baptists, who erected perhaps the first house of religious wor-\\nship ever known in the county. In the year 1808,* a church called\\nGrave Creek was organized, taking its name from a small stream\\nwhich now forms a part of the boundary line between this and Web-\\nster County. The members of this congregation or colony in the\\nearliest days lived at a great distance apart, and for many years\\nhad no house of worship, yet they held their monthly meetings at the\\ncabin of some one of its members. Elder John Dorris, a plain\\nChristian worker, who lived then in what is now Hopkins County,\\nwas the first pastor of the church.\\nAmong the earlier members were the ancestors of many families\\nyet residing in Henderson County. There were the Jones, Thomas,\\nHamptons, William and Elijah King, Nathan Walden, Lazarous\\nPowell, George Negly, Garrett Willingham and many others whose\\nnames cannot be recalled.\\nThere were colored members of this church from the beginning\\nand there continued to be such up to the time of freedom, when they\\nestablished separate churches of their own. As an evidence of the\\nreligious enthusiasm and earnestness which guided the people in\\nthose days, many members of this church rode along by-paths,\\nthrough thickets and dense forests for more than twenty miles to\\nattend their church meetings. Here the general congregation", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0429.jp2"}, "430": {"fulltext": "428 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\ncontinued, to worship until the year 1815, when a new and better\\nchurch was built upon the spot where the present Grave Creek Church\\nstands, retaining the name, although located fifteen miles away from\\nthat historic stream.\\nA few years after the establishment of this church a new body,\\nconsisting in part of some of its members, organized a church near\\nHebardsville which they named Bethel.\\nMost of the Baptist Churches in the county turned to old Grave\\nCreek, as the parent stem, recognizing it as the beginning. All of\\nthe ministers of this denomination in early times, were illiterate, un-\\nlearned men, but they were enthusiastic, earnest Christian workers,\\nand all of one book. They studied their Bibles diligently and were\\nuntiring in going from place to place preaching the Gospel as they\\nunderstood it, for which they received but scanty remuneration.\\nThe good these pious old teachers did among the rude and\\nuncultured settlers was very apparent, and but for their influence it is\\nquite probable the country would have gone back into that wild and\\nuncivilized condition in which it was found. Within twenty five years\\nfrom the organization of the first congregation, several new churches\\nwere formed and the denomination, in its increase, kept step with the\\nincrease of the population. It had its seasons of revival and decline,\\nwith nothing remarkable in its history until 1830 and 1834.\\nIn the early history of this church, the missionary cause was not\\nheard of neither had Alexander Campbell become famous. About\\nthe year 1830 the friends of foreign missions began to urge their\\nclaims upon the attentions of the Baptists of Western Kentucky, and\\nabout the same time, many members of the churches had begun to\\nadopt the views embraced by Alexander Campbell. The Henderson\\nCounty churches were then profoundly agitated on the missionary\\nquestion and concerning the doctrine taught by Mr. Campbell, and as\\nthe result of his teaching, the Baptist denomination lost many of its\\nmembers. In 1834 the Anti-Missionary party had a majority in the\\nHighland Association, of which body the churches of Henderson County\\nformed a part. In consequence of their ill-advised course, four\\nchurches, of which Grave Creek was one, seceded from the body and\\nformed an association among themselves known as Little Bethel.\\nSince that time the Missionary body has greatly increased, while the\\nAnti-Missionary have scarcely an existence.\\nAmong the seceding ministers were William Hatchitt, F. L. Garrett\\nand Richard Jones; of Henderson County, and Wm. Morrison, of\\nUnion County.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0430.jp2"}, "431": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 429\\nMr. Hatchitt was the father of Mr. Jas. D. Hatchitt and Rev. A.\\nHatchitt and grandfather of the late Sheriff, Wm. Hatchitt, all\\ngentlemen greatly esteemed for their business and social worth. He\\nwas also for many, years pastor of Grave Creek Church and was\\nbeloved by his flock and all who knew him for his kindness of heart,\\namiability of character, soundness of mind and inflexible firmness in\\nthe discharge of his everyday duty.\\nThere are now in the county nine white Baptist Churches, with a\\nmembership of more than fifteen hundred. There are also five or six\\ncolored churches in the county, nearly if not fully equal to the whites\\nin point of membership. The General Baptist and Arminian Open\\nCommunion denomination have one church in the county.\\nThe Henderson County Association of United Baptists is com-\\nposed EXCLUSIVELY of the white churches.\\nFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.\\nThe history of this church dates back to the year 1839. It\\noriginated in a remarkably successful revival meeting conducted by\\nRev. J. L. Burroughs, D. D., now of Norfolk, Va., in the old Union\\nMeeting House, which was located in what is now the City Park.\\nBefore this meeting there were only three or four persons of the Baptist\\nfaith living in the town, one of whom, the wife of Mr. Jas. W. Clay,\\nafterwards became a pillar of the church. She lived to an extremely\\nadvanced age and was the last of the group of constituent mem-\\nbers in the organization of the body that passed away. Soon\\nafter the meeting referred to, the old house was condemned as unsafe\\nand the organization was effected in the home of Mr. Fountain Cun\\nningham. W. H. Cunningham and John C. Cheaney were the first\\ndeacons of the new organization and Elder N. B. Wiggins was its first\\npastor.\\nOf the original members thirty-five in number, none are living\\nexcept Mr. John O. Cheaney, who for a number of years has lived\\nwith a son in the State of Arkansas.\\nImmediately after the organization, an effort was made to build a\\nhouse of worship which resulted in the erection of the first structure,\\nlocated on the corner of Elm and Center Streets. For the first\\ndecade of its history, the church grew rapidly in numbers and influ-\\nence, and soon became the strongest and most influential body of the\\ntown.\\nYearly several meetings were held, during which large numbers\\nwere converted and brought into the fellowship of the church. Elder", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0431.jp2"}, "432": {"fulltext": "430 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nWiggins pastorate terminated at the end of three years. The records\\nof the church fail to show who his successor was. In the year 1851, Rev.\\nJohn Bryce, of Virginia, was called to the pastorate care of the church,\\nand entered on the work. He was a man of distinguished piety, eminent\\nability and varied attainments. He was, when converted, a lawyer,\\nand had been Master in Chancery for several years under Chief\\nJustice Marshall. After entering the ministry he served as chaplain\\nin the U. S. army during the war of 1812. He was appointed by\\nPresident Tyler surveyor of Shreveport, La and Confidential Agent\\nof the Government during pending negotiations for the annexation of\\nTexas. During his stay in Louisiana, he organized the Baptist Church\\nat Shreveport and succeeded in placing it on a foundation of enduring\\nprosperity. His pastorate in Henderson extended through a period o^\\neleven years, during which time the church was united, peaceful and\\nprosperous. He died July 26th, 1864, loved and honored by all, at\\nthe advanced age of ninety years.\\nDuring the war period Elder J. H. Spencer, A. J. Miller, D. D.,\\nand R. S. Callahan each served the church in the pastoral relation\\nfor brief periods. Elder B. T. Taylor followed in the pastorate for\\ntwo years and was succeeded by Rev. Henry Talbird, D. D., who\\ncontinued until March the first, 1872. His ministry was marked by\\nthat deep devotion to the interests of religion that endears a pastor to\\nhis people, and the church was greatly strengthened.\\nRev. H. H. D. Straton was called to the pastorate in June, 1872,\\nand served the church with great acceptance for two years and a half.\\nElder R. D. Peay was called to the pastoral care of the church April\\n14th, 1875, and entered on the work the 25th of that month. His\\nadministration, though characterized with great pulpit ability and\\nmuch fervency, faithfulness and zeal in pastoral work, was not\\nmarked by church growth and power, owing to losses occasioned by\\nremovals and deaths. The church was weaker at the close of his\\npastoral work (May 1st, 1879), than at its beginning, four years\\nprevious. From this time until June the first, 1882, the church had\\nno regular pastoral ministrations. Its pulpit was supplied occasionally\\nby Elder R. D. Peay, who continued to reside in the city, and visiting\\nministers to the city. As a result, there was no growth, but rapid\\ndecline in power and life.\\nElder R. S. Flemming was called to the pastorate June 1st, 1882.\\nHe continued in this relation for about one year and resigned. During\\nthe year 1883, the church was without a pastor and its services were", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0432.jp2"}, "433": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 431\\nirregular and poorly maintained. It steadily declined in numbers\\nand ability until it was thought to be unable to sustain a pastor. In\\nthe early Spring of 1884, the Board of State Missions proffered to\\nassist the church, and at the suggestion of the brethren of that Board,\\nRev. J. M. Phillips, D. D., its present efficient pastor, was called to\\nits pastoral care. At the time Dr. Phillips assumed charge of this\\nchurch, it had well nigh ceased to exist as a church organization. It\\nwas seldom opened for worship and the old building was lamentably\\nout of repair. It had fallen from the once strongest denomination in\\nthe town to the weakest in the city, with only a few faithful members\\nleft to bear testimony to its once great strength. It had become now\\na Mission Church, supported in great part by the State Board of\\nMissions. Of course, then, when Dr. Phillips came to its rescue as\\npastor, he recognized at a glance the great work and responsibility\\nbefore him in reorganizing the congregation and bringing it from a\\nconfused and demoralized state to a church of strength and self-sup-\\nporting. He applied himself with a confiding faith and diligence of\\npurpose, few men have ever exhibited either in the ecclesiastical or\\nsecular world. His strong preaching and earnest work soon began to\\nspeak for itself, and in a short time new life was supplied, and where\\nbut a short time before all was lifelessness, now there was an activity\\nof Christian purpose making itself felt throughout the city. How well\\nDr. Phillips has succeeded can be narrated in a few words. Since\\nhis arrival, three years ago, there has been raised and expended in\\nthe improvement of church property over four thousand dollars, and\\nabout two hundred and fifty persons have been received into the\\nchurch. The total number of members at this time aggregates about\\nthree hundred and twenty-five, the church building one of the hand-\\nsomest in the city, the Sunday school a very large one. The church\\nis once again self-supporting. During the early Spring of 1887, the\\nlargest religious revival ever held in Henderson was conducted m this\\nchurch by Revs. Weaver and Hale, of Louisville, assisted by Dr.\\nPhillips. For weeks and weeks the building was filled to its utmost\\ncapacity at night service and over two hundred attached themselves to\\nthe congregation.\\nAmong the number of ministers now preaching, who were\\nordained by this church, are Rev. George F. Pentecost, a preacher\\nof world-wide fame, having filled some of the most important pulpits\\nin this country and now in charge of one of the largest churches in\\nBrooklyn, New York the Rev. Wm. Harris, who preaches with great\\nacceptance to a large church in St. Louis, Mo., and the Rev. J. H.\\nButler, who is pastor of a very large and important church in Coving-\\nton, Ky.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0433.jp2"}, "434": {"fulltext": "432 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nZION BAPTIST CHURCH.\\nThe Zion Baptist Church was constituted October 15th, 1853,\\nElders John Bryce, William Hatchett and John G. Taylor, officiating.\\nThe following named persons went into the constitution Miles H.\\nCooksey, Elizabeth E. Cooksey, Mary C. Cooksey (now Baskett),\\nZepheniah Griffin, John W. Matthews, Francina Griffin, Prudence\\nBlackwell, Wm. E. Bennett, Sarah Bennett, Elizabeth Hatchett,\\nCharles E. Cooksey, Ann E. Negley, Martha S. Dunn, Nancy Griffin,\\nJohn Matthews, Philip Matthews, James H, Hatchett, Henry H.\\nFarmer and Jenny, a colored woman belonging to E. T. Cheatham.\\nTotal, 19.\\nRev. Isham R. Allan was elected pastor, Wm. E. Bennett and\\nZephenia Griffin elected deacons, and H. H. Farmer elected clerk.\\nThe third Sabbath in each month and Saturday before were agreed\\nupon the regular meeting days of the church.\\nH. H. Farmer was dismissed by letter in 1857, P. D. Negley was\\nchosen to fill his place as clerk, and he has continued to discharge the\\nduties of that office up to the present time. The church was ad-\\nmitted to membership in the Little Bethel Association in 1854.\\nElder Allan continued to serve the church as pastor, being called\\nevery year till 1860, when the church made the call indefinite. In\\n1862 Elder J. M. Dawson was chosen as pastor, but declined\\nthe call, and Elder A. Hacthett was called and accepted. He\\nwas succeeded by Elder N. Lacy in 1865. Elder J. B* Haynes, fol-\\nlowed him in 1867.\\nIn 1869 the church agreed to have service twice a month and fix\\nthe pastor s salary at ^400. Before the year closed the pulpit was de-\\nclared vacant and Elder A. J. Miller was called in July of the same\\nyear. At the September meeting Elder Miller requested the church\\nto call some one else as his time was all taken up. The church de-\\nclined to take action in that direction, and the matter was continued.\\nAt the October meeting the church invited Elder Miller to preach for\\nthem at their November meeting, at which time they agreed to call a\\npastor. For some reason he did not accept the invitation, and Rev.\\nDr. H. Talbird preached.\\nIn January, 1870, Elder Miller was again called and accepted\\nand continued to serve the church as pastor till October, 1874, when\\nhe resigned to move to Missouri. Elder S. F. Thompson was called\\nat the same meeting but he did not accept. The church then called\\nElder Miller in June, 1875, but he declined. Elder G. A. Coulson", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0434.jp2"}, "435": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 438\\nwas called in February and accepted. The next year he resigned\\nand moved South, and Elder R. D. Peay was called to supply. In\\nMarch, 1877, Elder Miller was^^again called and he accepted. He\\nhas continued to serve the church in that relation till the present time,\\n1882.\\nSeptember 17th, 1870, John W. Hicks and B. Tanner were or-\\ndained as deacons. Elders A. J. Miller and T. L. Brooks officiating.\\nJune, 1874, James R. Bennett and William Hatchett were ordained as\\ndeacons. Elders A. J. Miller and P. H. Lockett, officiating. In No-\\nvember, 1882, James H. Moss and E. T. Smith were ordained as\\ndeacons. Elders A. J. Miller and G. W. Givens, officiating.\\nThe present Board of Deacons consists of Wm. E. Bennett, John\\nW. Hicks, J. R. Bennett, E. T. Smith, P. D. Negley, Wm. Hatchett\\nand J. H. Moss.\\nThe church is located in one of the best communities in the\\ncounty, and has a present membership of 235, among whom are some\\nof our most worthy citizens. M. H. Cooksey, Wm. E. Bennett, B.\\nTanner and Hatchett have been active financial agents in the church,\\nwhich responsibility is now borne by E. T. Smith and James H.\\nMoss. P. D. Negley, the clerk, has the best kept church record in\\nthe county.\\nThe church occupies the handsomest church building in the\\ncounty outside of Henderson, erected in 1867, and the sisters keep\\nit nicely furnished. Dr. Miller, their present pastor, says, there is\\nnot a better set of women on the earth than the sisters of Zion Church.\\nFirst and last the church has received into her fellowship 340 mem-\\nbers, 247 of that number were received by baptism. The present\\npastor having baptized 141 of that number. The oldest candidate\\nfor baptism was Nancy Johnson, aged 68 years, the youngest being\\nTalbird J Miller, aged 10 years.\\nThis church is now under the pastoral care of Rev. Dr. Solomon.\\nCHRISTIAN CHURCH.\\nA BRIEF OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, HEN-\\nDERSON, KENTUCKY.\\nThis religious body of people, known as Deciples or Christians,\\nhad its first beginning in Henderson through the preaching of Elder\\nWilliam Brown, in the year 1841. At that time there were but two\\nmembers of the church living in the town, viz: Philip Vanbussum and\\nhis wife.\\n28", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0435.jp2"}, "436": {"fulltext": "434 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nIn 1844, William Steele, a silversmith and a local preacher,\\nmoved to Henderson. Subsequent to his coming, he and his wife and\\nPhilip Vanbussum and his wife organized themselves into a congre-\\ngation and met for worship on the Lord s day at one of the two\\nhouses. This little, but intensely earnest congregation, struggled for\\nnearly two years, and then from some cause became disorganized.\\nIn 1854 Elder P. H. Morse visited Henderson and held a suc-\\ncessful meeting, baptizing and receiving into the church sixteen ad-\\nditions. The church was then organized with a membership number-\\ning twenty.\\nIn 1854 the congregation determined to build, if possible, a\\nhouse of worship which they could call their own. They knew their\\nweakness, but holding a firm faith in their ultimate triumph they un-\\ndertook the preliminary step, so important, that of raising the neces-\\nsary funds to carry out the plans of the building. By industry, self-\\ndenial and almost superhuman efforts upon the part of that good old\\nChristian man and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Vanbussum, in the fol-\\nlowing year the congregation did worship in a temple they called their\\nown. The little house of God was built on the corner of Washing-\\nton and Green Streets, and was dedicated by the lamented John F.\\nJohnson, brother of Richard M. Johnson, Vice President of the\\nUnited States, and Elder R. Ricketts.\\nWhile this was not an imposing structure in architectual design,\\nit was nevertheless lai^ge enough for a number of years and as com-\\nfortable a building as any congregation of Christians could want.\\nIn 1861, during the sad and terrible war between the States, this\\nchurch building was taken by the Federal authorities and used as a\\nmilitary prison and hospital, and during that time the congregation\\nbecame once more disorganized and scattered. After evacuation by\\nthe soldiery and a reasonable certainty that the war was over, the\\nchurch was renovated, thoroughly cleansed and made suitable for\\nholding services in once more.\\nIn the year 1865, Elder George Plattenburg, a minister of great\\npulpit power, reorganized the congregation, getting together a mem-\\nbership of twenty-three. For one or two years the church flourished\\nunder the ministration of Elder Plattenburg, till his removal to Missouri.\\nIn 1869 Elder R. C. Flower accepted the pastorate and immediately\\nheld a very successful protracted meeting, adding to the membership\\nthirty-five names.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0436.jp2"}, "437": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 435\\nDuring this time the congregation elected Henry C. Kerr and\\nPhilip Vanbussum elders, David N. Walden, John B. Mallory and\\nOrville Collins deacons. For several years Elder Flower continued\\nto labor with great zeal, preaching and working in the interest of the\\nchurch.\\nIn 1876 Elder J. P. Hadley was called to fill the place made va-\\ncant by the resignation of Elder Flower. He began a useful and suc-\\ncessful ministry, but, when in the zenith of his work, was stricken\\nwith typhoid fever, from which he soon after died. At the death of\\nElder Hadley, Elder Carter was called by the church, but remained\\nonly a short time. He was succeeded by Elder L. H. Stine, a young\\nminister of great energy, and one who soon made himself beloved by\\nall Christian denominations, by his Christian and unpretentious daily\\nwalk. He remained with the church a little over a year, when he re-\\nsigned and was succeeded by Elder R. C. Cave, of Hopkinsville.\\nElder Cave, according to agreement, preached twice a month, morn-\\ning and evening. His great personal popularity as a man coupled\\nwith his brilliant pulpit oratory, attracted large congreg ations and\\ngave to the church a standing it had never before attained. A deep\\ninterest was awakened in many members, who, prior to that time, had\\nbecome indifferent. They were aroused to the importance of the\\nwork, and apparently manifested a new and deeper confidence by\\nbuckling on the Christian s armor and going out into the broad field\\nspread before them, laboring earnestly to build up the Master s king-\\ndom in this community. Elder Cave preached here only a few\\nmonths, when he was called to the church in Nashville, Tennessee.\\nJanuary 1st, 1882, he was succeeded by Elder James C. Creel, of\\nGlasgow, Kentucky, a great worker and preacher of power. During\\nthe ministry of Elder Creel the membership was wonderfully in-\\ncreased. During that time there were eighty-two accessions and the\\nmembership numbered 173. After a brief ministry of nearly two\\nyears he was succeeded by Rev. B. C. Deweese, under whose admin-\\nistration the congregation has steadily increased.\\nThis congregation is now one of the strongest in the city, and\\ngradually but surely growing still strongei. During the year 1882,\\nthis house of worship was greatly enlarged and handsomely improved.\\nThe building at this time presents a very handsome appearance, in\\nfact is regarded by many as the handsomest front exterior in the city.\\nIt has all the modern appliances and therefore is both comfortably\\nand conveniently arranged.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0437.jp2"}, "438": {"fulltext": "436 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\nDuring the fall of 1886 Elder Deweese resigned the pastorate\\nof the church and was succeeded January 1st, 1887, by Rev. William\\nB. Taylor, of Newcastle, Ind., but a native of Kentucky. The con-\\ngregation were fortunate in securing so excellent a man and preacher.\\nElder Taylor accompanied Rev. McGarvy, of Lexington, Ky., in his\\ntravels through the Holy Land.\\nThe following are the officers of the church Elders J. D.\\nRobards, J. F. Ruby, Henry C. Kerr, John B. Mallory, Philip Van-\\nbussum. Deacons A. J. Miller, Frank Hart, E. F. Robards, James\\nH. Kerr and O. W. Rash.\\nTHE GERMAN EVANGELICAL CHURCH.\\nThis church was established in Henderson in the year 1871,\\nthrough the efforts of Rev. C. Kranz, who was at that time Inspector\\nof the then nearly erected Pro Seminary of the German Evangelical\\nInstitute of the West at Evansville. Rev. C. Kranz had charge of\\nthe congregation for some time, coming down from Evansville by boat,\\nand holding services for the congregation regularly every Sunday.\\nIn the year 1872, when Rev. Kranz removed from Evansville,\\nthe congregation was for a time without a minister subsequent to\\nthat time Rev. Eppens took charge of the aforesaid institute, which\\nwas now changed into a college,. Rev. Kranz induced him to take\\ncharge of the Henderson congregation. Two months after this the\\nchurch elected Mr. Eppens minister, and he removed to this place.\\nHe retained charge of the church a little over two years, after which\\ntime he resigned his position and removed to Hermon, Mo. Notwith-\\nstanding this, the good work of building up the congregation was not\\nneglected. A young minister, who had just graduated from the Sem-\\ninary of Missouri, and who was just recently ordained for the minis-\\ntry, was sent to take charge of this little but faithful congregation of\\nChristians.\\nThis divine was the Rev. H. Brenner, who from the beginning-\\nwon the confidence and esteem of the people and members of his\\nchurch, and the community at large of the City of Henderson. By\\nthis time the church had become well established, but a house for\\nworship had not yet been built. At that time, and indeed from the be-\\nginning, their meetings were held in the so-called Thompson\\nChapel. Dr. Pinkney Thompson and other members were kind\\nenough to let the use of the Chapel to this little band of Christian\\nsoldiers for the term of three years. For such kindness the church\\nacknowledges its obligation, and will ever hold them in grateful re-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0438.jp2"}, "439": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 437\\nmembrance. A necessity had now arisen of haying a church building\\nwhich they could call their own; the want of a house for worship owned\\nby the congregation was keenlf felt by the members, and a determin^\\nation to that end was faithfully embraced. It was the ardent wish of\\nthe members to build right away, but, numerically speaking, they were\\nso small the project seemed untenable however, in the year 1873, in\\nthe autumn, a meeting of the members was held, and the erection of\\na church building was proposed and resolved upon, the building to be\\nthirty-six by fifty-six feet, but this plan was afterwards abandoned, and\\na resolve made to erect a house of much lar\u00c2\u00a3:er size.\\nAfter the passage of this resolution to build, a committee was ap-\\npointed consisting of the following gentlemen and members Henry\\nKleymeier, William Brenning and Fred. Juergensmeier, to be known\\nas a building committee. These gentlemen, as well as all of the mem-\\nbers of the church, showed a lively interest in the building and the\\nprogress of the church. The building committee carried out the work\\nallotted to them with much sacrifice of time, but the Lord well rewarded\\nthem for all their labor in the good cause, for they have thereby pro-\\nmoted his kingdom in the City of Henderson. The work of building\\nthis Christian temple was an arduous one, but in the course of time,\\nenough money had been raised to authorize a beginning and the con-\\ntract for the house according to the plan and specifications furnished\\nwas let out. The work was hurried on as quickly as possible and as\\ncircumstances would admit. To-day this church building, a splendid\\nbrick, with its tall slender steeple points to Heaven and stands as an\\nornament of God s blessings and man sacrificing, indefatigable labor.\\nIt is located on the corner of Ingram and First Streets, and is now a\\nbeautiful home for these God-serving people.\\nOn the fourteenth day of December,1873, the church was dedicated.\\nIt was a beautiful clear day, the sun, the great ruler of lights, arose\\nthat morning in all of his splendor, although during the whole of the\\nprevious week it had rained continuously. The day was a joyful and\\nblessed one for this congregation. There were many guests and\\nfriends from Evansville, numbering, perhaps, as many as three hundred,\\nand at morning service not more than half of those in attendance were\\nable to gain admission within its sacred walls. The act of dedicating\\nwas performed by the pastor of the church, Rev. H. Brenner, assisted\\nby Rev. Chris. Schenk, of Evansville, who preached the dedicatory\\nsermon, choosing as his text The Serving Martha. After the morn-\\ning service a sumptuous dinner was served in the City Hall on Main\\nStreet, American and German ladies serving in the good work of hos-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0439.jp2"}, "440": {"fulltext": "438 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\npitality. To this dinner all of the guests from Evansville as well as\\nthe home congregation were invited. The ladies of the church were\\nespecially active in preparing the feast, and then in contributing to\\nthe comfort and enjoyment of all who honored the hall with their\\npresence. At the afternoon service, Rev. D. O. Davies, of the Pres-\\nbyterian Church, this city, preached a sermon in English, and was\\nfollowed by Rev. E. B. of the Evangelical Zion Church,\\nPosey County, Indiana. At the evening service Rev. Chris. Schenk,\\nJr., and the Rev. J. M. Pringle, of St. Paul s Episcopal Church, this\\ncity, addressed the congregation, the latter in the English language.\\nThe Rev. Chris. Schenk closed the services of the day in a few well\\nchosen remarks gratifying to the congregation. The choir of the\\nZion Church of Evansville, led by Mr. Victor Wattle, and the choir of\\nSt. Paul Episcopal Church of this city, led by that cultured and pop-\\nular gentleman, Prof. C. F. Artis, served an important part in the\\ndedicatory services of the day.\\nIn the year 1878, the Rev. H. Brenner was called away from the\\ngood work he had been instrumental in bringing to such a happy actu-\\nality, and accepting a call to the church in Chattanooga, Tennes.^ee.\\nBefore leaving, however, the Rev. C. Mueller was called to the Hen-\\nderson church and installed by him as his successor, and under his\\nspiritual guidance the building up of the church was continued. Rev.\\nMr. Mueller remained in charge of the church about two years, when\\nhe accepted a call to the church in Newport, Kentucky. Once again\\nthe little, but struggling flock was left without a shepherd. For a\\ntime the Rev. A. Michel, then residing in Princeton, Indiana, came to\\nHenderson, preaching for the congregation once in every two or three\\nweeks. After many fruitless efforts of the President of the Second\\nDistrict of the Synod, urged by the congregation here, the Rev. C H.\\nViehe, M. D., formerly of Freelandsville, Indiana, was called and ac-\\ncepted the pastorate of the church, and was installed on the eighth\\nday of May, 1881, by the late Chris. Schenk, of Evansville, Indiana.\\nSince his residence and patient labor, assisted by the working laity,\\nmany improvements have been made to the church property, and a\\nlarge number added to the communicant list. At present about thirty\\nfamilies of our German population take a warm active interest in the\\nchurch, and are connected by membership. The attendance at regular\\nservices are generally large and devout, manifesting a religious zeal,\\nwhich has been a prominent shining characteristic of the church since\\nits little beginning, only a few years ago.\\nThe Sunday School is in a flourishing condition and now num-\\nbers fifteen teachers and eighty-five scholars.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0440.jp2"}, "441": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 439\\nUnder the ministration of Dr. Viehe, the church has e^rown and\\nis now one of the largest congregations in the city. The Doctor is a mnn\\nof comprehertsive views and an actice worker, and so far as our limited\\nknowledge extends, greatly beloved by his flock.\\nN. B. Since the foregoing was written Dr. Viehe has resigned\\nthe pastorate, and is succeeded by Rev. F. W. Adomeit.\\nTHE METHODIST CHURCH\\nWas pioneer in Henderson County. As far back as 1805 the records\\nare distinct. In that year there was a small Methodist society found\\nin what is now the City of Henderson. They worshiped in a brick\\nchurch, which was situated oh the present vacant lot (Public Square)\\njust south of the Court House, and was used as a Union Church.\\nThe Rev. Thomas Taylor was the first Methodist preacher of\\nwhom any record can be had as connected with the church in Hen-\\nderson. The work was then called Red Bank Circuit.\\nThe records are missing from this period to 1831 and 1832, when\\nthe Rev. Abram Long was the preacher in charge in 1833-4\\nJ. D. Bennett, who is now living, and a member of the Louisville\\nConference, was the pastor in 1835-6. A. L. Alderson was the\\npreacher. x\\\\bout this time the name was changed to that of Henderson\\nCircuit it was in the Paris District Tennessee Conference. Mr. Aider-\\nson was succeeded by the Rev. Joseph P. Stanfield in 1837-8. Mr.\\nStanfield was very successful as a revivalist and a large number of\\nsouls were converted under his ministry. He was followed by the\\nRev. Robert Gardner, and the membership at this time did not exceed\\n20 or 30. It was during his pastorate that the first great revival in\\nHenderson is to be recorded. It is worthy of remark that while Mr.\\nGardner was the pastor, this revival was the result of the joint labors\\nof the sweet-spirited Edwin Roberts and the preacher in charge.\\nIn 1839 another revival followed of still larger proportions than\\nthe one in 1838. It was during this meeting that the Rev. W. H.\\nSandefur Uncle Billy, as we call him) was connected with the\\nchurch. He is now superannuated, but was for many years an active\\nand very useful local preacher. He is still living, but is unable to\\npreach on account of age and feebleness. His name stands on the\\nQuarterly Conference Journal as a local elder.\\nIn 1840 we find the Methodists worshiping in a little frame\\nchurch which stood right where the First Colored Baptist Church\\nnow stands, and was built during this year, and was the result doubt-\\nless of the revivals that preceded it.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0441.jp2"}, "442": {"fulltext": "440 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nHenderson was made a station in 1842, with Richard D, Neale\\nas presiding elder and James J. Ferree as preacher in charge. The\\nfirst Quarterly Conference for the Henderson station was held De-\\ncember 10th, 1842. It was then in the Hardensburg District, Ken-\\ntucky Conference.\\nThis year the Register shows the following list of official mem-\\nbers Trustees Thomas Evans, Sr., Wm. B. Rudy, James H.\\nRudy, Daniel Rudy, James C. Hicks, Stephen R. Wilson, Elias Bar-\\nnard, Charles T. Sandefur, Jacob N. Miller.\\nStewards Thomas Evans, Sr., W. B, Rudy, James C. Hicks,\\nDan l Rudy, Blackman Moseley.\\nClass Leaders Thomas Evans, Sr., and Jacob N. Miller.\\nLocal Preachers Thomas Evans, Sr.\\nOn November 13th, 1842, there were just thirty-seven members\\nand eleven probationers on the roll. There is an item of interest\\nrecorded in the minutes of the Quarterly Conference, which met\\ntenth of December.\\nsteward s REPORT.\\nAmount collected, $7.25.\\nR. D. Neale s claim, $6 traveling expenses, 50 cents.\\nJ. J. Ferree s claim, $25 traveling expenses, $12.\\nPaid R. D. Neale, 50 cents*\\nPaid J. J. Ferree (quarterage), $6.75.\\n$7.25 to presiding elder and preacher in charge for one quarter\\nof a year.\\nGOOD OLD DAYS OF YORE.\\nBut times have changed. A pair of boots now would cost more\\nthan the whole amount collected during that quirter. This confer-\\nence year there were twenty-six infants baptised, and among the num-\\nber we note the names of W. S. Thomas Jefferson and Adam Rankin\\nJohnson and John Jordan Holloway.\\nThe Quarterly Conferences were short, since it only required\\nabout one finger s length to record all the minutes, and only two\\nquestions were asked, viz: First Are there any complaints or ap-\\npeals Second Where and when shall the next quarterly meeting\\nbe held\\nDuring the early part of 1843 Zion was attached to the Hender\\nson station. No mention of Sunday schools is made until February\\n17th, 1844, when we have the following note in the Pastors Report,\\nunder the head of Sabbath Schools One formed with near forty", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0442.jp2"}, "443": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 441\\nscholars. It is a fact, however, that there was a Sunday school that\\nmet in the Court House and was in a flourishing condition several years\\nprevious to this one. In 1843 44, Richard Tydings was P. E. and J.\\nJ. Ferree, Pastor.\\nIn 1844 45, Rev. N. B. Lewis, father of Rev. J. W. Lewis, the\\npresent Pastor, was Presiding Elder, and Rev. J. M. Cook was\\nPastor. He was a supply not yet in the Conference. This record\\noccurs in the minutes of the last quarterly conference for that year,\\nwhich met June 21st, 1845 46, the voice of the conference was taken\\nupon division (of the church). They voted in favor of the South.\\nThat year the P. E. received $45 and the Pastor, $48.56. The charge\\nat this time was in the Morganfield church and being on the border, they\\nwere allowed to vote as to whether they would adhere to the Church\\nNorth or South. Hence the vote above referred to.\\nIn 1845, 46, Rev. N. H. Lee was Presiding Elder and Rev. F. M.\\nEnglish, Pastor. In 1846 47, N. H. Lee was Presiding Elder, and\\nAbram Long, Pastor. Along here the records are very meager. In\\n1847, 48, Rev. A. H. Redford was Presiding Elder and Rev. W,\\nAlexander, Pastor.\\nThe lot on which the present church stands, was bonght of Mr.\\nGeo. Atkinson for $1,500 in 1850, and the lot where the Colored\\nBaptist Church now stands, was sold for $900. The subscriptions to\\nbuild the present church were secured largely in the second year of\\nRev. G. H. Hayes term as Pastor, in 1855.\\nThe first story was built under the administration of Rev. J. A.\\nHenderson, in 1856. Here it stood for some time for want of funds\\nto finish. During the term of J. J. Talbott, in 1859, the building was\\ncompleted in its present form.\\nThe Methodist Church now has, within the city limits, one church\\nand parsonage, recently purchased, and one District parsonage, all of\\nwhich property aggregates about $15,000 in value. There are two\\nhundred and twenty-five members and one hundred and forty Sunday\\nschool scholars. A good library belongs to the Sunday School. It\\nis now in a more flourishing condition than ever before, so far as I\\ncan gather from the history, which I have carefully read.\\nOne fact deserves special mention from the time this work\\nbecame a station, in 1842, it has remained a station uninterruptedly\\nto the present day.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0443.jp2"}, "444": {"fulltext": "442\\nHISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nP. E. AND P. C.\\n1831. A. Long, P. C.\\nl835- 36. A. L. Alderson, on Circuit,\\n1838. J. D. Barnett, P. C.\\n1838. Joseph Stanfield was in charge of the Henderson Circuit, which\\nwas the Paris, Tennessee, District Conference.\\nFIRST qUARTERLY CONFERENCE, HENDERSON STATION,\\nOctober 18th, 1843. Richard D. Neal, P. E., James J. Ferree, P. C.\\nAt this meeting, forty to fifty members were added to the church.\\nYear, rresidiug Elders. Pastors Congref^^ation.\\n1843 Richard Tydings. James J. Ferree.\\n1844 N. B. Lewis. J. M, Cook.\\n1845 N. H. Lee. F. M. English.\\n1846 N. H Lee, A. Long.\\n1847 A. H. Redford. Wm. Alexander.\\n1848 A H. Red ord. A, A, Morrison.\\n1849 A. H. Redford. G. R Browder.\\n1850 .James J Ferree. J W. Berry,\\n1851 James J. Ferree. E M. Walker.\\n1852 J. D Barnett. P. B. McCown.\\n1853 J. D. Barnett. Geo. H, Hayes.\\n1854 Z. Taylor. Geo. H. Hayes.\\n1855 N. H. Lee. J. A. Henderson.\\n1856 N. H. Lee. Wm. Randolph.\\n1857 N. H. Lee. W.N. Farley.\\n1859 J. S. Scobee. J.J. Talbott.\\n1860 J. S. Scobee. J. A. Henderson,\\n186 1 ...J. A. H. Preston. J.A.Henderson.\\n1862 A, L. Alderson. J, A. Henderson.\\n1863 A. L. Alderson H. M. Ford.\\n1864 A L, Alderson. H.M.Ford.\\n1865 A L. Alderson. A A. Morrison\\n1866 J. R\u00c2\u00bb Dempsey. Dennis Spurier.\\n1867 J. R. Dempsey Jacob\\n1868 J. R. Dempsey. W. H. Ander on.\\n1869 J. R. Dempsey. R. F. Hayes.\\n1870 T. C. Frogge. T. S. Wash.\\n1871 T. C, Frogge. T.W.Price.\\n1872 T. C. Frogge. T. W. Price.\\n1873 N. H. Lee. G. W. Brush.\\n1874 N.H.Lee. G. W. Brush.\\n1875 G. H Hayes. H. M. Ford.\\n1876 G.H.Hayes. Dennis Spurier.\\n1877 G, H. Hayes. Dennis Spurier.\\n1878 G, H. Hayes. Dennis Spurier.\\n1879 E.W.Crowe. Dennis Spurier.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0444.jp2"}, "445": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 443\\n1880 G. H Hayes. J. W. Lewis\\n1881 T.D.Lewis. J.W.Lewis.\\n1882 T. D. Lewis. J. W. Lewis.\\n1884... G. H*Hayes G. H. Means.\\n1885 G. H. Hayes. G. H. Means.\\n1886 G. H. Hayes. E. W. Bottomly\\n1887 G. H Hayes. E. W. Bottomly.\\nSECOND PRESBYTii.RIAN CHURCH OF HENDERSON.\\nThe existence of the Second Presbyterian Church of Hender-\\nson, is an apt illustration that we should not despise the day of\\nsmall things, and an encouragement to those who labor earnestly\\nand faithfully in the Master s vineyard that in due time they shall\\nreap if they faint not.\\nPlanted in faith, and nurtured by the prayers of God s people,\\nthe spreading branches of this vine, so humble in its beginning, has\\nborne, and is bearing, precious fruit, that should fill the heart of every\\nChristian with devout thankfulness and gratitude to Him who alone\\no:iveth the increase.\\nTo Dr. Pinkney Thompson, the mo^t indefatigable worker and\\nthe most liberal contributor, the success of the enterprise is largely\\ndue, and the labors of the little band who, with Dr. Thompson,\\nthrough long years of patient seed sowing worked and waited, should\\nbe held in lasting remembrance.\\nThe question of establishing a Mission School in the southeast-\\nern part of the city, for the purpose especially of gathering the poorer\\nclasses of children who did not attend Sabbath School elsewhere, had\\nbeen frequently discussed among the officers of the Presbyterian\\nChurch, until in 1868 it was determined to make an effort in that\\ndirection.\\nA most eligibly located lot, situated on the corner of Washington\\nand Alvasia streets, was purchased at a cost of $1,000, and a plain,\\nsubstantial frame house erected on it at a cost of nearly $1,000. Al-\\nmost the whole of this expense was borne by a few persons, and that\\ntheir children may know and emulate their go6d deeds, the names of\\nthose who so liberally responded to the call are given, viz.: Mrs. R.\\nB. Stites, $150 Miss R. H. Stites, $100 James R. Barrett, $100\\nC. T. Starling, $100 John McCullough, $100; W. J. Marshall $100\\nMrs. Mary Burbank, $50 Mrs. J. H. Barret, Sr., $50 J. H. Barret,\\nJr., $50; S. B. Vance, $25. The balance of the expenditure, except\\na few small contributions, was borne by Dr. Thompson.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0445.jp2"}, "446": {"fulltext": "444 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nIn November, 1868, the building having been completed, was\\ndedicated. The venerable Sunday School Missionary, Rev. John Mc-\\nCullough, was present and took part in the exercises, and at the close\\nof his inimitable address he named the building Thompson Chapel,\\nin recognition of Dr. Thompson s very valuable services in bringing\\nthe matter to so successful an issue.\\nThe Sabbath School was duly organized, with Dr. Thompson as\\nSuperintendent, and W. H. Noaks, Librarian. Of those, who during\\nsixteen vears labored in maintainins: and carrvins: on the school, we\\nmention the names of Misses Nannie and Alice Rankin, Mrs. Mary\\nBarret, and her daughter. Miss Mary Barrett, Mrs. Eliza Jones, Mrs.\\nJennie Cissell, Miss Lucy Beverly, C. G. Henson, Posey and Willie\\nMarshall. Many of these were tried and valued teachers in the Old\\nSchool, but with the hope of doing more good they cast in their lot\\nwith the new enterprise. The expenses of running the school during\\nthis time were borne almost entirely by Dr. Thompson.\\nThe population in the vicinity of the Mission School increased\\nvery rapidly, and the field seemed so encouraging that in 1884 the\\noflficers of the Presbyterian Church deemed, in the providence of God,\\nthe time had come to organize at the Mission School another church.\\nBetween 1868 and 1884 the name Thompson Chapel seems to have\\nbeen dropped and the school was called the Chestnut Hill Mission\\nSchool perhaps as a more euphonious title and also in honor of a\\nlarge chestnut tree which still stands near the Sunday School room.\\nIn January, 1884, a petition signed by certain members of the\\nPresbyterian Church was presented to the session, asking to be set\\napart for the purpose of organizing a church to be called the Chest-\\nnut Hill Presbyterian Church of Henderson. In the afternoon of\\nMarch 2d, 1884, the session having at their own request dismissed for\\nthat purpose the following members, viz.: P. Thompson, Mrs. Nan-\\nnie Thompson, M. Yeaman, Mrs. Julia Yeaman, J. C. Allin, Mrs. Su-\\nsan Allin Mrs. R. H. Elam, Miss Mary McCullagh, Miss Lucy\\nBeverley, Mrs. Helen Henry, W. H. Noakes, B. W. Powell, Edward\\nAtkinson, Mrs. Nanni^ Atkinson, Mrs. Mary Erhman, Mrs. Ella\\nHelm, Mrs. Cornelia Hill, Miss F. A. Briggs and W. J. Marshall, Jr.,\\nwho were organized into a church. Immediately after the organiza-\\ntion the congregation met and proceeded to the election of officers.\\nThe following persons were chosen elders, viz.: P. Thompson, J. C.\\nAllin, M. Yeaman and Edward Atkinson. W. J. Marshall, Jr., and\\nW. H. Noakfes were elected Deacons. These officers were then or-\\ndained and installed, except that J. C. Allin having been an elder in", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0446.jp2"}, "447": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 445\\nthe First Presbyterian Church of Louisville, and P. Thompson, who\\nhad been an elder in the First Presbyterian Church of Henderson,\\nwere installed but not ordained.\\nRev. Angus McDonald having been invited to visit the church,\\ncame to Henderson, and on April 10th, at a meeting of the congre-\\ngation, he was unanimously called to be the pastor of the church.\\nMr. McDonald accepted the call and entered upon his work the first\\nSabbath of May, 1884, and was installed on June 8th. The selec-\\ntion of Mr. McDonald as pastor seems to have been a most fortunate\\none in every particular, and under his care the church has made a\\ngrowth and progress rarely equalled. Soon after Mr. McDonald be-\\ngan his labors the congregation resolved to build a new house of wor-\\nship. With them to resolve was to perform. A committee was ap-\\npointed to secure means, who zealously entered upon the work, and\\nthe congregation responded with the most commendable liberality.\\nThey did not want any second class affair. The handsomest church\\nin the City of Henderson was the measure of their ambition, and in\\nthis we are very forcibly reminded of the action of the Mother\\nChurch when they undertook to build in 1840. The work was pushed\\non, and at a cost of $9,000 the building was completed, and on Au-\\ngust 9th, 1885, was dedicated by Rev. B. M. Palmer, D.D., of New\\nOrleans, who preached an appropriate sermon from Ezekiel 47, 9\\nAnd everything shall live whither the river shall come.\\nOn November 9th, 1883, at a congregational meeting held for\\nthe purpose of electing additional elders and deacons Messrs. R. A.\\nBradshaw and William T, Beverley were chosen elders and J. R.\\nDabney, W. J. Mann, H. W. Kohl and B. M. Powell deacons, who\\nwere ordained and installed on the following Sabbath.\\nOn August 1st, 1886, Mr. Edwin Hodge was elected a deacon,\\nhaving previously held the same office in the First Church. Since\\nits organization the Second Church has received a large accession of\\nmembers and it is a singular coincident that the number received the\\nfirst year of Mr. McDonald s pastorate was fifty-two and during the\\nsecond year exactly the same, making an average accession of one\\nmember for each Sabbath in the two years. The roll of the church\\nnow contains five elders, five deacons and one hundred and seventy-\\nthree members.\\nThe Sunday School now numbers twenty-two teachers and one\\nhundred and seventy scholars. Last year an addition was made to\\nthe Sunday School room for the accommodation of the infant class", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0447.jp2"}, "448": {"fulltext": "446 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\ndepartment, of which Miss Mary McCullagh is Superintendent. The\\naddition cost $300 and was paid for by the weekly collections of the\\nSunday School.\\nA SKETCH OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF HENDERSON, KENTUCKY,\\nBY W. J. MARSHALL.\\nThe writer undertakes, with no little hesitation, the preparation\\nof this narrative, yet the task having been assigned him by the session\\nof the church, he accepts it cheerfully, and whatever care and toil\\nmay be required in the work, will be to him a labor of love,\\nthankful for another opportunity of serving the church, he will count\\nit no small honor to have his name go down to our children s children\\nassociated with her s\\nI love Thv Kingdom, Lord,\\nThe house of Thine abode.\\nThe church our dear Redeemer saved\\nWith His own precious blood.\\nFor her my tears shall fall,\\nFor her my prayers ascend\\nTo her my cares and toils be given\\nTill cares and toils shall end.\\nIt is doubtless a fact that there were many Presbyterians in this\\nsection of the country previous to the close of the last century, but if\\nthere were any organized churches of that denomination existing then,\\nthe records have been entirely lost.\\nNo doubt the division of the Cumberland Presbytery at the\\nbeginning of the present century, which resulted in the formation of\\nthe Cumberland Presbyterian Church, exercised a most unfortunate\\ninfluence on the spread and efficiency of Presbyterianism in this\\nwhole region.\\nWe learn from the county records that Rev. Jas. McGready was\\nin the county officiating at marriages as early as 1800, his presence\\nhere being, most probably, for the purpose of preaching to the\\nscattered churches or where there was no church organization, to the\\nscattered flock.\\nAfter the formation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,\\nthere seems to have been separate organizations, but when or by\\nvvhom organized we have no means of finding out. From the recol-\\nlection of some of our oldest members we learn that about the year\\n1806, Revs. Beatty, Dunleary and Parkins came to Henderson and\\nheld meetings. About 1809, Rev. Jas. McGready, formerly of North\\nCarolina, removed from Russellville, Ky., settled near Henderson,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0448.jp2"}, "449": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 447\\nand, together with Father Temple, ministered for several years to this\\nchurch. Mr. McGready died December 28i.h, 1815, and his funeral\\nwas preached in the log Court House of Henderson by the Rev. Mr.\\nScott, of Vincennes, Jnd.\\nIn the year 1813, Rev. Wm. Gray, from Union County, came\\ninto the field and labored as an Evangelist until 1814, at which time\\nRev. Daniel Comfort, from Princeton, New Jersey, was called to the\\nchurch, and in addition took charge of the Henderson Seminary. He\\nremained here until about 1820, and from that date to the year 1824,\\nRev. Daniel Banks, of New Haven, Conn., preached as an Evangelist.\\nMrs. Margaret A. Barbour, who was a daughter of Rev. James\\nMcGready and the widow of Ambrose Barbour, deeded in the year\\n1822, to John Posey and Fayette Posey, Elders of the Presbyterian\\ncongregation in Henderson, Ky., in connection with the Synod of\\nKentucky and the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in\\nthe United States of America, for the use and benefit of the said\\nPresbyterian Congregation one acre of ground, being lot No. 222 on\\nthe pl,at of said town and adjoining the Public Square. This is the\\nearliest record we can find relating to the church, although it is known\\nthat for years previous to this, Captain John Posey and Major\\nFayette Posey had been ruling elders in the church and tradition has\\no-iven us also the names of John Hancock, McCombs and Heroit,\\nalso ruling elders, but who had probably died previous to the making\\nof this deed.\\nFrom 1824 to 1840, the church was served at irregular intervals\\nby the following ministers Isaac Baird, R. Lapsley, two Hamiltons,\\nPhilips, John and Wm. Dickey, John Herby Lilly, Geo. McAfee and\\nJohn Lyle. Through all these long years, the church seems to have\\nmade almost no progress. In the division, the bulk of the Presby-\\nterians in this region seems to have gone over to the Cumberlands,\\nand we are told that, at one time, the Presbyterian Church was\\nreduced to fifteen or twenty members. The Posey brothers, their\\nfamilies, and a few mothers in Israel, all told, were left. But these\\nclung to the covenant. God heard their prayers and they lived to see\\nthe church built up and extended, many of their descendants being\\nbrought into the fold.\\nAbout the year 1839, a young stranger, whom it ieems a kind\\nprovidence had especially fitted and sent to accomplish a great work\\nfor the church, came to the county unknown and poor, he made\\nfriends wherever he went, and ere long he had gained both the esteem", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0449.jp2"}, "450": {"fulltext": "448 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\nand confidence of the whole community. I allude to Elder John\\nMcCullagh, to whom under God the church owes more for the pros-\\nperity she has since enjoyed than to any other person. For a few\\nmonths he taught school in the family of Captain John Posey, who re-\\nsided in the country then, coming to town, he took charge of a school\\nknown as the Henderson Eclectic Institute.\\nBeing a Scotchman, he was of course Presbyterian being a\\nScotch Presbyterian, he could not sit by contented while the cause of\\nZion languished, her people as sheep without a sheperd, and having\\nno spiritual home. He first began by organizing a Union Sabbath\\nSchool in the old seminary building, and Sunday after Sunday could\\nhe be seen going up and down the streets ringing his bell, inviting the\\nchildren of the community to the Sabbath School. The school was a\\nsuccess the enthusiasm of this young brother was contagions, and it\\nwas not long before the effects of his efforts were visible in the church.\\nThe first record of our oldest session books reads thus At a meet-\\ning of the church called October 25th, 1840, by Elder Fayette Posey,\\nto take measures to procure ministerial aid, a motion was made and\\ncarried unanimously that the Rev. J. V. Dodge be solicited to labor\\npart of his time among them. At the same meeting, the election of\\nadditional elders was proposed and entered into. The following\\npersons were nominated and unanimously elected, viz Wm. S. Read\\nand John McCullagh. These were set apart and ordained according\\nto the constitution of the church by Rev. J. V. Dodge, on December\\n13th, 1840.\\nUnder the ministration of Brother Dodge, the church continued\\nto give evidences of new life, and soon the need of having a house of\\nworship of their own became evident. In past years repeated pro-\\njects had been started with a view of building a Union Church for\\nCumberlands and Presbyterians, and some ^money [had been raised\\nby fairs, suppers, etc., for this purpose. The undertaking failing, the\\nlittle band of Presbyterians, although the poorer of the two churches,\\nresolved to do what both together had failed to accomplish, and to\\nbuild a church exclusively their own. Being strong in the faith they\\ndevised liberal things no little church around the corner would satisfy\\ntheir desires, a commodious brick building to cost not less than six\\nthousand dollars, and located in the center of the town was the meas-\\nure of their ambition. It was a bold enterprise, but in its boldness lay\\nits strength. The community, surprised and pleased at the prospect\\nof such a substantial improvement responded with liberal subscriptions.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0450.jp2"}, "451": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\n449\\nConsidering the circumstances of the church and community at\\nthat day, six thousand dollars was as large a sum as fifty thousand\\ndollars would be at the present time, and the brethren must\\nhave surely been reading the list of worthies mentioned in the\\n11th chapter of Hebrews before entering upon such an enter-\\nprise. The labor of raising funds was undertaken by brother\\nMcCullagh, and no wonder the old man, now grown gray in his\\nmaster s service, loves to sit and tell of his efforts, and the success\\nthat attended them. One incident in this connection deserves to be\\nrecorded. Mr. McCullagh resolved on one bold move, which, if ac-\\ncomplished, would make success assured. He got up a special sub-\\nscription paper on which he was to have pledged two thousand dollars,\\nsubscribed by not more than ten persons, the subscriptions made only\\nto be binding in case he succeeded in raising the whole amount in\\nsixty days. After a faithful canvass he had gotten subscribed seven-\\nteen hundred dollars. The field seemed to have been gleaned, and\\nwhere further to go and to whom apply, he scarcely knew\u00e2\u0080\u0094 but I will\\nlet him tell of his dilemma in his own words.\\nIn the dark and trying hour I went to the Mercy Seat for light,\\nand spent a sleepless night wrestling in prayer in the early dawn the\\nlight came and a voice seemed to say, go and see Mrs. R. B. Stites and\\ntell her you want to secure a place for the Lord, an habitation for the\\nMighty God of Jacob, and that everything depends upon her, and she\\nwiU not refuse. I went without delay, and was cordially received\\nshe enquired how I was getting on raising the two thousand dollars.\\nWith a sad heart and trembling words I went on to tell her the exact\\nstate of the case, and that so far as I could judge everything depended\\non some one of God s jewels giving the balance of the two thousand\\ndollars. I talked on and on at great length, fearing to give her a\\nchance to refuse she seemed greatly amused, and at last replied,\\nWell my young brother, I knew what you came for and what all this\\nlong talking meant you shall have the three hundred dollars with\\nthe greatest pleasure, I laid it aside to help you and now just go ahead\\nand raise the other four thousand dollars. I started right off to the\\nold seminary singing the long metre Doxology, and shouting now and\\nthen Glory Hallelujah. I am fully satisfied that was the crisis in the\\nhistory of the Henderson Presbyterian Church, and if i\\\\iQ two thousand\\ndollars had not been secured, neither the present building, 7ior its location\\ncould possibly have been secured consequently our beloved church owes more\\nto Mrs. R. B. Stites than 1o any other mortal, living or dead.\\n29", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0451.jp2"}, "452": {"fulltext": "450 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nBrother McCullagh seems disposed to award my dear old aunt,\\nfirst place in the accomplishment of this great work. No doubt, she\\nmost richly deserves all he can say in her praise. For many years,\\nher name in the community has been a synonym for all that is pure\\nand pious and lovely a helper to the poor and needy, a ministering\\nangel to the sick and suffering, a friend to the erring. None but God s\\nrecording angel ever knew her many deeds of kindness and charity.\\nWith more t^ian ordinary mental endowment and cultivation, her spirit\\nwas so refined by grace that she attracted both young and old and\\nwhile not neglecting her family duties, her chief thought seemed to be\\nfor the welfare of the church, and the good of others. While, there-\\nfore, I would not gainsay one word said by Brother McCullagh, I can\\nnot take back what I have written, and shall record it as the verdict\\nof this history, at least that both deserve the first place, and I have\\nno doubt, but that the church as one man will join me and say amen.\\nBut we left our young Scotch brother on the way to his lodging\\nin the old seminary, singing the long metre doxology, and bearing his\\nprecious paper in his hand, a document which has been so important\\na factor m the history of the church, deserves a place in this narrative,\\nand the names of the benefactors who came to her help in the hour\\nof need, should be held in lasting remembrance by the church. The\\nfollowing is a copy of the paper\\nEach of the undersigned hereby agree to pay to the Building Committee\\nof the Presbyterian Church, in the Town of Henderson, (which Committee is\\nnamed in the original subscription list for said Church), any sum of money\\nwhich we shall annex to our respective names, at the time and on the terms\\nmentioned in the said original subscription list; Provided, that no person shall\\nsign this paper who subscribes less than two hundred dollars; Provided, fur-\\nther, that this obligation shall be utterly null, void, and of no effect, unless\\nwithin sixty days from this date the sum of two thousand dollars be subscribed\\nhereto by any number of persons not exceeding ten, and; Provided further,\\nthat no subscriber hereto shall be bound, or in any manner responsible for the\\namount of any other \u00c2\u00bbubscription hereto.\\nMarch 22nd, 1841, Samuel Stites, $206; Hugh Kerr, $200; Nancy Terry,\\n$200 Fayette Posey, $500 Annie Henderson, $200 David R. Burbank,\\n$200 Edmund H. Hopkins, $200; Rebecca B. Stites, $300.\\nHaving made si\\\\^h a good start, Mr. McCullagh soon raised\\na sufficient amount to build the church.\\nI have now before me the old subscription paper, yellow^ with the\\nlapse of years, and as I read the long list of names it brings a feeling\\nof sadness to think that nearly all are numbered with the dead. Of\\nthe whole eighty persons subscribing, but eleven are now living. A", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0452.jp2"}, "453": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 451\\nBuilding Committee consisting of F. Posey, Samuel Stites, E. H.\\nHopkins, Wm. S. Read and James Rouse, was appointed. Mr. Stites\\nwas made Secretary and Treasurer, and on him devolved most of the\\nresponsibility of making the contracts and pushing forward the work.\\nOur community has seldom known a more competent and sys-\\ntematic business man than Mr. Stites, and although not at that time\\na member of the church, none took more interest in the enterprise\\nthan he, and his work was accomplished faithfully. To him the church\\nowes a debt of gratitude, and to Dr. Owen Glass as well, who, though\\nat the time a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, ren-\\ndered most valuable assistance in enabling the committee to secure\\nsuch a central and delightful location. The bricks for the church\\nwere furnished by Mr. James W. Clay, the mason work done by Elias\\nPeck, and the carpenter work by Mr. Jeffries.\\nThe church building was finished in the spring of 1842. In\\nApril of the same year, Rev. N. H. Hall, of Lexington, Ky., visited\\nHenderson. I find the following minutes in the old Sessional Rec-\\nords, dated April 4th, 1842 The Rev. N. H. Hall in the chair, it\\nwas moved and seconded that the Rev. William G. Allen, of Shelby-\\nville, be solicited to become the pastor of this church.\\nAnother extract, dated April Ivth, 1842: The Rev. William\\nG. Allen commenced his ministerial labors.\\nThe church building being probably incomplete at the time of\\nDr. Hall s coming, the dedication did not take place until later.\\nAbout this time Dr. Hall seems to have gone on to Hopkins-\\nville, to hold a meeting there, and, in the meanwhile, the Rev. James\\nSmith (the Scotchman) came to Henderson and preached a series of\\nsermons here on the Evidences of Christianity, and the Fall and\\nRedemption of Man.\\nOn June 1st, 1842, Dr. Hall returned and commenced a pro-\\ntracted meeting on the solemn occasion of the dedication of the\\nchurch to the service of Almighty God. The dedication sermon was\\npreached on Saturday the fourth instant. Brother McCullough says\\nof the occasion Remembering the motto, Expect great things from\\nGod, attempt great things for God, it was expected that every mem-\\nber of the church should make the dedication sermon, and the pro-\\ntracted meeting that was to follow, a matter of special prayer. These\\nall continued with one accord in prayer and supplication. The Doc-\\ntor soon found that the church had been praying for a revival, and\\nremarked several times, It s no trouble to preach where the church", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0453.jp2"}, "454": {"fulltext": "452 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\nhas been praying. He preached a powerful dedication sermon. I\\nthink the text was, I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of\\nHosts. K revival ca?ne down, diVid scores were brought into the Ark\\nof Refuge. This precious promise has often been fulfilled in our\\nhistory, when the power of the Holy Spirit was manifested in our\\nmidst. Walk about Zion, and go round about her; tell the towers\\nthereof. Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye\\nmay tell it to the generations following.\\nIn results this was, no doubt, the most important revival ever\\nexperienced in the church. Before the close of the meeting there\\nhad been added to the roll nearly fifty names.\\nOn June 9th, Drs. Owen, Glass, and Joseph Haddocks were\\nelected and installed elders.\\nOn September 26th, at a congregational meeting, the Rev. W.\\nG. Allen was unanimously elected, and, Presbytery being then in\\nsession in the church, was immediately ordained and installed pastor\\nof the church. Mr. Baird preached the ordination sermon, Mr. Ham-\\nilton presided, and Mr. Jones delivered the charge to the Bishop and\\npeople.\\nNothing of striking moment occurred in the history of the church\\nduring the remainder of the year 1842 and the year 1843.\\nOn April 14th, 1844, the first deacons were elected and ordained,\\nviz.: James E. Rankin and R. G. Beverly.\\nOn September 4th, 1844, the session, at the request of Rev. Wil-\\nriam G. Allen, joined him in an application to Presbytery to dissolve\\nthe pastoral relation between himself and the Henderson Church.\\nThe pulpit remained vacant until December. At the invitation of\\nthe session, Rev. D. L. Gray, of Mississippi, visited the church, and\\non the twenty-second of this month, at a congregational meeting, he\\nwas unanimously invited to become the stated supply of the church\\nfor one year. He commenced his ministerial service on the twenty-\\nfi^th of January, 1845.\\nOn May 11th, 1845, Dr. Joseph Maddock, one of the elders, was\\ndismissed, to join the church at New Haven, Conn., from whence he\\nhad removed to Henderson. Colonel E. H. Hopkins was elected and\\nordained elder August 24th; 1845.\\nOn December 14th, 1845, at a congregational meeting, the Rev.\\nD. L. Gray was unanimously elected pastor of the church. How it\\nhappened that his installation was deferred till April 2d, 1847, is at\\nthis day one of the unaccountable things in the history of the church.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0454.jp2"}, "455": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 453\\nHenry M. Warner was received June 25th, 1S47, b} letter from\\nthe Congregational Church of Sunderland, Mass. Mr. Warner was\\ntaken under the care of our Presbytery as a candidate for the minis-\\ntry. He was a pious and very premising young man. For some time\\nhe taught school with Mr. McCullaugh, but was afterwards taken sick\\nand died at the residence of Mr, Gray. He was buried in the old\\ncemetery, the ladies of the church erecting a monument over his\\ngrave.\\nAt the close of the year 1850, Mr. Gray felt constrained to ac-\\ncept a call to act as missionary in their bounds, from the Synod of\\nArkansas, and therefore removed from Henderson about the first of\\nthe year 1851,\\nI cannot pass this part of the record without recalling to memory\\ntwo dear friends who then occupied prominent places in the church,\\nbut who have long since gone to their reward. Thadeus D. Jones\\njoined the church in the early part of Dr. Hall s meetings, and from\\nthat time forward entered with all his heart and soul into his Mas-\\nter s service. Noble and manly in his bearing, warm hearted and\\ntrue, his spirit was as gentle and his feelings as tender as those of a\\nwoman. He was always to be found at his post, whether in the ser-\\nvice of the sanctuary, in the labors of the Sabbath School, or by the\\nbedside of the sick. To him the voice of duty was as the voice of\\nGod.\\nMiss Emily Ingram, afterwards Mrs, Dr. Letcher, was also one\\nof the early converts at this same meeting, and straightway entered\\ninto the Savior s service with all the ardor of her young heart. Tall\\nand handsome in person, her manners were both graceful and lady-\\nlike. She seemed happily to blend the characteristics of Mary and\\nMartha, and was forward in every good work in the church. The\\nwriter can never forget how, when brought by disease nigh to the\\ngates of death, through snow and storm she came almost daily to his\\nbedside, bringing sunshine and hope in her sweet face and sympathis-\\ning voice. She and Mr. Jones were for years the leaders of the\\nchoir, and very earnest workers in the Sunday School.\\nOn March 3d, 1851, at a congregational meeting of the church,\\nit was resolved to petition Muhlenburg Presbytery for their consent\\nthat Rev. John D. Matthews should labor in this church as stated\\nsupply. The request of the church having been granted by Presby-\\ntery, Dr. Matthews began his ministration May 4th, 1851.\\nOn the twenty-fourth of November, 1851, Captain John Posey,\\nfor about forty years an elder in the church, departed this life. Dr.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0455.jp2"}, "456": {"fulltext": "454 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nMatthews preached a most beautiful and fitting sermon on the occa-\\nsion of his funeral, and the minutes adopted by the session regarding\\nhis death close with these words We know of no one who is more\\ncertain to hear from the Master the words, Come ye blessed of my\\nFather and inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation\\nof the world, for he was a model Christian.\\nDr, W. S. Reed, an elder, moved to Texas in the fall of 1851.\\nOn December 7th, 1851, James E. Rankin, David Bunks, John\\nB. Cabel and Walter G. Offutt were elected elders, and William J.\\nMarshall and Wyatt H. Ingram, deacons. William J. Marshall, be-\\ning then a resident of the county, declined on that account to accept\\nthe office of deacon, and on January 4th Thomas Evans was elected\\nin his place.\\nAbout the close of the year 1851, the ladies of the church raised\\nsix hundred dollars towards the purchase of a parsonage, and the\\nhouse and lot then occupied by Mr. Ben. Weller was bought for that\\npurpose.\\nThe year 1852, and most of the year 1853, seem to have been\\nvoid of events requiring a notice in this record.\\nOn November 1st, 1853, Rev. J. D. Matthews having received a\\ncall to the Presbyterian Church at Lexington, removed to that place.\\nIn February, 1854, Rev. John A. Scott, of Virginia, at the invi-\\ntation of the session, visited the church and preached a series of ser-\\nmons. At a congregational meeting held March 12th, he was chosen\\nwith a view to a call and installation, as pastor of the church. What\\nsubsequently became of Brother Scott, the record does not tell.\\nIn September, 1854, Rev. J. Woodbridge remo\\\\ed to Hender-\\nson and preached in the church. On April 16th, 1855, he was unani-\\nmously called to the pastorate. May 20th witnessed his installation.\\nThe years 1855, 56, 57 and 58 gave rise to no important event\\nin the church s history. On December 29th, 1859, Dr. Owen Glass\\ndied. The minutes adopted by the session say of him Dr. Glass\\nwas a liberal contributor to the boards of the church, and all efforts\\nto sustain the ordinances of the Gospel. His efficient hand was felt\\nin every enterprise in which we engaged for the promotion of the\\nwelfare of our church. Energetic and earnest, whatever his hands\\nfound to do, he did with his might, and, under God, was made an in-\\nstrument greatly blessed to the attainment of the degree of prosperity\\nwhich the church has reached.\\n*He w^iis for many years a prominent minister in Virginia, and told me tliat the\\nmistake of his life was his refusal to accept the Henderson call, D. O. D.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0456.jp2"}, "457": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 455\\nAt a congregational meeting held April 8th, 18G0, Mr. Henry R,\\nTunstall, formerly an elder in the Walnut Street Church of Louis-\\nville, and Mr. Wm. Beatty, formerly an elder in the Fourth Street\\nChurch, of Louisville, were elect-^d elders in the Henderson Church-\\nIn the vear 1860, the Lecture Room was added and the church\\nenlarged.\\nThe early part of 1861 saw a blessed revival. The pastor was\\nassisted in the meetings by Rev. Dr. Hendricks, and about forty\\nnames were added to the roll.\\nMr. John B. Cabell, one of the elders, died July 27th, 1862. In\\nrecording his death the session says It is our privilege to record\\nthe consistency of his conduct as a Christian, the guilelessness and\\ngentleness of his character, the uniform courtesv and kindness ex-\\nhibited in his intercourse with the church, and his deliberations with\\nthe session. He was a faithful co-worker, with a heart ever sympa-\\nthising, and a hand ever read}^ to contribute to the necessities of the\\nKingdom of God. In his last, and lingering, illness he exhibited the\\npatience which arises from a trust in God, saying, My hope is firm\\nas a rock precious, precious promises.\\nWilliam Beatty, elder, died on October 25th, 1862. I quote the\\nfollowing regarding him, adopted as a resolution by the session He\\nwas a faithful and beloved brother in the Lord, firm in his attachment\\nto the church, unswerving in his adherence to the principles of the\\nGospel. As a member and an office bearer in the house of God, he\\nhad our confidence and respect.\\nNo important event in connection with the church occurred dur-\\ning 1863. In the spring of 1864 Mrs. Stites, seeing the urgent need\\nof more room for the Sabbath School, built and presented to the\\nchurch a room for the infant class. The minutes adopted April 8th,\\nregarding the gift, read thui The Session records with gratitude to\\nGod the liberality of Mrs. Rebecca Stites, in erecting an infant Sab-\\nbath School room in connection with the church, and in defraying the\\nentire expenses of the building. She has thus been instrumental in\\nadding important facilities to the operations of our Sabbath School,\\nand has conferred a lastii^g obligation upon the church and its chil-\\ndren wherefore,\\n^Resolved, That the thanks of the Session are hereby tendered to Mrs.\\nStites tor her good work in behalf of our church and Sabbath School, and it is\\nour praver that her Christian liberadty, as thus manifested, may prove a bles-\\nsing to those in whose behalf it was bestowed, may be accepted and rewarded", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0457.jp2"}, "458": {"fulltext": "456 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nof the Lord Jesus as done in his name, and in behalf of the Httle ones of\\nhis flock, and that his gracious words may be verified to the donor that it is\\nmore blessed to give than to receire.\\nThe above were the last minutes entered in the session book by\\nMr. J. E. Rankin, who was then clerk of the session. A. little more\\nthan three months later, the church was called to mourn his death, in\\nregard to which the session makes the following record In deep\\nsorrow, we are called to record the death of our beloved brother, James\\nEdward Rankin, ruling elder, and member of the session.\\nOn the 11th of July, while engaged in his ordinary avocation as a\\nmerchant, in this town, he was wantonly assailed by one of a plunder-\\ning band of armed men and fatally wounded by a pistol shot. Strong\\nhopes were entertained, and earnest prayers were offered for his re-\\ncovery. But God had ordained otherwise, and on the morning of the\\nLord s day, July 24th, 1864, his spirit took its flight, we doubt not, to\\na better world. Mr. Rankin was born on the 19th of August, A. D.,\\n1810, and was a native of Henderson County. Here his life was spent,\\nand none had won more fully, the respect and confidedce of the com-\\nmunity by a course of undeviating honor and integrity. Possessing\\nm a remarkable degree a genial nature, and a kind heart, he secured\\nnot noly the esteem, but the affection of all who knew him. He made\\na public confession of his faith in connection with the church on the\\nninth day of June, 1842, was ordained deacon on the fourteeth of\\nApril, 1844, and ruling elder on the fourth of Januray, 1852. As a\\nruling elder he was invariably in his place at the meetings of sessions,\\nand cheerfully and earnestly bore his share of every burden. He was\\na zealous and efficient co-worker, aiding with his influence, his purse,\\nand his prayers, all the enterprises of the church. He was for many\\nyears Superintendent of the Sabbath School, in which his affections\\nwere greatly interested. The same regularity and perseverance which\\nwere his characteristics in other departments of Christian usefulness\\nmarked his course in this labor of love. He trained his family in the\\nnurture and admonition of the Lord, endeavoring by godly walk and\\nconversation to commend to his children! the Gospel in which he\\ntrusted for salvation. He loved the kingdom of our Lord and Savior\\nJesus Christ, and was never forgetful of the#interests of the church in\\nwhich he was an office bearer. He was, indeed, one of those whom\\nGod raised up to be a pillar in the house of God.\\nIn his confinement to the bed of suffering and death, he dis-\\nplayed great calmness, and even when believing that his end was near,\\nhe manifested no pertubation of spirit, but quietly rested in faith on", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0458.jp2"}, "459": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 457\\nthe Savior in whom he believed. Wherefore, in view of our bereave-\\nment as a session,\\n^^Resolved, First, that we deplore the loss of a member so qualified hyper-\\nsonal piety, by a good report, by practical knowledge, by ma/ked prudence,\\nand wise counsels to be useful to the church yet we bow in humble submis-\\nsion to the gracious sovereignity of a covenant God.\\nResolved, Second, that our thanks are due to the Head of the Church\\nwho gave us for so many years, one fitted eminently to be an eflficient helper in\\nthe kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.\\nOn January 29th, 1865, at a meeting of the congregation, Thomas\\nEvans, Richard Stites and Pinkney Thompson, were elected Elders\\nand James R. Barrett, James H. Holloway and Wm. A. Hopkins,\\nDeacons, who were all ordained and installed February 5th.\\nThe Posey Chapel Church, having become depleted by deaths\\nand removals, the Presbytery ordered the dissolution of the organiza-\\ntion there, and the transfer of the remaining members to the Hender-\\nson Church.\\nThis was done on November 25th, 1865, and on December 10th,\\nWm. J. Marshall, the only surviving Elder of the Posey Chapel\\nChurch, was elected, and installed a ruling Elder in the Henderson\\nChurch\\nThose acquainted with the history of the Presbyterian Church in\\nKentucky will remember that the year 1866 was one of unusual in-\\nterest and excitment.\\nThe deliverances of the General Assembly on loyalty, slavery,\\netc.^ the actions or the Declaration and Testimony party, and ques-\\ntions connected with, and resulting from these, engendered feelings\\nthat caused the division and disruption of many churches.\\nThe situation was rendered still more critical for the Henderson\\nChurch by its being selected by the Synod of Kentucky as the place\\nof meeting for that year.\\nThe session foresaw threatened danger and determined, if pos-\\nsible, to avert it.\\nThat God blessed their efforts and that the church remained\\nunited through all the trouble, is a matter for which we cannot be too\\nthankful.\\nFeeling assured that the differences would almost inevitably cul-\\nminate in a division of the Synod, the Session resolved that our\\nchurch should not be represented at the meeting nor take any part in\\nthe proceedings.\\nThe Synod met in October with an unusually large attendance.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0459.jp2"}, "460": {"fulltext": "458 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nDr. Robert Breck, the last Moderator, preached the opening ser-\\nmon. So cool, so calm an I collected through it all that none would\\nhave suspected for a moment that he anticipated the scene of excite\\nment so soon to follow his sermon. Jndeed the quiet self-possession\\nmaintained by him through the trying ordeal was simply wonderful.\\nIt is outside the scope of this article to give in full the proceed-\\nings of that night s meeting, which resulted as had been anticipated,\\nin a split in the Synod.\\nThe writer hopes never to be called upon to witness another\\nsuch scene, at once so unfortunate to the interests of the church and\\nso sad to those who truly loved her.\\nOn January 18th, 1867, Rev. Jahleel Woodbridge announced to\\nthe Session his intention to resign the pastorate of the church, but\\nfor various reasons, no action was taken on his resignation by the\\ncongregation until April 30th, when the congregation voted to join\\nMr. Woolbridge in an application to the Presbytery to dissolve the\\npastoral relations between himself and the church.\\nIn June, 1867, the session having heard a good report of Rev.\\nWm. A. Harrison, of Alabama, invited him to visit the church with a\\nview of supplying the pulpit.\\nMr. Harrison arrived on July 6th and ministered to the church\\nuntil the thirtieth, when at a congregational meeting he was nomi-\\nnated and elected pastor without a dissenting voice.\\nThe third Sabbath in October was appointed by Muhlenburg\\nPresbytery for the installation of Mr. Harrison, but on account of\\nthe sickness of Rev. Mr. Smoot, one of the committee on services,\\nwas postponed and did not take place until January 25th, 1868.\\nMr. Harrison s labors were much blessed to the building up of\\nthe church. A revival began in November and continued until Feb-\\nruary. Frequent protracted services were held and part of the time\\nthe pastor had assistance from abroad.\\nThe result was a large accession to the church, over fifty names\\nbeing added to the roll between November and April.\\nOn May 16th, 1869, Charles T. Starling and James L Lambert\\nwere elected deacons and ordained and installed May 23d.\\nOctober 5th, 1869, Elder Major Fayette Posey died. Major\\nPosey came to Henderson County in the year 1802 with his father,\\nGeneral Thomas Posey, from Spottsylvania County, Virginia. He had\\nbeen a ruling elder in the church for nearly or quite fifty years.\\nFor many years he and his brother. Captain John Posey, were\\nthe only elders and the mainstay of the church, and in her hour of\\nneed he contributed most liberally to her support.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0460.jp2"}, "461": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 459\\nIn the latter part of the winter and spring of 1870, the church\\nwas blessed with another revival and about forty names were added\\nto the roll.\\nOn November 10th, 187(^ at the request of Rev. W. A. Harri\\nson, the congregation voted to join him in application to the Presby-\\ntery to dissolve the pastoral relation between himself and the Hen-\\nderson church.\\nAt^ congregational meeting, held February 19th, 1871, for the\\npurpose of electing additional trustees for the church and parsonage\\nproperty, Messrs. Samuel B. Vance, Malcolm Yeaman, C. T. Starl-\\ning and Allan Gilmore were elected Trustees for the church property\\nand Philip B. Matthews and Campbell H. Johnson for the parsonage\\nproperty.\\nAt a congregational meeting, held April 12th, 1871, Rev. D. O.\\nDavies was unanimously called to the pastorate of the church, he be-\\ning at the time pastor of the church at Clarksville, Tenn.\\nW. J. Marshall was, at a meeting of the Session on May 1st, ap-\\npointed commissioner to prosecute the call before the Presbytery of\\nNashville, which met at McMinville, Tenn.\\nRev. Mr. Davies began his ministration to the church in June,\\n1871.\\nDecember 17th, 1871, James R. Barret, Wm. M. Hanna, Samuel\\nB. Vance and Wm. A. Hopkins were elected ruling elders, and Ber-\\nnard G. Witt, Prescott Burbank, Campbell H. Johnson and John H.\\nBarret, Jr., were elected deacons and were ordained and installed\\nDecember 24th, 1871.\\nElder H. R. Tunstall died January 23d, 1872.\\nFor many years before moving to Henderson Mr. Tunstall was\\na ruling elder in Walnut Street Church of Louisville, Ky. Active,\\nearnest and faithful in the discharge of duty, always in his place in\\nthe sanctuary, his chief delight seemed to be in the service of his\\nMaster and working for His church.\\nIn March, 1871, the church purchased for a parsonage, the build-\\ning formerly owned and occupied by the Farmers Bank, for which\\nwas paid the sum of $8,500.\\nOn June 12th, 1872, Rev. D. O. Davies was installed pastor of\\nthe church.\\nIn November, 1872, the church was blessed with a revival, dur-\\ning which, between thirty and forty names were added to the roll.\\nIn February, 1873, and again in February, 1875, the church re-\\nceived large accessions, and in January, 1877, over thirty names were\\nadded to the roll.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0461.jp2"}, "462": {"fulltext": "460 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nOn March 17th, 1879, Montgomery Merritt, Malcohn, Yeaman\\nand D. J. Burr Reeve were elected deacons and ordained and en-\\nstalled March 23d.\\nIn January, 1880, the church enjoyed another revival, in which\\nover forty persons were added to their numbers.\\nThe years 1881 and 1882 passed without any occurrence worthy\\nof note.\\nIn the fall of 1883 the question of organizing a church at the\\nMission School was agitated, and at a meeting of the Session, held\\non December 26th, 1883, the matter having been fully discussed, on\\nmotion, it was unanimously declared as the sense of the Session, that\\na church should be organized at the Mission School, and a committee\\nconsisting of Dr. Davies, Elder Thompson and Deacon Yeaman\\nwas appointed to see what volunteers could be obtained towards start-\\ning the enterprise, and report to the Session.\\nOn January 9th, 1884, the committee appointed at the last meet-\\ning made their report in the form of a petition, sign,ed by twelve\\nmembers of the church, asking that they be named and set apart\\nfrom this organization for the purpose of organizing and establishing a\\nPresbyterian Church, at the place named, and to be known as an*d\\ncalled the Chestnut Hill Presbyterian Church of Henderson, Ky.\\nFurther action on this petition was postponed until necessary arrange-\\nments for organization were perfected.\\nOn February 10th, 1884, the Session dismissed for the purpose\\nof forming the Chestnut Hill Presbyterian Church, the following\\nmembers, viz Dr. P. Thompson, Mrs. Nannie G Thompson, M.\\nYeaman, Mrs. Julia V. P. Yeaman, Mrs. R. H. Elm, I. C. Allin, Mrs.\\nSusan A. Allin, Miss Mary McCullah, Hernandiz Nooks, Miss Lucy\\nS. Beverley, B. W. Powell and Mrs. Helen Henry, and appointed\\nMarch the 2d as the day when they would meet and organize the\\nchurch.\\nOn February 28th, 1884, at a meeting of the congregation, held\\nfor the purpose of electing additional elders and deacons, Messrs. C.\\nT. Starling, B. G. Witt and James L. Lambert were elected Elders,\\nand D. Banks, Jr., Edwin Hodge, G. G. Ellis and J. Ed. Rankin\\nwere elected deacons. At the morning service held on Sunday, March\\n2d, the elders and deacons elected on the previous Sabbath were or-\\ndained and installed. In the afternoon the Session met at the Mis-\\nsion Sunday School-room. After dismissing at their own request the\\nfollowing members who desired to join the new church, viz Ed-\\nward Atkinson, Mrs. Nannie Atkinson, Mrs. Mary Ehrman, Mrs.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0462.jp2"}, "463": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 461\\nElla Helms, Miss F. A. Briggs, Mrs. Cornelia Hill and W. J. Marshall,\\nJr., the Session then completed the organization of the Chestnut\\nHill Presbyterian. Church of ^Henderson, Ky.\\nSubsequently, at various times, the session dismissed at their own\\nrequest thirty more members to join the new church.\\nIn March, 1884, after protracted services, in most of which the\\npastor was assisted by Rev. J. M. Evans and Elder Hopper, the\\nSynodical Evangelist, over one hundred names were added to the\\nroll of the church.\\nSince 1884 nothing of marked interest has transpired. The\\nchurch has continued to do its work earnestly, systemmatically and\\nwell, contributing with a liberal hand not only to her own support,\\nbut to all the benevolent enterprises of the Synod and General As-\\nsembly.\\nThere are on the roll at this time the names of three hundred\\nmembers, wdth ten elders and seven deacons.\\nStatistical report of members received into the church during\\nthe different pastorates since its reorganization in 1842\\nDuring the pastorate of Rev. W. G. Allen, 2 years and 6\\nmonths, there were 61 additions to the church, 50 on examination and\\n11 by certificate.\\nRev. D. L. Gray in 6 years received 59 additions, 34 on exam-\\nination and 25 by certificate.\\nRev. J. D. Matthews in 2 years 6 months, 24 additions, 13 on\\nexamination and 11 by certificate.\\nRev. J. Woodbridge in 12 years, 143 additions, 67 on examina-\\ntion and 76 by certificate.\\nRev. W. A. Harrison in 3 years, 108 additions, 96 on examina-\\ntion and 12 by certificate.\\nRev. D. O. Davies in 16 years, 432 additions, 323 on examina-\\ntion, 109 by certificates.\\nPRESBYTERIAN SUNDAY SCHOOL.\\nOn the completion of the church building in 1842, the Sunday\\nSchool organized by Mr. John McCullagh in the Old Seminary, was\\nremoved to the church. Mr. McCullagh continued to act as superin-\\ntendent for several years, assisted by Thadeus D. Jones. Being so fre-\\nquently away from home in the prosecution of his Missionary Sunday\\nSchool work, Mr. McCullagh resigned (Mr. Jones having in the mean-\\ntime died) and Col. E. H. Hopkins was elected to and filled the office\\nuntil 1851, when he was succeeded by W. J. Marshall.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0463.jp2"}, "464": {"fulltext": "462 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTS, KY.\\nIn 1853, W. J. Marshall, having removed his membership to\\nPosey Chapel Church in the country, he was succeeded by Mr. James\\nE. Rankin, who filled the office until his death in 1864 The office\\nof superintendent was subsequently filled, first, by Rev. Alex. Ran-\\nkin and then Thomas Evans until September, 1865, when W. J. Mar-\\nshall, having returned to the city, was again elected superintendent\\nand has continued to fill the office to the present time, assisted, first, by\\nThomas Evans, afterwards by Prescott Burbank, James L. Lambert\\nand B. G. Witt, the latter being at this time assistant superintendent.\\nThe Infant Class Department of this school was organized by\\nMiss Nannie Rankin about the year 1861. She continued to act as\\nsuperintendent of the class until 1866, when she was succeeded by\\nMiss Florence Clark. In the year 1869 Miss Clark was succeeded\\nby Mrs. Lucy Reeve, who has since remained in charge and to whose\\nefficient management its present very flourishing condition is greatly\\nindebted.\\nThe roll of the Presbyterian Sunday School now embraces 9\\nofficers, 28 teachers, 220 scholars.\\nFIRST CHURCH MISSION SABBATH SCHOOL.\\nIn the fall of 1885, the session of the First Presbyterian Church\\nappointed a committee, consisting of Elders Hanna and Lambert and\\nMr. Ingram Crocket, to hold a meeting in the lower part of the city\\nand see what could be done towards starting a Mission Sabbath\\nSchool in that vicinity. They did so, and met with such encourage-\\nment that in December, they organized a school in a small frame dwel-\\nling, situated on Green Street, near the end of the Corydon Gravel\\nRoad. Finding the house too small, and not adapted for Sunday\\nSchool purposes, in the spring of 1886, the session determined to buy\\na lot and build a suitable house for the accommodation of the school\\na beautiful lot located on the corner of Green and Hancock Streets was\\npurchased, and the First Church Sunday School undertook to pay the\\ncost of the lot, viz. $350. The erection of a neat frame building was\\nimmediately begun, and in due time was completed at a cost of\\n$600. In addition to being occupied by the Sunday School a prayer\\nmeeting is held there every Thursday night. The success of the en-\\nterprise is mainly due to thefaithful labors of Dr. Wm. Hanna, Messrs.\\nJames Lambert and Ingram Crockett, Mrs. Jane Letcher, Mrs. J. F.\\nMayer, Mrs. Robert Posey, Mrs. J. H. Barrett, Sr., Mrs. Dr. Hanna\\nand Miss Mollie Wilson. Mr. James L. Lambert is the present Su-\\nperintendent, and the enrollment of the school is nine teachers and\\nthirty-five scholars.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0464.jp2"}, "465": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 463\\nPROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH.\\nHistory fails to tell of thislls a church congregation, prior to 1831.\\nIt is a fact, however, that one or more ministers of that denomination\\nhad held service in the county. We give below the proceedings of the\\nfirst meeting looking towards an organization\\nAt a meeting of some of the citizens of Henderson, Henderson County,\\nKentucky, called at the Union Church on the evening of the thirty-first of Oc-\\ntober, 1831, for the purpose of taking into consideration the expediency of or-\\nganizing an Episcopal Church Parish, there were present: James Alves, Den-\\nnis M. Threshly, James H. Lyne, James B. Pollitt, George Atkinson, Archi-\\nbald Dixon, Henry M. Grant, Horace Gaither, John H. Spidel, Levi Jones\\nJames E. Rankin, Wm. Hart. Wm. Cunningham, James H. Green. David\\nHillyer, Samuel W. Wardlow, John G. Holloway, N. F. Ruggles, Georcre\\nGayle and Wm. F. Thompson. Dr. Levi Jones was called to the chair, wherV\\nupon the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted,\\nWhereupon, We are deeply convinced that the ministry, doctrines and\\nobservances of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, are in\\nthe highest degree conformable to the Scriptures, and the practice of thL apos-\\ntolic times, and,\\nWhereas, We are strongly desirous of diffusing the blessings of this\\nchurch over the region around us, and of perpetuating them to our children\\ntherefore,\\nResolved, That it is expedient and desirable to organize at this time an\\nEpiscopal Parish in this place.\\nResolved, That the members of this meeting will associate themselves,\\nand do hereby unite in an Episcopal Parish under the title of St. Paul s Church\\nHenderson, and that we will adopt and do hereby receive, and adopt, the doc-\\ntrine and discipline of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States\\nconsenting to be governed by the constitution and cannons of the general\\nconvention of said church, and also by the constitution and cannons of said\\nchurch in the diocese of Kentucky.\\nResolved, That the delegates to the next Diocesan Convention from this\\nparish be instructed to apply for admission into the diocese of Kentucky, agree-\\nably to the provisions of said diocese in such cases.\\nResolved, That N. F. Ruggles, Wm. F. Thompson, J. B. Pollitt George\\nAtKinson, James Alves, Horace Gaither and Wm. Hart, be the Vestry of this\\nparish for the current year, any three of whom shall constitute a quorum to\\ntransact business, and then the meeting adjourned.\\nLEVI JONES, Chairman.\\nThe new vestry held their meetings and had preaching whenever\\nIt was convenient to do so. On the twenty-first day of May, 1832\\nthe vestry met, and on motion Rev. Nathan G. Osgood, was appointed\\nRector of the Parish. James Alves and James B. Pollitt, were ap-\\npomted a committee to wait upon him and solicit his acceptance.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0465.jp2"}, "466": {"fulltext": "464 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nThe Diocesan Convention was appointed to m-^.et that year in the\\nTown of Hopkinsville, on the second day of June, and on motion\\nJames Alves, William F. Thompson, George Gayle and Levi Jones,\\nwere appointed delegates to represent the Henderson Church. In the\\nearly part of 1833, Mr. Pollitt died, and on the twenty-ninth day of\\nMay, William Hart resigned as vestryman, whereupon. Judge Thomas\\nTowles and Dr. Levi Jones were appointed. On the twenty-sixth day\\nof December, 1833, Rev. Daniel H. Deacon, was appointed Rector of\\nthe Parish.\\nOn the second Thursday in June, 1834, the Diocesan Convention\\nwas held in Henderson; prior to that time, however, a committee con-\\nsisting of James, Alves, Horace Gaither and Judge Thomas Towles,\\nwas appointed to obtain subscription for the purpose of erecting a\\nchurch. October 9th, 1834, Dr. Levi Jones and Nathaniel F. Ruggles,\\nhaving removed, Edmund L. Starling and Francis E. Walker, were\\nappointed vestrymen in their places. Colonel Edmund H. Hopkins,\\nwas elected Secretary of the vestry. The Committee appointed to\\nsolicit subscriptions for the purpose of erecting a church building had\\nbeen laboriously engaged at the work assigned them, and had been so\\nsuccessful as to warrant the vestry in beginning the work therefore,\\nJudge Thomas Towles, James Alves, Horace Gaither, George Atkin-\\nson and Francis E. Walker, were appointed a committee to contract\\nfor and superintend the erection of a suitable building for the purpose\\nof church worship, in the Town of Henderson. The subscription list\\nreturned by the Committee is given below, not so much as a historical\\ncuriosity, as to show the liberality of the people in those early times\\n**Nimrod Bishop, to Thomas Toirles and D. H. Deacon:\\nFor the following funds paid him towards building St. Paul s Church,\\nin Henderson, Kentucky\\nFor amount received of William Soaper, .^25 00; Larkin White, ^15 00;\\nGeorge Gayle, fi^ 00; F. E. Walker, ^^20 00; Samuel Stites, ^20 00; Walter\\nAlves, ^30 00; Will. D. Allison, ^15 00; Tignal Hopkins, $6 00; James Hicks,\\n$6 00; J. E. Rankin, .$12 00; D. H. Deacon, $200 00; George Atkinson, ^150\\n00; Mary B. Hopkins, .^200 00; R. H. Alves, $20 00; Major Wm. Thompson,\\n^30 00; James Alves, $110 00; E. H. Hopkins, !{;25 00; A. B. Barrett, ^100 00;\\nHugh Kerr, ^100 00; John Holloway, $50 00; Wm. Rankin, $5o 00; Wyatt\\nIngram, $25 00; James Rouse, $i5 00; B. G. Marshall, ^6 00; Haywood Al-\\nves, $8 00; T, Bead, $21 21 E. L. Starling, ^20 00; H. Gaither, $30 oo;L.W.\\nPowell, 00; J. B Hopkins, $15 00; Thomas Miller, $16 84; Henry Delano,\\n.$ro 00; J A, Brawner, $15 00; Thomas Towles, $323 84; Owen Glass, $30-\\n00; Harvey Green, ^5 00; Mary Henderson, $15 go; Walter Langley, $50 00;\\nWilliam Alves, $25 00 F. Cunningham, $15 00; Subscription paper $t,^o go.\\nMaking a total of twenty-one hundred and ninety dollars and ninety-five\\ncents.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0466.jp2"}, "467": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 466\\nThe church building at that time, a handsome and commodious\\none, was built in 1837, on the corner of Main and Third cross streets,\\non a lot of ground fronting seventy feet on Main Street, and purchased\\nof James W.Marshall by Judge Towles and Rev. D. H. Deacon.\\nMarshall, by title bond, agreed to deed to Towles and Deacon, but\\ndied before the deed was made. After his death the vestry applied to\\nthe County Court for a deed, and on proof being made, the Court on\\nthe twenty-sixth day ot July, 1841, appointed Thomas Towles, Jr.,\\nEdmund H. Hopkins and William D. Allison, commissioners to con-\\nvey the ground to the vestry of the church, and for this ground the\\nchurch paid three hundred dollars. The church having been com-\\npleted, at a meeting of the vestry it was resolved to sell or rent the\\npews. Public notice having been given, fourteen pews were sold,\\nbringing the sum of seven hundred and seventy-five dollars, payments\\nto be made in five equal annual installments, and notes given for the\\ntax or rents. Twenty per cent, was levied as a tax or rent in addi-\\ntion to the sale price. A pew sold for fifty dollars was assessed an an-\\nnual tax of ten dollars. What the object of the vestry could have\\nbeen in selling a pew outright, is not known at this time, but that such\\na curious proceeding was a fact, the following deed is reproduced:\\nThis Indenture, made the eighteenth day of April, in the year of our\\nLord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, between Francis E.Walker,\\nThomas Towles, Edmund L. Starling. William Rankin and Henrj Delano,\\nthe Vestry of St. Paul s Church, in the Town of Henderson. County of Hen-\\nderson, and State of Kentucky, of the first part, and Thomas- Towles, of the\\nsame Town, County and State, of the second part, witnesseth: That the said\\nFrancis E. Walker, Thomas Towles, Edmund L. Starling, William Rankin\\nand Henry Delano, Vestry, as aforesaid, for and in consideration of the sum\\nof sixty-five (65) dollars, to them in hand paid, at and before the unsealing\\nand delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged,\\nhave bargained, sold, aliened, conveyed and confirmed, and by these presents\\nthey, the said Francis E. Walker, Thomas Towles, Edmund L. Starling, Wil\\nHam Rankin and Henry Delano. Vestry, as aforesaid, do bargain, alien, con-\\nvey and confirm, unto the said Thomas Towles. his heirs and assigns, forever,\\none certain pew in the Church of St. Paul s, before mentioned, known and\\ndesignated by the number seventeen (17), to have and to hold the said pew,\\nwith its appurtenances, unto the said Thomas Towles, his heirs and assigns!\\nforever, subject, nevertheless, to such rent or tax as the Vestry of said St.\\nPaul s Church shall annually assess, or levy and the said Francis E. Walker,\\nThomas Towles, Edmund L. Starling, William Rankin and Henry Delano,\\nVestry, as aforesaid, warrant a good, perfect and indefeasible title, in fee sim-\\nple (with the exception before mentioned), to the said pew, with its appurte-\\nnances, against the right, title, claim and demand of all persons whatsoever\\nwill forever warrant and defend by these presents.\\n30", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0467.jp2"}, "468": {"fulltext": "466 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nIn testimony whereof the said Francis E. Walker, Thomas Towles, Ed\\nmund L Starling. William Rankin and Henry Delano, as Vestry, as afore-\\nsaid, have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals the day and year\\nfirst above written.\\nF. E. WALKER, [skal.]\\nTHOMAS TOWLES, [seal\\nWM. RANKIN, [SEAL.]\\nE. L. STARLING, [seal.]\\nHENRY DELANO, [seal\\nOn the first day of April, 1839, Easter Monday, the pewholders\\nand communicants, met for the first time to elect a Vestry. Thomas\\nTowles, Francii E. Walker, Edmund L. Starling, William Rankin,\\nHenry Delano, James Alves and Dr. James Newland were elected.\\nEdmund H. Hopkins was elected clerk of the Vestry.\\nFebruary 13th, 1841, the following act of the General Assembly\\nof Kentucky was approved\\n*Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky\\nThat Daniel H Deacon, Thomas Towles, Sr., James Alves, Edmund\\nL Starling, Henry Delano and William J, Alves, be and they are hereby\\ncreated a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Vestry of\\nSt. Paul s Church in the Town of Henderson; and they, with their succes-\\nsors, shall so continue and have perpetual succession, and by that name are\\nmade capable in law as natural persons to sue and be sued, plead and be im\\npleaded, contract and be contracted with, answer and be answered, in any\\ncourt of law or equity in this Commonwealth, and elsewhere; to have and\\nuse a common seal, and alter the same at pleasure, and to receive and hold to\\nthemselves, and their successors, the free hold or lease hold title to any quantity\\nof land, not exceeding four acres, and the emoluments thereof, and any tene-\\nments, goods and chatties, of any kind whatever, which may be given, granted,\\ndevised or demised, in trust to them, for the use and benefit of the members\\nand congregation of the said church, subject, however, to such limitations\\nand restrictions as may be imposed or reserved by the grantor of such prop-\\nerty. Provided, however, that any land acquired and held by them, by virtue\\nof this act, shall be used either as a site for a church edifice or house of public\\nworship, or as a burying ground, or as a place for the residence of the pastor,\\nor rector, of said church, and for no other use or purpose whatever.\\nSaid corporation shall have power to raise money by subscription or\\nborrowing, to any amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars, and lay out the\\nsame in the purchase of any grounds, or the erection, improving, repairing\\nand furnishing ot any houses they may deem necessary, subject to the limita-\\ntions specified in the first section.\\nSaid corporation shall have the power (with the advice and consent of\\na majority of persons who elect them, upon their records expressed) to sell or\\notherwise dispose of any property acquired or held by them, by virtue of this\\nact, and, by their deed duly acknowledged, to transfer and convey the fee\\nsimple, or other title, to any such propert\\\\", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0468.jp2"}, "469": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 467\\nThat should any vacancy in said corporation occur bj death, removal,\\nresignation, or otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled by election, in the man-\\nner prescribed by the constitution ^nd canons of the Protestant Episcopal\\nChurch of the United Statfsof America, and of the Diocese of Kentucky, for\\nthe election of vestrymen.\\nThe said Vestry shall not have, or exercise, under this charter, any\\npower or privilege not herein expressly granted. And the Legislature shall\\nhave the right to amend, modify or repeal this act, but the repeal shall not de\\nprive the said Vestry of the property and effects acquired and held under this\\ncharter.*\\nNovember 7th, 1841, Rev. D. H. Deacon, having resigned, the\\nvestry appointed Henry Delano and James Alves a committee to\\nprocure the services of Rev. Mr. Laman to preach twice a month, for\\nwhich they agreed to pay him three hundred dollars per annum. On\\nthe twelfth day of June, 1842, the vestry called the Rev. William\\nJackson, of Winchester, Virginia, at a salary of six hundred dollars\\nand a residence furnished. Mr. Jackson accepted the call and s-on\\nafter removed to Henderson. July 16th, 1842, Colonel Hopkins\\nresigned the secretaryship of the vestry. August 5th, 1845, just three\\nyears after he had been installed as rector of the parish. Rev. Jackson\\ndied. He had by the purity of his character and earnest religious\\nwork endeared himself to all Christian people and no man s death\\nwas ever more lamented. The vestry passed appropriate resolutions,\\nand as an additional mark of their esteem, they wore crape for thirty\\ndays. October 27th, 1845, Rev. John Swann, of Bladensburg, Mary-\\nland, was called at a salary of seven hundred dollars and accepted.\\nHe soon took charge of the church and remained in charge until the\\ntwelfth day of April, 1850, when he resigned. A committee, consist-\\ning of James Alves and Ira Delano, was appointed to secure another\\nrector. This committee reported and on the thirtieth day of October,\\n1850, Rev. William C. Lewis was called, accepted and resigned on\\nthe eleventh day of June, 1851. Rev. W, G. H. Jones, a brilliant\\npreacher, but unfortunately high tempered, was called from Acco-\\nmack, Virginia, and assumed charge as rector of the parish November\\n1st, 1851. The old church, which had been built seventeen years\\nbefore, being sadly in need of general repair, on the eleventh day of\\nFebruary, 1854, a committee, consisting of R. H. Alves, L. G.\\nTaylor and Colonel L. H. Lyne, was appointed to ascertain the\\nprobable cost and expediency of repairing the building. On March\\n11th, Col. Lyne reported that the members of the church were opposed\\nto adding to or repairing the church at any considerable cost. The\\ncommittee was then instructed to ascertain what amount of money", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0469.jp2"}, "470": {"fulltext": "468 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\ncould be raised to be applied to the erection of a new church build-\\ning, the amount to be paid quarterly.\\nAs an additional inducement towards getting subscriptions, the\\nvestry agreed io pro rate the amount arising from the renting of the\\npews among the subscribers to the new building. On the thirty-first\\nday of March, 1855, E. L. Starling, William Rankin and Robert H.\\nAlves were appointed a committee to negotiate for the sale of the\\nchurch lot and parsonage and also for a suitable lot on which to build\\na new church and parsonage. About this time the Rector had, by his\\ncranky notions and ungovernable temper, estranged most of the\\nmembers of the congregation, and the congregation had dwindled\\ndown to an insignificant number of attendants. A few of the iron-nerved\\ndeclined to surrender, and through their influence and unflinching\\ndevotion to the church, the rector, Rev. W. G. H. Jones, was forced\\nto resign.\\nApril 24th, 1856, Rev. D. H. Deacon was invited to meet with\\nthe Bishop in reference to the spiritual and temporal affairs of the\\nchurch, and after this conference, Rev. Deacon was again called to\\nthe charge. He accepted and once more the congregation became\\nunited, and were soon as alive again to the purpose of building a new\\nchurch edifice, as they were some time before. The committee on\\nsubscription was not only active but successful in securing quite a\\nhandsome sum for building purposes.\\nOn the twenty-eight day of July, 1856, it was ordered that the lot\\non the corner of Center and Green Streets be purchased at and for\\nthe sum of three thousand dollars. This was done, and on the fourth\\nday of March, 1857, a deed to that effect from the executors of\\nJames Alves, deceased, to the vestry, was recorded. The handsome\\nedifice, an ornament to the city and a credit to the liberality of those.\\nwho contributed to its building, now standing on the corner of Green\\nand Center Streets, was begun soon after the purchase of the lot. It\\nwas agreed that it should be fashioned after the early English, pointed\\nGothic style. At a meeting of the vestry, Rt. Rev. B. B. Smith,\\nBishop of the Diocese of Kentucky, was requested to have plans of\\nsuch a church building drawn, including with it plans of a rectory or\\nparsonage. Nine thousand dollars were set apart for the completion\\nof the church building and three thousand for the parsonage. Bishop\\nSmith visited England a short time after this, and while there secured\\nthe plans of the present church with only a slight modification. The\\nvestry adopted the report of the Bishop, and soon thereafter entered\\ninto contract with William Temperly, of Madison, Indiana, to build", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0470.jp2"}, "471": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 469\\nthe church. F. H. Dallam, L. G. Taylor, George Atkinson and\\nWilliam Rankin were appointed to superintend the building of this\\nhouse.\\nOn the ninth day of May, 1857, thj old rectory, which was\\npurchased on the eleventh day of August, 1853, for $1,500, was sold\\nto D. N. Walden for $3,000. On the twenty-eight day of April, 1857,\\na majority of the members and. pewholders, at an election held for\\nthat purpose, authorized the sale of the old church and lot. The\\nproperty was immediately offered for sale, but from some cause, was\\nnot sold until October, 1858. On October 13th, 1858, Messrs.\\nWilliam Rankin and Robert H. Alves sold to A. H. Talbott, 23 feet,\\n4 inches, front on Main Street, for the sum of $1,050. On October\\n15th, 1858, the remaining 46 feet, 8 inches, was sold to George M.\\nPriest for $1,750.\\nDuring the building of the new church, the congregation held\\nservice in the Court House. Early in 1859, the present church\\nbuilding was completed, and on Monday, twenty-fifth day of Aprilj\\n1859, the pews were rented.\\nOctober 5th, 1859, Rev. D. H. Deacon was elected rector of the\\nnew church. In the summer of 1859, the organ was purchased of\\nSimmons Wilcox, Boston, Mass., the same being selected by Mrs.\\nMary H. Starling.\\nApril 9th, 1860, the first vestry of the new church was elected,\\nand was composed of the following named Lucien Dallam, John J.\\nTowles, John C. Atkinson, William Rankin, E. L. Starling, Jr., Ira\\nDelano, F. E. Walker and William J. Alves. William Rankin was\\nelected Senior Warden, L. C. Dallam, Junior Warden, and E. L.\\nStarling, Jr., Secretary and Treasurer.\\nOn Sunday, May 31st, 1860, the vestry, by proper legal and\\nchurch instruments of writing, donated the building to the purposes\\nfor which it was erected, and the same was received and consecrated\\nby the Rt. Rev. B. B, Smith, Bishop of the Diocese, in the presence\\nof a large congregation.\\nRev. D. H. Deacgn continued in charge as rector until 1867,\\nwhen he resigned. Rev. J. Maxwell Pringle, of South Carolina, was\\ncalled in 1868 and accepted the call. On the first day of May, 1880,\\ntwelve years thereafter, Mr. Pringle resigned. In June 1880, a\\ncommittee of the vestry was appointed to select a suitable rector. On\\nthe fifteenth day of November, 1880, the committee reported, recom-\\nmending Rev. R. S. Barrett, then employed as a State Evangelist by\\nthe Bishop, Rt. Rev. Thomas U. Dudley. Mr. Barrett was notified", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0471.jp2"}, "472": {"fulltext": "470 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nand accepted the temporary rectorship until April 1st, 1881. In the\\nmeantinne the Bishop consented that he might become permanent rector\\nand on the first day of April, he accepted the vestry s call and resigned\\nhis commission as Evangelist. During Mr. Barrett s rectorship, ihe\\nchurch increased in membership and influence more rapidly than had\\never before been known. His energy and Christian piety, his noble-\\nness of purpose and good deeds, won to him hundreds who had never\\nknown the beauties of the ritual of this church. As an evidence, the\\nfirst Easter offering made on April 1st, 1881, amounted to the hereto-\\nfore unheard of sum of one thousand dollars. During Mr. Barrett s\\nterm of service, he caused to be erected the handsome Sunday school\\nand lecture room adjoining the church. This was built dunng the\\nsummer of 1881. It is elegantly arranged and furnished, and has\\nproven a very valuable addition to the church. During the summer\\nof 1884, he raised the necessary funds and caused to be built the\\nhandsome recess chancel so ornamental to the main church building^\\nDuring the fall of 1884, through his instrumentality, the entire church\\nwas handsomely carpeted and upholstered. During the fall of 1885\\nthe organ was rebuilt.\\nOf course it is not the purpose of the historian to detract one\\niota of credit from the ladies and gentlemen of the congregation, for\\nit was their work and liberality that brought this great work about, but\\nthen with a listless, unconcerned, come and go easy rector, these\\nthings would never have been accomplished. During Mr. Barrett s\\nrectorship he become noted as a writer of church books and pamph-\\nlets, and some of these reached an unprecedented circulation. He\\nwas very active in establishing churches throughout the surrounding\\ncountry, and through his efforts St. Barnaba s Chapel on Washington\\nand Julia Streets, was built during the fall of 1886. This chapel has\\nnow a large flourishing Sunday School. St. Pauls Sunday School is\\none of the largest in the city.\\nOn the thirty-first day of December, 1886, Mr. Barrett having\\nreceived a call to one of the largest churches in the South, at At-\\nlanta, Ga., resigned the rectorship of St. Paul s. His farewell ser_\\nmon to the congregation, whom he had served so faithfully and de-\\nvoutly for nearly six years, will long be remembered. In addition to\\nhis own congregation there were a great number of his friends from\\nother denominations and others who belonged to no church at all.\\nThere were but few dry eyes in that congregation.\\nIt then became necessary for the vestry to fill his place, and to\\nthat end a committee was appointed to correspond with those best", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0472.jp2"}, "473": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 471\\ninformed and recommend some suitable person. February, 1887, the\\ncommittee reported recommending Rev. R. W. Barnwell, of the\\nChurch of the Holy Apostlg, Barnwell, South Carolina. Mr.\\nBarnwell accepted the call, and on April 7th, 1887, assumed the du-\\nties of rector of the parish. Mr. Barnwell is of a family of noted\\npreachers, his father before him having been one of the most noted\\nin the church.\\nI regret that I have not in my possession a copy of a very high\\nand marked editorial testimonial to his eminent worth and great piety*\\npublished a short time after his departure from South Carolina, in\\none of the leading papers of Charleston, for insertion in this sketch.\\nSt. Pauls at this time has upon its roll of membership nearly three\\nhundred.\\nIn the month of May, 1869, the Diocesan Convention met in St.\\nPauls and was attended by Governors J. W. Steveson and Merri-\\nweather, besides other distinguished gentlemen, both of the clergy\\nand laity. In May, 1887, the Diocesan Council again met in St.\\nPauls and was largely attended.\\nCHRISTADELPHIAN CHURCH.\\nThis church was organized in 1856, but prior to its organization\\nDr. Thomas, the venerable and learned head of the church in Vir-\\nginia, visited Henderson County and preached for his people. This\\nwas in 1853. The followers of this particular church are few in num-\\nbers, yet firm in the faith, as taught. This congregation, in addition\\nto Dr. Thomas, has been visited by Revs. A. B. Magrudor, Albert An-\\nderson and Wiley Jones, of Virginia Benjamin Wilson, of Illinois\\nRobert Harper, of Wisconsin James Donalson, of Michigan, and\\nRobert Roberts, editor of the Christadelphian, Birmingham, Eng-\\nland.\\nTHE NAME,\\nChristadelphian, is derived from the Greek words Christon Adelphoi\\nBrethren in Christ. They believe in the one faith taught by the\\nApostles, and believed in by Christadelphians. The one God re-\\nvealed to Israel, Jesus of Nazareth a mortal man, born of Mary by\\nthe Holy Spirit, which constituted Him the Son of God. Put to\\ndeath as a sin offering. Exalted to the Heavens until the restitu-\\ntion of all things. The promises made to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.\\nThe covenant made with David. The second (personal) coming of\\nJesus to the earth. The resurrection and judgment of the whole\\nhousehold of God (just and unjust). Immortality bestowed on those", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0473.jp2"}, "474": {"fulltext": "472 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\nwho are found worthy, and appointed rulers in his kingdom. Con-\\ndemnation of the unworthy to the second death. Jesus Christ, the\\nKing of the Jews and of the whole earth. The Kingdom of God re-\\nestablished as the Kingdom of Israel in the Holy Land. Restoration\\nof the Jews from dispersion. Destruction of the Devil and his works,\\nScripturally understood as sin and the lusts of the flesh, in every\\nmode of manifestation. Subjugation of all Kingdoms and Repub-\\nlics on earth. Duration of the Kingdom one thousand years, de-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2stroying all enemies, including death itself. The human race essen-\\ntially mortal, under the law of sin and death. Jesus, the Christ,\\nthrough his death and resurrection, brought immortality to light.\\nSalvation only on believing the things concerning the Kingdom of\\nGod and the name of Jesus Christ. Baptism (i.e. immersion) in water\\nfor a union with that name. The absolute necessity of understanding\\nthe Old Testament, in order to a correct New Testament faith.\\nThis little band of Christian workers, while positively firm in the\\nfaith, never push their views upon other Christian people, only when\\nchallenged in debate. They prefer to let the students of theology\\nread and study for themselves. The congregation own a church\\nbuilding in the county, but have no regular preacher. It is only oc-\\ncasionally they have service, and that when some minister of the\\nchurch happens along or comes by invitation.\\nEvery member of this denomination is a close reader of the\\nScriptures, and finds it his or her duty to be thoroughly posted in the\\nteachings thereof. They have a church building in the Hebardsville\\nprecinct, seating capacity one hundred.\\nTHE CATHOLIC CHURCH.\\nFrom a very small membership and no church building only as\\nfar back as 1850, this denomination has grown to be one of, if not\\nthe hrgest, congregation in the city. There were, perhaps, not more\\nthan a dozen members at that time and they met and worshipped at\\ndifferent private residences.\\nThe Catholics of Henderson were first attended by the Rev. E.\\nJ. Durbin, of the Sacred Heart Church, Union County, and his\\nassistant. A few years subsequent to 1850, it became the duty of\\nthe assistant pastor to visit Henderson regularly during the year.\\nMass was said for long time in various private residences, principally\\nat Mr. Francis Millet s on Third Street. The most distinguished\\nclergyman who ministered to the Henderson Catholics at that time\\nwas the Rev. Michael Bouchet, who has been for many years the\\nVicar General of the Diocese of Louisville.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0474.jp2"}, "475": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 473\\nDuring the year 1858, while the Rev. William Bourke, now pro-\\nfessor of ancient languages at St. Joseph s College, Bardstown, Ky., was\\nvisiting Henderson, the first an^ present brick edifice standing on the\\nnorthwest corner of Third and Ingram Streets, was built.\\nWhile this church was being built, the Rev. Father William\\nDunn, in September, 1861, succeeded Father Bourke, as assistant to\\nthe venerable Father Durbin, and soon became the first resident\\npastor of the Henderson Catholics.\\nThe church building was unplastered, its members few and, for\\nthe most part poor, but Father Dunn labored among them with a zeal\\nand Christian charity that soon gained for him the good will of the\\nentire community. In April, 1870, Father Dunn was removed to a\\nhigher field of labor, and was succeeded to the pastorate of the church\\nby the Rev. Father Dom F. Crane, who was pastor only for the short\\nterm of seven months. He was succeeded, November, 1871, by the\\nRev. T. J. Jenkins, who held pastoral charge for one year. In\\nNovember, 1872, the Rev. Jenkins was succeeded by the Rev. Father\\nA. M. Coenen, who retained charge for two years and six months. In\\nMay, 1875, Rev. Coenen was succeeded by Rev. Father William\\nVanderhagen, who had charge for five years and seven months. In\\nJune, 1881, he was succeeded by the present pastor, Rev. Father\\nThomas F. Tierney.\\nAs an evidence of the liberality of this devoted congregation of\\nChristian people, during the year, 1883, a beautiful lot lying on the\\nnortheast corner of Second and Ingram Streets was purchased. This\\nlot fronts 167 feet on Second Street and 190 feet on Ingram Street.\\nIt is located in one of the prettiest portions of the city and upon one\\nof the most traveled thoroughfares.\\nJn May, 1886, an immense concrete foundation was laid for the\\nnew church edifice to be called the Church of the Holy Name of\\nJesus, designed by the eminent architect, J. J. Egan, of Chicago.\\nOn Sunday, the seventeenth day of October, 1886, the corner stone\\nto this immense building was laid with imposing ceremonies by the\\nRt. Rev. William G. McClosky, Bishop of Louisville. Father Dunn,\\nthe first pastor of the Henderson Church, preached a beautiful and\\ntouching sermon. The style of architecture of this church is strictly\\nin keeping with the early English Gothic, outside surface of pressed\\nbrick with stone ornamentation. This building, when completed, will\\nnot only be the largest church structure in the city, but by far\\nthe most imposing in the State outside of the City of Louisville.\\nWhen completed it will have cost those contributing to its building,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0475.jp2"}, "476": {"fulltext": "474 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nbetween twenty-five to thirty thousand dollars. In the earnest, un-\\ntiring endeavor of these people, a lesson is taught, worthy of\\nemulation by other Christian people. Under the ministrations of\\nFather Tierney, the congregation is fast increasing in numbers and\\ninfluence. Connected with the church is a large school, with three\\nlarge rooms, under the supervision of four Sisters of Nazareth, Sister\\nCharlotte, Superior. There are enrolled in this school between one\\nhundred and twenty-five and one hundred and fifty scholars.\\nCUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN.\\nOne of the oldest denominations in the county, but many years\\nago, from a want of activity and zeal, ceased to exist. Of late years,\\nreorganized a small congregation and Sunday school, called a pastor,\\nand held Sunday services until June, 1887, when their pastor resigned.\\nThe church is now closed.\\nGERMAN METHODIST.\\nMerged into the Methodist Episcopal.\\nAFRICAN M. E. CHURCH.\\nA large and thrifty congregation, have a commodious brick house\\nof worship, built several years ago. Rev. R. W. T. James, pastor.\\nISRAELITISH CHURCH.\\nFor several years past, the Israelites of Henderson have held\\nservices eitlier in some hall employed for that purpose, or at the\\nresidence of some member of the congregation. In the observance\\nof holy days, they are more punctilious than any of the Christian\\ndenominations.\\nIn pursuance to a call of the ladies of the church, a meeting was\\nheld on the fourth day of May, 1884, at the residence of Mrs. M\\nOberdorfer for the purpose of organizing a permanent Society to\\nfurther encourage all good and noble objects of humanity, but more\\nespecially all worthy objects appertaining to their sacred and holy\\nreligion. To raise the necessary funds for the purpose of purchasing\\na lot within the limits of the city, whereon to erect a house to be used\\nfor the religious instruction of the Israelitish children of the citv, and\\nalso for the religious worship on Holy days or other times when\\ndeemed proper, was another desired end. A subscription lisi was\\ncirculated and the following amounts given\\nM. Bauldauf, $105 Isaac Mann, $50 Abraham Mann, $50\\nPeter Geibel, $25; M. Heilbronner, $25; H. Laucheim, $25; H.\\nSchlesinger, $25 Mrs. B. Leiber, $25 S. Wertheimer, $25 Louis", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0476.jp2"}, "477": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 475\\nOberdorfer, $25; R. Goldstein, $25; M. Levi, $25; Mrs. L. Schles\\ninger, $20 E. and G. Starr, $20 M. Metz, $10 E. M. Pollack,\\n$10; Dr. Nathan Oberdorfer, $10 Mrs. H. Oberdorfer, $10; George\\nMetz, $5 Nathan Oberdorfer, $5 Jos. Metz, $5 M. Wiener, $5.\\nSince that time, indeed, within the last two years, the Israelites\\nhave purchased a lot for church purposes in the city, and a beautiful\\ncemetery site on the Henderson and Owensboro road, two and a half\\nmiles out of the city.\\nFOURTH STREET COLORED BAPTIST.\\nThe history of this church is brief never the less, it goes to show\\nhow much can be accomplished by energy, earnest work, and united\\npurposes.\\nThe church was organized February 15th, 1877, by Elder R. D.\\nPeay, pastor of the White Baptist, assisted by Judge P. H. Lockett.\\nIt had a membership at that time of forty-four members, and now\\nnumbers three hundred and twenty-five affiliating members.\\nOn February 15th, 1877, the same day of organization Elder\\nLewis Norris was called to the pastorate and accepted the charge\\nJust here it may be well to go further back in the life of this congre-\\ngation. Originally, there was but one Colored Baptist Church the\\nFirst Baptist. In 1867, Elder Norris was called from Bardstown,\\nKentucky, to take charge of the First Baptist Congregation. He ac-\\ncepted the same year, coming to Henderson and entering upon the\\nduties of the charge. For ten years, he labored with this congrega-\\ntion, and during the time purchased the lot on the corner of Elm and\\nWashington Streets, and. commenced raising money for the purpose\\nof building the two story brick, now standing as a monument to the\\nliberality and industry of the colored people. He procured the plan\\nand had raised over eight hundred dollars for building purposes, when\\nsome dissatisfaction arose in the congregation, and he resigned charge\\nof the church He was then called to Bowling Green, but at the in-\\nstance of several whites, declined the call, and remained in Hender-\\nson. About this time forty-four members of the First Baptist se-\\ncured letters of withdrawal, and immediately rented the Old Cumber-\\nland Presbyterian church building, on Fourth Street, and organized\\nwhat is now known as the Fourth Street Church. Elder Norris was\\ncalled to this charge, and accepted. He immediately applied his\\nwhole time and energies to building up the new church, first buying\\nfrom Mr. Joseph Adams a lot on the corner of First and Adams Street.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0477.jp2"}, "478": {"fulltext": "476 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nThe Deacons of the church, Ephraim Marshall, Randall Bibbs, George\\nTowles, Stephen Swope, Elias Cabell, Smith Posey and Thomas Payne,\\ngave him every assistance, and worked with him in harmony and gen-\\neral good will. This and the continued unceasing and untiring labors\\nof the pastor, deacons and members had the effect to very materially\\nincrease the membership of the church, and the prospect of soon\\nbuilding for themselves a temple they could call their own, subscrib-\\ning liberally themselves, and being materially aided by their white\\nfriends. Elder J orris and his deacons soon found themselves in a\\ncondition financially as they thought, to undertake the building pro-\\nposed. In 1879, the house was built and roofed in, and was occu-\\npied by the congregation in 1880. The church is a large brick with a\\ntowering cupalo, and a deep toned bell to correspond. The congre-\\ngation have never had but one pastor. They have had many ups and\\ndowns, and are yet finacially embarassed, but hope by the blessings of\\na kind providence, to extricate themselves from all entanglements\\nduring this and the coming year.\\nNote On the the third Sunday of September, 1884, the hand-\\nsome and imposing church edifice above referred to was burned about\\neleven o clock in the morning, and the congregation turned out into\\nthe street.\\nSince the burning of the church, to-wit on the eighteenth day\\nof June, 1887, Elder Norris died and his congregation scattered to the\\nfour winds.\\nTHE AFRICAN BAPTIST CHURCH.\\nThe African Baptist Church of Jesus Christ, in Henderson, Hen-\\nderson County, State of Kentucky, began in log cabins, corn, and to-\\nbacco fields the members assembled in barns, and under shade trees,\\nto worship The Almighty Father. In 1840, they were admitted and re-\\nceived to membership in the White Baptist Church, and baptised\\nby Rev. H. B. Wiggin, and there provisions were made for them un-\\ntil 1845 then a committee of five white brethren was appointed to or-\\nganize an African Baptist Church. Seventy members of colored,\\nwith white brethren and pastor met in the basement story of the pres-\\nent Baptist Church on the eighth of June, 1845. Rev. G. Matthews\\npreached a sermon from Rev. 3, Ch. 8 vs. Behold I have set before\\nthee an open door, and no man can shut it. He explained the com-\\nmission given the church, and the nature of the Kingdom of Jesus\\nChrist. At the close, Rev. Franklin, of the committee suggested Rev.\\nF. Cunningham moderator, and W. H. Cunningham clerk. The ar-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0478.jp2"}, "479": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 477\\ntides of Faith and Rules of Decorum were read and explained, the\\ncongregation accepted, and agreed to live in accordance with the\\nteachings of the word of God. James Towles and Henry Alves, were\\nchosen deacons, F. Cunningham, naoderator, announced to them that\\nyou are now an African Baptist Church, to work by the directions of\\nthe committee.\\nRev. George Matthews, pastor of the White Baptist Church, rose\\nand offered an appropriate prayer to the Almighty God, that he would\\nratify in Heaven what was done on ea^rth to his Honor and Glory, and\\nthen the hand of recognition was extended by the committee.\\nRev. Willis Walker, who was a slave, was chosen pastor, and was\\nafterward bought from his owner by the colored church at a cost of\\nfive hundred and twenty dollars. Rev. Walker preached as a Free-\\nwill Baptist for many years preceding his connection with Missionary\\nBaptist, his labors being crowned with great success.\\nIn October, 1846, the church held a protracted meeting, which\\nresulted in the conversion of fifty persons. In 1849, The Holy Spirit\\nwas poured out upon the people and a number of seventy were obedi-\\nent to the Faith of Jesus Christ.\\nIn 1852 Rev. Walker was joined by Rev. M. Taylor and Major\\nTowles, and when the associational report of 1857 was made up, it\\nwas found that The African Baptist Church had increased to three\\nhundred and seventy members, the entire membership of Henderson\\nCounty being centered in this church.\\nRev, Walker s last work, he had prayed to his Heavenly Father\\nto permit him to be found at his post when death comes, so he was in\\nthe water and was baptising when the angel of death said unto him,\\nwell done, good and faithful servant, and after a period of twenty-\\nfour years labor, he returned to his Father s embrace, and many sad\\nhearts mourned the loss. The church finding herself without a pastor,\\ninvited Rev. Henry Green, of Danville, Kentucky, to visit here, and\\nhe came and pastored three years.\\nCharles Jenkins was licensed in 1860. In the spring of 1865,\\nRev. Washington Stander, was called and served two years. On the\\nnineteenth day of August, 1866, thiity-three members were dismissed\\nby letter to constitute the Race Creek Baptist Church, six miles north\\nof the city.\\nFor twenty-one years, the congregation had been worshiping in\\nthe basement story of the White Baptist. The great war between\\nthe North and South had just closed, and the colored people were", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0479.jp2"}, "480": {"fulltext": "478 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nthrown upon their own resources, with not a dollar to sustain them-\\nselves, and the church finding itself without a house in which to wor-\\nship God. Suspicion ran high, prejudice and passions were the topics\\nof the day, the thoughts of a dark prospect seem to chill the blood in\\nevery vein, but remembering the text of Rev. Matthews, Behold, I\\nhave set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it, a reg-\\nular meeting for business was held on the twenty-third day of January,\\n1866, and after much discussion, a committee was appointed consist-\\ning of Thomas Gains, Sr., Peter Harris, John Mackey, Henry Smith\\nand Charles Livers, with instructions to secure a place for worship.\\nAt a business meeting February 1st, 1866, the Committee re-\\nported success, then the following brethren were chosen Trustees,\\nCharles Livers, Thomas Gains, Sr., and John Mackey, and on the\\neighth day of February, 1866, entered into contract with E. W. Wor-\\nsham for the old Methodist Church, corner of Elm and Washington\\nStreets, with a seating capacity of more than four hundred persons,\\nfor a consideration of $3,030.\\nThe first Lord s day in June, 1866, the congregation was asked\\nto remain after preaching for the purpose of organizing a Sabbath\\nSchool, after explanation given by G. H. Grant, Charles Livers. Paris\\nMcBride and others, it was agreed to proceed to the organization of a\\nSabbath School, and on motion G. H. Grant was chosen Superinten-\\ndent, Paris McBride, assistant Superintendent; Charles Livers, Secre-\\ntary and George King, Treasurer.\\nIn 1867, the church being without a pastor, G. H. Grant was\\nchosen to supply the pulpit.\\nOn the twenty-third day of October, 1867, Rev. Lewis Norris\\nwas called to take pastoral charge of the church, and he served eight\\nyears. During his administration, several new churches were organ-\\nized, and several preachers ordained to the work of the Gospel Minis-\\nistry. In September, 1867, M. Taylor was ordained to the ministry\\nin 1870, on the ninth day of October, G. H. Grant was ordained in\\n1871, March 10th, five members were dissmissed to constitute St.\\nPaul s Baptist Church, in Corydon, twelve miles southwest of the city;\\nApril 6th. eighteen members were dismissed to constitute the St. John\\nBaptist Church, nine miles west of the city; November 4th, nine mem-\\nbers were dismissed to constitute the New Hope Baptist Church,\\nseven miles south of the city in 1871, May 1st, thirteen members\\nwere dismised to constitute the Walnut Hill Baptist Church, five miles", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0480.jp2"}, "481": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 479\\nsoutheast of the city in 1872, Joseph Bell and Primus Burris, were\\nordained to the ministry.\\nIn 1871, Rev. Lewis Norri% baptised one hundred and eighty\\npersons, who were added to the church, and it was ascertained that\\nthe seating capacity of the house would not accommodate the congre-\\ngation, and so $1200 were expended in building an addition, which\\nseated seven or eight hundred persons.\\nIn November, 1876, Elder G. H. Grant was chosen to take\\npastoral charge of the church. Finding it, and the Sabbath School,\\nretrograding from its previous high standing, ihe church greatly con-\\nfused, and Sabbath School numbering from ten to fifteen pupils, it\\nwas with reluctance he entered upon the work. The first official act\\nof the church under Elder Grant s administration was the granting of\\nforty-three members letters of dismission, on the ninth day of Febru-\\nary, 1877, to constitute the Fourth Street Baptist Church, in this\\ncity, giving them $250.\\nThe members having agreed to erect a brick edifice to the honor\\nof God s name, the officers suggested a plan to raise the money,\\nwhich was heartily endorsed by all the members, and they raised from\\n$60 to $100 per week. The Sabbath School increased to two hun-\\ndred and thirty scholars. A resolution to purchase an organ was\\nhighly approved, and J. K. Mason was appointed to select the organ.\\nA committee of ladies were appointed to solicit means for that pur-\\npose. In a few days the amount needed (one hundred and twenty-\\nfive dollars) was in hand. Peace and tranquility prevailed in all the\\ndepartments of the church.\\nRev. C. R. Ware was called to the pastoral charge, January 1st,\\n1879. He found the church in a fine working condition, both spirit-\\nually and temporally.\\nIn the spring of 1879, the old frame building was removed from\\nthe lot, then the foundation for the new building was laid at once.\\nThe building committee were brethren of honesty, wisdom and energy.\\nThey were as follows Junius Sneed, Thomas Gaines, Sr., Henry\\nGlass, Peter Harris, Erasmus McCormick, J. A. Carr, J. E. McBride,\\nB. R. Hughes, Winston Harris, Michael Brown, John K. Mason, and\\nW. F. Gaines, Secretary. The dimensions of the new building is\\n45x75, two stories high, the upper story eighteen feet, basement eight\\nfeet. The corner stone of the new building was laid on the fourth\\nof July, 1879. The contractors were three or four months building\\nthe house, and during that time the congregation was occupying the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0481.jp2"}, "482": {"fulltext": "480 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTV, KY.\\nBenevolent Aid Society s Lodge room in Woodruff Hall. On the\\nfifteenth day of September, 1879, the congregation removed to their\\nnew house of worship, which was so far completed at a cost of $4,900.\\nRev. P. H. Kennedy was called and entered upon pastoral duty, Jan-\\nuary 1st, 1881. He found the congregation worshipping in the base-\\nment story of the building, the second story to be plastered, windows\\nto be put in, and to be furnished with seats and pulpit. The people,\\nyet led by a working spirit to complete their edifice, responded to\\nevery call until it was finished, at a cost of about $7,050. The fol\\nlowing persons are filling the office of deacons: J. E. McBride, H.\\nGlass, J. Sneed, Thomas Gaines, Sr., Peter Harris, R. McCormick\\nand J. A. Carr.\\nHENDERSON COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY,\\nWas recognized as an auxilliary of the American Bible Society, in\\nFebruary, 1831. Its first officers were Captain Daniel McBride,\\nPresident; Levi Jones, Corresponding Secretary, and Wyatt H. In-\\ngram, IVeasurer.\\nFrom February, 1831 to March 1883, the time this was written,\\nthe American Bible Society had received from the Henderson County\\nSociety, on purchase account, $4,331.09, and as donations for the\\ngeneral work, $220. Dr. Pinckney Thompson has been annually\\nelected for fifteen years President of the Henderson County Society.\\nThe present officers are Pinckney Thompson, President; William S.\\nJohnson, Secretary; O. W. Rash, Treasurer; Revs. R. W. Barnwell,\\nSt. Pauls, D. O. Davies, First Presbyterian, Angus McDonald, Second\\nPresbyterian, E. W. Bottomly, Methodist, William B. Taylor, Christian,\\nVice Presidents; Members of the Board, L. C. Dallam, James L-\\nLambert, Edward Atkinson, William Elliot, J. D. Robards.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0482.jp2"}, "483": {"fulltext": "SECRET SOCIETIES.\\nMASONIC.\\nBY CAMPBELL H. JOHNSON.\\nOn the nineteenth day of September, Anno Lucis 5,804, Anno\\nDomini 1804, a charter was granted, appointing Innis G. Brent, Mas-\\nter John Posey, Senior Warden, and Nathan Anderson, Junior War-\\nden, together with all such other brethren as were then living in Hen-\\nderson, a just, true, regular and warranted Lodge of Free and Ac-\\ncepted Masons, by the name, title and designation of Jerusalem\\nLodge No. 9. All of the rights and powers incident to charters of\\nthis kind were conferred. The charter itself is too lengthy for inser-\\ntion, but there are hundreds of glorious memories clustering around\\nits faded face. This ancient document, which once graced the walls\\nof a primitive log cabin, has passed through so many various changes\\nit has become, in fact, a precious heritage, dear, indeed, to the Lodge.\\nIt now adorns the frescoed walls of the present handsome temple,\\nthe observed and most respected of all the gilded ornaments or re-\\nminders of Masonic ties surrounding it. This charter was signed by\\nGeorge M. Bibb, Grand Master, and attested by Daniel Bradford,\\nGrand Secretary, and was issued from Lexington.\\nOn the ninth day of October Grand Master Bibb authorized and\\ncommanded the Worshipful Daniel Bradford and Jonathan Taylor, or\\neither of them, together with such other true and past masters as\\ncould be assembled, to install the officers named in the charter issued\\nfor Jerusalem Lodge No. 9, to be holden at Hendersonville, as he called\\nit. The wording of this charter is so peculiar to itself, and differs so\\nmuch from those now issued to the Lodges from the Grand Lodge,\\nthat Past Grand Master Rob Morris, in his history of Free Masonry\\nin Kentucky, published in 1859, refers to it as follows\\n31", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0483.jp2"}, "484": {"fulltext": "482 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\nThe form of charter in use in Kentucky at this period (1800 to 1809),\\nwill be seen in the literal copy of that still used by Jerusalem Lodge No. 9. at\\nHenderson, Kentucky. The original charter of Lexington Lodge No 1 was\\ndestroyed by fire, that of Paris No 2 surrendered in 1802, that of George-\\ntown No 3 forfeited in 1804, that of Washington No. 6 forfeited in 1806, that\\nof Harmony No 7, at Natchez, Mississippi, forfeited in 1814.\\nConsequently, Jerusalem No. 9 is the fifth oldest Lodge on the\\nrolls of the Grand Lodge, and its charter is likely the only original\\none in existence that is perfectly legible. In pursuance with the\\ncharter and proxy, a meeting was held on October 24ih, A. L. 5,804,\\nA. D. 1804. There were present, Innis B. Brent, Master Lexington\\nLodge No. 1; John Posey, Senior Warden Hiram Lodge No 4; Na-\\nthan D. Anderson, Junior Warden of Abram Lodge No. 8 James\\nWardlow, visiting brother from Solomon Lodge No. 5, Tyler /r^ tem.\\\\\\nJoseph Ficklin, visiting brother from Solomon Lodge No. 5; James\\nMurray, visiting brother from Abrams Lodge No. 8 Hutchins G.\\nBarton, visiting brother from Hiram Lodge No. 24, North Carolina.\\nWorshipful Daniel Bradford, holding the before mentioned proxy\\nfrom the Grand Master, rode on horseback from Lexington to Hen-\\nderson, to carry out the order of the Grand Master. On the day\\nabove mentioned, he met the aforenamed officers mentioned in the\\ncharter, he proceeded to open a Lodge and install, and agreeably to\\nancient form installed them, and they were severally saluted as such.\\nWilliam Featherston was thereupon appointed Secretary and Philip\\nBarbour Treasurer, who were respectively installed. It was then di-\\nrected by the meeting that the charter of Jerusalem Lodge, and the\\ndispensation under which Daniel Bradford installed the ofificers, be\\nrecorded at full length in the record book. Thereupon, a petition\\nwas received, signed Ambrose Barbour, praying to be initiated into\\nthe mysteries of Masonry. A ballot was taken and resulted in Mr.\\nBarbour s election, and he was then and thereupon initiated accord-\\ning to ancient form. It was then ordered that Philip Barbour, John\\nPosey, Nathan D. Anderson, Innis B. Brent and William Feather-\\nston any three of whom to act be appointed a committee to draft\\nBy-Laws for the government of the Lodge. The Lodge was then\\nadjourned. Signed, Innis B. Brent, Master, attested by William\\nFeatherston, Secretary.\\nIt will be noticed that great changes have taken place in the con-\\nduct of Masonic Lodges in the past seventy-five or eighty years for\\ninstance, it was a custom then to elect officers twice a year now, only\\nonce. They not infrequently received a petition, referred it, had it\\nreported, balloted for the candidate, and conferred, in some instances,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0484.jp2"}, "485": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 483\\nall three degrees at one meeting, with the simple statement, as the\\nminutes in parenthesis, (He being generally known), (He living at a\\ndistance and not able to attend Lodge regularly, etc., etc.). Such\\nthings are now unknown and unthought of. Then, in those days, the\\nbusiness of the Lodge was done in the first degree. Entered appren-\\ntice Masons enjoyed all of the privileges of Masonry. Now it is not\\nso, only Master Masons enjoy the rights of voting for officers and\\nother privileges of members. Only Master Masons are entitled to\\nMasonic burial and Masonic charity as a right. We give a form of\\npetition in 1804, which differs largely from those now used\\nTo the Master. Wardens and Brethren of Jerusalem Lodge No. 9:\\nThe petition of Adam Rankin humbly showeth that your petitioner, be-\\ning desirous of obtaining part of the rights, Hghts and benefits of Free Ma-\\nsonry, prays to be initiated into your Honorable Society, and, as in duty bound,\\nwill ever pray.\\nNovember 3d, 1804 ADAM RANKIN.\\nAs before stated, petitions were received, balloted for, reported\\non, and all three of the degrees conferred on one and the same even-\\ning. In fact, it is known where five degrees were conferred on one\\nevening, and the Lodge adjourned at nine o clock. That was as-\\nsuredly quick work as compared with the present ritual.\\nI here give a literal copy of several bills presented to the Lodge\\n1804. JERUSALEM LODGE, NO. 9.\\nDecember 27. To Joseph Fuquay, Dr.\\nTo 53 suppers \u00c2\u00a927 60\\n15 dinners @j Ye i 26\\n9 ft)s. Loaf Sugar @6 2 ^4 o\\n12 qts. French Brandy 12 i 20\\n2 qts. Whiskey 2^ o 46\\n4NutMegs@^ o 90\\n\u00c2\u00a3\\\\6 8 o\\nHere is another of the same kind\\nJUNE 28th, 1806.\\nJerusalem Lodge, No. 9. To Joseph Reed, Dr.\\nJuly 3. To pint French Brandy ^o 5 o\\nCandles o 12 3^\\nPaper o 08\\nMays. Candles o I2 1^\\nquart Whiskey o 2 5\\nApril 12 quart Whiskey o 25\\nCandles o 12 1^\\nJune 24 pint Whiskey, at Fuquay s 025\\nTyling four stated Lodge nights 400", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0485.jp2"}, "486": {"fulltext": "484 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nAnd this\\nDECEMBER 27, 181I.\\nJerusalem Lodge, No 9. ToC. Brent, Dr.\\n27th December, To 12 IJowles Toddy \u00c2\u00a946 each ^^i 50\\nDinners of Masons 36 6 00\\nDECEMBER 30, l8l2.\\nJerusalem Lodge, No. 9.- To C Brent, Dr.\\nDecember To Supper and Refreshments for 23 Masons $11 50\\nDinner 20 1250\\n4 Bowles Toddy 400\\n$28 00\\nAnother bill to John Spidel for dinners, whiskey and toddies, and\\none to Wm. Sandefur for playing the fiddle, with a number of others\\nof similar character, go to make up the debit side of the Treasurer s\\naccount from 1804 to 1820.\\nI find, however, that in late years, the brethren became more\\nfastidious. Brandy and wine became too common and strong, at\\nleast, so I judge from the following account\\nFEBRUARY, 1844.\\nMasonic Lodge. Li acc t with Boht. Clark,\\nFebruary 27th Candles, 3, (April 17th, ditto, 2 $i oo\\nApril 22d. Ditto 3, 10 Bucket 2/^ 97\\nJanuary 17th, I lb Candles, 3, (21st) I lb ditto 2 100\\n24th, I box Claret Wine, 2^ 2 75\\n15^72\\nWhile looking over musty rolls of accounts, I find one that is\\nworthy of mention by way of contrast with similar ones of the present\\ntimes. Our delegate to the Grand Lodge meetings now has a swift\\nride of a few hours by rail or a more pleasant ride of two days by\\nboat at a trifling cost. His entire expense for actual travel and hotel\\nbill is about $20. However, he receives from the Grand Lodge from\\n$30 to $36.\\nIn 1805, Dr. Adam Rankin went overland from Henderson to\\nLexington, on horseback, entailing much fatigue and at a loss of\\nmany days from his business and home. We find the bill for his ex-\\npenses, dated September 4th, 1805, $37.50, the actual outlay for\\nmeals for himself and horse on the way and while in Lexington. Now\\nour delegates fight against any reduction of their mileage and per diem,\\nwhile they receive nearly double the actual outlay, to ,say nothing of\\nthe pleasure of travel as compared with eighty years ago.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0486.jp2"}, "487": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 485\\nAnother paper falls under my eyes, which more closely links the\\npast with the present. Quite a number of our membership call\\nvividly to mind the stately forn^of Colonel Edmund Hopkins, and a\\ngoodly number have sat in lodge with him. His petition, written in\\nhis own hand, is among the much prized j^apers of our Lodge. It\\nreads\\nHenderson, December 26th, 1820.\\nTo the worshipful, the Grand Master, Wardens and Brethren of Jerusalem\\nLodge, No. 0, Kentuck//:\\nYour petitioner requests that he may become a member of your honor-\\nable body if he is found worthy; his age is twenty-one years.\\nYours Respectfully,\\nEDMUND H. HOPKINS.\\nThe plain blunt manner, characteristic of Brother Hopkins, shows\\nitself in his petition, while it also shows he was unacquainted at the\\ntime with the proper title for the officers. In speaking of Brother\\nHopkins, I was reminded of a story which was quite frequently told\\nwhen I was first made a Mason. In a contraversy with another as to\\nthe particular verbage of part of the work, and of our pas*: masters, af-\\nter some excited efforts to convince his opponent that he was ri^ht,\\nhe at length said Well, //^;z^w f am right. I got it from Sol. Size-\\nmore, he got it from Colonel Hopkins and Colonel Hopkins got it\\nfrom King Solomon. This was a clincher and the discussion at once\\nended.\\nJerusalem Lodge No. 9 has had an eventful career. The Grand\\nLodge of Kentucky was formed October 16th and 17th, 1800, at Lex-\\nington, Kentucky. William Murray was the first Grand Master. The\\nLodges that formed the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, were Lexing-\\nton, No. 2; Paris, No. 35; Georgetown, No. 46; Hiram, No. 57; and\\nSolomon, late Abrahams, under dispensation, all holding charters or\\ndispensations from Virginia. When they formed the Grand Lodge of\\nKentucky, they took new members, beginning with Lexington, No. 1^\\nand soon. At the eleventh grand communication Dr. Adam Rankin,\\nof Jerusalem Lodge No. 9, acted as Grand Treasurer. In 1813, M.\\nW. Fisher and Ambrose Barbour, offered apology for not being repre-\\nsented, which was accepted\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I find no report for 1817, 19 and 20.\\nThen none for 1831, 32, 33, 34 and 35, when the charter was ar-\\nrested, consequently, for 1836, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41 and 42, which in-\\ntervened between the arrest and restoration of charter the lodge was\\nunauthorized to work. From the record Brother E. H. Hopkins was\\nmaster from 1826 to 37, inclusive, consequently he presided at the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0487.jp2"}, "488": {"fulltext": "486 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nlast meeting held previons to arrest of charter which was held on Sat-\\nurday December 27th, 1834, at which time officers were elected as fol-\\nlows Ji.. H. Hopkins, Master John D. Anderson, S. W. William\\nSoaper, J. W. W. R. Abbott, Secretary W. F. Thompson, Treasurer.\\nAs stated, the Lodge held no meeting after this until November\\n28th, 1842. I find in the old papers, the correspondence between\\nBrother Hopkins and Brother Philip Swigert, the then Grand\\nSecretary, relative to resuming work by Jerusalem Lodge, No. 9. Col.\\nHopkins addressed a lengthy communication to Philip Swigert, Grand\\nSecretary, in regard to again resuming Masonic work and asking for\\ninformation as to the mode of procedure. The Grand Secretary\\nresponded by authorizing the Lodge to meet, provided they yet had\\nthe charter, and resume work as though nothing had occurred. In\\nconformity with these instructions, a meeting was held November\\n28th, 1842. Present E. Hopkins, Master; J. D. Anderson, S. W.\\nWm. Soaper, J. W. W. F. Thompson, Treasurer A. G. Saunders,\\nSecretary r\u00c2\u00a37 ^em. J. W. Williams, S. V pro tern. B. W. Winston, J.\\nD. pro i\u00e2\u0082\u00ac??i. Jacob B. Hopkins; S. V. Tyler; Brothers Dr. Owen\\nGlass, late of No. 9 James B. Newland, of St. David s Lodge, No-\\n52, Edinburg, Scotland; Moses Morgan, late of No. 9; Henry B.\\nDane of Lodge No. 2, Texas P. B. Matthews, of St, Joseph Lodge\\nNo. 155, Virginia Elias Oberdorfer, of Tadmon Lodge, No. 108 Bl\\nM. Winston, of Good Faith Lodge, No. 95 J. W. Williams, of St.\\nJohn s Lodge, No. 32, Philadelphia. At this meeting. Brothers New-\\nlands, Glass, Winston, Matthews, Oberdorfer, Morgan, Dance and\\nSaunders petitioned for membership.\\nFrom this time, the Lodge prospered in a satisfactory manner,\\nI find on July 24th, 1843, a new code of By-Laws adopted. In the\\nmain, thev are what we now have. While the ritualistic work of\\nMasonry has changed but little in the last eighty-three years, the laws\\ngoverning them have been very materially changed In the early\\nhistory of Jerusalem Lodge, No. 9, the member who dared to appear\\nin Lodge intoxicated or the member who used profane language, by\\norder of the Worshipful Master was subject to be led out of the room,\\nnever to return until satisfactory confessions had been made and to\\ntestify, by his general conduct, a sincere regret for his behavior. No\\nmember in arrears for any sum for twelve months was allowed to vote\\nin any case whatever or eligible to any office in the Lodge until the\\namount had been paid, and if in arrears for two years, he was subject\\nto expulsion. Now all eyes are closed, and offender No. 1 frequently\\nholds prominent places in the Lodge, Now a prernium is almost\\nplaced upon non-payment of dues,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0488.jp2"}, "489": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 487\\nAmong those whose names are found upon the books of Jerusalem\\nLodge, I find it has at all times had the best men in the community.\\nGoing back many years we fi|]d Innis Brent, Dr. Adam Rankin,\\nPhilip Barbour, Ambrose Barbour, John Posey, Nathan D. Anderson,\\nThos. Towles, William Soaper, John D. Anderson, E. H. Hopkins,\\nGeorge Lyne, Frank Stites, Richard Stites, John H. Barret, D. R.\\nBurbank, Dr. Owen Glass, James ilson, and a host of others, I\\nfail now to call to mind, and so on down to the present day our most\\nactive business men, our best citizens are numbered with the mystic\\ntie.\\nI have spoken of changes having taken place in the law govern-\\ning Lodges. I now come to another change. For quite a number of\\nyears, some of the degrees now under the exclusive control of Chapters\\nof Royal Arch Masons, were then conferred by the Lodges. A copy\\nof the minutes of a meeting held in 1804 will show the truth of this\\nstatement. The following is a copy\\nAt a called meeting of the Marked Jerusalem Lodge. No. 9, held at\\ntheir lodge room in the Town of Henderson, on Monday, the twelfth day of\\nNovember. 1804, A. D., 5804- A. L, Present Philip Barbour, W. M. M\\nAmbrose Barbour, S. W.; Innis B. Brent, J. W. and J. D. pro tern John\\nPosey. Secretary; Wm. Featherstone, S. D pro tern.; Brother Nathan D.\\nAnderson, Treasurer, the Lodge being opened in the Mark Master degree\\nin ancient form.\\nPetitions were severally received from James Latham. Ad Rankin and\\nH D Gwatkin, requesting to be initiated into the mysteries of this Lodge,\\nwhereupon a ballot being taken and the candidates unanimously received,\\nthere were several prepared and iniatiated into the mysteries of Master Mark\\nMasons in due form. The Lodge was then closed in due form and harmony at\\nnine o clock.\\nPHIL. BARBOUR.\\nJOHN POSEY, Secretary.\\nI stated that from the reorganization of the Lodge in 1842, that\\nit prospered satisfactorially. For many years Jerusalem Lodge had\\na membership ranging from eighty to one hundred and fifteen.\\nThe crowning glory of this old Lodge is, that for eighty years,\\nwith an income averaging four hundred dollars per year, never spend-\\ning money lavishly on fine paraphernalia or fine Lodge rooms, she\\nto-day has but a trifle in her Treasury, showing that she has been true\\nto the principles of charity as taught in the greatest of all books.\\nConsequently, when the Masonic Widows and Orphans Home at\\nLouisville called for aid. Old Jerusalem gave a cheerful response and\\ngave more than any Lodge in the State to that grand charity, never", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0489.jp2"}, "490": {"fulltext": "488 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY KY.\\ncasting a single vote against it and never placing a single beneficiary\\nwithin its walls. Such in brief is a poor history of this grand, old\\nLodge.\\nWe wish we could give a list of all who have worshipped at its\\naltar and met within its holy precints, but we content ourselves with\\ngiving the following list of Masters and the year they served\\n1804, Innis B. Brent; 1805, John Posey; 1806, Philip Barbour\\n1807, Ambrose Barbour; 1808, M. W Fisher; 1809, Thos Bell\\n1810, Adam Rankin; 1811, Jas. C. Wardlow 1812, Thos. Towles\\n1813, Ambrose Barbour 1814, Samuel A. Bowen 1815, Ambrose Bar\\nbour, 1816, 17, 18, Samuel A. Bowen; 1819, James Wilson; 1820\\nSamuel A. Bowen; 1821, Hugh Brent; 1822, John Eauchus 1823\\nWilliam Soaper 1824, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, E. H\\nHopkins 1835, Charter arrested, E. H. Hopkins, Master 1842\\nCharter restored, E. H. Hopkins, Master, 1843, E. H. Hop ins\\n1844, John D. Anderson; 1845, 46, E. H. Hopkins; 1847, John P\\nWilson; 1848, 49, E. H. Hopkins; 1850, Wm. H. Cunningham\\n1851, Jas. J. Ferree ;1852, John T. Bunch; 1853, F. H. Dallam\\n1854, E. G. Hall 1855, Wm. J. Dallam 1856, 57, L. F. Jones\\n1858, E. G. Hall; 1859, Wm. H. Miller; 1860, Sol. S. Sizemore\\n1861, 62, E. G. Hall 1863, 64, Sol. S. Sizemore 1865, 66, Robert\\nT. Glass; 1867, 68, P. H. King 1869, S. K. Sneed 1870, 71, W.\\nS. Johnson 1872, S. H. Lambert; 1873, 74, C. H. Johnson 1875,\\n76, B. G. Witt; 1877, 78, Jac. Peter; 1879, 80, Jas. L. Lambert;\\n1881, Phelps Sasseen; 1882, P. H. King; 1883, F. L. Turner; 1884,\\nPhelps Sasseen 1885, 86, W. J.Marshall, Jr.; 1887, C. H.Johnson.\\nThis Lodge has been singularly honored in the election of two of\\nits members to the highest office in the State, Worshipful Cirand\\nMaster, Campbell H. Johnson, October, 1877, and Bernard G. Witt,\\nOctober 21st, 1885.\\nHENDERSON ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER NO. 65\\nReceived its charter, dated at Lexington, Kentucky, October 14th,\\n1857, authorizing E. G. Earnheart, E. H. Hopkins, William Sjaper,\\nand others, to meet as a Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, confer the\\ndegrees usually conferred in such bodies, and transact such business\\nas may be proper. This document is signed by Marcus M. Tyler,\\nGrand High Priest; William H. Forsyth, Deputy Grand High Priest\\nWilliam M. Samuel, Grand King; Thomas Todd, Grand Scribe Philip\\nSwigert, Grand Secretary.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0490.jp2"}, "491": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 489\\nORGANIZATION.\\nA meeting to organize Henderson Chapter, under dispensation,\\nwas held in the City of Henderson on Saturday, the eighteenth day\\nof July, 1857. There were present M. E. Marcus M. Tyler, Grand\\nHigh Priest; E., R. M. Hathaway, King pro tern.; E., Thomas Poin-\\ndexter, Scribe pro tern.; Comp. Fred. H. Skinner, C. Yi. pro tan.;\\nHenry F. Turner, P. S. pro tern.; E. G. Earnhart, R. A. C. pro tern.;\\nE H. Hopkins, G. M. Third Vail; William Soaper, G. M,. Second\\nVail William Randolph, G. M., First Vail Rev. John D. Hender-\\nson, S. and T.; Companion J. Woodbridge, R. A. M.; Most Excel-\\nlent High Priest Marcus M. Tyler installe M. E.; E. G. Earnhart, H.\\nP.; E., E. H. Hopkins, King; E., William Soaper, Scribe. High\\nPriest Earnhart then appointed the following companions Thomas\\nPoindexter, C. H.; Henry F. Turner, P. S.; John W. Crockett, R. A.\\nC; John D. Anderson, G. M., Third Vail; A, J. Anderson, G.\\nM., Second Vail; J. Woodbridge, G. M., First Vail.\\nThe first meeting of Henderson Royal Arch Chapter No. 65,\\nafter receiving its charter, was held on the sixteenth day of Febru-\\nary, 1858. The first election of officers, under the charter, was held\\nJune 24th, 1858. On the sixth day of December, 1858, the death\\nof Past Grand High Priest Marcus M. Tyler was announced, and\\nCompanions Edmund H. Hopkins and William H. Miller appoint-\\ned a committee to draft suitable resolutions expressive of the feelings\\nof the Chapter at this sad announcement. There were breaks in the\\nrecord up to 1862. From that time I find them pretty complete.\\nAt a meeting held August 4th, 1862, the death of Companion\\nAndrew Clark was announced. Owing to the war there were no more\\nmeetings held until January 17th, 1866. On the seventeenth day of\\nJanuary of that year a meeting was called and the following officers\\nwere present: E. G. Hall, H. P.; William Soaper, King; W.\\nH. Sandefur, Scribe F. B. Cromwell, C. of H.; J. Woodbridge, P.\\nS.; L. F. Jones, R. A. C; S. H. Lambert, G. M., Third Vail; B. M.\\nWinston, G. M., Second Vail; William Payne, G. M., First Vail; F.\\nB. Cromwell, Secretary K. Geibel, Guard. High Priest Hall stated\\nthe object of the meeting to be the reorganization of the Chapter\\nand the election of officers. The following were then duly elected\\nE. G. Hall, High Priest; P. Thompson, King; W. H. Sandefur,\\nScribe. June 24th, 1867, the regular election was held, and the fol-\\nlowing named were chosen S. K. Sneed, High Priest; E. L. Star-\\nling, King, and George Gayle, Scribe, These officers were installed", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0491.jp2"}, "492": {"fulltext": "490 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\npublicly by Grand High Priest Joseph H. Brahman, at the Presbyte-\\nrian Church, and a lecture on Chapter Masonry delivered by Com-\\npanion Rev. J. Woodbridge.\\nJune, 1868, the sanrie officers were re elected.\\nJune 24th, 1809, B. M. Winston was elected High Priest, George\\nGayle, King, and William Soaper, Jr., Scribe. This was a sort of\\ndead year, the Chapter doing nothing, and when election day, June\\n4th, 1870, came, all of the offices were filled pro tern. No election\\nwas held. No meetings had been held since July l9th, 1869, and a\\nresolution was passed exempting all the members from paying dues\\nfor the year 1869.\\nUpon the close of this meeting it seemed that R. A. Masonry\\nwas dead in Henderson, and so it was, for a time.\\nFebruary, 1871, a meeting was held and steps taken to revive the\\nChapter. Jerusalem Lodge came to the rescue and granted the\\nChapter the use of its Lodge room for one year free of charge. On\\nthe twenty-fourth day of June, 1871, the following were elected\\nWilliam Soaper, Jr., High Priest; James F. Clay, King; P. H. King,\\nScribe; G. H. Johnson, C. H.; J. B. Cook, P. S.; E H. Branson, R.\\nA. C; J. F. Mayer, G. M., Third Vail; G. Adams, G. M., Second\\nVail; J. P. loor, G. M., First Vail; S. K. Sneed, Treasurer; A. W.\\nOverton, Secretary; J. P. Wigal, Sentinel.\\nOn the evening of June twenty-ninth the foregoing officers were\\npublicly installed at the Baptist Church, Past Grand High Priest Jo-\\nseph H. Branham officiating. Companion Rev. Dr. Talbird delivered\\nthe address. The Chapter had now taken on new life, and has had\\nno backsets from any cause. In looking over the list of those who\\nhave been exalted I find the same distinguishing features that marked\\nold Jerusalem No. 9. Men of prominence are those who make up\\nthe majority, yet I find that from every station, the mechanic, the\\nlawyer, the physician, the merchant, the ministers, and the politician,\\nall are there, and, once inside the Masonic door, all are alike and equal.\\nOFFICERS.\\n1857 E. G. Earnhart, High Priest; Edmund H. Hopkins, King\\nWilliam Soaper, Scribe. 1858\u00e2\u0080\u0094 E. G. Earnhart, High Priest; Ed-\\nmund H. Hopkins, King; William Soaper, Scribe. 1859\u00e2\u0080\u0094 E. G.\\nHall, High Priest E. G. Earnhart, King William Soaper, Scribe.\\nI860\u00e2\u0080\u0094 E. G. Hall, High Priest; J. D. Anderson, King; William\\nSoaper, Scribe. 1872\u00e2\u0080\u0094 E. G. Hall, High Priest J. T. Bunch, King\\nW. H. Sandefur, Scribe.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0492.jp2"}, "493": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 491\\nNo elections to January 17th, 186G.\\n1866\u00e2\u0080\u0094 E. G. Hall, High Priest; P. Thompson, King W. H.\\nSandefur, Scribe. June 24th--=^. G. Hall, High Priest; P. Thomp-\\nson, King; J. B Cromwell, Scribe. 1867, 68\u00e2\u0080\u0094 S. K. Sneed,\\nHigh Priest E. L. Starling, King George Gayle, Scribe. 1869\\nB. M. Winston, High Priest; George Gayle, King; William Soaper,\\nScribe. 1870\u00e2\u0080\u0094 No election. June 24th, 1871\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Soaper, Jr.,\\nHigh Priest; Jame F. Clay, King; P. H. King, Scribe. September\\n9th, 1871\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Soaper, Jr., High Priest; S. D. Posey, King; J.\\nB. Cook, Scribe. 1872 C. H. Johnson, High Priest William Soaper,\\nJr., King; J. F. Mayer, Scribe. 1873, 74\u00e2\u0080\u0094 C. H. Johnson, High\\nPriest; H. W. Fulton, King; A. S. Winstead, Scribe. 1875\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Wil-\\nliam Soaper, Jr., High Priest; B. G. Witt, King; A. J. Winstead,\\nScribe. 1876\u00e2\u0080\u0094 B. G. Witt, High Priest H. W. Fulton, King; A. S.\\nWinstead, Scribe. 1877\u00e2\u0080\u0094 H. W. Fulton, High Priest; Jac. Peter,\\nKing; J. F. Mayor, Scribe. 1878\u00e2\u0080\u0094 R. D. Peay, High Priest; H. W.\\nFulton, King; R. B. Batte, Scribe. 1879\u00e2\u0080\u0094 B.G. Witt, High Priest;\\nC. H. Johnson, King; Jac. Peter, Scribe. 1880, 81 Jac. Peter,\\nHigh Priest; E. H. Branson, King; P. Sasseen, Scribe. 1882\u00e2\u0080\u0094 S.\\nA. Chambers, High Priest; P. Sasseen, King; E. H. Branson, Scribe.\\n1883\u00e2\u0080\u0094 P. H. King, Pligh Priest; P. Sasseen, King; E. H. Branson,\\nScribe. 1884\u00e2\u0080\u0094 No election. 1885, 86\u00e2\u0080\u0094 C. H. Johnson refused to\\nqualify and P. H. King retained the office Marion Duncan, King\\nW. J. Marshall, Jr., Scribe.\\nOn the twentieth day of October, 1885, at a meeting of the\\nGrand Chapter of Kentucky, held in the City of Louisville, the ex-\\nalted position of Grand High Priest was conferred upon B. G.\\nWitt, of Henderson Chapter. Thus, it will be observed, that Mr.\\nWitt was, in October, 1885, elected both Grand Worshipful Master\\nand Grand High Priest, the first and only time, perhaps, the two\\nGrand offices were ever conferred upon one person during the same\\nyear.\\nHENDERSON COMMANDERY, U. D.\\nThis Commandery was instituted in Henderson, under dispensa-\\ntion, on the twenty-sixth day of December, 1871. [The credit of its\\ninstitution was due almost ^entirely to the indefatigable work of Past\\nGrand Master Campbell H. Johnson. It is more than probable that\\nbut for his liberality and effort there would have been no Command-\\nery here.] Ed.\\nThe organization of a Commandery at Henderson at that time\\nwas a matter of more trouble than well could have been imagined,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0493.jp2"}, "494": {"fulltext": "492 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nThere were but few Knights Templar here and they were old and\\nrusty in the work. Rev. Dr. Talbird, of the Baptist Church, Wil-\\nliam Davis, Hon. H. F. Turner, H. W. Fulton and Andrew J. Flana-\\ngan constituted the number. In order to institute an asylum names\\nhad to be borrowed from Owensboro, yet there was no Commnndery\\nat that place. It required nine names to the petition, and those nine\\nwere secured under difficulties. However, the petition received the\\nrequisite number of signatures, and in the course of time a dispensa-\\ntion was received and notice from William C. Munger, the then Grand\\nRecorder, that as proxy of the Grand Commander, he would visit\\nHenderson on the twenty-sixth of December, with such assistance as\\nhe could procure in Louisville, for the purpose of setting Henderson\\nCommandery, U. D., to work. In order to have a sufficient number\\npresent to open a Commandery an invitation was sent to Evansville,\\nInd., and in response thereto Sir Knights James K. Minor, William\\nE. Hollingsworth, and George H. Fish, came down. A (Commandery\\nwas then opened at 8:30 o clock P. M., December 26th, 1871. There\\nwere present William C. Munger, E. C; H. W. Fulton, Generalissimo;\\nWilliam H. Parvin, C. G.; Henry Talbird, Prelate James K. Minor,\\nS. W.; William S. Hollingsworth, J. W A. J. Flanagan, Warden\\nGeorge H. Fish, Recorder.\\nThe order of Red Cross was conferred that evening upon several\\ncandidates and next day following, the Knights Templar order was\\nconferred. Thus this little body of workers proceeded until Hen-\\nderson Commanders was able to stand alone without the aid of\\noutside help. From that time to this Henderson Commandery\\nhas had an uninterrupted career of prosperity. In May, 1879, she\\nentertained the Grand Commandery of Kentucky and visiting Com-\\nmanderies from Evansville and Terre Haute, Ind., in a manner that\\ngave her a reputation for true hospitality that has spread both far and\\nnear, and each succeeding year the Commanderies in other parts of\\nthe State have said We only wish to come up to Henderson, No.\\n14, in our entertainment we know we can t surpass her. Notwith-\\nstanding the large amount of expense attending such an entertainment,\\nyet the treasury of the Commandery was not depleted, but, on the\\nother hand, after the work was all done, the entertainment committee\\nreturned to the Treasury about ninety dollars. This branch of Ma-\\nsonry, as stated, has never ceased to prosper, and during the year\\n1882, at a large expense, fitted up very handsome, convenient and\\nspacious apartments, where the orders of knighthood can now be con-\\nferred with ease, comfort and imposing effect.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0494.jp2"}, "495": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 493\\nHenderson Commandery has initiated into the mysteries of\\nknighthood over one hundred Companion Royal Arch Masons. Alida\\nCommandery, DeKoven, Ky., o1ie of the best and strongest in South-\\nern Kentucky, sprang from Henderson, yea, more. La Vallette,\\nEvansville, owes a great portion of its success to Henderson.\\nLIST OF OFFICERS FROM INSTITUTION.\\n1871\u00e2\u0080\u0094 H. W. Fulton, E. C; H. E. Lewis, General; A. J. Flan-\\nagan, C. G.; C. H. Johnson, Prelate. 18l72\u00e2\u0080\u0094 H. W. Fulton, E. C;\\nS. K. Sneed, General; A. G. Flanagan, C. G.; H. H. Johnson, Pre-\\nlate. 1873\u00e2\u0080\u0094 H.W. Fulton, E. C; S. K. Sneed, General; A.J.Flan-\\nagan, C. G.; C. H. Johnson, Prelate. 1874\u00e2\u0080\u0094 H. W. Fulton, E. C\\nWilliam Soaper, Jr., General; B. G. Witt, C. G.; A T. Dudley, Pre\\nlate. 1875 William Soaper, Jr., E. C; E. L. Starling, Jr., General\\nB. G. Witt, C. G.; A. J. Dudley, Prelate. 1876\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Soaper, Jr.\\nE. C; E. L. Starling, Jr., General; B. G. Witt, C. G.; A.T.Dudley\\nPrelate. 1877\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Soaper, Jr., E. C; A. T. Dudley, General\\nB. G. Witt, Prelate. 1878\u00e2\u0080\u0094 B. G. Witt, E. C; O. Collins, General\\nH. W. Fulton, C. G.; James L. Lambert, Prelate. 1879-B. G.Witt,\\nE. C; A. S. Winstead, General; William Soaper, Jr., C. G.; James\\nL. Lambert, Prelate. 1880\u00e2\u0080\u0094 C. H. Johnson, E. C; A. S, Winstead,\\nGeneral; James L. Lambert, C. G.; R. D. Peay, Prelate. 1882\u00e2\u0080\u0094 C.\\nG. Perkins, E. C; M. Duncan, General R. H. Digman, C. G.; R S.\\nBarrett, Prelate. 1883\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Same officers. 1884\u00e2\u0080\u0094 M. Duncan, E. C;\\nR. H. Digman, General P. H. King, C. G.; R. S. Barrett, Prelate.\\n1885 M. Duncan, E. C; James L. Lambert, General; William\\nSoaper, C. G.; C. H, Johnson, Prelate. 1886 James E. Lambert,\\nE. C, W. J. Marshall, Jr., General; S. H. Lambert, C. G.; C. H.\\nJohnson, Prelate. 1887\u00e2\u0080\u0094 B G. Witt, E. C; C. G. Perkins, General\\nMarion Duncan, C. G., C. H. Johnson, Prelate. P. Sasseen, Re-\\ncorder since 1881.\\nOn the twenty-third of May, 1884, this Commandery was greatly\\nhonored in the election of Sir Bernard G. Witt to the position of\\nGrand Eminent Commander of the State of Kentucky. The honor\\nwas conferred at Bowling Green at the annual conclave of the Grand\\nCommandery. Upon Sir Knight Witt s return home he was received\\nat the depot by Henderson Commandery, with Warren s Band in the\\nlead, and escorted to his residence. During the evening an elegant\\nbanquet was given him in the Asylum. A number of addresses were\\nmade, inspiriting music graced the occasion, and all was joy and\\ngladness.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0495.jp2"}, "496": {"fulltext": "494 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nODD FELLOWS.\\nstrangers rest LODGE, NO. 13.\\nIn the year 1842 a few members of that ancient and honorable\\norder, who had, ownig to a force of circumstances, been denied the\\npleasure of its social meetings, and desirous of establishing a Lodge,\\nand extending its benefits to those who wished to embrace its beauti-\\nful theories, as well as partake of its charitable work, determined to\\npetition the Grand Lodge of the State of Kentucky, for the organiza-\\ntion of a subordinate Lodge in Henderson. At that time there was\\nnot much material here of which it could be expected to build a grand\\norganization, but there was enough to begin the good work, so a peti\\ntion was forwarded, and on the fifteenth day of October, 1842, the\\nGrand Lodge of Kentucky, by authority of the Grand Lodge of the\\nUnited States, granted a warrant, or dispensation, to Mark M. Jeffries.\\nWilliam L. Stone, J. M. Stockwell, W. G. Allin and Barak Brashaer,\\nto constitute a Lodge to be hailed by the title of Strangers Rest\\nLodge, No, 13, to be held in Henderson. This warrant was signed\\nby Jessee VanSickles, M. W. G. M.; J. S. Lithgow, R. W. D. G. M.;\\nA. R. W. Harris, R. W. G. S.; (J. W. Taylor, R. W. G. W.; Jas Met-\\ncalf, R. W. G. T.\\nOn the twenty-second evening of October, 1842, Jessee Van-\\nSickle, Grand Master of the State, and Charles Woodford, both of\\nLouisville, visited Henderson, and with the assistance of the charter\\nmembers living in the town, and to whom the charter had been granted,\\norganized a Lodge, using the second story room over the brick build-\\ning on the West side of Second Street, and now occupied by James\\nMullin, as a saloon. In this room the Lodge continued to meet until\\nthe year 1845.\\nDuring the early part of 1845 the Trustees of the town determined\\nto build a market house, with a brick calaboose of small capacity at\\none end of it, this house, or skeleton, was to be built on square brick\\npillars at equal distance, and a frame roof placed thereon. Before\\ntheir plans had been fully matured, the Odd Fellows, whose order had\\ngrown to be an important one for those times, proposed to the Town\\nTrustees to build in conjunction with the market house and calaboose,\\na Lodge Room, the town to build the brick pillars and prison, and\\nthe Lodge to build a frame Lodge Room the whole length overhead\\nthe proposition was accepted and the house was soon after built and\\nready for occupancy. The next thing then was to have a grand\\nparade and the dedicatory festivities.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0496.jp2"}, "497": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 495\\nAt the July meeting of the County Court, held in 1845, the fol-\\nlowing order was passed Ordered that the Independent Order of\\nOdd Fellows have leave to use^he Court House on the twenty-ninth\\nday of August next in performing their ceremonies in the dedication\\nof their hall in the town of Henderson. On this day and night the\\nnew hall was dedicated with all the solemnity and eclat which usually\\nattaches to such occasions. A grand parade and banquet feast was\\nheld, and at which many members of the order from Evansville and\\nother places participated. It was a great day, and each particular\\nmember felt and exhibited a creditable amount of Lodge enthusiasm.\\nThe paraphenalia and effects of the order were removed to the new\\nLodge Room, and the work of the order carried on there until the\\nyear 1852, when through the infamy of an incendiary, the Lodge Room\\nwith all its books and effects, was totally destroyed by fire. This un-\\nfortunate circumstance cast a gloom over the order, and for a time\\nthey hardly knew what to do. Reviving their past energies, they\\nrented the third story room of the building erected in 1853 by F. Mil-\\nlet, and now occupied and owned by A. S. Winstead, on the east side\\nof Second Street, where they continued to meet until 1862. On the\\ntwenty-second day of April, very soon after the great battle of Shiloh,\\nor Pittsburg Landing, their Lodge R6om was taken possession of by\\nthe United States authorities and converted into a hospital forsick and\\nwounded soldiers. Immediately all of the effects of the Lodge were\\nremoved to the second story of R. G. Beverley s store house on Main\\nStreet, now the corner house of the Soaper Block, and no meetings\\nwere held until the seventh day of June, 1862, when a meeting was\\ncalled to pay the last sad rites of the order to W. E. Lambert, a de-\\nparted member. Subsequent to that time, business meetings of the\\nLodge were held in that room until 1864, when the Lodge property\\nwas removed to the third story room in the building on Main, two\\ndoors from the corner of Third Street. While located in this room\\nthe work of the order was revived and many candidates were initiated\\ninto the mysteries of the craft. It was here preliminary steps were\\ntaken to utilize a valuable piece of ground they had purchased from\\nDr. Owen Glass on March 18th, 1852.\\nDuring the spring meeting of 1873 of the Legislature, an act was\\npassed and approved, authorizing the Lodge to issue bonds to the\\namount of fifteen thousand dollars to use in the building of a Hall\\nand Lodge Room. Soon thereafter the bonds were issued and placed\\nin the keeping of E. W. Worsham for sale. A building committee\\nwas appointed with power to secure plans and specifications. May", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0497.jp2"}, "498": {"fulltext": "496 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\n20th, 1873, the plans and specifications having been reported to the\\nLodge, and by it adopted, the building committee was instructed to\\nproceed to let the building to the lowest bidder, provided the bid did\\nnot exceed the sum of $15,000, and the sale of the bonds could be\\neffected at not less than their face value. May 26th the contract for\\nbuilding a hall according to the plans and specifications adopted, was\\nlet to Tribble and Kennedy at and for the sum of $14,575, the bonds\\nhaving all been disposed of at their face value. Digman Kyle did\\nthe brick work; Holloway, loor Co., the iron front and other iron\\nwork; Henry Kerr, the plastering; W. H. Barnard Co., the roofing,\\nand Tribble Kennedy, the carpenter work. George R. Ellis and\\nAsa F. Parker, by order of the Lodge, superintended the work. This\\nbuilding is situated upon the east side of Second Street, between\\nMain and Elm, and is beyond question, one of the most imposing\\nbuildings to be found certainly the handsomest in Henderson. It is\\na double building, open fronts, three stories, with mansard roof, forty\\nfeet by one hundred, with two handsome store rooms on first floor,\\noffices and rooms in the second story, and two magnificant halls in the\\nthird storv, one of which is used bv the builders as a Lodo:e Room.\\nThis hall was dedicated the sefenteenth day of December, 1873,\\nBrother Scott, of Portland Lodge ofiftciating. It was then placed in\\nthe hands of S. A. Young, G. M. Vogel and Fred Kleiderer, consti-\\ntuted a property committee. It is a fitting monument to the liberality\\nand enterprise of its builders and an ornament to the city. It was\\nbuilt during the term of S. A. Young, Noble Grand, and its corner\\nstone was laid with imposing ceremonies conducted by that ofificer.\\nStrangers Rest Lodge has never failed to dispense charity when that\\nsweet comforter has been needed; she has been cautious of her worthy\\nmembers and has never failed to watch beside the bed of the sick and\\ndying. She was among the first to send a handsome contribution to\\nthe afflicted yellow fever sufferers in 1879. Many of our dead who\\nwere leaders in life, and esteemed for all the characteristics of genuine\\nmanhood, were active members of this Lodge.\\nThe following is a list of the membership from October, 1842, to\\nthe time of the fire in 1852\\nJames Alves, Jr., William G. Allin, Joseph Adams, James An-\\nthony, Lafayette Anderson, Barak Brashaer, L. W. Brown, Robert\\nG. Beverley, William Brewster, Wm. H. Cunningham, Geo. W. Col-\\nlins, Benj. M. Clay, Simon L. Drury, Charles Elliot, George R. Ellis,\\nWilliam Faulkner, William F. Gobin, Henry D. Green, Grant Green,\\nHector Green, Richard Green, Samuel B. Gardner, David Hart, Jacob", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0498.jp2"}, "499": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 497\\nHeld, James L. Hicks, Martin S. Hancock, William Ingram, George W.\\nJohnson, Alvan L. Jones, Thomas J. Jackson, John H. Lambert, Wm.\\nE. Lambert^ Robert B. Lambert, George Lyne, Samuel W. Langley,\\nAndrew Mackay, Peter Mullin,^*John Melvin, A. J. Morrison, R. J.\\nMcMullen, E. D. McBride, Hugh W. Nunn, James T. Norment, Al-\\nfred Oliver, Lazarus W. Powell, C. M, Pennell, James Rouse, H. E.\\nRouse, W. G. Redman, C. T. Sandefur, William L. Stone, John C.\\nStapp, Thebo SchaejfTer, Thomas E. Sniith, James Taylor, John F,\\nToy, William F. Tornberry, D. H. Unselt, William B. Vansandt,\\nStephen R. Wilson, Hudson P. Wilson, Drury L. White, E. W. Wor-\\nsham, Robert Watson, James R. Wright, D. N. Walden. Sixty-six\\nall told. The war affected the growth of the Lodge seriously, as for\\ninstance, in 1861, there were only two initiations in 1862 and 63, one\\neach year, and in 1864 none at all. Since the war the Lodge has\\ngrown rapidly. In 1865 there were twenty-five initiations, and in 1866\\nthere were twenty-one. In latter years the growth has not been so\\ngreat In 1880 and 81 there were only two initiations both years.\\nThe following is a list of the Noble Grands from the organization\\nBarak Brashaer, 1842 James M. Stockwell, 1843 Wm. L. Stone,\\n1843, 48,54; C. M. Yeargain, 1843 Jacob Held, 1844, 57; Thos.\\nTowles, Jr., 1844 Andrew Mackay, 1844 James Rouse, 1844 Ira\\nDelano, 1845, 46; Peter Mullin, 1845 Wm. H. Cunningham, 1846,\\n47- 48; D.J. Boatwright, 1846 John M. Cook, 1846, 47; John\\nF. Toy, 1847; J. H. Lambert, 1849, 52, 56, 60, 62 Wm. B. Van-\\nzandt, 1849, 53; D. H. Unselt, 1850 James Alves, 1850; Alfred\\nOliver, 1851 W. E. Lambert, 1851, 59; R. G. Rouse, 1854; Henry\\nC. Kerr, 1855; Andrew Clark, 1855, 58; Asa T. Parker, 1856; John\\nT. Bunch, 1857; T. M.Jenkins, 1858; W. H. Ladd, 1859, 63; M.\\nH. Hancock, 1861, 62; July, 62 and January, 63 no elections held;\\nG. R. Ellis, 1864, 66 Grant Green, 1865 T. J. Gill, 1865; J. C.\\nStapp, 1866; G. M. Vogel, 1867; Fred. Kleiderer, 1867; W. H.\\nSchaeffer, 1868 William Bierschenk, 1868 George Forthoffer, 1869;\\nJ. T. Lancaster, 1870; E. W. Worsham, 1870; B. Koltinsky, 1871;\\nJ. B. Cook, 1871 T. D. Walker, 1872; Jacob Blair, 1872; S. A.\\nYoung, 1873; M. J. Streng, 1873; Jas. H. McCullagh, 1874; Martin\\nSchlamp, 1874; James McLaughlin, 1875; F. E. Kreipke, 1875 F.\\nA. Ellis, 1876; John P. Beverley, 1876, 80 Wm. E. McGraw, 1877;\\nP. B. Tribble, 1877; P. C. Kyle, 1878 P. P. Johnson, 1878; John\\nL. Dorsey, 1879; William Cannings, 1879; F. W. Posey, 1880; R.\\nE.Cook, 1881; T. S. Knight, 1881; Wm. M. Marsh, 1882; J. B.\\nJohnson, 1882; J. W. Rouse, 1883 W. H. Unverzaght, 1883; Adam\\n32", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0499.jp2"}, "500": {"fulltext": "498 HISTORY OF HENDLRSON COUNTY KY.\\nWolf, 1884 E. W. Worsham, 1884 George R. Ellis, 1885 P. C.\\nKyle, 1885 G. E. Barnard, later part of term 1885 W. E. McGraw,\\n1886; Thos. E. Ward, 1886; John Mundo, 1887; D. W. Cummings,\\n1887.\\nAt the recent election, held on Tuesday evening, July 5th, 1887,\\nthe following officers\\nD. W. Cummings, N. G., Geo. H. Hartman, V. G., George M.\\nVogel, Treasurer, R. E. Cook, Per. Secretary, O. H. J. Petty, Record-\\ning Secretary, were duly installed by Deputy District Grand Master,\\nE. W, Worsham. It was through the instrumentality of Strangers\\nRest Lodge that a Lodge was instituted at Shawneetown, Illinois, in\\n1845, and at Morganfield in 1847. On both of these occasions the\\nfollowing officers of the Strangers Rest officiated B. Brashaer,\\nHector Green, Jacob Held, James Rouse, Peter Mullen and W. H,\\nBrown.\\nMT. ZION ENCAMPMENT, NO. 17.\\nA higher branch of Odd Fellowship was instituted in this city\\nJune 12th, 1848, under dispensation. November 4th, 1848, it was\\nchartered, the following being its charter members William H.\\nCunningham, Dr. Wm. S. Read, Barak Brashaer, W. Hubbell, Samuel\\nLister, Willis J. Hughes, Charles Woolford, C. Little and William\\nWandell. The encampment was instituted by Deputy G. O. P.; John\\nB. Hinkle, who was deputized by R. T. W. G. P., David P. Watson.\\nThe first meeting was held in Strangers Rest Lodge Room, over\\nthe market house, June 12th, 1848. The following petitions for mem-\\nbership were received John T. Berry, S. D. Delaney, T. Wolflin,\\nIsham Bridges, Robert Alvey, P. H. Hodge, W. David, Charles B.\\nB. Nailer, P. L. Johnson, all of Morganfield, Union County. Joseph\\nAdams, William H. Brown, L. W. Brown, James Rouse and Peter\\nMullin, of Henderson. The Lodge met next day for the purpose of\\ninitiating the petitioners, and holding an election for officers. The\\nfollowing were elected W. H. Cunningham, C. P.; J. P. Lister, H.\\nP.; William S. Read, S. W.; Barak Brashaer, Jr. W.; Peter Mullin,\\nScribe; W. H. Brown, Sentinel, W. G. Hughes, Guide. The dues of\\nthe Lodge were then fixed at three dollars, and have never been\\nchanged from that day to this. Charles Woolford and C. Little were\\nfrom Louisville, and came down for the purpose of assisting in insti-\\ntuting the encampment. The encampment was for some reason sus-\\npended January 3d, 1857, but resumed active work again October 4th,\\n1859. On the night the Market House and Lodge Room were burned\\nthere had been a meeting of the encampment. It was a bitter cold", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0500.jp2"}, "501": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 499\\nnight, and a rousing fire had been kept in the stove. Upon adjourn-\\nment the fire was extinguished, yet David N. Walden, who was scribe\\nin charge of the books, felt that it was best to carry the records of\\nthe Lodge to his home. He did so, although it had been the custom\\nto let the books remain in the Lodge Room, from this precautionary\\nmove on his part, the records of the encampment were saved, while\\nthose of the Strangers* Rest Lodge were all burned. It is gratifying\\nto know that No. 17 is still in a flourishing condition.\\nOn the evening of July 5th, 1887, the following officers were in-\\nstalled by Deputy District Grand Patriarch, E. W. Worsham Wm.\\nE. McGraw, Chief Patriarch George H. Hartman, Senior Warden;\\nWilliam Klee, High Priest, and John Mundo, Junior Warden.\\nKNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.\\nIVY LODGE, NO. 21.\\nIn January, 1873, a Lodge of the beautiful order of Pythian\\nKnighthood was established in Henderson. On the twenty-second\\nday of January, 1873, a char er signed by W. A. Colten, G. C. F.\\nHesor, V. P. G., J. J. Fisher, G. B., John A. Sayer, G. G., John B*\\nSarles, G. V. G. C., George Fritchnen, G. I. S., E. G. Buckner, G.\\nO. S., John T. Montgomery, G. H. S., was granted the following\\ncharter members, with authority to organize Ivy Lodge, No. 21\\nL. M. Noel, Geo. M. Atkinson, R. H. Cunningham, T. M. Jenkins,\\nJ. Edwin Rankin, F. B. Stains, H. H. Shouse, James A. McCullagh,\\nWilliam B. Furman, James T. Williams, F. H. Overton, David Banks,\\nJr., F. B. Cromwell, H. W. Howard, Edmund S. Holloway and Jinks\\nW. Williams. Five of this number, almost one-third, have gone to\\njoin their fraters in the world beyond the grave.\\nIvy Lodge was organized under dispensation prior to receiving\\nits charter. Its first meetings were held in the third story rooms\\ncorner Main and First Streets. T. M. Jenkins was elected First\\nChancellor Commander, J. Ed. Rankin, Vice Chancellor.\\nThis Lodge, from its beginning, grew more rapidly, perhaps, than\\nany other charitable society ever organized in the town or city. The\\nLodge is composed of many of the representative men of the city and\\nat this time numbers one hundred and nineteen members. At the\\nmeeting of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, held in Henderson,\\nSeptember, 1879, W. W. Blackwell, a member of Ivy Lodge,\\nwas unanimously elected Grand Chancellor of the State. At tlie\\nsame meeting a most sumptuous banquet was given the Grand Lodge\\nby Ivy Lodge, and the very heavy expense attending it was borne by", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0501.jp2"}, "502": {"fulltext": "500 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nthe Lodge and its members. This banquet was never surpassed in\\nKentucky, in its conception, its immensity, and its complete success.\\nOn December, 1886, the Endowment Rank and insurance feature\\nof the Lodge was chartered, the following named composing the\\ncharter members W. W. Blackwell, J. B. Johnston, Gustave Starr,\\nEdward Starr, E. T. Robards, S. Heilbronner, W. H. Bailey, F. B.\\nStains, J. D. Hicks, P. C. Kyle, E. M. Pollack, W. A. Dechamp, John C.\\nThomasson, E. D. Bennett, and Edward Atkinson. This charter was\\nsigned by Howard Douglas, Supreme Chancellor R. E. Cowan, Su-\\npreme Keeper Records and Seals Halver Nelson, Supreme Secre-\\ntary Endowment Rank, and is recognized as Section 779, of which\\nJohn C. Thomasson is Secretary. The Endowment Rank is purely a\\nmutual life insurance organization, issuing policies in amounts vary-\\ning from three hundred to one thousand dollars, according to age of\\napplicant.\\nIvy Lodge has the honor of claiming among its membership two\\nPast Grand Chancellors, W. W. Blackwell and Edward Atkinson, the\\nlatter elected at Paris, Ky., in 1885. At the Grand Lodge meeting\\nheld at Owensboro several years ago, Ivy Lodge Drill Corps won the\\nprize banner and yet holds it.\\nThe following Past Chancellors have presided\\nT. M. Jenkins, 1872, two terms J. Ed. Rankin, 1873 James H.\\nMcCullagh, 1873, 78; David Banks, 1873; R. H. Cunningham, 1874;\\nJoseph B. Johnston, 1874; Fred H. Overton, 1875; Jas. McLaugh-\\nlin, 1875, 79 S. A. Young, 1876; W. W. Blackwell, 1876; F. B.\\nStains, 1877 F. E. Kreipke, 1877; P. B. Tribble, 1879, two terms;\\nJohn P. Beverly, 1880 P. C. Kyle, 1880, two terms; F. A. Ellis,\\n1881 R. E. Cook, 1881, two terms Edwin Hodge, 1882 Edward\\nAtkinson, 1883, two terms; Charles H. Miller, 1884; John Thomas-\\nson, 1884 John R. Lambert, 1885; John L. Dorsey, 1885 John R.\\nLambert, 1886; J. B. Weaver, 1886; R. D. Vance, 1887; William\\nE. McGraw, 1887.\\nJohn C. Thomasson, Keeper of Records and Seals since Octo-\\nber, 1886.\\nUpon the election of Edward Atkinson to the office of Grand\\nChancellor Commander, Ivy Lodge extended him on his return home\\na delightful banquet at City Hall, where hundreds of friends and in-\\nvited guests were given a most enjoyable treat.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0502.jp2"}, "503": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 501\\nINDEPENDENT ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS.\\nOn the twenty-third day of January, 1886, this order whose\\nprinciples are Abstinence and Prohibition Our Mission to Save\\nand Redeem, a Lodge was chartered in Henderson by C. C. Nisbet,\\nG. W. S. R. S. Chevis, G. W. C. T., and B. F. Parked, R. W. G. S.\\nThe following officers were elected Thomas E. Ward, W. C. T.; Mrs.\\nEmma Hart, N. V. T. Rev. R. D. Smith, W. Chaplain A. J. Miller,\\nW. Secretary James F. Cheatham, W. A. S. T. F. Hart, W. F. S.\\nMiss Lydia Katterjohn, W. Treasurer C. H. Miller, W. M. Miss\\nMabel kail, W. D. M. Miss Hebe Marsh, W. L G. W. G. Bell,\\nW. O. D. Miss Annie Young, W. R. H. S. Miss Maggie Stone,\\nW. L. H. S. S. W. Roll, P. VV.C. T. A juvenile Temple was insti-\\ntuted the following February.\\nORDER OF IRON HALL.\\nThis Order, whose aim is Union, Protection and Forbearance,\\nwas chartered in Henderson, December 11th, 1885. Its number is\\n^96, and there were twenty-six charter members. William Canning\\nwas its first Chief Officer, Ed. Hoffman, Secretary. It embodies the\\nusual insurance features.\\nGRAND ARMY REPUBLIC.\\nJohn Holloway, Jr., Post, No. 46, was chartered August 19th,\\n1886. There were twenty-six charter members, and the Post now\\nnumbers about eighty comrades. Dr. Ben. Letcher was elected first\\nCommander A. C. Myrick, Adjutant.\\nORDER OF HARUGARI.\\nSchiller Lodge, No. 185, was instituted in Henderson in 1868.\\nIt is a charitable organization and numbers about twenty-five mem-\\nbers. Its present officers are William Schildrod, O. B. John Young-\\nbecker, U. B. Charles Greiks, Secretary; George Klauder, Treas-\\nurer.\\nKNIGHTS OF HONOR.\\nDixon Lodge, No. 569, was organized in 1877, and is composed\\nof the best citizens of the place. Mutual insurance is the main\\nfeature.\\nKNIGHTS OF LABOR.\\nHenderson Liberty Assembly, No. 5666, was organized in Feb-\\nruary, 1886, and has quite a large membership.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0503.jp2"}, "504": {"fulltext": "502 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nCOLORED LODGES.\\nSt. John s Lodge, No. 4, (Masonic) Instituted September, 1866.\\nCamby Lodge, No. 1642, (Independent Order of Odd Fellows)\\nInstituted 1876.\\nUnited Brothers of Friendship Instituted October, 1871.\\nPride of Kentucky Lodge, No. 105 Organized October, 1880.\\nBias Lodge, No. 8 Organized November, 1879.\\nPledies Chamber, (Females), No. 1 Organized December, 1880.\\nSons and Daughters of Zion, Lincoln Lodge, No 1 Organized\\nJune, 1887.\\nHENDERSON ENTERPRISES.\\nWater Works. On the seventeenth day of September, 1872, a\\npetition, liberally signed, was filed with the Council, praying that body\\nto establish a system of water supply. Upon the reading of this\\npetition, a resolution was passed, directing City Council Advisor\\nJudge Charles Eaves to draft and report a bill incorporating the\\nHenderson Waters Works Company. The bill was drawn, adopted\\nand passed by the Legislature, winter term 1872, 73. On the twelfth\\nday of March, 1878, the act was reported to the Council. The\\nincorporators, Joseph Adams, John C. Stap, John H. Barrett, T. M.\\nJenkins, David Clark, L. C. Dallam, E. L. Starling, Jacob Held, Ben\\nHarrison, F. W. Reutlinger and V. M. Mayer, soon found that a\\nprivate company could not be organized and thereupon the City\\nCouncil determined to embrace the benefit of franchises, powers and\\nprivileges granted the city under the act.\\nOn the twentieth day of May an ordinance was passed, directing\\nan election to be held to ascertain the sense of the qualified voters as\\nto the propriety of the city issuing her bonds in the sum of one hundred\\nthousand dollars for Water Works purposes. On the twenty-first day\\nof June, 1873, this election was held and resulted in a large majority\\nfor the proposition. July 15th, a committee consisting of G. M. Alves,\\nT. M. Jenkins, E. L. Starling and F. W. Reutlinger, was appointed to\\ninvestigate the general subject of Water Works and to report a plan\\nthat, in their opinion, would meet the wants of this people. The com-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0504.jp2"}, "505": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 503\\nmittee visited several cities and made a thorough examination of the\\ndifferent systems. August 4th, a report was made to the Council,\\nwhich, together with the following resolution offered by Councilman\\nL. C. Dallam, was approved\\nResolved, That the special committee on the subject of Water Works,\\nwhose report on that subject has been read and adopted at this meeting, are\\nentitled to the thanks of this Council for their able report on that subject, and\\nthat an allowance to cover their expenses be made them,\\nOn the twenty-lifth day of June, 1874, an ordinance to build\\nWater Works was passed and directed one hundred thousand\\ndollars of city bonds to be issued. In the meantime, a plan and\\nspecifications had been submitted by Thos. P. Whitman, of St. Louis,\\nwho had been employed for that purpose. These were adopted, and\\na committee directed to advertise for sealed proposals for doing the\\nwork. August 18th, the bonds were reported and on August 21st an\\nelaborate report was filed by Thomas P. Whitman, Consulting, and\\nG. M. Alves, Resident Engineers. This report was unanimously\\nadopted and the following bids awarded\\nJ. G. Eigerman Co. Engine Pit and Suction Pipe 9,335 70\\nJohn Hafley, Reservoir 12,694 00\\nG. W. Hider Co., Stand Pipe 1,575 00\\nJohn Haftev, Laving Pipe 5,190 00\\nR. D. Wood bo., Pipes and Special Castings 29,131 50\\nJames Flower Bro., Stop Valves 627 00\\nFulton Iron Works. Hydrants 713 00\\nG. B Allen Co Pumping Engine 15.400 00\\n174,666 20\\nThe Mayor was then directed to have issued seventy-five bonds\\nof $1,000 each, and fifty bonds of $500, and Mayor Held, Col. L. H.\\nLyne and A. S. Nunn authorized to negotiate the same. August 29th,\\npurchased the present Water Works grounds of John H. and W. T.\\nBarret, executors of A. B. Barret, for the sum. of $7,438 cash. Septem-\\nber 17th, 1875, Hon. John C. Atkinson qualified as Mayor, and upon his\\ninauguration, the Water Committee of the previous administration,\\nmade the following report\\nPaid to Contractors 61,135 74\\nfor Land 7,438 00\\nInterest on Bonds 4,275 00\\nEngine Pit Filled 477 00\\nEngineers and Inspector 2,773 57\\nMiscellaneous and Incidentals 1,257 35\\nAmount of Funds on hands 25,118 19\\nTotal $102,474 85", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0505.jp2"}, "506": {"fulltext": "504 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTV, KY.\\nDuring the fall and winter of 1875 and winter and spring of\\n1876, the engine, pumps and boilers were placed in position, attach-\\nments made and steam raised. April 18th, 1876, an ordinance\\nestablishing water rates was passed. June 6th, John Haffey com-\\npleted his contract for pipe-laying, and the pipes were submitted to a\\ntest of seventy-five pounds to the square inch and found water-tight.\\nJuly 1st, 1876, the water was turned into the pipes, and this was the\\nbeginning of the first term of water service. June 20th, 1877, a final\\ntest, as agreed, was made of the machinery. The pumps threw over\\n8,000,000 gallons of water, as required by the contract, in forty-eight\\nhours, and thereupon the committee reported, recommending their\\nacceptance. This report was approved and the works turned over to the\\nCommissioners appomtedby the Council, to-wit L. H. Lyne, Thos. L.\\nNorris, P. B. Matthews, Thos. S. Knight and John Reichert. The\\ntotal cost of the works, including street mams and interest paid,\\namounted to $115,500. Since the first water rent term, the semi-\\nannual receipts have continued to show a gratifying increase, for\\ninstance\\nFirst term, commencing July 21st, 1876, ending Janurary 1st,\\n1887, $53.90. Twenty-first term, commencing July, 1886, ending\\nJanuary, 1887, $5,393.57.\\nThe total receipts of these Works to July, 1887, amounts to\\n$64,296.99, an annual average of $5,358.09i4;. Number of hydrants,\\n68; number of valves, 58; number of service, 750; number of con-\\nsumers, 1,500 miles of pipe, 3 to 12 inches, 12^. Stand pipe pres-\\nsure, 75 pounds to square inch. Reservoir pressure, 40 pounds to\\nsquare inch. Pumping capacity, 1,500,000 gallons per twenty-four\\nhours. Capacity of reservoir, 3,000,000 gallons.\\nFive years ago, the pumps were run not exceeding one day out\\nof seven. At the present time they are engaged six days out of the\\nseven. To guard against accidents, the Commissioners have seen\\nproper to purchase another large and expensive engine, and should\\nthe water service increase, as there is every right to believe it will, it\\nwill not be many years before another reservoir will have to be built.\\nThe water mains are now laid under all of the principal streets\\nand very many others sparsely settled. By far the greater portion of\\nthe city is under the influence of the works, and as a medium in case\\nof fire is unequaled. The reservoir is located upon a high elevation,\\nreservoir pressure capable of throwing an inch stream above the roof\\nof any house in the city. In addition to this, the stand pipe pressure,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0506.jp2"}, "507": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 505\\nnearly double that of the reservoir, is called in aid in case of heavy\\nfires.\\nThe works to-day are worfti $150,000. This property, belonging\\nsolely to the city, of course the price charged for water is far below\\nthat of other cities, where the works are owned by private companies\\nor corporations. G. M. Alves, City Engineer, is entitled to great\\ncredit for the intelligence and faithful applicatichi exercised in the\\nbuilding and successful completion of these works.\\nThe present officers are Jacob F. Mayer, President Fred.\\nKleiderer, Secretary and Treasurer; James P. Wigal, Superintendent.\\nCommissioners, Jacob F, Mayer, Fred. Kleiderer, J. B. Johnston, W.\\nJ. Marshall and George Delker.\\nHenderson Bridge. Was incorporated on the ninth day of\\nFebruary, 1872, the following names comprising the incorporators:\\nArchibald Dixon, John H. Barrett, Joseph Adams, L. C. Dallam, S.\\nB. Vance, James F. Clay, E. L. Starling, Thomas A. Scott, E. G.\\nSebree, E. F. Winslow, Robert Dixon, Jackson McClain and L. H.\\nLyne.\\nThis act of the Legislature gave the right to bridge the Ohio\\nRiver at Henderson, and invested the company to be organized, with\\nall the authority incident to such corporations.\\nNothing was done looking to the building of the bridge until Sep-\\ntember 21st, 1880, when the first meeting of the incorporators was\\ncalled for organization. The following incorporators answered to their\\nnames S. B. Vance, John H. Barrett, Jackson McClain, Leonard\\nH. Lyne, Joseph Adams, Robert Dixon, James F. Clay, L. C. Dal-\\nlam and E. L. Starling. James F. Clay was made chairman and E.\\nL. Starling Secretary. Seven Directors were elected in accordance\\nwith the provisions of the act, to-wit S. B. Vance, L. C. Dallam,\\nJames F. Clay, Leonard H. Lyne, John H. Barrett, Jackson McClain\\nand E. L. Starling, and then the meeting adjourned.\\nThe Directors then organized, by electing L. C. Dallam Presi-\\ndent and E. L. Starling Secretary. L. C. Dallam and L. H. Lyne\\nwere appointed a committee to open books and receive subscriptions\\nto the capital stock of the company, and then the Board adjourned.\\nNothing more was then done until April 14th, 1881. At a meeting of\\nthe Directors, L. C. Dallam, James F. Clay and John H. Barrett re-\\nsigned. Jackson McClain was then chosen temporary Chairman\\nE. P. Alexander, A. M. Quarrier and H. W. Bruce, of Louisville,\\nelected Directors thereupon E. P. Alexander was unanimously", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0507.jp2"}, "508": {"fulltext": "506 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nelected President of the Board, and by resolution the principal offices\\nof the company were located in Louisville\\nAt the first meeting of the stockholders, held in the City of Lou-\\nisville, January 2d, 1882, the following Directors were elected E. P.\\nAlexander, A. M. Quarrier, H. W. Bruce, H. C.Murrell, C. C. Bald-\\nwin and G. A. Washington.\\nDuring the spring and summer of 1882 preliminary surveys were\\nmade to ascertain distances, soundings, courses and rapidity of cur-\\nrent. At the same time T. M. Jenkins, of Henderson, was employed\\nto make borings for foundation. Early in 1883 a contract was entered\\ninto with O Conner McDonald, of Louisville, to do all required\\nmasonry work, and to build all caissons. Work was soon begun, and\\ncontinued until April 7th, 1884, when the contract was taken from\\nO Conner McDonald, and the completion of the great structure\\nundertaken by the company.\\nWork progressed much more rapidly under the new management,\\nand in July, 1885, the first locomotive passed over the bridge. This\\nimmense iron and steel bridge cost near two million dollars. It is\\n3,686 feet in length, single track, with sixteen spans, and three\\nsmaller or supplemental ones. The channel span, built entirely of\\nsteel, is five hundred and twenty-five feet in length said to be five\\nfeet longer than any other iron or steel span in the world. The entire\\niron and steel work was done by the Key Stone Bridge Company, of\\nPittsburgh, Pa. There are fifteen stone piers, nine of which rest upon\\nimmense wooden caissons, sunk to a rock foundation, and filled com-\\npactly with concrete.\\nDuring the building of the bridge there were onlv six or eight\\nlives lost, and in every instance the loss of life was owing entirely to\\nthe recklessness of the unfortunate person. Mr. William Reardon,\\nof New York, who superintended the sinking and placing of the cais-\\nsons, told the writer that it was the first instance known where such\\nwork was so successfully done. Prior to the building of the Hender-\\nson bridge, there had never been a pneumatic pier sunk without the\\nloss of life. Five were sunk here, and not a life lost. He gave it as\\nhis opinion that the Henderson bridge has the best foundation of any\\nsimilar structure in the world.\\nOn the sixth day of August, 1885, an immense banquet was given\\nby the city and citizens of Henderson in honor of the opening for\\ntravel of the bridge. This banquet was spread in Marshall Co. s\\nlarge warehouse, and was certainly one of the most abundantly sup-\\nplied and elegant affairs ever witnessed in the West. Thousands of", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0508.jp2"}, "509": {"fulltext": "p\\nH\\np\\no\\nP3\\nH\\nOl\\nP^\\nCO\\nHi\\nHi\\nH\\nCQ\\nM\\nt\\no\\nh;", "height": "4024", "width": "2379", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0509.jp2"}, "510": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0510.jp2"}, "511": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 507\\npeople were in Henderson on that long to be remembered day, from all\\nparts of this great United States. It was estimated that there were\\ntwenty thousand people present?- At night, from barges in the river\\nat the foot of the wharf, there was given an unsurpassed display of\\nfireworks. At the banquet speeches were made by General Basil\\nDuke, Judge H. W. Bruce, General Manager L. N.; E. B. Stahl-\\nman, of Louisville Judge S. B. Vance, Evansville Judge John L. T.\\nSneed, of Memphis, Tenn., and Hons. John Young Brown and J. H.\\nPowell, of Henderson. An elegant speech tendering the hospitalities\\nof the city was made by Mayor C. C. Ball.\\nNotwithstanding the elegance and appropriateness of this cele\\nbration, many citizens became dissatisfied, and on September 1st gave\\nan immense barbecue in honor of the bridge opening.\\nHenderson Gas Company. During the year 1858 a company\\nwas organized for the purpose of manufacturing illuminating gas.\\nThe city subscribed ten shares, of fifty dollars each, to the capi-\\ntal stock, and payed the subscription by deeding to the company the\\nground upon which the works were built. Wm. Miller, who professed\\nto be an expert in the art of gas manufacture, was employed as Super-\\nintendent, and placed in charge with directions to furnish plans and\\nspecifications. This he did, and some months thereafter completed the\\nworks, but upon a cheap and insignificant scale. On the seventeenth\\nday of May, 1859, an ordinance was passed, granting the company\\nthe right to lay gas mains in the streets. March 10th, 1860, the streets\\nwere lighted for the first time. The pipes used, or the greater part\\nof them, were cast at a little foundery then in Henderson, on the cor\\nner of Fourth and Main Streets, and were very imperfectly made.\\nThe leakage was immense, and this, coupled with the imperfection of\\nthe works, and the war coming on, caused a suspension of any further\\nattempt to manufacture gas. November 24th, 1860, Hugh Kerr\\nbrought suit to foreclose a mortgage which was held for the sum of\\n$784.00 and interest. On the eighth day of April, 1864, Samuel P.\\nSpaulding, as assignee for Peter Semonin, sued to foreclose a mort-\\ngage for the sum of $835.25. Judgment in both cases were taken,\\nand on the twenty-fifth day of April, 1864, the works exposed to sale\\nby D. N. Walden, Sheriff. At the sale J. C. Allin became the pur-\\nchaser for the city, but the sale was set aside by the Court of Appeals\\nand a second sale ordered. January 22d, 1866, the works were again\\nsold by George A. Sugg, Sheriff, and Robert G. Rouse became the\\npurchaser, and at the sum of $1,991.35. This bid was transferred to\\nthe city, the sale was confirmed, and a deed made.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0511.jp2"}, "512": {"fulltext": "508 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nThe works remained idle until December 6th, 1866. when they were\\nleased to William O Bryan, an irresponsible character who was com-\\npelled to throw up the contract six months after. On the seventeenth\\nday of July, 1869, the Council determined to place the works in com-\\nplete repair, and to that end appropriated seven thousand dollars, and\\nentered into contract with T. M. Jenkins, as Superintendent, for the\\nterm of fifteen years. At the expiration of his term of office in July,\\n1884, William Canning, the present incumbant, was elected Superin-\\ntendent.\\nThe Henderson Gas Works belong wholly to the city of Hender-\\nson, and in completeness is unsurpassed by any works of that char-\\nacter to be found in the West.\\nThe brilliancy of its production, under the superior management\\nof Superintendent William Cannings, has attained the highest stand-\\nard. The streets of the city are largely lighted, and by this means\\nthe wayfaring man is greatly assisted in his night travels. All of the\\nmanufactories, including tobacco stemmeries, and a large majority of\\nresidences along the line of mains are consumers, so that for many years\\npast these works have proven a handsome paying investment, and to-\\nday as is being furnished consumers for the moderate sum of one dollar\\nand seventy-five cents per thousand feet, meter measure. The city at\\nthis time has over four hundred consumers. The present capacity of\\nthe works is 50,000 feet per twenty-four hours. Recently a large ad-\\ndition of machinery has been made to the works, and thus the capac-\\nity will be greatly increased.\\nHenderson Cotton Mills. This company was organized in\\n1883, with a capital stock of $400,000, paid in. A large amount of\\nthis stock is owned in the East, notably Lowell and Hopdale, Mass.\\nIn 1883 the contract for building this immense mill was awarded\\nthe Holtzclaw Brothers, of Washington City, and very soon thereafter\\nwork was begun under the superintendance of W. A. Johnson. The\\nmain building is 324 feet in length, 95 feet in width, and is three\\nstories in height. In addition to this, there is a boiler house, 40x60\\nfeet, engine room, 30x60 feet, and a picker room, 60x40 feet. The\\nbasement underneath the entire main building is used for power, first\\nfloor, for weaving; second floor, for spinning; third floor, for carding.\\nThe power consists of seven tubular boilers, 16 feet by 5 feet\\ndiameter, steel throughout fifty-four four-inch flues, with brick stack\\n142 feet high and five foot flue one pair Reynolds Corliss engines.\\nThe capacity of the mill is 600 looms, 2,200 spindles. It is lighted", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0512.jp2"}, "513": {"fulltext": "1?\\n4KIN, President.\\nW.W.CUMNOCK, SUPERINTENDCNT\\nP^U^.J.MARRS.S\\n^T", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0513.jp2"}, "514": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0514.jp2"}, "515": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 509\\nby electricity, Edison s incandescent, and has in each story fire\\nhydrants and ample hose, supplied from the water mains which have\\nbeen laid down to the mill.\\nThe engines that move all of this vast machinery are unsurpassed\\nin strength and finish. The entire system of machinery is of the\\nlatest and most improved known to the manufacturing world. This\\nmill, one of the largest in the West, was completed during the winter\\nof 1883, 84, and commenced work September, 1885. Two hundred\\nmen, women and boys are employed, and weekly 160,000 yards of\\nfine sheetings are manufactured and turned out in bales. So popular\\nhave become the brands of sheetings made by this mill, the manage-\\nment have found it beyond their limit to supply the demand made\\nupon them by the jobbers of the country. Their goods are sought\\nfor from Cincinnati to San Francisco, and North and Northwest.\\nIn addition to the mill, the Company owns fourteen acres of land\\nlying on both sides of Washington Street, and thirty-two double two-\\nstory brick tenement houses, built at a cost of $30,000, with water\\nservice in each, strictly for the use of operatives.\\nFour thousand, five hundred bales of cotton are consumed\\nannually, and their pay-roll for help aggregates $2,650 per week. By\\nEastern men,who have long engaged in the manufacture of cotton goods,\\nthis mill is regarded equal to the best in the United States, and for\\nthis satisfactory result the greatest credit is due W. W. Cumnock,\\nSuperintendent.\\nThe present officers are James E. Rankin, President John\\nH Barret, Vice President Paul J. Marrs, Secretary and Treasurer,\\nand W. W. Cumnock, Superintendent. Directors James E. Rankin j\\nJohn H. Barret, R. C. Soaper, Paul J. Marrs and John H. Hodge, of\\nHenderson, A. G. Cumnock, Lowell, and General William L. Draper,\\nof Hopdale, Mass. As an evidence of the value of this mill s\\nproducts, the company has declared semi-annual dividends of four\\nper cent.\\nHenderson Woollen Mills. This Company filed articles of\\nincorporation May 2d, 1882. The company, however, was organized\\nApril 15th, 1882. The original officers were James R. Barret,\\nPresident; M. Yeaman, Vice President; Joe. B. Alves, Secretary and\\nTreasurer; James Gates, Superintendent.\\nThe main mill building is a large brick, three-stories, basement\\nand roomy attic, making it about equal to a four-story building, height\\nof ceiling considered. In addition to the main building, there is a\\npicker room, 35x35, and a dye house, 30x40. Separate from the main", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0515.jp2"}, "516": {"fulltext": "510 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nbuilding is a dry room, 18x20, and a wareroom, 70x20. These\\nbuildings were completed during the winter of 1882, 83, and soon\\nthereafter stocked with the finest machinery purchasable.\\nThe power to move the machines is furnished by an automatic\\ncut-off engine of large capacity and power, and a 60 inch boiler, 14\\nfeet long. This mill runs 60 looms, 1,700 spindles and two sets 60\\ncards. One hundred and forty operatives are employed in making\\nKentucky Jeans of the best quality.\\nIn September, 1886, a pants making department was added and\\na large force of women and girls are employed in making pants for\\nthe jobbing trade. Forty-two sewing machines run by power are enr\\nployed, and twenty dozen pairs pants are turned out daily. Fifty persons\\nare employed in this department. The company is a heavy buyer of\\nforeign as well as domestic wools. June, 1886, the capital stock was\\nincreased and now aggregates $70,000. The regular pay-roll amounts\\nto $750. The first floor or basement is used by the sewing depart-\\nment second floor, weaving or finishing third, carding and spinning\\nfourth, stock.\\nThe Company enjoys a patronage equal to the capacity of the\\nmill, distributed over the South and West. Present oflficers are Jas.\\nR. Barret, President; S. K. Sneed, Vice President; Joe. B. Alves,\\nSecretary and Treasurer James Morning, Superintendent Samuel\\nOfner, Manager Cutting Department.\\nHenderson Coal and Mining Company. This companv was\\norganized in October, 1875, the first meeting being held October 15th.\\nOn the thirteenth day of March, 1875, articles of incorporation were\\nfiled. The following named gentleman were elected officers for the\\nfirst year: W. S. Johnson, President; James S. Alves, Secretary and\\nGeneral Superintendent; D.Banks, Jr., Treasurer. Directors: W.\\nS. Johnson, Joe. B. Alves, Thomas Soaper, V. M. Mayer and Jacob\\nPeters. The stock of the company was capitalized at $12,000. Work\\nin sinking a shaft was commenced October 8th, 1875, and No. 9 vein\\nwas reached at a depth of one hundred and eighty-four feet, in May,\\n1876. On the twenty-seventh day of April, 1882, the name, Hen-\\nderson Coal and Mining Company was annulled, and substituted in\\nlieu thereof The Henderson Mining and Manufacturing Company.\\nThe capital stock was then increased to $36,000, and the building of\\nan Ice Factory immediately begun upon the grounds of the company\\nadjoining thg coal mines. The capacity of this factory was six and\\none-half tons per day, large enough tor 1882, but falling short of the\\ndemand made upon it at this time, and as a consequence, the com-\\npany in addition to their own manufacture, deal heavily in lake ice.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0516.jp2"}, "517": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 511\\nThe present officers of the Mining and Manufacturing Company\\nare, Thomas Soaper, President; James S. Alves, Superintendent; G.\\nM. Alves, Secretary and Treasurer. Directors Thomas Soaper,\\nJohn H. Barret, Jr., J. Ed. Rankin, Geo. G. Ellis and Henry Bauldoff\\nFire Department. Henderson has a fire department of which\\nshe is justly proud. These self-sacrificing men serve without pay, and\\nno company has ever been more successful in keeping under control\\nand finally subduing fires than has the Hender-son department. They\\nhave two large hose reels, hook and ladder wagon, with buckets,\\nhooks and ladders, and three splendid horses to pull them rapidily at\\nthe sounding of an alarm. In addition to this they have an abund-\\nance of hose to reach any fire within the limits of the water mains.\\nThe fire service in Henderson is the best and most successful to be\\nhad.\\nThe Water Works, with its great pressure and abundance of wa-\\nter, is called in aid at a moment s notice, and in the shortest time\\npossible a perfect flood of water can be used. There is no breaking\\nof machinery, no giving out of water as is so frequently the case in\\nother cities. On the contrary, there can be thrown two steady, unceas-\\ning, strong pressure streams as long as needed. The success of this\\ndepartment in suppressing fires in the past has been remarkable. The\\nfollowing named compose the company William Cannings, Chief;\\nJohn Kriel, Captain Hector Kohl, Secretary Robert AJly, Abe\\nMelton, William Labrey, Newton Shaw, Pat. Moran, William McCon-\\nnell, Pat Byrnes, John Powers, Jim Gorman and Alex Fen\\\\/ick.\\nBanks.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Farmers Bank was organized on March 2d, 1850,\\nand commenced business in October, 1850, in the building now occu-\\npied by the Henderson National Bank. Dr. Owen Glass was elected\\nPresident, D. Banks, Cashier, and Henry Lyne, Clerk, or Bookkeeper.\\nThe capital stock of the bank was fixed at $150,000, and Wednes-\\nday of each week appointed, stated Board meetings. Dr. Glass, who\\nowned the building, was allowed $250 rent per annum.\\nThe business of the bank increased so rapidly it was determined\\nby the Board to erect a banking house better suited to the times. Ta\\nthis end, therefore, on the 21st day of July, 1855, a lot 60x194 feet,\\nlying on the North East corner of Elm and Second Cross Streets, was\\npurchased of Dr. Glass for the sum of three thousand dollars. April,\\n1856, a contract was entered into with W. B. Vandzant and J. E. Fa^-an\\nto erect the new building. The house was completed in the early\\npart of 1857, and the archives removed therein.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0517.jp2"}, "518": {"fulltext": "512 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\nThe Directors at that time were Owen Glass, George Atkinson,\\nSamuel Stites, John G. Holloway, James E. Rankin and David R.\\nBurbank. Dr. Glass died December 29th, 1859, and John G Hollo-\\nway was elected President. In February D. Banks resigned the\\nCashiership, and on March 8th, 1860, Thomas D. Tilford assumed\\ncharge as Cashier. May, 1860, John G. Holloway resigned the Pres-\\nidency, and Joseph Adams was elected. September 1st, 1860, Henry\\nLyne resigned the Clerkship, and then the office of Teller was created,\\nand Leonard H. Lyne unanimously elected to that position. Septem-\\nber 1st, 1861, Thomas D. Tilford resigned the Cashiership, and Leon-\\nard H. Lyne was elected, and John C. Herndon appointed Clerk.\\nOn the 12th day of July, 1866, a new Banking House, more centrally\\nlocated, was determined upon, and the now handsome stone front\\nbuilding, a picture of which will be seen in this volume, was erected\\nand occupied in 1867. The building on the northeast corner of Elm\\nand Second Cross Streets was sold to the Presbyterian Church. In Janu-\\nary, 1878, Joseph Adams resigned the Presidency, and J. E. McCallis-\\nter was elected. S. K. Skneed A. W. Overton, John C. Adams and\\nWilliam S. Lyne served their time as bookkeepers.\\nOctober 30th, 1867, Charles T. Starling was elected Bookkeeper\\nand subsequently Teller. September 25th, 1881, Col. L. H. Lyne,\\nCashier, departed this life, and on the 27th, Charles T. Starling was\\nelected to fill the vacancy occasioned by his death. On the second\\nday of August, 1882, Col. Jackson McClain was elected President in\\nplace of John E. McCallister. Edward Atkinson was elected Teller,\\nand E. L. Starling, Jr., Bookkeeper; in place of A. Shelby Rudy,\\nresigned, Spalding Trafton, Clerk, The present officers are, Jackson\\nMcClain, President; Charles T. Starling, Cashier; Edward Atkinson,\\nTeller Edmund L. Starling, Jr., Bookkeeper and Spaulding Trafton,\\nClerk. Directors Hon. H. F. Turner, W. J. Marshall, David Clark*,\\nW. W. Shelby, Martin Schlamp, Jackson McClain and A. T. Dudley.\\nThis old reliable institution, under the splendid management of\\nCol. L. H. Lyne, was ever one of the most successful financial corpo-\\nrations in the State. During the war it continued to accommodate its\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2patrons, nevertheless it was at all times threatened by prowling bands\\nof guerrillas and thieves. Col. Lyne, by prudence and constant and\\nuntiring watchfulness, succeeded in bringing his bank through the war\\nwith only one robbery, and to him all honor is due.\\nMr. Starling, present Cashier, has succeeded eminently in sus-\\ntaining the former high standard of the bank, and has very materially\\nincreased its business. It is, as it has always been, the leading bank", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0518.jp2"}, "519": {"fulltext": "FARMERS BANK.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0519.jp2"}, "520": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0520.jp2"}, "521": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 513\\nof the place, and now has a capital of $319,000, with an unusually\\nlarge deposit patronage.\\nThe Henderson National Bank. Organized Nov. 21st, 1865,\\ncommenced business January 1st, 1866, on a capital of $100,000, in-\\ncreased September 20th, 1870 to $170,000, and July 2d, 1872, to\\n$200,000, its present paid in capital.\\nL. C. Dallam was its first President, .S- K. Sneed its first Cashier\\nand [ohn H. Barrett, Jr., Clerk.\\nThis bank has regularly declared 5 per cent, dividend in January\\nand July of each year since it commenced business, and two extra\\ndividends, one of 12}4 pei cent, and one of 15 per cent. Its present\\nsurplus, including premiums on its 4 per cent. U. S. bonds, amounts to\\n$120,000. The stock cannot be had at less than 165, and none offered\\nat that price. No bank stock in Southern Kentucky, or in this section\\nof the West, ranks so high or commands such a premium.\\nThe average capital of this bank, since its organization, is 173,000.\\nIt has paid in dividends $400,000, has a surplus fund and undivided\\nprofits of $105,000, besides the premium on its government bonds\\nstand on its books at par. Its officers and stockholders regard with\\njust pride its exceptional success, and in its list of stockholders are\\nto be found a large number of the wealthiest and staunchest business\\nmen of this community, noted as well for their enterprise as their con-\\nservative and practical mode of doing business. One of the most\\nprominent features of its success is the small amount of losses it has\\nsustained, and perhaps no bank in this or any other city has brought\\nso few suits in the twenty-one years of its existence or done more to\\nencourage and promote all worthy enterprises and assist worthy busi-\\nness men. Its present Board of Directors is composed of L. C. Dal-\\nlam, R. H. Soaper, John H. Barret, Jr., James R. Barret, Malcolm\\nYeaman, Thomas Soaper and S. K. Sneed. L. C. Dallam is Presi-\\ndent, S. K. Sneed, Cashier B. G. Witt, Assistant Cashier, and Wm.\\nH. Stites and Arthur Katterjohn, bookkeepers. Its deposits average\\nabout $200,000.\\nPlanters National Bank. This bank was established in 1888,\\nwith a capitalized stock of $60,000. Hon. Montgomery Merritt was\\nelected President David Banks, Jr., Cashier, and A. Shelby Rudy,\\nbookkeeper. Its stock is chiefly held by leading and influential men\\nof capital and business. It is gratifying to know that under its effi-\\ncient management the stock has been increased to $150,000, and the\\ngradual increase in its business has fully justified the increase. This\\n33", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0521.jp2"}, "522": {"fulltext": "514 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\nbank has a good reserve fund and a large deposit. Its stock is largely\\nbeyond par, and is becomming more and more valuable year by year.\\nIts officers are accommodating gentlemen, and are active in aiding,\\nnot alone all worthy enterprises, but all worthy borrowers. The bank\\nbuilding owned by the bank, is one of the handsomest and centrally\\nlocated. The present officers of this bank are Hon. Montgomery\\nMerritt, President David Banks, Jr., Cashier A. Shelby Rudy, and\\nIngram Crocket,Bookkeepers. Directors: Montgomery Merritt, John O.\\nByrne, James S. Alves, N. A. Kitchell, J. D. Robards and E. G. Se-\\nbree, Jr.\\nRailroads. Henderson is the northern terminal of the Hen-\\nderson and Nashville Division of the Louisville Nashville Rail-\\nroad, and the Ohio Valley Railroad, now working its way into the\\nSouth. It is here the great iron bridge spans the Ohio, connecting,\\nby rapid transit, the northern and southern systems of railways. It\\nis confidently predicted that by August, 1888, the river road from\\nHenderson to Louisville will be completed thus, then, Henderson\\nwill be recognized as a leading railway center.\\nOf the Louisville Nashville I have spoken elsewhere in this\\nvolume. The first dirt was broken on the line of the Ohio Valley\\nroad in October, 1885, and the services attending upon that happy\\noccasion were intensely interesting. By invitation, a large number of\\ncitizens in the city were present at the designated point upon the\\nlands of John H. Barrett, a half mile beyond the intersection of the\\nMadisonville and Knoblick roads to witness the ceremony. A team\\nof four mules hitched to an immense plow, stood waiting. The en-\\ngineers had driven the stakes, twenty five or thirty colored laborers\\nwith bright, shining spades awaited the word. Speeches were made\\nby Hon. James F. Clay, Dr. P. G. Kelsey, President of the road,\\nMatthew Henning and George L. Dixon, of Evansville, Col. A. S.\\nWinstead and others. Mr. John H. Barrett, by invitation, held the\\nplow, while President Kelsey,with lines and whip, gave the word and the\\nroadbed of the Ohio Valley was thus begun. It was a joyous afternoon\\nand no one contributed more to the enhancement of the spirit of the\\ncrowd than did Col. Winstead, When the plow had been brought to a\\nstand-still, each citizen threw several shovels of earth to the center\\nand then surrendered the work to hardy manhood and returned to the\\ncity. The Ohio Valley sweeps through a splendid agricultural terri-\\ntory and from its evenness of surface offered every advantage to the\\nroad builders. The work of sub-contractors was both rapid and\\nsatisfactory, and on the twelfth day of March, 1886, although a", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0522.jp2"}, "523": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0523.jp2"}, "524": {"fulltext": "SHELBY S STEMMERY.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0524.jp2"}, "525": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY 515\\nsevere winter had intervened, the first locomotive entered Corydon, a\\ndistance of ten or eleven miles from Henderson. The road in four,\\nteen months from its beginning, was completed and trains running to\\nMarion, county seat of Crittenden County. President Kelsey and\\nhis Chief Marshal, Jordan Giles, Secretary and Treasurer, have proven\\ntheir ability as railroad builders by their work. The Ohio Valley,\\nalthough incompleted, is regarded by very many citizens of more value\\nto Henderson than the old established Louisville Nashville.\\nTelegraph AND Telephone.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Western Union and Balti-\\nmore Ohio Telegraph Companies have each an office in Hender-\\nson, Frank L. Adams, manager of the first, D. W. C. Worsham of the\\nlatter. The Great Southern Telephone and Telegraph Company was\\nincorporated June 8th, 1883. Its annual elections are held in Hen-\\nderson, and Captain Paul J. Marrs is one of its largest stockholders\\nand most active and influential members. Thus it will be seen that\\nHenderson has immediate connection with the world wherever the\\nservice of these companies have been extended.\\nRiver Facilities.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henderson being situated upon the Ohio\\nRiver, enjoys all of the benefits afforded by water transit, to-wit a\\nline of steamers plying between Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Louisville\\nto St. Louis, Memphis and New Orleans. A daily line of boats to\\nLouisville, another to Cairo, and a tri-daily packet to Evansville.\\nTobacco INTEREST.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Henderson is undoubtedly the largest strip\\nmarket in the United States. By strips is meant the leaf after the\\nstem has been taken from it. There are seventeen stemmeries in the\\ncity and eighteen in the county outside of the city. The following is\\na list, together with the estimated capacity of each house\\nJohn H. Barrett Co., 800 hogsheads R. H. Soaper Co., W.\\nW. Shelby, D. J. Burr, Reeve Co., David Clark and Hamilton\\nCo., 700 hogsheads each Allan Gilmour Co., John H. Hodge\\nCo., E. B. Newcomb, 650 hogsheads each; W. T. Grant Co. and\\nWm. Elliott, 600 hogsheads each; Edwin Hodge and C. W. Wilson,\\n500 hogsheads each; G. Vaughn Co., J. D. Robards Co., 450\\nhogsheads each Lewis Riley and N. A. Kitchell, 200 hogsheads\\neach, making a grand total of nine thousaud, seven hundred and fifty\\nhogsheads of strips in the city. A. B. Weaver, just beyond the city\\nlimits, 200 hogsheads.\\nCorydon.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John R. Wilson, 450 hogsheads G. W. Pritchett and\\nFred. Powell, 150 hogsheads each. Total, 750 hogsheads.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0525.jp2"}, "526": {"fulltext": "516 HIST0RY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nCairo.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W. E. Royster Co., 250 hogsheads; W. T. Cotting-\\nham and N. Royster Co., 200 hogsheads each D. A. Denton and\\nF. A. Fisher, 100 hogsheads each. Total, 850 hogsheads.\\nPool s Mills. M. D. Thornberry and Cruse Parker, 150 hogs-\\nheads each. Total, 300 hogsheads.\\nRobards Station.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. D. Robards Co., 400 hogsheads. Total^\\n400 hogsheads.\\nNiagara, J. W. Porter, 200 hogsheads. Total, 200 hogsheads.\\nZion. Smith Baskett, 75 hogsheads. Total, 75 hogsheads.\\nHebardsville.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. T. Hust Co., 150 hogsheads Charles W.\\nJohnson, 50 hogsheads. Total, 200 hogsheads.\\nScuffletown. John S. McCormick, 300 hogsheads. Total, 300\\nhogsheads.\\nSmith s Mills.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W. E. Royster Co., 200 hogsheads. Total,\\n200 hogsheads.\\nMaking a total for city and county of thirteen thousand, two hun-\\ndred and twenty-five hogsheads.\\nIn addition to this, fully fifteen hundred hogsheads of leaf are\\nhandled. This immense business gives employment to fully fifteen\\nhundred operatives. One hogshead of strips represents about one\\nhundred and fifty dollars, so it will be seen when the stemmers do a\\nfull business it requires the outlay- of two millions or more of dollars.\\nTobacco Manufacturers. On January 22d, 1883, Messrs. J.\\nD. Robards and N, A. Kitchell, under the firm name of the Robards-\\nKitchell Manufacturing Company, filed their articles of incorpora-\\ntion. This, then, was the first manufactory ever organized in Henderson.\\nThe business was begun and carried on for a short time in the present\\nJohn H. Hodge stemmery, but was subsequently removed to Mr.\\nRobards stemmery, on the corner of Second and Adam Streets, where\\nit is at this time. Within the past three months. Dr. Kitchell sold\\nhis interest and the firm is now J. D. Robards Co., being com-\\nposed of J. D. and E. T. Robards. The finest chewing and smoking\\ntobaccos are manufactured, and none but the best material is used.\\nThe celebrated Greenville brand of chewing tobacco is made. The\\nfirm has ample capacity and means to push the work to any desired\\nextent. Between fifteen hundred and two thousand pounds of to-\\nbacco are handled daily. Their trade is mostly South. Between\\ntwenty-five and thirty persons are employed.\\nThomas B. Hodge, in 1884, established the celebrated Hodge\\nTobacco Manufactory on Lower Main, between Dixon and Jefferson", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0526.jp2"}, "527": {"fulltext": "THOS. HODGE S TOBACCO FACTORY.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0527.jp2"}, "528": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0528.jp2"}, "529": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 517\\nStreets. This is by far the largest and most complete manufactory in\\nthe State, outside of the City of Louisville. The building is a laro-e\\none and contains every conv^iience. It is supplied with the best\\nmachinery, and new additions, to facilitate work, are constantly being\\nmade. A large force of experts are employed and the best brands of\\nchewing tobaccos known to the trade are turned out in large quan-\\ntities. Between fifty and sixty operatives find employment in the\\nfactory, and between two thousand five hundred and three thousand\\npounds of tobacco is manufactured daily.\\nDistilling. The first distillery of which anything is known was\\na little kettle concern for manufacturing apple and peach brandy,\\noperated by Mr. Melton. He, perhaps, made as much as twenty-five\\ngallons per year. There were others in early times, but the introduc-\\ntion by merchants of cheaper goods eventuated in pretty much break-\\ning up the little stills in the county. Mr. Melton held on until the\\nbeginning of the war, when, by reason of the stringency of the reve-\\nnue laws and the taxes, he suspended operations. The first whisky\\ndistillery known in the county was built by D. R. Burbank, in the\\nTown of Henderson, in 1867- 8. This was a large house and made\\nseveral large crops of whisky, which found a ready market. The\\nnext distillery built was that of Starling McClain, in 1872. A few\\nyears subsequent to this another was built opposite Evansville, and\\nshortly after burned. The first two ceased operations and have long\\nsince been torn down.\\nDuring the summer and fall of 1880 Messrs. A. S. Winstead and\\nN. B. Hill, under the firm name of Hill Winstead, who, havino-\\npurchased the buildings and grounds of the Henderson Car Works,\\nformed a copartnership under the firm name of Hill Winstead for\\nthe purpose of distilling. The buildings were remodeled and ar-\\nranged for the purpose, and the first whisky made during the winter\\nof that year. The capacity of this house is twenty barrels per twenty-\\nfour hours, but it has, owing to the over supply of whiskies on the\\nmarket, never been run beyond half capacity. They manufacture\\nthe renowned Silk Velvet sour mash, and meet with ready sales.\\nLarge numbers of cattle and swine are fed from the offal.\\nE. W. WoRSHAM Co.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 During the summer of 1881 E. W. Wor-\\nsham and J. B. Johnston, under the firm name of E. W. Worsham\\nCo., purchased ground and commenced the building of the present\\ndistillery, situated between the line of the L. N. R, R, and Canoe\\nCreek, fronting Center Street. This house was completed and fully", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0529.jp2"}, "530": {"fulltext": "518 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nStocked with all the machinery and necessary apparatus for manufac-\\nturing the finest quality of sour mash whisky, and commenced opera-\\ntions during the winter of 1881. Its original making capacity was\\ntwenty barrels per twenty-fours hours, but subsequently cut down, and\\nhas never been taxed at over eight bairels per day. Twenty-seven\\nhundred and sixty-seven barrels of the favorite Peerless have been\\nmade, and there is but little of it that has not found a ready market.\\nJanuary 1st, 1887, Mr. Worsham assumed sole charge of the distil-\\nlery and associated with himself in the wholesale house his two sons,\\nAndrew J. and D. W. C. Worsham.\\nWithers, Dade Co. During the summer of 1881, Messrs. J.\\nE. Withers, H. F. Dade, and Captain Charles G. Perkins, under the\\nfirm name of Withers, Dade Co., purchased the necessary ground\\nupon the Evansville road, two miles from the Court House, and built\\na ten barrel house. They have made three crops, a total of over three\\nthousand barrels, of superior sour mash, and found ready buyers for\\ntheir make. This is one of the most complete houses in the State,\\nand its make of whisky ranks with the best known to the trade.\\nBrewery. The Henderson Brewery was established many years\\nago by Reutlinger Klauder. Some time after the firm was changed\\nto Reutlinger Isefelder, and so remained to September 16th, 1885,\\nwhen, by a boiler explosion, the machinery was rendered inoperative,\\nand the firm suspended operations.\\nFrom that time, and up to May, 1887, the brewery remained idle. It\\nwas then sold to George H. Delvin Co., and in a short time placed\\nin complete repair and once again resumed operations. This brewery\\nis one of large capacity and is supplied with all of the latest and\\nmost valuable machinery, including an ice machine, with engines,\\npumps, pipes, and other necessary appendages, costing the original\\nowners near twenty thousand dollars.\\nHominy AND Flouring Mills, Etc. The Henderson Hominy\\nMill was established in 1882, Messrs. W. W. Shelby, William Soaper\\nand F. L. Turner constituting the firm. A large mill, completely\\nequipped with machinery for doing first class work, was soon after\\nready and commenced work, its capacity ranging in the neighborhood\\nof three hundred barrels per day. In 1884 Mr. Turner withdrew\\nfrom the firm and since that time the firm has been Shelby Soaper.\\nMr. Shelby has given his entire time to it.\u00c2\u00ab management and a brilli-\\nant success has crowned his efforts. They are very heavy purchasers\\nof corn, confining their purchases not alone to Henderson County,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0530.jp2"}, "531": {"fulltext": "SHELBY SOAPER S HOMINY MILL.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0531.jp2"}, "532": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0532.jp2"}, "533": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 519\\nbut above and below on the Ohio and Wabash Rivers. They run a\\nnumber of barges and a steamboat for towing. They manufacture\\nthe finest flint hominy, grits,^Dearl meal and feed meal, for which\\nthey find a ready market. This mill runs day and night in order to\\nkeep up with the demand made upon it.\\nIn 1884 the Pearl and Grit Mills was built by F. L. Turner and\\nW. J. Marshall, Jr. Its capacity is not so large as the Henderson\\nMill, but it is in every way a first class manufactory. It suspended\\noperations several months since and is yet idle.\\nFlouring Mills. Henderson has three flouring mills, finely\\nequipped for turning out the best brands of flour. They are also pro-\\nducers of meal of a superior quality. In addition to these, Webster\\nGate owns and operates a grist mill that supplies a large local terri\\ntory. There is also a fine flour and grist mill at Gorydon, Gairo and\\nZion, in the county, besides several grist mills of small capacity.\\nSteam has taken the place of the old-fashioned sweep and tread, and\\nthe latest machinery is alone used.\\nBuggies, Garriages, Etc. The Henderson Buggy Go. was organ-\\nized in November, 1882, with a paid up capital of $50,000. Its officers\\nwere, and are at this time, with the exception of Superintendent, Gap*\\ntain G. G. Perkins, President; John H. Barret, Jr., Vice President\\nBernard G. Witt, Secretary and Treasurer, and George Delker, Super-\\nintendent. Two years since Mr. Delker withdrew from the company.\\nA- Tonnini is now Superintendent. This company employs during\\nthe busy season from fifty to sixty operatives, and their manufacture\\nof buggies, phaetons, etc., are unsurpassed by any manufactory in\\nthe country. They enjoy a large trade and turn out from three to\\nfive hundred vehicles annually.\\nGeorge Delker Go., manufacturers and dealers in buggies,\\ncarriages and phaetons, do first class work.\\nWood Work and* Blacksmithing. Delvin Holloway, corner\\nElm and Fourth Streets R. G. Blackwell, east side Elm R. S. Smith\\nBro., Willey Bros., Mike Brown, First Street, between Elm and In-\\ngram William Wagner, corner Fifth and Green.\\nFoundry and Machine Shops. Delvin Hollaway, corner\\nElm and Fourth Streets. All kinds of castings and machine work\\ndone on short notice and guaranteed.\\nBroom and Mattress. Messrs. W. G. Neal Bro. have re-\\ncently established a broom and niattress factory at the corner of\\nFourth and Adams Streets,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0533.jp2"}, "534": {"fulltext": "520 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nBuilding and Loan Association. \u00e2\u0080\u0094The success attending the\\nmanagement of the Henderson Building and Loan Association is\\nsomewhat phenomenal. While the Association, in its inception, was\\nnot intended as a scheme of pure philanthropy, its results have come\\nfully up to the hopes of its founders in this respect, as is attested by\\nthe hundreds of happy homes, bought and paid for through its instru-\\nmentality. The Association opened its books to receive dues on\\nMarch 1st, 1874. The first series had subscribed to its capital stock\\nat the end of the first six months 784 shares. But by the time this\\nseries was paid up, which was in September, 1878, the capital stock\\nhad been reduced, by withdrawals, to 304 shares. The series imme-\\ndiately succeeding this were small, in comparison with the first, none\\nof them reaching a subscribed capital of more than 100 shares, until\\nthe tenth series was opened, since when the Directors have been\\ncompelled to refuse to receive numbers of subscriptions at the opening\\nof each series. Sixteen series have been paid off. The Association,\\nsince its organization, has made 370 loans, amounting in the aggre-\\ngate to $277,500. About 250 of these loans were made for the pur-\\npose of building homes for the borrowers, fifty of which have been\\npaid off, leaving them in possession in fee simple of their own homes,\\nat very little greater cost to them than their rents would have amounted\\nto. Non-discounting stockholders, who held their stock until paid up,\\nhave been paid $114,000. In addition to this the Association has\\npurchased stock before^it matured for which it paid $39,000 in cash,^\\nmaking the total amount paid to non-borrowing stockholders $193,600.\\nThe following are the officers of this corporation VV. S. Johnson,\\nPresident; B. G.Witt, Secretary and Treasurer; Directors, W. S.\\nJohnson, J. W. Allen, Peter Geibel, F. P. Geibel, T. M. Jenkins, R.\\nC. Blackwell, Lsaac Mann, H. S. Rudy and B. G. Witt.\\nPeople s Homestead and Saving Association. On the four-\\nteenth day of April, 1877 this Association was incorporated. It is\\nsimilar in its aims and purposes to the Building and Loan. Three\\nseries of stock have been sold, ranging from one hundred to two\\nhundred shares of one hundred dollars each. The officers of the\\nAssociation are John O Byrne, President G, M. Alves, Secretary\\nand Treasurer Directors, John O Byrne, G. M. Alves, Ed. Oberdor-\\nfer, Maurice Bauldoff and D. Banks, Jr.\\nCoal Mines and Coal Agents. The People s Mines, worked\\nby P. J. McNamarra Co., is situated two miles from the city on\\nthe Knoblick road. These mines supply a large quantity of superior\\ncoal to the city, and an equal amount to the country around and be-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0534.jp2"}, "535": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 521\\nyond the mines. As a coal market Henderson has no superior, for\\nquahty, quantity and cheapness.\\nSt. Bernard Mines. TlTis great company, located in Hopkins\\nCounty, does through its agent, Hon. John C. Atkinson, .tu immense\\nbusiness in the city and county. The coal is of a superior quality for\\nsteam, grate or cooking purposes.\\nOhio Valley Coal. This coal, recently introduced into this\\nmarket, and controlled by S. H. Lambert, Agent, is said to be the\\nequal of Pittsburg coal for all purposes save gas.\\nThere is no danger of a coal famine and no danger of coal be-\\ning placed at an exorbitant price. Indeed, when Louisville and other\\ncities, during extreme cold winters, are obliged to pay dearly for their\\ncoal, and limited in quantity at that, Henderson is abundantly sup-\\nplied, and at a very moderate cost. Competition is too great here\\neven to admit of a combination raising the price.\\nSaw Mills. In 1856 Joseph Clore built the frame work of his\\npresent mill at the foot of Sixth Street, and commenced business with\\nthe old-fashioned upright saw. Since that time wonderful changes\\nhave been introduced. The circular saw has taken the pla:e of the\\nupright, and machinery, wonderful in labor saving, has been invented.\\nThe capacity of the mill at the present time is 40,000 feet per day,\\nrunning one saw. Henderson, and the entire country around, for\\nmany years past, has been supplied from this mill. For several years\\nit has been operated under the firm name of Joseph Clore Sons.\\nIn connection with the saw mill is a planing mill of very large capa-\\ncity, fitted throughout with the latest and most expensive machines\\nfor doing all manner of first class wood work. The firm builds and\\ncompletes houses, as well as furnish contractors with all articles ne-\\ncessary in house building. In addition to a heavy local demand, they\\nare large shippers of lumber and building materials to points beyond\\nthe State. Every article made of wood for office or house building.\\nfrom an ordinary window frame to the finest office furniture, is man-\\nufactured on short notice by this firm. Over seven acres of land is\\nlargely stacked with lumber, and in this it is their endeavor to always\\nkeep a large supply on hand. No better manufacturers are to be\\nfound in the West. Eighty men are given employment.\\nR. H. Clayton, several months since, purchased what is known\\nas the Old Fruit Mill, remodeled it, and is engaged in sawing for the\\ntrade.\\nPortable Mills. There are several of these mills engaged in the\\ncounty. Among the number, Judge Gillams", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0535.jp2"}, "536": {"fulltext": "522 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nCounty Roads. There are no better roads to be found in any\\ncountry than those of Henderson County, in fact, the writer was told\\nby a very distinguished traveled gentleman, a short time since, that\\nhe had never seen their equal. It is not only the case as regards the\\nmain arteries, but those tributary are equally as good. A history of\\nthe gravel roads will be found elsewhere in this volume.\\nHenderson Lands. For the growth of corn, tobacco, wheat,\\noats, rye, melons, and all the grasses, the lands of this county are\\nunsurpassed. Rents are cheap, taxes low, educational and church\\nadvantages superior, and society good. What more could be offered\\nAll of these are to the credit of Henderson.\\nHenderson Fair Company. This company was incorporated\\nin March, 1865, and has held annual fairs, with a more or less degree\\nof success. The grounds of the company are located one mile from\\nthe Court House on the Morganfield gravel road, and are as hand-\\nsome as any to be found in Kentucky, or elsewhere. The premiums\\noffered are liberal.\\nIncorporations. Kentucky Land Improvement Company, Oc-\\ntober 14th, 1886.\\nCumberland Land and Iron Company, January 6th, 1887.\\nHenderson Real Estate and Improvement Association, April\\n14th, 1887.\\nRock, Natural Gas, Mining and Manufacturing Company, May\\n30th, 1887.\\nBrand s Perfection Hames Company, May 30th, 1887.\\nCongregation Adas Israel, June 8th, 1887.\\nCairo High School, July 12th 1887.\\nHotels. Henderson prides herself in her excellent hotels\\nThere are eight hotels and fifteen boarding houses, the Barret House,\\nWilliams House, Clegg s, Commercial and Duncan s leading in the\\nlisL.\\nBarret House. This hotel, formerly the Hord House, was re-\\nbuilt and greatly enlarged by its present owner, John H. Barret, in\\n1885. It is one of the handsomest buildings west of Louisville and\\nis notably first class in all of its appointments. Messrs Sugg Can-\\nnon, proprietors, are universally popular and deservedly enjoy the\\nhigh reputation they have earned by close application to business and\\nthe comfort of their guests. The house is elegantly furnished and\\nsupplied with all modern conveniences.\\nBrick Yards. Kleymeyer Klute are the manufacturers of\\nthe very best article of building brick. They operate two large kilns\\nand one smaller one, and are thus not only able to supply the local\\ndemand but frequently ship hundreds of thousands out of the county.\\nIn addition to their brick manufacturing, this firm manufactures on a\\nlarge scale tiling for underground drainage. In both instances, none\\nbut the best soil and best modes of burning are employed.\\nAt Rankin Station, several miles out on the L. N. R. R., is\\nanother tile factory that supplies a large territory of country.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0536.jp2"}, "537": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0537.jp2"}, "538": {"fulltext": "BARRET HOUSE.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0538.jp2"}, "539": {"fulltext": "SKETCHES AND RECOLLECTIONS,\\nIncidents in the History of the People, Sad, Humorous and\\nInteresting.\\nA BLOODY LEGEND.\\nSKETCH OF BIG AND LITTLE HARPE.\\nT^EADERS of this article wiH recaU the blood-curdling stories told\\nX them of the Harpes, who, in the early settlement of Henderson\\nCounty, were the terror of the pioneer. Many persons in this and\\nadjoining counties remember how, in their childhood, these stories\\nawakened the keenest sense of fear, and were the occasion of almost\\nagonizing sensations as they passed along the wilderness roads, ever\\non the lookout to be accosted by these terrible men. Their deeds of\\ndaring and desperate designs placed them at the head of all early\\ndesperadoes. Their history in this portion of Kentucky has long ago\\nand repeatedly found its way into the histories of Kentucky and\\nother States, in pamphlets and the newspapers of the country, and at\\none time even dramatized for the American stage. But it was so des-\\nperate and appalling to all rational sensibilities that it was abandoned\\nby the drama.\\nIn giving a history of these desperately wicked men, I shall be\\nas brief as possible, knowing full well that only a faint idea can be\\ngiven in the brief space allotted. The Harpes, consisting of Big\\nHarpe and his two wives, Sally Harpe and Betsy Roberts, and Little\\nHarpe and Susanna, his wife, came into Kentucky from East Tennes-\\nsee in the year 1798. They had lived in Tennessee, and at one time\\nwere confined in the Knoxville jail on suspicion of crime, when they", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0539.jp2"}, "540": {"fulltext": "624 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nwere innocent. Upon being released they declared war against all\\nmankind, and determined to rob and murder until they themselves\\nwere killed. Their appearance was wild and rude in the extreme.\\nBig Harpe was above the ordinary stature, bony and muscular, his\\nclothes dirty and shabby, distinguishing him as a man wholly unused\\nto the courtesies of civilized life. His countenance was so repulsive\\nthat every indication of villainy was plainly marked thereon. He\\nwore no covering on his head, so the natural protection of thick,\\ncoarse hair, of a fiery red, uncombed and matted, gave evidence of the\\nrudest exposure. He was armed with a rifle, knife and tomahawk.\\nHe was a veritable outlaw, destitute of every touch of human nature,\\nand prepared, at all points, for assault and defense.\\nLittle Harpe was a smaller man, but, in other respects, the coun-\\nterpart of his co-worker in crime, and with him frequently engaged in\\nriotous drunkenness and debauchery. Their travel through the wil-\\nderness roads of Kentucky was marked by human blood. They were\\ncaptured and confined in the jail at Danville, but soon after made\\ntheir escape, and started en route for the mouth of Green River, mark-\\ning their path by robberies and murders of the most horrible and\\nbrutal character. The district they traveled was wild and thinly pop-\\nulated, and for this reason their outrages went unpunished. They\\nseemed inspired with the deadliest hatred against the whole human\\nrace, and such was their implacable misanthropy that they were known\\nto kill where there was no temptation to rob. One of their victims\\nwas a little girl, found at some distance from her home, whose tender\\nage, and helplessness, would have been a protection against any but\\nincarnate fiends. Every human met by them prior to their arrival at\\nGreen River became a victim to their implacable thirst for blood. The\\nHarpe women had preceded their husbands to Henderson County,\\nand had settled about six miles from the town, in the direction of\\nMadison ville, where they lived during the winter of 1798, 99, and\\npassed themselves as widows. Micajah, or Big Harpe, and Wiley, or\\nLittle Harpe, pushed their way on into Henderson County, where they\\nsoon after rejoined their wives, and started in the direction of Ten-\\nnessee. They remained some time in what is now known as Hopkins\\nCounty. This county, at that time, was a wilderness, with but a few\\nscattered settlers. The Harpes rode good horses, and at that time\\ndressed well, in the clothes of their murdered victims. They werp\\nall the time heavily armed, and the condition of the country was their\\napology for such equipments. The following is a condensed history\\nof their devilish deeds done in Henderson County, as narrated by\\nMr. John B. Ruby to Judge Underwood, many years ago", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0540.jp2"}, "541": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 525\\nWhile passing along the road, presumably en route South, the\\nHarpes stopped for dinner at the house of a settler named James\\nTompkins, near Steuben s Lick-jE.and while there passed themselves\\nfor Methodist preachers, and one of them actually said grace at the\\ntable.\\nThe conversation turned on the general character of the country.\\nOne of them asked Mr. Tompkins if he hunted much, who replied that\\nhe did when he had the ammunition, but for some time he had been\\nwithout powder and notwithstanding deer was so plenty, he never had\\nany venison to eat. Thereupon the Harpes, with affected generosity,\\nmade a liberal division of their stock of powder with Mr. Tompkins.\\nIt will be seen in the sequel, that by a most singular providence, Big\\nHarpe was mortally wounded by his own powder thus given to Mr.\\nTompkins.\\nAfter dinner they resumed their journey. The first cabin passed\\nwas that of Moses Stigall, then occupied by his wife and little child,\\nStigall being from home. This cabin was five miles from Tompkins,\\nThe next settlement was Peter Ruby s, eleven miles from Stigall s. John\\nB. Ruby was at Peter Ruby s and saw the Harpes pass. They\\ncamped for the night a few miles from Stigall s, who, it is claimed,\\nowed one of the Harpe women a dollar. Stigall met the party in the\\nfiats of Deer Creek as he was going to Robinson s Lick for salt and\\nwas told of the owing dollar. He told the Harpe woman to call upon\\nhis wife in passing, giving explicit directions where his wife could find\\nthe money. The women went to Mrs. Stigalls and told her what her\\nhusband had said. She found his purse, containing about $40.00 in\\nsilver, out of which she paid the claimed dollar. The wives then told\\ntheir husbands how much money Mrs. Stigall seemed to have, and\\nthis led to the perpetration during the following night of the last\\ndreadful act of barbarity in the long list of horrible tragedies of which\\nthe Harpers were guilty.\\nMrs. Stigall was a young woman with only one child. A man by\\nthe nanie of Love was staying that night at the house. The two\\nHarpes left their camp, and went to the house of Stigall, got the\\nmoney, murdered his wife and child and Mr. Love, then set fire to the\\nhouse of Stigall and burnt up the murdered bodies and all that was in the\\nhouse. Two men named Hudgens and Gillmore, were returning from\\nthe lick with their packs of salt and camped for the night not far from\\nStigall s. About daylight the Harpes went to their camp and arrested\\nthem under pretense that they had committed robbery,murder and arson\\nat the house of Stigall. They shot Gillmore, who died on the spot. Hud-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0541.jp2"}, "542": {"fulltext": "526 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\ngens broke and ran, but was overtaken by the Harpes and put to\\ndeath. These things were stated by the women after Big Harpe s\\ndeath.\\nNews of these murders spread through the scattered population\\nwith rapidity. Stigall returned to find no wife to welcome him, no\\nhome to receive him. Distracted with grief and rage he turned his\\nhorse s head from the smouldering ruins and repaired to the house of\\nCaptain John Leeper, who was one of the most powerful men of\\nhis day, and as fearless as powerful. Alarm and excitement pervaded\\nevery heart, men assembled at the call of Stigall and Leeper to con-\\nsult and to act. The conclusion was universal that these crimes were\\nthe deeds of the Harpes. Large rewards for their heads, dead or\\nalive, had been publicly offered, and the pioneers of the wilderness\\nwere determined upon their capture. A company was formed, con-\\nsisting of John Leeper, James Tompkins, Silas Magby, Neville Lind-\\nsey, Matthew Christian, Robert Robertson and the infuriated Moses\\nStigall. If there were any others, their names have been forgotten.\\nThese men, armed with rifles, got on the the trail of the Harpes and\\novertook them at their camp upon the waters of Pond River.\\nAbout a quarter of a mile from camp, the pursuing party saw\\nLittle Harpe and a man named Smith, who had been hunting horses\\nin the range, conversing near a branch of water. Little Harpe\\ncharged Smith with being a horse thief, and blew in his charger, (a\\nsmall instrument with which the hunter measures his powder in load-\\ning his gun). The shrill sound, their usual signal for danger, soon\\nbrought Big Harpe to see what was the matter. The pursuing party\\nand Big Harpe arrived at the branch in opposite directions, at nearly\\nthe same time. Big Harpe came mounted on a fine gray mare, the\\nproperty of the murdered Love, which he had appropriated. The\\npursuers, not doubting the guilt of those whom they had overtaken,\\nwithout warning fired upon them, badly wounding Smith, but not hit-\\nting either of the Harpes. Big Harpe was in the act of shooting Smith\\nas those in front among the pursuers fired. He had already cocked\\nhis gun and told Smith he must die. But surprised by the volley and\\nby the rushing up of the persons, he reserved his fire, whirled Love s\\nmare around and galloped off to his camp. Little Harpe ran off on\\nfoot to a thicket and was not seen afterwards.\\nOn reaching Smith, the pursuers were detained listening to his\\nexplanation. He was regarded as an accomplice of the Harpes, but\\nsoon demonstrated his innocence and his life was spared. The pur-\\nsuers hastened towards the camp and saw Big Harpe hastily saddling", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0542.jp2"}, "543": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 627\\nthe horses and preparing to take the women off with him. Seeing\\ntheir rapid approach, he mounted Love s mare, armed with rifle and\\npistols, and darted off, leaving the women and children to provide for\\nthemselves. They were made prisoners, and Magby, a large, fat man,\\nunfitted for the chase, and one other were left to guard them. Love s\\nmare was large and strong and carried the two-hundred weight of her\\nrider, Big Harpe, with much ease, and he seemed to call on her to ex-\\npend all her strength in his behalf. Tompkins, rather a small man, rode\\na thorough-bred, full-blooded bay mare of the best Virginia stock, and\\nled in the pursuit. He had chased thieves before, and the only ac-\\ncount he gave of one of them was that he would never steal another\\nhorse. Nance, his mare, exhibited both speed and bottom in this\\nrace of life or death. The other horses were nothing like equal to\\nNance or to the Love mare, and their riders being large men. Big\\nHarpe might entertain hopes of escape.\\nIn the first two or three miles, he kept far ah ad, no one trailing\\nin sight except Tompkins. There was no difficulty in following\\nthrough the rich, mellow soil of the wilderness, the tracks made by\\nthe horses of Harpe and Tompkins. Leeper was second in the chase\\nand the others followed as rapidly as possible. As the race pro-\\ngressed. Big Harpe drove into a thick forest of large trees upon a\\ncreek bottom. Here he was overhauled by Tompkins. Each reined\\nup his^foaming steed and stopped. Neither attempted to fire. Tomp-\\nkins told Harpe that escape was impossible and he had better\\nsurrender. Never was the quick reply. At that moment Leeper\\nwas in sight. Harpe again dashed off at full speed, while Tompkins\\ntarried for Leeper. As soon as he came up he said, Why didn t\\nyou shoot Tompkins replied that his mare was so fiery he could not\\nmake a safe shot upon her and he would not fire unless he was sure of\\nexecution. Leeper had fired upon the Harpes and Smith at the\\nbranch, and finding that his ramrod could not be withdrawn in conse-\\nquence of its having got wet, told Tompkins he could not reload, that\\nhis horse was fast failing, and that Harpe would escape unless\\nNance could catch him. Tompkins replied, that she could run\\nover Harpe s mare on any part of the ground. Leeper said, Let s\\nexchange horses and give me your gun and shot pouch and I ll bring\\nhim down if I can overtake him. They dismounted and exchanged\\nhorses and arms and Leeper dashed forward after Big Harpe. The\\nnoble mare proved her ability to run over him upon any part of the\\nground.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0543.jp2"}, "544": {"fulltext": "528 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY KY.\\nLeeper crossed the creek and after passing through the thick,\\ntall trees in the bottom, came in sight of the fleeing Harpe as he\\nreached higher ground with its prairie grass and scattered trees. The\\ngray mare (not) the better horse, Nance gradually gained upon her.\\nWhen Leeper got up within thirty yards, Harpe warned him to stand\\noff or he would kill him. Leeper replied, One of us has to die,\\nand the hardest fend off.\\nAs the woods became more open and interposed fewer obstruc-\\ntions, Leeper thought he had a good chance. Suddenly putting\\nNance to her full speed, he rushed up within ten steps of Harpe,\\nthrew his leg over the mane, and the bridle over Nance s head and\\njumped to the ground, took aim and fired. Harpe reined up, turned,\\npresented his gun, and it snapped all without dismounting. Leeper\\nafterwards said If Harpcs gun had not snapped, the ball would\\nnot have passed within twenty yards of me, so badly was it aimed.\\nHarpe then threw the gun down, wheeled the gray mare and pushed\\non his course. From these circumstances Leeper knew he had hit\\nhim. He caught and remounted Nance and soon overtook Harpe,\\nwho told him to keep off or he would shoot him with a pistol. In a\\nfew seconds Harpe ceased to urge the gray mare forward and put\\nboth his hands to the pommel of the saddle to hold on. Leeper\\nrushed alongside and threw him to the ground. Two balls had\\nentered near the back bone and came out near the breast bone,\\nHarpe begged that he might be taken to justice and not be jjut to\\ninstant death. Leeper told him that his request was useless that his\\nwound was fatal and he must soon die.\\nHe then asked for a drink of water. Leeper walked away to a\\nbranch close by, and, taking off one of his shoes, filled it with water\\nand started on his return to the wounded outlaw. At this time James\\nTompkins, Stigall, and others, dashed up, and, without ceremony,\\nStigall dismounted, drew his knife, and severed Big Harpe s head\\nfrom the body; and thus perished the most brutal of all brutal mon-\\nsters. A tall young tree, growing by the side of the trail, or road,\\nwas selected, and trimmed of its lateral branches to the top, and then\\npointed. On this point the head was fastened, the skull and jaw bones\\nremaining there for many years, after all else had mingled with the\\ndust. Near by stood a large tree in which was plainly cut the initials\\nof the dead outlaw, U. H., which were plainly visible up to a few\\nyears since. The place where this tree grew is in the present County\\nof Webster, at the intersection of the Henderson and Morganfield\\nand Madisonville roads.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0544.jp2"}, "545": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 529\\nIt will be remembered that the three Harpe women were left at\\nthe camp, prisoners, in charge of two of the Leeper party. Immedi-\\nately after the killing of Big Harpe the women, with their children\\n(each woman had a young child), were brought to the town of Hen-\\nderson and confined in the little log dungeon, then located on the\\nriver bank, near the present bridge.\\nOn the fourth day of September, 1799, a Court of Quarter Ses-\\nsions was called for the examination of Susanna and Sally Harpe and\\nBetsey Roberts, committed as parties to the murder of Mrs. Stigall,\\nJames Stigall, an infant, and William Love, a school teacher, on the\\ntwentieth day of August. The trial was held by Justices Samuel Hop-\\nkins and Abram Landers. They were found guilty and remanded to\\njail. Subsequently the women were taken, under order of the Court,\\nby Andrew Rowan, Sheriff, and Amos Kuykendall, John Standley,\\nGreen Massey, Nevil Lindsay and Gibson Harden, to Russellville,\\nKy., there to await the action of the Grand Jury. They were tried\\nat Russellville and cleared.\\nNothing is known of the after life of Big Harpe s two wives, but\\nthe wife of Little Harpe, who was represented as being a young wo-\\nman of great beauty, married a highly respectable man in Tennessee,\\nand raised a large family of children, all esteemed for sobriety, hon-\\nesty and industry. The name of the gentleman has ever been with-\\nheld, because a silly world might take occasion to reflect upon the\\nchildren, in consequence of the mother s connection with the Harpes.\\nLittle Harpe escaped to Mississippi and was there hung for his devil-\\nment.\\nMoses Stigallwhose wife was killed by the Harpes, turned out to be\\nhimself a bad man. In less than one year after the murder of his wife\\nand child he was married to Ellen Vane, and a short time after was\\nhimself killed for aiding Joshua Fleehart in running away with a Miss\\nMaddox. Peak Fletcher and a brother of the young woman pur-\\nsued the runaways and overtook them in the Territory of Illinois.\\nThey were found at night in a log cabin, which was cautiously and si-\\nlently approached, and at a given signal Fletcher and Maddox fired\\nthrough the chinks of the cabin and killed both Fleehart and Stigall.\\nMiss Maddox was sitting at the time in the lap of her lover, with an\\narm around his neck.\\nOn December 16th, 1799, by an Act of the Legislature of Ken-\\ntucky, the reward of $300, offered by the Governor for the capture of\\nthe Harpes, was allowed to John Leeper, and thus ends the brief his-\\ntory of two of the boldest and most noted freebooters who have ever\\ncursed America.\\n34", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0545.jp2"}, "546": {"fulltext": "530 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nHENDERSON S STEAMBOAT INTERESTS.\\nThe Louisville and Henderson Packet Company was organ-\\nized in 1848 by the Lodwick Brothers. The Gallant, a medium sized\\nside-wheeler, with single engines, one hundred and fifty feet long, being\\nthe first boat in the trade. It was in the employ of this company,\\nand on this boat Captain W. W. Huston, of this city, commenced his\\nriver life. This steamer was soon followed by the Fawn, a very fast,\\nsingle engine boat. Captain Huston served in ihe office of this boat.\\nThe Fawn burned a short time after. The Mavflower was then\\nplaced in the trade, Capt. George W. Wick, now a large tobacco\\ndealer of Louisville, Commander. She was followed by the James\\nPitcher, a small, double engined side-wheeler. The Pitcher was\\nburned. In 1846, Capt. Paxton placed the Meteor in the trade, and\\nshe was followed in 1847 by the Hibernia. He then purchased the\\nAtlantis and ran her in connection with the Hibernia. These boats\\nwere taken out of the trade and the Clipper, a side-wheel, double-en-\\ngine steamer, substituted. She was commanded by Capt. Joe Bunce,\\nof Henderson, with Captain Huston in the office. She was followed\\nby the Swallow, then the Cornelia, until 1848, when the Atlantis was\\nbrought back again. This boat was withdrawn and the Mary Stevens\\ntook her place until 1850, when another Clipper took her place. The\\nHerman took the place of the Clipper, and on one of her trips was\\nrun into by the Ironton just around the upper bend, and was badly\\ncrippled. Hon. John C. Atkinson, Wm. T. Barret and James Wilson\\nwere passengers on the Herman at that time. -The Van Leer took\\nthe place of the Herman and sunk in her second trip at the mouth of\\nSalt River, proving a total loss. The Farmer was then chartered\\nuntil the New Fawn was completed. She took her place in the\\nHenderson trade and continued for some time. In 1854, the\\nowners of the Fawn contracted for the building of the Rainbow.\\nThis steamer was noted for her speed. She measured horns with the\\nlargest and best boats and was. never defeated. She entered\\nthe trade in the fall of 1854. In 1856 she entered the New\\nOrleans trade and was burned on the twenty-second day of\\nNovember, 1857, at Alexander s woodyard, ten miles above Na-\\npoleon, Arkansas, with great loss of life and property. She made\\nthe run from Henderson to Evansville in fifty-two minutes, the fastest,\\nperhaps, on record, with the exception of the famous Robt. E. Lee.\\nSince that time the Little Grey Eagle, Big Grey Eagle, Tishomingo,\\nSciota and Eugene have run in the Henderson trade. During the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0546.jp2"}, "547": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 531\\nearly part of the war, the Tarascon and Morning Star were built.\\nThe present James Guthrie took the place of the Tarascon, then the\\nGrey Eagle. There are three^tboats in the line at this time James\\nGuthrie, Rainbow and City of Owensboro.\\nHenderson and Evansville. During the year 1868, Captains\\nC. G. Perkins and S. H. Lambert purchased the little steamboat\\nNewsboy, a speedy, little stern-wheeler, and ran her between\\nthis city and Evansville, making daily trips. Prior to that time\\nthere had been other boats, and during- the days of the Newsboy\\nthere was opposition, but it finally succumbed to the inevitable. Cap-\\ntain Perkins soon became sole owner, and finding the trade increas-\\ning and demanding a larger and better boat, he .purchased the side-\\nwheel steamer, Mollie Norton. A short time after her purchase, a\\npartnership was formed between Captains A. O. Durland and C. G.\\nPerkins, under the name of Durland Perkins. A short time subse-\\nquent to this partnership a contract was entered into by and between\\nDurland Perkins and the St. Louis and Southeastern Railroad for\\ntransferring freight and passenger cars by water from Henderson to\\nEvansville and vice versa. The Norton was then sold,and the towboat\\nLeclaire No. 2 and one or two railway barges were purchased,\\nand by this means the cars were transferred. Notwithstanding the\\npecuniary success attending this enterprise, Durland Perkins\\nseemed singularly fated. In 1869 the LeClaire was cut down\\nby the ice and proved a loss. The Maggie Smith was then purchased\\nand was employed in the line until the winter of 1882, when she was\\nlost in the ice. The Belmont was purchased and ran until that ill-\\nfated day in August, 1884, a day that cast more gloom over Hender-\\nson than had ever been known before, or has been known since. It\\nwas on Thursday, the 29th day of August, a terrific hurricane swept over\\nHenderson, unroofing houses and tearing up by their roots trees as\\nthough they were tinder wood. At the head of the Upper Island, and\\nin view of the city, the storm was even greater, and when at its full\\nheight, caught the Belmont with barge in tow, capsizing her near mid-\\nriver. There were a number of passengers in the cabin of the boat,\\nas well as in the cars on the ba rge. All of the passengers, with perhaps\\none or two exceptions, who were in the cabin became victims to the\\nmerciless waters, Mrs. Lyon and two daughters, of Evansville, Mrs.\\nMurray and infant child, and her sister, and Captain John Smith\\namong the number. The railway barge drifted to the Kentucky\\nshore and the passengers were all soon ashore. The Jennie Camp,\\nbell and Iron Cliff were purchased and both ran in the trade up to the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0547.jp2"}, "548": {"fulltext": "532 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY KY.\\ncompletion of the bridge, when the contract with Durland Per\\nkins expired. The Jennie Campbell since that time has continued to\\nmake tri-daily trips between the two cities and is a great convenience.\\nNotwithstanding the heavy losses sustained by the packet firm, they\\nhave amassed a handsome fortune.\\nSinking of the Major Barbour. The Barbour was a small\\nbut very fast side-wheel boat running in the Louisville, Henderson\\nBowling Green Packet trade. The greater part of her stock was\\nowned in Henderson, and three Henderson gentlemen, namely Cap-\\ntain Harry I Spotts, Commander, Henry Lyne, First Clerk, and\\nAlney M. Allison, Second Clerk, were the officers in charge. In going\\nup the river before daylight on the third day of February, 1848, she\\nwas run into by the steamer Paul Jones and sunk. There were no\\nwhistles in \\\\hose days, and the signals for passing were given by a\\ncertain number of bell taps. On this fated morning the Barbour in\\nrounding out from Cannelton, through a mistake in the signals was\\nstruck broadside by the Jones. The Barbour had coaled at Cannel-\\nton and this great wei2;ht was piled on the forecastle of the boat.\\nWhen struck, the water rushed in and the weight caused the boat to\\ncareen. Mr. George Lyne and Miss Lucie Allison, of Henderson,\\nwere passengers en route to Louisville. Alney Allison, when the\\nshock came, rushed to his sister s room and with her ran to the front\\nof the boat and jumped to the lower deck, and swam with his sister to\\nthe Jones, assisted by Henry Lyne, He returned to the Barbour and\\nwas drawn by the current through the hatch into the hull of the boat\\nand was lost. Capt. Spotts and George Lyne swam through the cold\\nwater to the nearest shore. When it was discovered that young\\nAlney Allison was lost, the distress manifested was truly painful. He\\nwas a son of William D. Allison and one of the most promising young\\nmen of his day. His death cast a gloom over the town never equaled\\nprior to that time. His remains were recovered and buried in the\\nHenderson Cemetery. The heroic gallantry of Henry Lyne was the\\nsubject of comment for many years after the sad occurrence.\\nSUICIDES.\\nThe year 1852, it seems, was fraught with suicides. Reuben\\nDenton hung himself, June 9th. On the seventeenth day of August,\\nthe Misses Harriet Ann and Martha Carson Mintner, suicided by\\ndrowning in the Ohio River, near the foot of Fifth Street. This was\\none of the saddest determinations ever known to the town.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0548.jp2"}, "549": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 533\\nThese young ladies were sisters, devotedly attached to each\\nother, and lived in a log house, near the present residence of Colonel\\nJackson McClain. The story^ as told at the time, was about as fol-\\nlows One of the girls was desperately in love with a young man of\\nthe town, and believed that her love was reciprocated. Time passed\\non, and she found, to her sorrow, that the one in whom she had con-\\nfided was no more than a volatile deceiver. With a broken heart she\\ndetermined upon the destruction of her life. She persuaded her sis-\\nter to accompany her to the river, ostensibly for amusement, but, in\\nfact, to commit suicide. Out from the shore several feet was a stump,\\nwhose surface protruded above the water some six inches, and near\\nthe water s edge was a long plank. At the suggestion of the desper-\\nate girl, the plank was extended from the shore to the stump, and the\\ntwo walked out to the stump. While standing there, the crazed girl\\nsuggested to her sister that they tie their hands together and then\\nplunge into the water. To this proposition the sister readily assented,\\nand in a few moments more the hands of the two were safely bound\\nby a handkerchief. After being tied, the awful reality became mani-\\nfest, and the silly young girl who had submitted to the entreaties of a\\ncrazed sister, begged piteously to be released; but no, the suicide\\nleaped, taking her sister with her, and in but a moment more both\\nlay at the river s bottom, dead, dead. Parties on the bank witnessed\\nthis, but never once dreamed of its being a reality until too late.\\nMessrs. John C. Stapp and John McBride, who were expert swim-\\nmers, hearing of the sad catastrophe, ran to the place, and, by div-\\ning, soon recovered the bodies.\\nOn the twenty-first day of August, Miss Cynthia Majers suicided\\nby hanging herself.\\nDr. A. J. Morrison suicided on June 19th, 1859, while a prisoner\\nin the county jail. This was a most distressing instance of the de-\\npravity of man. Dr. Morrison, for a number of years, was highly\\nesteemed as a gentleman and practitioner, his practice aggregating,\\nperhaps, double that of. any of his compeers. In addition to this, he\\nhad married into one of the leading and influential families of the\\ntown. In social life, as in professional, he was everywhere welcomed.\\nHe was more of a leader than otherwise, and his credit and veracity\\nstood unimpeached. Now, then, we come to the downfall and sui-\\ncide of one who, prior to his unfortunate step, was regarded in every\\nway the equal of any citizen of the place. It is a horrible story to be\\ntold, and I shall be as brief as possible. Eight months or more prior\\nto his death, Mr. Barak Brgshear caused the indictment and arrest of", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0549.jp2"}, "550": {"fulltext": "534 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nDr. Morrison upon the charge of having fraudulently raised a note\\ndue him by Morrison. The two had had a settlement, leaving a bal-\\nance due Morrison for which Brashear gave his note. This note was\\nraised to a higher sum, and, when presented for payment, the fraud\\nwas quickly and easily detected. Morrison was arrested and gave\\nbond. At the meeting of the next Circuit Court, John E. Arnold, of\\nMadisonville, then Commonwealths Attorney, came to Henderson and\\nput up at the Hancock House. Morrison, in a fit of insanity, as very\\nmany believed at the time, imagined that if he could make away with\\nArnold his liberty would be assured. To this end, therefore, he con-\\ncocted a plan to poison Arnold. He employed, as he thought, a ser-\\nvant waiter at the hotel to carry out his hellish work, but, un-\\nfortunately for Morrison, the servant formerly belonged to Arnold,\\nand was devotedly attached to him. Relying upon this boy, Mor-\\nrison gave him a poisonous powder, with directions to drop it\\ninto Arnold s cup of coffee. The boy consented and Morrison\\nwatched with keen eyes the hoped for fatal result. Arnold drank\\nhis coffee, and, having been posted by the servant, feigned sick-\\nness, but was not enough so to satisfy his would-be slayer. On\\nthe afternoon of the same day he determined to administer a\\ndouble dose and to bring to his service a more deadly poison.\\nHe procured the ingredients and went to his room in the hotel to pre-\\npare a dose for his victim. During this time the matter was kept a\\nprofound secret by Arnold, no one knowing anything of it save him-\\nself, the negro boy, and Captain William Quinn, who had been em-\\nployed as a detective.\\nWhen Morrison had gone for the medicine, Quinn took an ad-\\njoining room, and, cutting a hole through the ceiling, was soon over\\nMorrison s roqm he then, by means of a sharp instrument, pierced a\\nsmall opening through which he could see into Morrison s room. In\\nthe meantime, the negro boy had been notified to attend the doctor\\nand do as bid by him. This the negro did to perfection. Soon after\\nQuinn had secreted himself the doctor entered his room, and upon\\nthe bottom of a wash bowl mixed his powders, which he gave to the\\nnegro with instructions how to use them. Quinn not only witnessed\\nhis movements but heard his conversation. He then returned from\\nhis hiding place to his room and awaited the coming of the negro.\\nSoon he arrived and was arrested as it was understood\u00e2\u0080\u0094 his body\\nsearched, and the powders found. Upon this, then, there were no\\nmore secrets, and Morrison s bondsmen surrendered him to the au-\\nthorities. He was immediately arrested and placed in the county", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0550.jp2"}, "551": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 535\\njail. Finding his plot discovered, and that the evidence was positive\\nagainst him, he seemed to go raving mad. He became violent and\\nvery offensive in the use of his language. His trial was to have taken\\nplace on the following Monday, but it did not. On Sunday morning,\\nJune 19th, 1859, a bright, beautiful morning, when Jailer Brown en-\\ntered the room in which he slept the night before, there lay the un-\\nfortunate man, apparently lifeless, his face pale and eyes sunken.\\nUnderneath his cot was a great pool of blood, and, upon examination,\\nit was discovered that, by the use of a piece of glass broken from a small\\nmirror in the room, he had severed the main artery of his leg and had\\nbled beyond recovery. He soon after died. Harrison, the negro\\nboy, who had proven faithful to his former master, was handsomely\\nrewarded, and thus terminated a tragedy which at the time almost\\nparalyzed the town.\\nJ. Elmus Denton.-^During the official term as Jailer of Mr. Den-\\nton, in December, 1875, the inmates of the jail effected their escape,\\nand this so preyed upon his mind that he shot himself. A sketch of\\nthis suicide will be found in the County History.\\nThere have been other, in fact, many suicides in this county, but\\nnone of them, of which I know, were attended by such exciting sur-\\nroundings as to entitle them to historical mention.\\nMURDER OF LEMUEL CHEANEY BY CHARLES C. CARR.\\n1818.\\nOn the fourteenth day of December, 1818, Charles C. Carr, or\\nStephen Grimes, shot and killed Lemuel Cheane} while riding through\\nthe silent, solemn woods, near Colonel Elias Powell s meadow farm.\\nIt is not known to this day which one of the two did the shooting, al-\\nthough Carr was hung and Grimes cleared. Of one thing, however,\\nthere is a certainty, and that is, that no incident in the history of Hen-\\nderson County, from the beginning up to that time, had ever created\\nsuch a profound feeling of indignation, and such a determination to\\ncrack the neck of the murderer, should he be found. This was the\\nfirst murder since that of Mrs. Stegall and family, by Big and Little\\nHarpe, in 1799, and, from its surroundings, was equally as horrible.\\nSuspicion had pointed to Carr and Grimes, and when, perhaps, they\\nwere least expecting it, an officer of the law presented himself where\\nthey were quietly domiciled and made them prisoners. They were\\nbrought to the county jail and there confined to awaic the action of\\nthe Grand Jury. At the March term, 1819, of the Circuit Court, the\\nfollowing Grand Jurors were empaneled Daniel McBride, foreman,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0551.jp2"}, "552": {"fulltext": "536 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nJacob Hopkins, Nathaniel Dozerne, John R. Bently, Samuel Burks,\\nLaurence Robertson, Rowland Starks, Thomas Jones, Daniel Smith,\\nFurney Cannon, Martin Friley, Thomas Hart, Jr., Elijah King,\\nJohn Williams, Mark M. Yeargin, George Higginson, Daniel Lock-\\nwell, Simon Sugg, Thomas H. Herndon and Alfred Williams.\\nThese gentlemen, after a thorough examination of the testimony,\\nreturned to the Court an indictment charging Charles C. Carr, a la-\\nborer of the County and Circuit of Union, with feloniously, will-\\nfully, and of his malice aforethought, shooting Lemuel Cheaney\\nfrom his horse, while riding along a by-path of Henderson County.\\nAt the June term, following, the case was called, and both par-\\nties announced themselves ready for trial. The following jurors were\\nthen sworn to try the issue Jonathan Fellows, Aaron Wilson, John\\nWilson, Samuel W. Hammond, Gabriel Holmes, Robert A. Cobbs.\\nThomas Ladd, William Carter, William Robards, William Miller,\\nChristian Smedley and Jonathan Anthony, who, after hearing the evi-\\ndence, returned the following verdict We, of the jury, find the\\ndefendant guilty of the murder in the indictment charged against\\nhim.\\nAt the same term Carr was brought into court, in custody of the\\njailer, and it being demanded of him whether he had anything to say\\nwhy the Court should not give judgment against him, declined to\\nspeak a word in his own defense. He was thereupon ordered to be\\nagain committed to jail until Monday, the twenty-sixth day of July,\\non which day, between the hours of eleven and twelve, he should be\\ntaken bv the Sheriff of the County to some suitable place on the\\nPublic Square, in the Town of Henderson, and there hung by his\\nneck until he should be pronounced dead.- Why he should have been\\nhung on Monday, and on an empty stomach, the records signally fail\\nto explain, and yet such was the case.\\nFrom the depositions of James Townsend, Jeremiah Riddle,\\nJames Holloway and Carr, the murderer, the following facts concern-\\ning the killing have been gleaned\\nLemuel Cheaney was a trader by profession, from the upper part\\nof the State. He had taken a raft of lumber to Cairo, Illinois, and\\nwas en route on his return over land, when he was seized with chills\\nand fever while passing through Union County. He halted at Mor-\\nganfield, where he remained some weeks. During this time Charles\\nC. Carr lived near the town of Morganfield, and became, to all in-\\ntents and purposes, on intimate terms of association with Cheaney.\\nThe two were frequently seen together, and on the ^morning of the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0552.jp2"}, "553": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 537\\ntwelfth day of December, 1818, both men went to the house of James\\nTownsend, in Morganfield, where an exchange of money took place\\nbetween Cheaney and a man by the nam of Paxon. Townsend\\ncounted the money, and remenibered two five dollar bills, one on the\\nBank of Utica, the other on the Bank of Niagara, New York also,\\na twenty dollar bill on the Bank of Vincennes, Indiana.\\nNext morning Cheaney told Townsend that he had a lot of plank\\nwhich Carr wanted to buy, but hadn t the money to make the purchase.\\nThis conversation, as well as the exchange of money, took place\\nwhile Carr was present. On the same day Carr and Cheaney left, as\\nCarr stated, for Henderson. On the way up, and when in sight of\\nColonel Robert Smith s house, near Smith s Mills Postoffice, the two\\nmet Stephen Grimes, who rode along with them. At this point,\\nCheaney complained of being very sick, and was really shivering with\\na hard chill. Grimes advised him to go on to Colonel Smith s and\\nthere remain until the ague was off, and then to come on to a certain\\npoint on the road nearer Henderson, where he would await their com-\\ning and have them come over and spend the night with him. Chea-\\nney and Carr remained at Colonel Smith s one hour and a half, or\\nmore, when they remounted and proceeded on to the designated\\npoint where they were to be joined by Grimes. When they arrived at\\nthis place Grimes was found sitting on a log waiting, as he had prom-\\nised. The three then started on the road to Henderson, and after\\nriding awhile they came to a log lying across the road, at which place\\nthere was a bush cut down. This, Grimes told them, was cut down\\nby one of hi*s sons, as a turning out place for a nearer route to his\\nhome.\\nThis place was a short distance from Colonel Elias Powell s mea-\\ndow farm, and here they turned and proceeded about a half mile,\\nwhen Cheaney was killed. As to who killed him, no one has ever\\npositively known, many persons believing that Carr was the murderer,\\nwhile as many believed it to be Grimes.\\nCheaney had a large amount of money on his person, and this\\nwas taken and divided between the two. It was a well-known fact that\\nCarr had no money and was unable to pay his smallest indebtedness,\\nyet, after the shooting of Cheaney, he was seen with several hundred\\ndollars. This, coupled with other circumstances, created heavy sus-\\npicion, and when James Holloway and James Townsend were shown\\nsome of the money passed by Carr, they recognized the same bills\\nthey had counted for Cheaney only a short time before. Townsend", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0553.jp2"}, "554": {"fulltext": "538 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nrecognized the two five dollar bills of the Bank of Utica and Niagara,\\nNew York, and the twenty dollar bill of the Bank of Vincennes.\\nThis was, then, enough to guarantee an arrest, and in a few\\ndays both men were arrested and confined in the Henderson County\\njail.\\nOld Grimes, as he was called, turned State s evidence, and Carr\\nwould have done the same thing, but Grimes was too quick for him.\\nCarr s deposition is on file in the indictment, and, if one-half of it be\\ntrue, old Grimes was the murderer, and ought to have been hung.\\nCarr protested his innocence, and openly charged Grimes with the\\noutrage. He did not deny sharing the money after the death of\\nCheaney, but declared that he stubbornly opposed the killing even\\nup to the time the fatal gun was fired. Carr had had his trial, had\\nbeen found guilty, and sentenced to be hung on Monday, the twenty-\\nsixth day of July, 1819. The few life s moments left him were now\\nflittering away as rapidly as the melting snow before the rise of a\\nburning sun. He confessed his sins, yet protested his innocence of\\nCheaney s murder. Old Griipes had done the deed for which his\\nlife was to pay the penalty. James M. Hamilton, Henderson s lead-\\ning blacksmith, had forged the iron anklets which bound his legs to-\\ngether. Moses Morgan had builded the wooden casket which was to\\nbecome the home of his mortal frame. Fayette Posey had builded\\nthe gallows beneath whose beam his lifeless body, in motionless hor-\\nror, was to hang, as a propitiation for the sins of Grimes. He also,\\nhad prepared the sepulchre, whose funeral pile awaited to inclose\\nhim forever. The day had arrived, and, with its coming, thousands\\nof anxious people.\\nIn that great crowd stood Old Grimes, to witness the execution\\nof a man who was dying, as he protested, while facing death for the\\nsins of this old sinner. For the space of an hour before the awful\\nmoment, Carr sat in his silent prison buried in deep thought nor was\\nthis monologue of the wret led prisoner very strange or wonderful.\\nHe had nerved himself to meet disgrace, to meet the scorn and taunts\\nof his fellow men, and to meet with serenity, even death itself. The\\nclock had struck eleven, and as the last echoes died away, Peter D.\\nGreen, special bailiff, and his attendants, made their appearance and\\nbade him prepare for execution.\\nQuickly dashing away the briny evidence of his late weakness,\\nand with a mighty effort of will he stilled the beating of his heart,\\nand resumed once more his careless manner. Turning to the Sheriff\\nhe said", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0554.jp2"}, "555": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY 539\\nI have been waiting, and am ready. Do your duty.\\nA few minutes sufficed to remove his fetters, and the Sheriff\\nwaited a moment that he might -arrange some of his apparel, quietly\\nand without a word either of reproach or pity, led him forth from his\\ndungeon. Carr followed the footsteps of his conductor with a firm,\\nbold tread, evincing neither alarm nor hesitation, until he was lifted\\ninto the wagon and commanded to take his seat. Then, indeed, he\\nstarted back with a slight exclamation of horror, for the seat men-\\ntioned was the dread tenement he was so soon to fill, a dungeon far\\nmore dark, gloomy and contracted than the one he had just left. Yes,\\nit was his own coffin.\\nThe mournful cortege moved slowly away from the prison door,\\nand with funeral tread, for it was the funeral of the living dead. Carr\\nsat upon his coffin, guarded by the special bailiff and his assistants,\\nand sadly and solemnly did the actors in this bloody, but legal, drama\\nmove along to the foot of the gallows. The terrifying structure and\\njudicial instrument of death was erected on the Public Square, di-\\nrectly in front of the two-story brick now occupied by Captain Charles\\nG. Perkins as a family residence, and tradition tells that the large\\nlocust tree now standing in his front yard was one of the posts sunk\\nin the ground which supported the beam, or cross bar, underneath\\nwhich Carr hung. Carr sat in the wagon gazing around upon the sea\\nof upturned, unsympathizing faces, with apparent unconcern. Yet he\\nfelt more than his manner indicated. At the command of the bailiff,\\nhe stood alone in the wagon, and immediately beneath the beam,\\nfrom which a rope dangled, swaying gently to and fro under the mild\\ninfluence of a soft southern breeze. Folding his arms tightly across\\nhis breast, as if to keep down the tumultuous beating within, and giv-\\ning one look to the broad, bright heavens, and another to the frightful\\nrope, he at last fixed his keen gaze intently upon the human mass\\nbelow him, but his eye rolled too rapidly from man to man, and his\\nlook was too eager and intent, to be the mere result of curiosity or\\nlistless indifference. His look was that of a man rapidly scanning\\nthe faces of others in search of some familiar countenance, or of\\nsome one he had reason to believe was then and there present. For\\nseveral minutes, as his eye turned from face to face, his pale, rigid\\nfeatures exhibited no emotion, or, if any, only that of disappoint-\\nment. But, all at once, the object of his search met his gaze. The\\ndoomed man s face lost its pale indifference, a rush of color passed\\nrapidly into his countenance, and that there was some disturbing emo-\\ntion those who stood near were well satisfied.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0555.jp2"}, "556": {"fulltext": "540 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nIn a moment more his eyes were scornfully fixed upon a heart-\\nless old wretch who stood prominent in that great assembly of curi-\\nous spectators. The eyes of the multitude followed the eyes of the\\ncondemned. Voracious curiosity now centered upon the individual\\nat whom Carr was so intently gazing, yet he could not be seen. The\\nmultitude moved in shapeless confusion, wedging in here and there,\\nthat one glance might be gained of the object of Carr s scornful and\\nunremitting ocular penetration. Then it was that he raised his arm\\nand pointing his index finger with unerring precision, said, with un-\\nmistakable emphasis\\nFellow citizens, God knotvs there stands the murderer of Lemuel\\nCheaney Stephen Grimes V\\nA wild shout went up and a rush was made for the dastardly old\\nscoundrel who stood in unblushing indifference to witness the hang-\\ning of the one he had basely betrayed.\\nGrimes could not stand the accusation, but ran for his life, pur-\\nsued by many men, and was not seen again that da3^ As for the\\ngeneral mass, the contest going on was, with them, equal to a gladia-\\ntorial combat, and for the entire time their interest continued undi-\\nminished, and their numbers were only increased until the close of\\nthis judicial tragedy.\\nThe dread hour of parting was now over with Carr. He busied\\nhimself making bare his throat for the fatal rope. A slight shudder\\npassed over his person as the cord touched his naked neck, but, be-\\nyond this, he showed no signs of trepidation. He stood alone upon\\nthe trap of the wagon a moment of breathless silence, followed by\\na quick, heavy blow of the bailiff s axe, and he stood no longer upon\\nplank, or earth, or solid rock, but hung a dangling, struggling, horri-\\nble spectacle in the air. A few convulsive movements of the limbs,\\na quick heaving of the breast, a trembling shudder throughout the\\nbody, and all was over. Carr was dead. His fate was no longer a\\nthing of doubt. The rope and death had torn away all darkness, and\\nhis dreams were dreams no more. His body was cut down and\\nsepulchred a few steps away, where it reposed and mouldered from\\nMonday, July 26th, 1819, until exhumed by the foundation diggers\\ntwenty years ago.\\nAfter the death and burial of Carr, public sentiment bore down\\nupon Grimes. It was evident that his life was not safe in the neigh-\\nborhood in which he lived, but of this feeling he seemingly knew\\nnothing, and continued to pursue his daily avocation. Finally, pent\\nup, yea, outraged society, could stand it no longer. The belief grew", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0556.jp2"}, "557": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 541\\nStronger and stronger, day by day, that the gallows had been de-\\nfrauded of its legitimate and most guilty subject, and that the least\\nguilty, alone had paid the penalt-i A company was formed with the\\ndetermination of ridding the county of Old Grimes, and, to this end,\\nthey cautiously approached his home, where he was found, taken out,\\nand most unmercifully thrashed. This terrible scourging, it was\\nthought, would terminate his earthly career, and he was thus left.\\nBut not so. Next morning found him gone, and from that day to this\\nhas never put foot in Henderson County.\\nThus concludes the story of the first mifrder and public hanging\\nin Henderson County.\\nSECOND MILITARY EXECUTION -TOM FORREST AND\\nFIVE COMRADES SHOT TO DEATH.\\nDuring the early part of November, 1864. six armed highwaymen\\nwere frequently seen prowling on foot through the country, engaged\\nin promiscuous robbery. They were known to have come from\\nIndiana, for they had crossed the river at Newburg only a short time\\nprior to their discovery. They had the temerity to pay a visit to and\\nrob Mr. Curtis, the ferryman, opposite Jh^vansville. They had visited\\na Mrs. Randolph, widow of a Methodist divine, from whom they stole\\n^50, a cloak, two fine dresses, her night robes, etc. They halted at\\nthe residence of Mrs. Edmund Robinson, where they called for\\nsupper, and during this time, gave to William S. Johnson a brief\\nhistory of their military lives. In this conversation they stated that\\nthey were members of Captain Ollie Steele s command, had been\\ncaptured and were at that time making their way back to him. Rang-\\ning around on their nefarious career, they committed frequent thefts\\nin the neighborhood of Diamond Island Bend, and when not on a\\nraid, confined themselves within a dense canebrake. The citizens\\ndetermined to rid the neighborhood of their pestiferous presence, feel-\\ning fully assured that they were not soldiers of either army, but a clan\\norganized for petty thievery. To this end, therefore, B. F. Martin,\\nWilliam J. Alves, A. J. Anderson, James Lilly, and several other\\ncitizens armed and equipped, and went out in search for them.\\nThey were traced to the cane, and upon entering its tangled and\\nviolently matted territory, the pursuers, when least expecting it, came\\nsuddenly upon the thieves in camp. Without hesitation or resistance\\nthe whole] six surrendered and asked to be turned over to the civil\\nauthorities. Upon taking an invoice, they were found to have in their", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0557.jp2"}, "558": {"fulltext": "542 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\npossession, four fine new revolvers and a double-barrelled shotgun,\\nthe last having been stolen from William Vickers, and several coats\\nand pants which they had pressed not as tailors but as a military\\nnecessity. They were brought by a guard of citizens to the city on\\nThursday evening, November 10th, 1864, and placed in the county\\njail. On Friday afternoon they underwent a preliminary examination\\nbefore Judge C. W. Hutchen. At this examination they denied be-\\nlonging to any military command, and plead guilty to larceny, but the\\nevidence of William S. Johnson, who had heard their story several\\ndays previous, settled the question to the satisfaction of the court,\\nwho held them severally in a bond of $5,000 to appear at the ensuing\\nterm of the Circuit Court. Failing to furnish bail, the six were sent\\nto jail. On the date prefixed, General Stephen G. Burbridge, com-\\nmanding the Military Department of Kentucky, issued the following\\norder\\nHeadquarters Military Division Kentucky\\nLexington. October 25th, 1864.^\\nGeneral Order No. 8.\\nThe irregular bands of armed men disconnected from the rebel army, who\\nprowl through the country and subsist by depredation upon the property of\\ncitizens and of the government, are guerrillas and will hereafter be treated as\\nsuch. They are without any idea of occupancy or without a reasonable hope\\n(.f seriously injuring our communications They form no part of the organized\\narmy of the rebellion, and if captured arc not entitled to the treatment pre-\\nscribed for regular soldiers, but by tlie laws of war, have forfeited their lives.\\nFrequent robberies and murders committed by these outlaws, demand that the\\nlaws of war be stringently meted out to them Hereafter no guerrillas will be\\nreceived as prisoners, and any officer who may capture such and extend to\\nthem the courtesies due to prisoners of war, wili be held accountable for diso-\\nbedience of orders. By command Major General,\\nS. G. BURBRIDGE.\\nIn view of this mandatory order, Col. John Glenn, then in com-\\nmand of the Henderson Post, demanded and was given possession of\\nthe six prisoners. Deeming it his imperative duty to enforce the\\norder of Burbridge, he accordingly informed the men on Saturday\\nthat they had only a short time to live, but that on Sunday afternoon\\nthey would be taken hence and shot in compliance with orders. They\\nwere also told that every facility would be afforded them to meet their\\nMaker.\\nOn Saturday night the Revs. J. Woodbridge, of the Presbyterian\\nChurch, and H. M. Ford, of the Methodist Church, called to con-\\nverse with the doomed men. Five of them expressed a preference\\nfor the ministration of the Methodist divine, and Rev. Ford passed", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0558.jp2"}, "559": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 543\\nmuch of Saturday night with them, and was with them nearly the\\nwhole time until they were ushered before the Almighty. The\\nother, Forrest, obtained the servj^ces of a Catholic divine from Evans\\nville. The above and following facts are taken from the News, of\\nNovember, 1864\\nAfter being put in jail, the three men who had given their names as\\nJohn Williams and D. and W. Riley, admitted to their spiritual advisor that\\ntheir true name was Horton, and that their moLaer, Mrs. Elizabeth Horton, as\\nalso two of their wives, were residing in Evansville. Forrest, or Young, a\\nCanadian, asserted that he was a Confederate soldier, belonging to Captain\\nSteele s command, and had relatives residing in -Iowa. The real name ot\\nJamieson is John Fry, and he has a wife and two children at Evansville.\\nMoore is from Nashville, where his mother now resides.\\nMr, Curtis, the Evansville ferryman, who had been robbed on the night\\nof the seventeenth ult., went with us to the jaii to ascertain if any of the pris-\\noners had belonged to a party of four who had forcibly entered his house\\nopposite Evansville, on the night of October 17th. Two of them admitted that\\nthree Horton brothers were in the party, another, Pritchett, was at large. They\\nhad robbed Mr. Curtis of near $300 in greenbacks and a large amount of\\nfamily clothing. These four, the Horton brothers and Pritchett, had been\\narrested by the military authorities at Evansville and placed in the guard-\\nhouse, but before their cases were acted upon, they succeeded in cutting out of\\nprison and escaping.\\nAt three o clock, Sunday afternoon, a guard of sixty negro infantry\\nwere drawn up in front of the jail, from whence they escorted the six doomed\\nmen to the place of execution, which had been selected upon the bank of the\\nriver, above the city, near the old coal shaft, where a large grave, capable ot\\nholding all the rough coffins had been prepared. A large concourse of our\\ncitizens accompanied the cortege to the fatal ground. Arriving at the selected\\nspot, the prisoners were allowed to hold brief converse with some of their\\nacquaintances and the ministers of religion. Their arms and persons were\\nfree from irons or any pinions. After the detailed guard had taken position,\\nthe prisoners were called from the midst of the troops and placed in line, whfn\\nCol. Glenn read Burbridge s Order No 8, above published, and informed the\\ntrembling victims that the office of an executioner was not a pleasant one, but\\nthat the order was a mandatory upon him, and that they obviously came under\\nits provisions. The Colonel then bandaged their eyes, (their arms and legs\\nbeing left unfettered) and led each one to his coffin where they were seated.\\nTheir lips were moving in prayer, imploring the Father of Mercies to pity\\nthem and forgive their manifold sins. The three Horton brothers sat side by\\nside, in full vigor of youthtul manhood, soon to become cold and rigid in\\ndeath. The sable executioners were formed in two lines, thirty in each rank,\\nand stood facing the victims, fifteen steps. The front line had been severally\\ninstructed what man to aim at The fatal order was distinctly given Make\\nready take aim shoot low fire and the death-dealing volley went forth.\\nInstantly five ot the unfortunate fell over their coffins without a groan or", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0559.jp2"}, "560": {"fulltext": "544 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\nstruggle, stone dead the sixth, Forrest, fell forward from his shell to the\\ngreen sward, and after a few spasmodic quivers, lay still. Most of them were\\nshot in the head, and the large conical balls had scattered their warm brains\\nabout, while purple streams deluged the coffins. After becoming satisfied that\\nthe vital spark had fled. Col. Glenn detailed some of the negro troops to put\\nthe corpses in their coffins and commit them to the grave the name of each\\nbeing attached to his coffin so as to enable their relatives or friends to identify\\nand remove the remains.\\nThey were buried where they were shot, and some years after-\\nwards their remains were removed to the City Cemetery by order of\\nthe Council.\\nSHOOTING OF BEN. O NEAL AND THOMAS RISLEY.\\nThe history of the subjects of this sketch furnishes another evi-\\ndence of the fool-hardiness of men, and the utter recklessness which\\noftentimes characterizes inveterate violators of the law. It shows, too,\\nhow innocent men suffer for the misdeeds of others, for in this in\\nstance Risley was guilty of the violation of law prior to the time of the\\nshooting, but was endeavoring to cheat the law of a violator whose\\ncapture had been determined upon. In the year 1845, Ben. O Neal,\\na native of Union, but a resident of Henderson County, was suspected\\nof belonging to a gang of horse speculators, whose main object seems\\nto have been to relieve stables at night, and run the animals to Illi-\\nnois, where they found a ready market. William Crenshaw had lost a\\nfine horse and his brother Joe. was not the least timid in charging the\\ntheft to O Neal, who hearing of it determined upon revenge, and that\\nof the blackest kind. He carried in his pocket for months, a bowlder\\nor rock, symetrically shaped and about the size of a goose egg, with\\nwhich he practiced at a target until he had learned to throw it with\\nabsolute precision. It is said he could hit his mark at sixty feet with\\nalmost as great certainty as the rifleman could wfth his unerring gun.-\\nOn the first day of Januray, 1845 always a great day in town prior\\nto the war O Neal came to town, and shortly afterwards saw Joe.\\nCrenshaw walking upon the street. A large crowd had congregated\\non Main Street, in front ot where George Lyne s drug store now\\nstands to witness the sale and hireing of slaves, and in this crowd\\nCrenshaw was standing. O Neal approached a friend and soon se-\\ncured his services in getting Crenshaw to walk out of the crowd, pre-\\ntentiously for the purpose of engaging him in conversation, but osten-\\nsibly for the purpose of killing him with the rock which he carried in\\nhis pocket. The friend asked Crenshaw off, and while he was talking,\\nO Neal drew his rock and let drive at his head, luckily, however, just", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0560.jp2"}, "561": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 545\\nas he threw the stone, Crenshaw turned his head enough to catch the\\nhck on his cheek bone, instead of the vital spot at which it was aimed.\\nThe lick, though not dangerouSy*A as enough to knock Crenshaw to the\\nground. O Neal then endeavored to plunge a bowie knife into his\\nvictim, but Crenshaw had arisen and proved to powerful for him.\\nO Neal then effected his escape and was never more seen in the town\\nof Henderson. At the June term of the Circuit Court, O Neal\\nwas indicted for maliciously, and with malice aforethought, throw-\\ning a rock and striking Thomas Crenshaw, with the intent to kill.\\nA bench warrant was ordered out and placed in the hands of the\\nSheriff, but the would-be murderer could not be found. His home\\nwas now in the State of Illinois. Several times after this, he came to\\nthe county and most generally sent word to the Sheriff that he was\\nhere, and to come and take him. He traveled with a shot-gun, and\\nwasl^known to be a man who would use it whenever the occasion\\ndemanded, therefore, lie was greatly feared.\\nOn the second day of June, 1846, William D. Nunn, acting Sheriff\\nof the county, received a message from him stating that he was in the\\ncounty, and to come out and take him. Sheriff Nunn, contrary to\\nO Neal s expectation, summoned a posse of men to discover his where-\\nabouts, and on the evening of June 1st, 1846, left Henderson for the\\nresidence of Mr. Crenshaw, in the neighborhood of the farm on which\\nit was believed O Neal was staying. He arrived at Crenshaw s in the\\nnight, and his posse now consisted of Thomas F. Cheaney, William\\nCrenshaw, Joe. Crenshaw, David Stone and Marshal] Tillotson. It\\nwas believed that O Neal was at one of two places, and for the pur-\\npose of securing his capture, provided this was true, the Sheriff divided\\nthe squad, sending Cheaney and William Crenshaw to the house of\\nClaiborn Collier, whose daughter O Neal had married, while he with\\nthe others went to the other house in the neighborhood. Cheaney and\\nCrenshaw arrived at the Collier homestead about daylight, and took\\nposition behind a smoke house standing in front of the house, and\\nonly a few feet off in the yard. The house was a log building with\\ntwo rooms and a hallway, with doors leading into the hall, and a door\\nfrom each end of the building into the yard. Mr. Cheaney was sta-\\ntioned at a corner of the smoke house commanding one window and\\nthe end door, while William Crenshaw was stationed so as to com-\\nmand the hallway. There was no rear window, so escape was impos-\\nsible. A short time after the arrival of the guard, Cheaney saw-\\nO Neal through the window, and looked him full in the face. He then\\n35", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0561.jp2"}, "562": {"fulltext": "54G HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\nwent around to where Crenshaw was standing and told him he had\\nseen the gentleman, and that he was dressing himself. Cheaney had\\nnothing but a single-barreled pistol, while Crenshaw had a double-\\nbarreled shot-gun and two pistols. Thinking it best to notify Sheriff\\nNunn of the discovery, Cheaney took one of Crenshaw s pistols and\\nfired it into the air. This report Nunn and his party heard, and know-\\ning its meaning hurried forward and were soon on the ground. Nunn,\\nat the head of two or three men approached the house and went to\\nthe door of the room O Neal was in. He was called to open the door\\nand surrender, but refused to answer to his name, or to answer to a\\nsingle question. Cheaney insisted upon breaking the door in and bring-\\ning him out, but from his knowledge of the man Sheriff Nunn declined.\\nFinding that O Neal was surrounded, with no possible means of es-\\ncape, the Sheriff concluded to come to Henderson and get instruction\\nfrom Judge Shackelford, who was then holding the regular term of\\nthe Circuit Court. He had left his horse at William Crenshaw s, and\\nwhile enroute to that place found David Fowlkes hunting in the woods,\\nand immediately summoned him to reinforce the guard then at Col-\\nlier s. Fowlkes went to the house and took position with Cheaney.\\nAbout that time friends of O Neal began to come up, and whisperings\\noverheard, led the guard to believe that bloody work was contem-\\nplated. Finally Thomas Risley, a brother-in-law by marriage of\\nO Neal s, came out of the end door of the house leading into the gar-\\nden, and endeavored to aid O Neal s escape, by keeping his body be-\\ntween O Neal and the guard. The command halt and surrender, was re-\\npeatedly given, but to no purpose. O Neal saw the two Crenshaw s,\\nand at a certain signal Risley stepped to one side in order that he\\nmight fire. He took deliberate aim and pulled trigger, but his gun\\nsnapped; at this David Fowlkes, who was in the back yard, raised his\\ngun to fire upon O Neal, but one of the Colliers interfered by seiz-\\ning the muzzle of his gun no sooner had he done this than Cheaney\\nleveled his pistol on Collier and commanded him to let go, which he\\ndid and skipped the fence. Fowlkes then fired,his whole load of squir-\\nrel shot taking effect in O Neal s hip and thigh. Fowlkes gun had\\nhardly gone off, when the two Crenshaw s fired, and both O Neal and\\nRisley, who was endeavoring to shjeld him, fell to the ground mor-\\ntally wounded, and died in a few minutes. At this, O Neal s friends\\nretired from the premises, and the scene which followed was heart-\\nrending indeed. It was not the object of any man to shoot Risley,\\nand no one knows who did shoot him. He was unfortunately situa-\\nted when O Neal was fired upon, and caught some of the shot in-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0562.jp2"}, "563": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 547\\ntended for O Neal. Mrs. Risley, who was in the house, rushed to her\\ndving husband, and wept bitterly. Her screams and lamentations were\\nmore than the guards could bea r up under, but they consoled them-\\nselves with the consciousness of having done a duty, even though the\\nfinale was so unfortunate and distressing. Mounting their horses, the\\no-uard returned to the town about noon of the same day, when it was\\nfound out that some of O Neal s friends had arrived with^ the news,\\nand the Coroner was about ready to proceed with a jury to the fatal\\nspot. They were given time to take their dinner, and then directed\\nto return with the Coroner, which they did tjie same afternoon. After\\nhearing the evidence, the guards were exhonorated from any blame,\\nand there the matter rested until brought before the Grand Jury. The\\nSheriff and his posse reported to Judge Shackelford, who publicly\\nendorsed their actions. No indictments were found, and there the\\nmatter rested from that day to this.\\nMURDER OF JAMES E. RANKIN.\\nOf all the horrors of the war, there was no one occurence more\\nterrible, more frightful, or more atrocious than the history of the one\\nto follow On the eleventh day of July, 1864, a beautiful Monday\\nafternoon, while the sun was shining in all its glory, and a rainfall, as\\ngentle and brilliant as the sparkling dewdrops, was gladdening the\\nparched earth, a company of desperate outlaws, as if with wings, flew\\ninto the city and soon claimed control of every principal street. The\\no-rand entree was made in First Street, and in the twinkling of an eye\\nthe instrument of the Henderson Evansvilie Telegraph Company,\\nlocated in the second story of the old South Kentuckian building,\\nthen standing on the corner of Main and First Streets, was com-\\npletely battered to pieces. After this had been done, a system of\\nthievery was indulged, and never before or since that time has such a\\nreign of terror been witnessed in the city. Desperadoes, most fiendish\\nand horridly uniformed, to add to their natural repulsive appearance,\\ngalloped over the streets with pistols in hand and commanded men as\\nthey chose, at the mouth of five-shooters cocked and of easy trigger.\\nThese devils came unauthorized, for they belonged to neither army.\\nThey were robbers and murderers and cared not whose house they\\nentered or whose carcass they punctured with leaden messengers of\\ndeath. Near on to twilight, four or five of them, headed, as it was\\nsaid at the time, by one Edmunds, of Hopkins County, who had for\\nyears prior to the war, been engaged in hauling tobacco from that\\ncounty to this city, entered the storehouse of Mr. James E. Rankin,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0563.jp2"}, "564": {"fulltext": "548 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\non the corner of Main and Second Streets, and immediately com-\\nmenced robbing the shelves of silks, ribbons, velvets and many other\\nvaluable goods. Not satisfied with this, they took from his cash\\ndrawer what small change there was in it. The iron safe was in the\\noffice at the rear end of the second story, and this was securely locked\\nand could only be opened by the use of a combination key. This\\nkey, as was the custom of Mr. Rankin after locking his safe for the night\\nhad been taken to pieces and the parts placed in a box kept in the\\ncash drawer down stairs in the storeroom. In robbing the drawer, the\\nrings of the key were also taken by the robbers. About this time, a\\nvillain, who claimed to exercise command, came into the store and\\nperemptorily ordered the men out, and without a murmur, they left\\nthe house, mounted their horses and rode away.\\nMr. Rankin, thinking perhaps they might return, and not wishing\\nto hold any further communication with them, went to a room in the\\nrear end of the third story. Hardly had he succeeded in shutting the\\ndoor before the same scoundrel, who had a few minutes before or-\\ndered the men out of the storeroom, returned with three or four men\\nEdmunds one of the number and called for Mr Rankin. Mr.\\nJohn Allin, who was clerking for him at the time, protested his ignor-\\nance of his whereabouts, but this was of no avail. One of the gang\\nsaid, I know where he is follow me. He then started to the sec-\\nond story and from that he ascended the third flight of steps, and\\nsoon found his way to the door of the room in which Mr. Rankin was\\nsitting. Finding him, he was ordered forthwith to proceed below.\\nThis he did, of course, and when arriving at his office was ordered to\\nunlock the safe.. This he declared impossible unless he could regain\\nthe key which he had left in his cash drawer below, but which had\\nbeen taken away by the first squad who had robbed his house. He\\nthen proposed to go down to the drawer and see if the key could be\\nfound, and as he started and had descended not more than three steps,\\none of the men without a word of warning fired, the ball striking him\\nin the back of the neck and ranging down in the region of the throat.\\nNot satisfied with this, he followed him and several times hit him over\\nthe head and shoulders with the butt of his pistol. Mr. Rankin ran\\nas fast as he could out of the front of his house and into an adjoining\\nstore of HoUoway Hopkins, still pursued by this man and his com-\\nrade. He halted at the showcase and was leaning with his arm upon\\nit, when the two murderers entered with pistols cocked and pointed\\nat him. At this juncture, William H. Lewis, who was clerking for\\nHolloway Hopkins and was the only person in charge, rushed be-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0564.jp2"}, "565": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 549\\ntween the men and Mr. Rankin, and knocking the pistol aside, begged\\nthem for God s sake, if they were Confederate soldiers and valiant\\nmen, not to shoot a man who was then dying from the effects of the\\nfirst shot. At this,, both pistoU were lowered and the two men walked\\nout. A physician was summoned, and in as short time as possible\\nMr. Rankin was removed to the storehouse of B. B. Williams, where\\nhe remained until the murderers left town, when he was taken to his\\nown residence on Upper Main Street.\\nIn the safe was a large amount of money belonging to Hugh\\nTate, and of this the guerrillas knew, for they mentioned the fact.\\nThey secured Mr. Rankin s watch and what money there was in the\\ncash drawer, but failed to get into the safe. After the shooting, the\\nrobbers plied their avocation with a reckless indifference, loading\\ntheir horses with beaver cloths, silks, velvets, ribbons, boots, shoes,\\nblankets, and any other articles attracting their attention. While this\\nsquad was robbing Mr. Rankin, others were taking horses and other\\nitems of value, and having abundantly supplied themselves, all left\\nthe town.\\nA short time after their departure, a United States gunboat\\npatrolled the river front and threw several shells in the direction\\ntaken by the guerrillas, but without doing any damage.\\nNo man then felt safe, for if as pure, noble and good man as\\nJames E Rankin was shot down in cold blood, others felt that they\\nwere in greater danger. Excitement became intense, and nothing but\\nthe want of a few guns (which could not be had) saved the lives of\\nthat squad of inhuman outlaws. To add additional lustre to the\\nmemory of Hon. R. T. Glass, be it said that he, of all the men stand-\\ning around on the streets, was the only one to openly denounce the\\noutlaws. This he did to two of them in person and unhesitatingly\\nannounced his willingness to lead or assist in shooting the last one of\\nthem from their horses before escape could be possible.\\nA SAD RETRIBUTION.\\nFrom the News, A^ovemberl^, 1864 On Wednesday night, the\\ntwentieth inst.. Lieutenant Headington, in command of one hundred and\\nfifty troops, (134th Indiana Infantry, one hundred-day men), landed\\nin our city, from Louisville, and immediately threw out pickets around\\nthe town, who permitted no one to leave the place without a pass.\\njThese troops brought with them, four Confederate soldiers, two\\nof whom had ventured on their steamer (the Palestine) at Rock\\nHaven and were secured the other two, Thompson and Powell, by", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0565.jp2"}, "566": {"fulltext": "560 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nname, had been captured. On the twelfth da}^ of July, 1864, five\\nmiles from Owensboro on what was known as the plank road, their\\ncompany being in Daviess County recruiting, and had that morning\\nfnet some regular soldiers, Federal and some one hundred home\\nguards on Ruff Creek, killing eleven and routing the balance. They\\nwere returning when Thompson and Powell were cut off from the\\nmain body and captured. Thompson and Powell belonged to the com-\\nmand of Captain Dick Yates, a commissioned Confederate ofificer, who\\nwas recently killed in a skirmish near that town. Lieut. Headington\\nhad received orders to publicly execute these last two prisoners in\\nour citv in retaliation for the atrocious attempt of a gang of guerrilla\\nscoundrels and marauders (but a short time since) to murder in cold\\nblood, Mr. Jas. E. Rankin, one of our most estimable citizens, and for\\nother outrages perpetrated of late in Henderson and vicinity. These\\ntwo men were selected by Gen. Burbridge to be shot at twelve o clock\\non last Thursday, but through the urgent solicitations of many of our\\nprominent Union citizens, the execution was delayed until three\\no clock, in order to give time to send to Evansville for a Catholic\\npriest, who could administer religious consolation, both of the doomed\\nones being Catholics. Mr. John Pernet, of our city, went for and re-\\nturned with the priest. Hon. Archibald Dixon and Mayor Banks also\\nhastened to Evansville and telegraphed to Gen. Ewing, at Louis\\\\ille,\\nrepresenting that the act of shooting these two men threatened to\\nultimate in the destruction of the City of Henderson by bands of\\nguerrillas who now swarm in our vicinity, and urging a request from\\nthe leading Union citizens of the towm, not to enforce said execution,\\nas it was furthermore averred by some that the tw^o condemned men\\nwere regular sworn Confederate soldiers. Whereupon Gen. Ewing\\npromptly telegraphed to Evansville, ordering a suspension of the\\nexecution until he could hear from General Burbridge. A military\\ncourier was instantly dispatched from Evansville to our city with these\\ninstructions. This was a cheering respite for the doomed young men,\\nwho had made every preparation to meet their bitter fate. They had\\ncalled in an artist and had their portraits taken to send to their rela-\\ntives. One of them (John P. Powell, aged 23), bore up like a man\\nof nerve, but the younger (Wm. Thompson, aged 18), shed many\\ntears over the near approach of death, both persistently contending\\nthat they were no robbers or marauders, but regularly sworn Confed-\\nerate soldiers.\\nLieutenant Headington had further written instructions to as-\\ncertain the several amounts robbed from our merchants and others in", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0566.jp2"}, "567": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 551\\nthe recent guerrilla or robber raids into Henderson, and to assess the\\nfull amount pro rata from reputed secession sympathizers among us.\\nIn conformity to these orders, he held an interview with Mr. C. M.\\nFennel, the U S. Deputy Assessor of our city, and asked his assist-\\nance. Mr. P. truthfully informed Lieut. H. that the citizens of all politi-\\ncal parties in Henderson were living in friendly, social intercourse and\\nharmony, and had no disposition to harass or defraud one another that\\nall, irrespective of their political convictions, condemned the villainies\\nrecentlv committed by outlaws, without authority from either belliger-\\nent force, and that he P. being merely a civil officer, would prefer\\nnot to assess his neighbors who happened to entertain different poli-\\ntics from himself, as to the best course to be pursued in our national\\ncalamities. In short, that he would not point out men to be assessed\\nfor the committal of robberies which they could not avoid, and did\\nnot countenance. Lieut. H. said his orders were imperative, yet,\\nfrom what he saw and heard, the people of Henderson had been most\\ngrievously maligned by ignorant, designing, or unscrupulous individ-\\nuals, wherein it had gone forth that they had aided and abetted the\\ninroads and plunderings of the various marauding bands, who have\\ninfested this vicinity. But he was an officer of the army, and had no\\ndiscretionary power in the case his orders were explicit and must be\\nobeyed. Another Union man was then called m consultation, and it\\nwas agreed to select three fair representative Southern Rights men,\\nwho should themselves make the assessment on certain citizens,\\nwhom they should designate, after computing the amount necessary\\nto cover all the losses incurred by our merchants. On inquiry it was\\nfound that $2,700 included all losses, and the assessment was made\\nout, and the parties called upon very promptly gave their checks for\\nthe money. These checks were then paid over to those who had been\\nrobbed, who, to their honor be it said, universally to a man refunded\\nthe sums to their neighbors and friends, whom they knew to be inno-\\ncent of any complicity with the robbers. The deceased Mr. Rankin,\\nin this way promptly returned (through one of his sons) $1,000, which\\nha been assessed in his favor.\\nIn connection with the name of an amiable gentleman and true\\nChristian, and in order to preclude any suspicion that that lamented\\ncitizen had a hand in, or desired, retaliation on innocent men, we\\nherewith append a note written by his son and signed by himself,\\nwhich he forwarded to the commander of the Federal force in our city", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0567.jp2"}, "568": {"fulltext": "552 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY KY,\\nLieut. Tleadington, Commanding U. S. Forces, Henderson, Ky.:\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Dp:ar Sir I have just heard that two guerrillas were to be shot here\\nto-day (Friday), in retaliation for outrages committed by guerrilla bands in\\nthis place. It has pained me greatly to learn this fact, and I would earnestly\\nplead witli you to spare the lives of these men. If what the guerrillas have\\ndone to nic has had any influence in causing this order to be made. I pray\\nvou, if possible, to abandon your intention and permit them to live\\nJ, E. RANKIN.\\nHenderson, Ky., July 21st, 1S64.\\nBut now to take up the thread of events.\\nShortly of three o clock the pickets stationed at the lower end of\\nthe city were heard to fire their pieces, and soon they came hurrying\\nto headquarters (the Court House), with intelligence that a force\\nof guerrillas were advancing upon the city. Orders were hurriedly\\nissued for every soldier to get into the Court House, and all the\\nstragglers and pickets collected in the building. After a brief sus-\\npense a flag of truce advanced from the rebels, and the bearer de-\\nlivered a note, which demanded a surrender of our troops to a\\nConfederate force under Col. Sypert. Lieut. Headington declined\\nthe demand. The flag of truce again returned the terms proposed\\nwere ag^in rejected, and a fight seemed imminent. In a short time,\\nhowever, the rebel leader, Col. Sypert, himself advanced with the flag\\nand had a personal interview with Lieut. H., to whom he exhibited\\nhis commission, and said that he wished to avoid the useless shedding\\nof blood, that he had a force sufficient to capture our men, and\\ndemanded a quiet surrender which, of course, was firmly refused.\\nCol. S. then stated that two Confederate soldiers were now held here\\nto be shot in retaliation for crimes committed by an unauthorized\\nparty of rascals that he now held some half-dozen Federal prisoners,\\nand if the proposed execution came off, he would bitterly retaliate by\\nshooting all six of his prisoners, but he hoped for the cause of\\nhumanity, that this course would not be persisted in by the Federal\\nofficers. In response, Lieut. H. said that he was a soldier, bound to\\nobey the orders of his superiors, and could not of his own will alter\\nthe decrees of those above him, but for the present, the execution had\\nbeen delayed. Col. S. then requested that the citizens be notified to\\nleave the city, agreeing to suspend his contemplated attack one hour\\nfor that purpose.\\nThe conference between the two commanders was characterized\\nby a tone of gentlemanly deportment, the parties acting with de-\\ncorum and dignity, and socially taking a wee drap together from", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0568.jp2"}, "569": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 553\\nthe proffered flask of Lieutenant Headington. At the same time\\nthey were firm and inveterate opponents.\\nIn the meantime, much excitement prevailed. Squads of men,\\nwomen and children were strii? ing for the country. Every place of\\nbusiness had been closed on the first intimation of the proximity of\\nthe rebels, and our heretofore lively city presented an aspect of the\\nSabbath. Many stores had been packing up their goods for removal\\nto Evansville and Louisville for several days, and numerous private\\nfamilies had also made their exodus and removed their household\\neffects.\\nAll this was consequent upon the recent irruptions made upon\\nus by guerillas, and which were about culminating in a public mili-\\ntary execution in our city, which would, it was feared, endanger the\\nlives and property of Union citizens.\\nTime passed on, and the threatened attack was not made. A\\ncourier had been early dispatched to Evansville for reinforcements, or\\nfor the presence of a gunboat. Two of the latter arrived late in the\\nevening, one of which threw several shells at a point at the back of\\nthe city, where it was surmised the rebel force was located, said to be\\nnear Alves Springs. At one o clock that night the little steamer Lou\\nEaves arrived from Evansville with two hundred of the invalid corps,\\nwho patrolled our streets and arrested our night police, but subse-\\nquently released them, on finding who they were. These men, find-\\ning there was no fight on hand, returned to Evansville before morn-\\ning.\\nOn Friday it was ascertained that a force of about three hun-\\ndred rebels were encamped near the city. Our pickets were again\\nput out and passes required to go through the lines. In the morning\\nof this day three civilians were arrested and confined. Having\\nbrought no military stores with him. Lieutenant H. was compelled to\\nquarter his troops on our citizens, who fed all assigned them.\\nOn Friday afternoon, about five o clock, eight mounted scouts\\nwere sent out to scour the suburbs of the city, to ascertain if any\\nforce of rebels hovered near. Frequent communication was held be-\\ntween the land force and gunboat. A force of the Home Guard from\\nIndiana, opposite our city, were called over, and evidently there was\\nsome secret movement contemplated. About dusk, when most of\\nour citizens had retired to their homes, the body of troops, fully ac-\\ncoutred, with knapsacks on shoulders, and fixed bayonets, issued from\\nthe Court House, having five prisoners in charge, viz.: Powell and\\nThompson, the two Confederates captured at Rock Huven, and Pear-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0569.jp2"}, "570": {"fulltext": "554 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTV, KY.\\nman, a citizen of our town (who had talked foolishh when on a drunken\\nspree). They proceeded down First Street and halted within one\\nhundred yards of our office. A small sqliad then escorted the prison-\\ners to the river bank, and awaited till a skiff put off from the g^un-\\nboat and communicated with them. While here on the beach, Powell\\nasked the officer in command of his guard, if it was the design to\\nshoot Thompson and himself that evening, (The prisoners having\\nbeen told before they left the Court House that an attack was ex-\\npected from the rebels, and that all the prisoners were to be placed\\nunder cover of the gunboat.) The officer said he did not know, but\\nthat some new orders had been received that evening, the nature of\\nwhich he was ignorant. If we are to be shot, said Powell, we\\nwould like to see our Catholic friend. Miss Mary Henderson, and re-\\nceive a cross from her. The officer answered that of course such a\\nrequest would be acceded to.\\nIn a short time an officer conveyed some word from the main\\nforce on the bank, when the sergeant in charge of the prisoners im-\\nmediately formed six of his men into a hollow square, and Powell and\\nThompson, their hands still bound, were again marched up the\\nbank to where the balance of the force stood. It was now obvious\\nthat a speedy death awaited the two young prisoners.\\nTwo platoons of detailed men stood apart in the street, with\\nfixed bayonets and loaded muskets, facing a fence which skirted the\\npavement, not over fifteen paces distant. Two chairs about a yard\\napart stood against the fence, and the prisoners being conducted to\\nthese seats, their arms were securely pinioned to the boards of the\\nfence. Powell still was firm and undismayed, but Thompson bewailed\\nhis hard fate. Their eyes were bandaged with handkerchiefs. The\\nword was given for one platoon to fire on Powell twelve men dis-\\ncharged a rattling volley full upon him, ten balls striking one in the\\nright eye, one near the heart, three nearly together in the right shoul-\\nder, another in his right breast, and four balls entered his pelvis.\\nGroans of anguish echoed to the report of the muskets. The other\\nsquad were then ordered to aim for Thompson, and again the deadly\\nbullets went whistling on their work of slaughter. Four balls riddled\\nThompson one striking at the right eye, the rest entering his body.\\nThere hung, suspended to the fence by ropes, the lifeless bodies of\\ntwo young men who, but a few moments previous, were in the full\\nvigor of manhood and health. It was a horrible spectacle to those\\nwho stood near, and we are credibly informed that Lieutenant Head-\\nington averred that it was the most unpleasant duty he ever had to", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0570.jp2"}, "571": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY 555\\nperform. Our citizens universally, so far as we have been able to\\nlearn, strenuously opposed this execution in our midst of men who\\nhad not participated in any outrage in our city.\\nAfter the shooting the mii^tary passed the mutilated corpses over\\nto our citizens, three of whom were Samuel W. Posey, Joe. B. Johnston\\nand James B. Evans, and who conveyed them to a building where\\nthey were stripped, washed and attired in clean clothing, and placed\\nin neat coffins. Word was then dispatched to their relatives in Da-\\nviess County that the bodies were at their disposal.\\nFederal soldiers remained in our city un til daylight, when they\\nwent up to Evansville, on the General Halleck, showing conclusively\\nthat they had performed their mission.\\nWe cannot forbear noticing the kindness bestowed upon these\\nunfortunates, previous to their death, by an estimable Catholic lady.\\nMiss Mary Henderson, and that the last wish the deceased expressed\\nwas to be permitted to receive a cross from her hands.\\nRetaliation on innocent parties looks like barbarity\u00e2\u0080\u0094 like vindic-\\ntive\u00c2\u00abcruelty. There is nothing Christian about it, and, as for policy,\\nin Our opinion, it is the policy of madmen. Where is it to end If\\nthe villains engaged in the shooting of Mr. Rankin could have been\\ncaught and shot, or hung, there is no man in our city, but who would\\nhave rejoiced. Nay, we are told that the rebel Colonel Sypert had\\nexpressed his intention to shoot all such unauthorized scoundrels.\\nBut these young men, whose warm blood has dyed our streets, had no\\nhand or part in\\\\ny deeds of the kind. They were rebels against our\\nGovernment, taken with arms in their hands but they were regular\\nsworn soldiers, and condemned the acts of Edmonds and his gang,\\nwho had made the murderous onslaught on Mr. Rankin. Let it be\\nremembered, that our citizens are almost totally unarmed \u00e2\u0080\u0094a squad of\\narmed desperadoes dash into the city, take us by surprise, and we\\nhave no idea of their numbers\u00e2\u0080\u0094 then they commit excesses which are\\nrepugnant to all eyes, and again hurry ofi, and for these acts, the suf-\\nferino- citizens are to be plucked, because they could not help them-\\nselves. Most wonderful justice\\nOn Saturday morning, after the departure of the Federals, some\\nof our prudent and influential citizens, fearing an inroad from Sypert s\\ncommand, went out to his camp, to disavow an endorsement of the\\nexecution. Early in the evening they returned, bearing the following\\ndocument, which was soon put in type and distributed to an excited\\npublic", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0571.jp2"}, "572": {"fulltext": "556 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nHeadquarters Sypert s and Sokry s\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Confederate Regiment, July 23d, 1864,\\nTo ihe Cifizenf of Henderson\\nOn yesterday two Confederate soldiers were shot to death in the streets ot\\nvourtity. They died unjustly. They condemned\u00e2\u0080\u0094 their entire command con-\\ndemned as earnestly as any citizen of Kentucky, the wounding of Mr. James\\nE. Rankin, and the plundering of property in your city. But they are gone\\nand their murder is another crnne added to the damnable catalogue of infamy\\nof the despotism that rules you. We are Confederate soldiers. We fight for\\nthe liberties our sn^es bequeathed us. We have not made, nor will we make\\nwar on citizens and women. Let not your people be excited by any further\\napprehensions that we will disturb the peace ot your community by the arrest\\nof Union men or any interference with them, unless they place themselves in\\nthe attitude ot combatants. Such conduct would be cowardly, and we scorn\\nit. We are in arms to meet and battle with soldiers not to tyrannize over\\ncitizens and frighten women and children,\\nWe move with our lives in our hands, and we are fighting not for booty,\\nbut for liberty to disenthrall our loved Southern land from the horrible despot-\\nism under which it has bled and suffered so much. We know our duty, and we\\nwill do it as soldiers and men. Even if what are denominated Southern sym-\\npathisers, be arrested by the tyrants that lord it over you, we would scorn to\\nretaliate by arresting Union men, who had no complicity in the matter; but\\nour retaliation will be upon soldiers.\\nLet not the non-combatants of your community be further excited by\\nany fear that we will disturb them. All Union men who may have left home\\non our account, may safely return. In war, soldiers should do the fighting.\\nThe brave sons of our beloved land so far have triumphantly resisted\\nthe cruel crusade of Northern vandals, and we trust in God that she our\\nDixie may soon stand forth before the world, a recognized Republic the\\ngrave of patriots and the home of freemen,\\nL. A. SYPERT,\\nColonel Commanding, C. S. A.\\nR. B. L. SOERY,\\nLieutenant Colonel.\\nJ. WALKER TAYLOR,\\nOf Major General Buckner s Command, C. S, A.\\nThe sad finale of our lengthy article is to chronicle the death of\\nMr. Rankin, who died on Sunday morning last.\\nOn Friday, his family deemed it advisable to remove him and\\nthemselves over the river into Indiana his physicians and friends\\nflattering themselves that he was recovering from his dangerous wound.\\nOn Sunday morning last, at six o clock, he requested his wife to pre-\\npare him some ham, and while he was partaking of this, she asked him\\nif it tasted natural. He replied yes, it does, and then swallowed\\nsome ice water, which instantly brought on a violent strain of cough-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0572.jp2"}, "573": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 557\\nino-. This cough caused the re-opening or bursting of the wounded\\nblood vessels in his throat, and a rapid stream of blood gushed forth\\nfrom his mouth and nostrils, stoning his person and the bedding with\\nthe purple dye of life. Strangulation laid him cold and rigid in death,\\nand the spirit of this zealous christian, kind husband, indulgent father,\\nand worthy citizen took its flight to another and a better world,\\nwhere the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest.\\nFuneral services were held over his remains on yesterday (Monday)\\nevening, at the Presbyterian Church, of which denomination he had\\nlong been a ruling elder. Rev J. Woodbridge preached his funeral\\nsermon to a large congregation, who felt they had lost one of the best\\nof citizens. Indeed, universal sorrow pervaded our city, and his be-\\nreaved family had the sympathy of all.\\nMr. Rankin was fifty-four years of age at his death, and now\\nleaves an afflicted widow and eight children to mourn his loss. But\\nwe hope our loss is his gain. He was a Kentuckian, born in Hender-\\nson County, where he has passed nearly his whole life. When a youth\\nhe acted as salesman in Mr. Pollock s store, afterwards going into bus-\\niness with a partner (John H. Barret), and since 1831, has carried\\non a dry goods business, enjoying an abundant patronage. He was\\noften elected as Trustee for the town, but never aspired to any politi-\\ncal station, preferring the quiet sphere of a merchant, and the de\\nlights of his domestic fireside.\\nThe following beautiful poem is taken from the Freeman s Jour\\nnair\\nMY BROTHER S NO MORE.\\n[Written by a young lady of Owensboro, Kentucky, on the death of her\\nbrother, illiam C Thompson, who was executed in Henderson, July 22d,\\n1864. J\\nDespair in his wild eye a son of Kentucky,\\nAppeared on the banks of the bleak sandy shore\\nLoose in the ^vind flowed his dark ringlets streaming,\\nAnd heedless he listened to the dread surges roar\\nLoud rang his voice in wild tones of despairing.\\nThe time pass d away with the present comparing.\\nAnd in soul-thrilling strains deeper sorrow declaring.\\nHe expressed utter grief and my brother s no more\\nOh, Kentucky, my country, one son has departed.\\nFor tyrants and traitors have stabbed his heart s core\\nThy daughters have laved in the streams of afihction\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nThy patriots have fled, or lie stretched in their gore:", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0573.jp2"}, "574": {"fulltext": "558 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nRuthless ruffians now prowl thio thy hamlets forsaken.\\nFrom pale, hungry orj)hans their last morsel have taken;\\nThe screams of thy females no pity awaken\\nAlasI my poor country, my brother s no more!\\nBrave was his spirit yet mild as an angel s.\\nHis heart wept in anguish the wrongs of the poor\\nTo relieve their hard sufferings he braved every danger\\nThe vengeance of tyrants undauntedly bore\\nE en before him the proud titled villains in power,\\nWere seen, th\u00c2\u00bbjugh in Ermine, in terror to cower\\nBut alaslhe is gone, he has fallen a young flower\\nThey have murdered my Willi* my brother s no more!\\nTHE ASSINATION OF DR. WALTER A. NORWOOD,\\nA distinguished physician in his time, and a gentleman of extended\\ninformation upon all matters of importance, met a most horrible death\\nin this county upon the evening of the first of April, 1861. He had\\nimmigrated to Henderson from North Carolina, his native State, some\\nyears prior to that time, and was not long in winning the confidence\\nand esteem of the people of his new home. He was universally pop-\\nular and greatly respected for his learning and eminent skill in his\\nprofession. He, soon after coming to Henderson, entered into partner-\\nship with Dr. Robert P. Letcher, and up to the time of his removal\\nfrom the city to the county, this was perhaps the strongest firm, and\\ndid the largest practice then done in the city. On the day of\\n18 he married Miss of the county, and\\nsoon, or immediately thereafter, took up his abode in one of the finest\\nsections of the county, lying between Henderson and Corydon, and\\nthere established himself in the practice of his profession, at the same\\ntime devoting a great portion of his time to agricultural pursuits. A\\nfew days prior to April, 1861, a worthless and nmcli dreaded negro,\\nJim Brown, by name, was seen several times loafing in the woods in\\nthe vicinity of Dr. Norwood s place, ostensibly, it was said, for the pur-\\npose of assassinating Mr. Furna Cannon, an aged and respected citi-\\nzen, who owned his (Brown s) wife, and who had refused him the\\nprivilege of coming on his place. This treatment enraged the fiendish\\nnegro, and at a point alongside of the road, near what is known as\\nCherry Hill Church, or Canoe Creek meeting house, on the road lead-\\ning to Corydon, and near tne old Diamond Island Road, leading into\\nthe Corydon road, built him a cave or ambush, where he secreted\\nhimself at times for the purpose of killing Mr. Cannon as he passed\\nby. Brown hid around in the neighborhood, sleeping and secreting\\nhimself a great part of the time in haylofts of the farmers.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0574.jp2"}, "575": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 559\\nOn the day of the killing, April 1st, 1861, he had gone into the\\nhayloft of Dr. Norwood, unbeknowing to any member of the family,\\nand there hid himself away befi^ath the hay. Late in the afternoon\\nDr. Norwood came in with his horse, and went up a rude ladder into\\nthe loft for the purpose of getting hay for his horse, and while thus\\nengaged discovered Brown, and immediately ordered him to vacate\\nthe premises. This the bloody fiend refused to do. The doctor then\\nturned and descended the ladder to the door of his stable, and called\\nto his wife, who was in the house near by, to bring him his gun. Mrs.\\nNorwood secured the weapon and started, but Brown, realizing the\\ncloseness of the. situation, came immediately down the ladder, and see-\\ning the doctor standing in front of him, drew his single-barrel rifle pis-\\ntol and fired, killing his victim dead where he stood. Mrs. Norwood\\nwitnessed the killing, and with shrieking anguish rushed to the body of\\nher dying husband. Brown fled to the woods and was soon out of\\nsight.\\nNo incident in the history of Henderson Count}^, criminal or\\notherwise, had ever created such profound sympathy or riorhteous in-\\ndignation. The neighbors congregated, the whole town was unnerved\\nand ready at a moment s warning to shoulder arms and scour the\\ncountv for the assassinator of the unfortunate man. The feelins: sfrew\\nmore and more intense as additional intelligence of the shooting was\\nreceived. Men went on horseback and in buggies to learn the facts,\\nand contribute, if possible, in any way to the comfort of the bereaved\\nfamily, and to the capture of the outlaw.\\nCaptain Bill Quinn, who then lived in Henderson, was the owner\\nof one or two noted blood hounds, and he, in company with a half-\\ndozen or more gentlemen, volunteered their services to search the\\nwoods and fields, and out-buildings of the whole county if need be, for\\nBrown. Mounted upon magnificent horses, and as regulators, they\\ntook their reckoning from the spot where the doctor was killed, and\\nwere soon following on the heels of Brown with the blood hounds in\\nthe lead.\\nFrom some cause, perhaps delay, the keen-scented hounds failed\\nto take the track, and it was not long before the pursuers recognized\\nthat they would have to rely upon their own shrewdness in effecting\\nthe capture. Several times during the chase slight information was\\ngained of Brown s whereabouts, but in every instance after strict\\nsearch he was found missing. He knew he was pursued and 3 et fool-\\nishly failed to flee the country, but continued to hang around, sleep-\\ning at night in barns, under fodder stacks, and other places. After", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0575.jp2"}, "576": {"fulltext": "560 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nfollowing close upon his trail and locating him near the Madisonville\\nRoad at Mr. Milan Hancock s, the mounted troopers approached that\\nplace cautiously early on the morning of the tenth day of April. They\\nhad been scouring the country for nine days and nights, with but little\\nrest, and although fatigued and worn, they yet hurried on more deter-\\nmined than ever upon the murderer s capture. At this place negro\\nwoman gave them the first reliable evidence they had ever been able\\nto obtain concerning his true whereabouts. She told them that Brown\\nhad been seen to enter Mr. Hancock s hayloft the night before, and\\nthat she had fed him. By this time the fame of Brown had extended\\nover the county, and by the negroes particularly, he^was regarded in\\nholy horror. They professed to dread him, and for this reason re-\\nfused to give information. After getting this, the first reliable informa-\\ntion, the troopers were satisfied that the end was near at hand for they\\nexpected to capture him in Mr. Hancock s hayloft. Before approach-\\ning the stable, however, the woman told some of the men that they had\\nbest go quickly to William J. Marshall s, in sight and not over a half-\\nmile beyond, for she supposed that he had left Hancock s and gone\\nthere some time in the night. Acting upon this suggestion, John\\nQuinn, Bunk Hurt, John H. Marshall and others, went forthwith to\\nMarshall s while a sufficient number remained to investigate Han-\\ncock s premises.\\nBoth farms were surrounded, and much to the chagrin of the\\nparty at Hancock s it was found that the murderer had fled, leaving\\nbehind him signs of having slept in the hay the night before. The\\nparty then started to rejoin the others at Marshall s, when the sharp\\nkeen crack of a rifle was heard coming from the second story of the\\nbarn, and a rush by the outer guards into the building was plainly\\nnoticed. They then hurried on as rapidly as their horses could carry\\nthem, and arriving at the spot were saluted with the joyful intelli-\\ngence that Brown was there, but a lifeless corpse.\\nWhen Quinn, Hart and Marshall entered the barn, they instituted\\nsearch by driving long pronged pitchforks through the hay, one ot\\nwhich pricked the murderers leg, whereupon he threw the hay from\\noff his head, and, without warning, snapped his pistol at Quinn, and\\nthen at the others. Fortunately for Quinn the weapon was a self-\\ncocker, with its hammer underneath the barrel, and this was caught by\\nthe straw so as to prevent an explosion. He was repeatedly called to\\nsurrender under the penalty of death, but replied, -shoot and be\\nd d. John H. Marshall, as brave a man as ever pulled trigger, lev-\\neled his rifle, and taking aim, fired, the ball striking him in the right", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0576.jp2"}, "577": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 561\\ntemple, causing instant death. The news of the shooting soon reached\\nthe town, and before noon hundreds of people visited the scene. A\\njury was empaneled by Esq. Fraficis E. Walker, and an inquest held,\\nresulting in exonerating Marshall and posse of any blame whatever.\\nBrown s remains were turned over to the Surgeon of the town, and the\\ncarcass was scientifically carved, furnishing an abundance of informa-\\ntion for young students of anatomy and surgery. Brown belonged to\\nMrs. Saraphine Pentecost, of this county, and was a most desperate\\nand blood thirsty villain.\\nTHE MILITIA AND THE QUIZZICALS.\\nIn early times, the fourth day of July, twenty-second day of Feb-\\nruary and Christmas were more days for joy and pleasure than they\\nare in these days of wondrous inventions and universal selfishness.\\nThere were no squibs, sky rockets and Roman candles, c., but there\\nwere dried bladders in abundance that answered the purpose of noise-\\nmaking. These days, however, were no greater than what were known\\nas Muster days, when the populace turned out to witness the\\nmilitia drill. Muster days were acknowledged holidays time ap-\\npointed by local pugilists to settle the title to the best man, the\\ntime for the devotee of John Barleycorn to test his capacity for drink-\\ning all the liquor in town.\\nBoys, negroes and men on foot, on horseback, in cart and wagon,\\ncrowded from every direction and hurried on with anxious speed to\\nthe scene where mimic battles were to be fought. Old shotguns,\\nrusty rifles, long untried fowling pieces, cornstalks and hickory sticks\\nwere in great demand. Cider wagons, ginger cakes, apples, whisky,\\nand all the other et cetera of the camp was rushed pell mell into the\\nplace of rendezvous. Henderson had her muster days attended with\\nhorse racing, cock fighting, rifle shooting, wrestling matches, boxing\\nset tos and such like. Each of these pastimes had their votaries in\\nlarge numbers. Babel, in the palmiest day, was a tempest in a tea-\\npot compared with a militia muster. The carnival at Rome or the\\nancient Satur?ialia of the Romans in the heiorht of their reveline: would\\nbe tame and insipid when placed in juxtaposition with such an occa-\\nsion. A modern mass political convention might be compared for\\nnoise and wild confusion with what had been accredited a regiment of\\nboisterous militia. The commanding officer of the day would strip his\\nsaddle of its red girth, belt on his trenchant blade, don his swallow-\\ntailed blue, adorned with bullet buttons and red cahco, wave his\\n36", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0577.jp2"}, "578": {"fulltext": "562 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nplumed beaver around his head, and shout his orders, parade,\\nand this was about all he knew of the tactics. Forming his men into\\na straight line was one of the hardest things to do and was seldom\\ndone without the aid of a corn row.\\nIn the line were tall, low, long, short, thin and fat, old and\\nyoung, men and boys, clothed with fur and wool hats and caps and no\\nhats at all cloth coats and jeans, calico and linsey, and no coats at\\nall boots, shoes and moccasins, and no shoes at all new and old\\npants, white, black and striped, and no pants at all shirts ruffled and\\nunruffled, white, black, blue, green, grey and red, cotton, linen and\\ncalico, and no shirts at all all mingled together in the most hetero-\\ngeneous and checkered confusion. The officers were more frequently\\nselected for their muscle and abundant voice than for any knowledge\\nthey possessed of the tactics. They realized that it was alone their\\nbusiness to give the commands and then for the company to obey and\\nperform, and if they failed, it was their look out.\\nMany of the Captains, Majors, etc., undertook the difficult task\\nof forming a line but once during the day, and that was early in the\\nmorning. Many of the militia were far more steady when going into\\nthe fray than when coming out, and such was a militia muster at any\\ntime from 1812 to 1847, a great, grand, laughable silly farce, not only\\ntolerated, but legalized and commanded by the laws of the State. No-\\nbody wanted to muster but the Captains, Majors, and so on, yet the\\npeople, like good citizens, obeyed three times annually, leavmg labor,\\nhome duties and business to undergo this most absurd of absurdities.\\nThe sober, intelligent class of people became more and more dis-\\ngusted. They were annoyed, bedevilled and out of all patience, and\\nlonged for the day to come when the Legislature would have sense\\nenough to repeal the law, and thus end, a miserable farce and mfer-\\nnal nuisance. It seemed this long looked for day would never come,\\nso the people, that is those who wanted to work and did not want to\\nsubmit longer to the orders of a few bullet-headed, self opinionated\\nmock patriots, determined to place quietus upon the militia drills. How\\nto do this was a question uncertain with many but the leaders. It\\nwas soon determined to meet the militia half way on the drill ground,\\nand, if possible, to present a front uniformed in more colors, more\\nrags, worse hats, and meaner guns than the soldiers could procure in\\na week s search. Under the law, company drill was appointed in\\nApril, battalion drill in May and regimental muster in October. Thus\\nthree times a year business men were required to turn out and make\\nfools of themselves. A secret meeting of a few leaders was appointed", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0578.jp2"}, "579": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 663\\nin March, 1847, and at this meeting it was determined to parade a\\ncompany in the month of April which should be known as the Quiz-\\nzicals. Recruiting officers we^^ appointed and the strictest secrecy\\nwas enjoined upon each man. Strange as it may seem, there were\\nsome good citizens, actuated from patriotic motives and nothing\\nmore, who honestly believed it to be the duty of every militiaman to\\nmuster at the appointed time and were equally horrified at any at\\ntempt to throw cold water upon the organization. They lamented the\\nlethargic spirit so plainly manifested and governed by the old maxim,\\nBirds which can sing, and won t sing, must be made to sing, and\\nboldly announced that belief. Some even went so far as to say,\\nGive me a commission and I ll make em drill. This coercive spirit\\nmade the Quizzicals more determined than ever, and every remark\\nwas seized and safely stored away in memory s safe basket for future use.\\nThe Quizzicals held their secret meetings, formed their plans and not\\na breath had ever articulated a sound whereby the object of the rebels\\ncould be suspicioned. There was danger ahead, yet they braved it\\nall, and on the April muster day, when the village was filled with\\nmilitia men armed with cornstalks, flintlock guns without any flints,\\nsquirrel rifles without hammers, old sabres eaten up by rust, and many\\nother instruments of military insignificance, the Quizzicals came\\nslowly and noislesssly out from their half dozen secret meeting rooms,\\narrayed in all the paraphernalia of ingenious burlesque. Their ar-\\nrangements had been so perfected, so well understood and so system-\\natically and accurately carried out, the militia were made ashamed,\\nnot only of their military training, but of their dress, which was now\\nshown up by the burlesques in all of its hideousness.\\nAt a certain signal, the several squads were on the march and\\nwith regular precision swung into line. No single human outside of\\nthe command had anticipated their coming. No human knew where\\nthey had come from, who they were, what was up or what they intended\\ndoing.\\nSoon a golden banner emblazoned in great golden letters, Soldiers\\nin Peace, Citizens in War, was elevated over the head of a horrid Fal-\\nstaphian, and this the immense stomached monstrosity as he appeared,\\nwas considerate enough to conspicuously display to the amazed and\\nuneasy multitude. The rank, more than the file, were inhumanely\\nattired in rags of many colors, false faces of unheard of shapes and\\nimaginations, cows, tin and wooden horns, tin and wooden sabres from\\nsix inches to ten feet in length, spurs from the size of a shirt button\\nto that of a town clock face, guns from the ordinary toy to one the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0579.jp2"}, "580": {"fulltext": "564 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nthe size of a gunsmith s sign, necessitating two men to pack it. In\\nshort, the burlesque was an actuality complete and beyond any sort\\nof misunderstanding. This squad of malconformed, misproportioned,\\nbeautiless militia killers, marched over the village, followed by hun-\\ndreds of men, women, negroes, boys and children, halting here and\\nthere to partake of the hospitality of some citizens who fully endorsed\\nthe movement. Thev soon became the center of attraction to which\\ngravitated all of the past worshipers of the militia. It was a dead-\\nener the patriot soldiers were disgusted, perhaps no more with the\\nQuizzicals than with themselves. Soldiers slipped away and hid them-\\nselves, or else became outspoken friends of the burlsqueing party,\\nand so strong was this feeling, it was believed that no more musters\\nwould be ever attempted in Henderson.\\nThe day closed with the militia under the weather, the Quizzicals\\nmaster of the situation. Every means was employed to detect the\\nrebels, but so secretly did they disband, for a long time none of them\\nwere positively known. Thus ended the April company muster.\\nIn May th5 battalion muster, a still larger one was to take place,\\nand although it was believed that the heavy dose administered to the\\nmilitia at the company muster would suffice to break up the nonsense\\nbut it was soon found out, the muster officers were using herculean\\nefforts to present an imposing parade on battalion day. This, then,\\ndetermined the Quizzicals to repeat the dose, and in corresponding\\nnumbers. A meeting was held, extra recruiting officers appointed,\\nand a determination manifested to interest the whole county. Re-\\ncruits were taken in and pledged to secrecy.\\nA report was circulated that the Quizzicals had disbanded and\\nwould never appear again in public, and this, of course, emboldened\\nthe patriot commanders. Yet, notwithstanding this report, some one\\nwas indiscreet enough to intimate another turnout. Threats were\\nmade that if they did the last one of them would be arrested, and the\\nmilitia had the force to do that very thing. No matter, the Quizzicals\\nworked along, secretly preparing for a high turnout, to be, if possible,\\non a greater burlesque scale than their previous effort. Recruits came\\nin rapidly and every preparation had been effected, considering the\\nlarger number engaged, with more precision than in April.\\nDr. William Read, one of the instigators of the movement, and\\ncertainly one of the most original, ingenious, and mirth provoking\\nmen of that day, painted upon several banners correct likenesses, yet\\ncutting caricatures of some of the militiar officers and others, who had\\nexpressed strong faith in the militia law. He had also made arrange-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0580.jp2"}, "581": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 565\\nmerits for a brass band to be on hand, and a brass band in those days\\nwas something sufficient to upset a whole country, and draw for many\\nmiles. In fact it was agreater curiosity than a whole Centennial Ex-\\nposition would be for these times.\\nThe flowery month of May came, and with it bright hopes of\\nthe coming muster. Adolphus and his Angelina had prepared their\\nturnout suits, and talked over the times they would have in the village.\\nPuffed up Captains were anxious for the appointed time to arrive\\nwhen they could march at the head of valiant Knights, and air their\\nDolly Varden uniforms. The Quizzicals were secretly viewing the\\ncircumstantial field and amusedly counting the effect of their parade\\nupon the tender sensibilities of the patriots.\\nMuster day arrived on time, and with it all the multitude of hang-\\ners-on, including dogs, donkeys, and howling hoodlums. The fellow\\nwith the historical chip upon his shoulder was there, the gentleman\\nwith the injin rubber tank was there, fortified to find a safe lodging\\nplace for all the liquor gratuitously contributed; the two by four poli-\\ntician ready to spute with the oldest man on the ground was there.\\nThe notorious best man in the county wis there, ready to knock\\ndown or be knocked down, just as it so happened; a great army of ne-\\ngroes begged time from the plow to attend the great holiday gathering-\\nThe village was filled to overflowing, yet none of the visitors knew\\nwhat a treat was in store for them. They didn t know that a brass\\nband was in town. The Quizzicals had appointed the same hour\\nfor the parade and were to appear simultaneously with the soldiers.\\nIt was appointed for the Court House bell to ring, then the whole\\narmy of Quizzikers as they were called, was to remove from their\\nsecret fastnesses and unite at a selected and well understood place.\\nWhile the State drummer was absolutely fanning the wool off of the\\nskin of his drum, and the fifer blowing a crick into his neck, the Court\\nHouse bell rang, and just such a sight was never before seen on top\\nof or underneath the globe. From every alley, from every street\\ncame squads of Quizzicals gorgeously arrayed in uniforms incom\\nprehensible and confounding. The brass band which had been\\nbrought into town from Evansville during the night, and hid away\\nwithout being detected by a living soul, ushered forth from a narrow\\nalley blowing in melodious harmony, Old Grimes is Dead, that Good\\nOld Soul. The effect was electrical; from every direction came the\\nnaughty Quizzicals, and in the shortest possible time had fallen\\ninto their proper places, as though they had been drilling for a six\\nmonths or more. The State drummer and fifer called a halt in their", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0581.jp2"}, "582": {"fulltext": "566 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nwind and beat, and beat a retreat to hide themselves from the\\nglimmering rays of those brass horns. Horses, as though they knew\\nthe day of judgment had come, snapped bridle reins and halters, and\\nscampered for the woods with all their might and main. Those who\\nhad never heard a brass band, stood paralized and shivering old\\nwomen shouted Hallelujah, while half-dozen old soldiers stepped\\naround the corner to take another pull at the black bottle, and forever\\nrenounce allegiance to the malitia. The Quizzicals marched and\\ncounter-marched until their numbers had been increased to two hun-\\ndred and fifty or three hundred. They were armed to the teeth with\\ngenuine shooting irons, but then the militia did not know that they had\\ncome to stay, and not to be arrested they had come to administer a\\ndose which would forever settle the stomachs of the ambitious and\\nhaughty captains of the State forces; they were strong and they knew\\nit, they were armed and they knew it, they were backed by the better\\nclass of people and they knew it, and most unmercifully did they rub,\\nin the burlesque.\\nA description of this motley crew would be impossible men six\\nfeet four inches long were mounted upon mules four feet high, men\\nweighing two hundred and fifty pounds were mounted on small\\nanimals fed for the occasion, men were dressed in shucks, uniforms\\nand false faces absolutely hideous were worn by the rank and file, but\\nthe music was good. The militia retired to what was known as the\\nTaylor field, now in the Third Ward, where they were soon followed by\\nthe Quizzicals. They marched around them time and again with\\nthe band playing its best music, and when the band ceased\\nplaying, they were furnished music not quite so refined or melodious.\\nIt seemed that the whole stock of tin horns, then in the world, had\\nbeen collected together and turned loose at one and the same time,\\nno one of them conveying the same sound. The patriots were out-\\ndone, humiliated, disgusted. The great crowd of spectators had left\\nthem in their glory, and was paddling along in front, alongside, in the\\nrear and all around the brass band.\\nThe Quizzicals returned to town with their banners flying and\\nwere received by the gracious few remaining on the streets with shouts\\nof rapturous approval. Col. Burbank became enthusiastic and inxited\\nthe whole command to his factory on the corner of Main and Third\\nStreets, to partake of a sufficiency of his eight-year old. Of this\\nCornicopia the command helped themselves freely, so freely that\\nmany of them were unable to keep in line, keep the step or keep their\\nstomachs. Mr, A, B, Barret entertained the anti-militia, and others", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0582.jp2"}, "583": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 567\\ndid likewise. From that time, militia musters became unpopular and\\na militiaman was as much afraid of a Quizzical as he could have been\\nof any burlesquing terror. To the Quizzicals of Henderson, no doubt,\\nthe credit is due of breaking up muster drills in Kentucky.\\nTHE FAMOUS DOG SUPPER.\\nOver half a century ago, when Henderson was but a small village\\nwith storeboat gunwales for sidewalks, in place of her now broad and\\nsymmetrical engineered brick pavements and stone reservoirs, there\\nlived here a company of young men noted for their wit and humor\\ntheir\\nQuips and cranks and wanton wiles,\\nNods and becks and wreathed smiles,\\nwhose sole aim it was to practice upon the unsuspecting some original\\nbit of humor, calculated at times to unnerve the victim, yet at all\\ntimes intensely amusing to those of the party and to others doing the\\nduty of casual spectators.\\nAt that time there stood on Court Hill an insignificant building\\ncalled a Court House, at the end of which was an ell with two rooms,\\none of them used for a County, the other for a Circuit Clerk s office.\\nThese depositories of chancery, common law and statutory records\\nwere as orderly during the day as the chronic grumbler of well settled\\nhabits could wish, but after nightfall they became the haunts of mirth\\nand gaiety, good humor and high glee. A flow of spirits, the sun-\\nshine of the mind, mixed as serenely with the social atmosphere as\\ndoes the glittering dewdrop with the sweets of the morning rose. It\\nwas there that plans were formed. Twas there that minds, cultivated\\nby a close communion with the classics unbridled and skipping like\\nyoung colts in the field of fancy, shaped the mould from out of which\\nsomething truly amusing was to come. Twas there the famous Dog\\nSupper received its embryo life, and it was there it culminated in\\nsuch sickening actuality. The story of this supper was at one time a\\nnational one, and to this day many readers will recall the memories\\nof that old canine festivity. There are those yet living who heard of the\\nfeast at the time it occurred others who have had a traditionary\\nknowledge of it, while others have read it in the light of a romance in\\nLonz Powers, a book written by Hon. James Weir, of Owensboro.\\nThe s^ory is an intensely interesting one, and the best of it is, it is\\ntrue.\\nIn giving a brief history of the Dog Supper, I shall take the\\nliberty of using Lonz Powers freely, as that is by far the best", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0583.jp2"}, "584": {"fulltext": "568 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nhistory ever written of that interesting entertainment. The author of\\nLonz Powers used ideal names. I shall use the true names so far as\\nit lies with me. There were five leading characters officiated in the\\ngetting up and serving of the Dog Supper. Their names were,\\nWilliam D., Samuel and Young E. Allison, Harvey Green and Thos.\\nTowles, Jr. Old Dan Shallow, who figured so conspicuously upon\\nthat occasion was a magistrate who called himself Judge, a self-\\nconceited, harmless old fellow whom this particular crowd loved to\\njoke at all times.\\nIt was a very usual thing about that lime, for the young meti of\\nthe town to have bachelor suppers that is, suppers where none but\\nmale bipeds were invited. The Allisons had enjoyed many of these\\nsocial feasts and convivial rejoicings and now felt it incumbent upon\\nthem to give one in return and thus repay the hospitality of their\\nnumerous acquaintances, for they disliked the idea of being in this\\nway indebted even to their best friends.\\nThese gentlemen were all bachelors, for, although great jokers\\nthemselves, marriage was a practical joke they had hitherto studiously\\navoided. Sam knew how dangerous it was to trust too much to the\\nsympathy of the heart, and had, therefore, discreetly dodged the\\nquestion whenever pressed too close by maid or widow, and had so\\nfar escaped not onlv the bonds of Hymen, but any suit for a breach\\nof promise, for he took especial care never to write letters, and in the\\nlanguage of Uncle Johnny Weller, kept a sharp look-out on the\\nVidders, But Sam was now fully determined on one thing, and\\nthat was to give a supper which he vowed should be a dog fine\\nfeast and one both sumptuous and unique.\\nOn the same day of one of those celebrated militia musters at\\nPleasant Grove, our joking friend was so fortunate as to decoy into\\nhis stronghold a fat, old, goutish canine by the name of Watch,\\na name, by the by, not at all significant of his peculiar qualities, for\\nhe slept full three-fourths of his time, and would devote the other\\nfourth to the same luxury had not necessity compelled him to pass it\\nin eating. Old Watch acknowledged no master, and, like all dogs of\\nthis kind, was an independent, careless dog, passing his years in\\nglorious idleness, feeding on the fat of the land, lying on cellar doors,\\nturning up his aristocratic nose at his lean companions and enjoying\\nhimself, like many men of the same occupation and pursuits. His\\ndays were numbered, however, for he had struck the joker s fancy,\\nand so Sam Allison sacrificed him upon the altar of fun and dedicated\\nhim to the nourishment of his hungry friends.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0584.jp2"}, "585": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 569\\nIn the summer of 1835, a neat little note of invitation, enveloped\\nin a perfumed covering, was sent with due form and etiquette to some\\ndozen or more of Sam s particular friends and acquaintances. Mr.\\nAllison was open and frank in the use of his language, reminding his\\nfriends that it should be a supper if. nothing more than a dog supper.\\nThese invitations were signed Sam Allison, and one of them was\\naddressed to old Judge Shallow. By blood, said the Judge upon\\nreceiving his invitation, but what the devil he means by dog supper\\nI don t know and don t care, so that he has a good supper and a plenty\\nto drink. The other friends each received a similar invitation, all of\\nthem containing a distinct invitation to a dog supper.\\nKnowing Sam s proneness for jokes, they laughed over his allu-\\nsion to a canine feast, faking it for granted that a fat saddle of venison\\nand all the et ceieras of high living awaited their coming. Duly to the\\nmoment, the guests gathered around his hospitable board and sat\\ndown in high glee and good humor to partake of the dainties he had\\nprepared for them. It was a laughing, jolly company, and Judge\\nShallow was there in all of his glory, and, as he had not eaten any\\ndinner, needed neither pickle nor whisky to sharpen his\\nappetite. At the request of the host, he had taken the seat of honor,\\nnot on his right or left, as was the custom of kings, but at the foot of\\nthe table immediately facing his host, while by his side sat young\\nDonald McConnel, (Tom Towles), a wild fellow much given to\\nreading Shakespeare, and who scarcely ever conversed except with\\nquotations from the old tragedians, now and then simplified and made\\nintelligible by remarks of his own. Tom was a rare bird and particu-\\nlarly odious to the old Judge, for he had strong suspicions of his\\nsanity, and on the present occasion would have preferred his being a\\nlittle further removed from his valuable person, for to tell the truth,\\nthe Judge was slightly timid of his company, not so much on account\\nof himself as of the public and his family, as he was accustomed to\\nsay when avoiding any danger.\\nAt the head of the festive board sat the joker, his eyes twinkling\\nwith delight and his whole face beaming with humor. No guest could\\nhave wished a more happy, joyous or smiling entertainer. They were\\ncertain of the welcome, and as certain of a good supper, and all were\\nwell disposed for fun, frolic and high humor. Immediately before\\nSam, as the leading dish of the table, was the body, or rather the\\nsaddle, of Old Watch, cooked and prepared in the finest style,\\nbeautifully brown and inviting, sending forth a savory odor and\\ntempting in no small degree the palates of the anxious and expectant", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0585.jp2"}, "586": {"fulltext": "570 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nguests. Uncle Sam Johnson, a colored individual of those days, noted\\nfor his pugilistic as well as keen perception of well behaved qualities,\\nvjcis tht co?ino/sseur oi the a.n culinary upon the occasion. Royally\\ndid he roast Old Watch, and royally grand did he locate him upon\\nthe shining porcelain.\\nPouring out a glass of wine and motioning his friends to do the\\nsame, Sam arose to his feet and gave a toast standing, Here s that\\nyou may all have good and strong appetites for the dog supper to\\nthe memory of all dogs in general hoping that they may live as long,\\ngrow as fat, and die as glorious a death as Old Watch.\\nThe shout that greeted Sam s toast shook the house to its very\\nfoundation and alarmed the neighborhood tor many squares around. The\\ndelighted company, unsuspecting the joke now playing upon them-\\nselves, and little dreaming of the reality of Sam Allison s joke, drank\\noff their bumpers in high glee at the merry humor of their host, while\\nTom Towles, with a jovial twinkle of the eye, exclaimed\\nHe was a gash an faithfu tyke\\nAs ever lap a sheugh or djke.\\nHis honest, sowsie, baws nt face\\nAy gat him friends in ilka place\\nHis breast was white, his towzie back\\nWell clad wi coat o glossy black;\\nHis gawcie tail, wi upward curl,\\nHung o er his hurdies wi a swurl.\\nWell done, Tom cried Sam, laughing. You have given as\\nfaithful a description of Old Watch as if done by myself. But fall\\nto, he continued, flourishing his carver, and never cry hold!\\nenough until dog and wine can no longer be forced down your\\ngullets. Sam Allison never begrudges his victuals so long as his\\nfriends are satisfied with dog. Come, my wise administrator of the\\nlaws, said he, addressing Judge Shallow, shall I help you to a slice\\nof this canine dish\\nAy, ay, replied the Judge, merry with wine and glad with the\\nexpectation of a good supper. By blood send me down a lion s\\nportion of the venison, or dog, as you choose to call it. I can hide as\\nmuch of a brown roast in my slim body slapping his attenuated\\nabdomen as jolly Falstaff dare do in his palmiest days.\\nTo that I ll be sworn upon all the books in England, muttered\\nTowles.\\nThe two brothers of Sam William D. and Young E. did the\\npart of servitors at this bachelor feast, while he, sitting at the head of", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0586.jp2"}, "587": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 571\\nthe table, continued zealously to supply the constant demands of his\\nguests for what they, innocently humoring the whim of their host,\\nlaughingly called dog. Lihgrally and bountifully did the joker fill\\nthe plates of his friends from the fat saddle of Old Watch, and\\nnever was a haunch of venison so lauded and admired. It was praised\\nfor its fatness, its juiciness and peculiar flavor, and again and again\\ndid Sam, flourishing his carver, supply the demands of his ravenous\\ncompany.\\nBut now old Judge Shallow, filled with repletion, and unable to\\nswallow another morsel, threw down his knife, and while complacently\\nrubbing his provision depot, exclaimed By blood I can eat no\\nmore and if I continue to feel as I now do, will never eat again.\\nThe remainder of the guests followed the example of the Justice, gave\\nup the contest and awaited the signal to move. Towles, as a finale to\\nthe feast, crying out with mock solemnity\\nImmortality and fellowship with me. and the light and joy of telicity\\nAll these hast thou reached to-day! Leave, then, the dog behind thee.\\nRather say leave the bones, hiccoughed the old Judge, for\\nthe meat we take with us, or I am no judge of a picked carcass.\\nBut Sam had no thought of letting them off so easily. They had\\nenjoyed themselves vastly on his wine and dog, and at his expense,\\nand he now thought it time to shift the scenes and slightly vary the\\nentertainment. Rapping upon the table to draw the attention of his\\nnoisy guests, Sam filled his glass, bidding them to do likewise, and\\nthen, bowing, exclaimed\\nOne more toast, gentlemen. Here s to the memory of old\\nWatch When alive his good humored face and fat, waddling sides\\nhave often gladdened our eyes when dead, he still remembers his\\nfriends and administers to their comfort, pleasure, and appetite peace\\nbe to his manes, and may his lazy spirit tumble into some world,\\nwhere he ll find plenty to eat and nothing to do.\\nThe jolly company, with hip, hip, hurrah duly drank down this\\ntoast with all the honors, although the shouts of some of them were a\\nlittle faint, and a suspicious paleness began to gather around the\\ncorners of their mouths. A faint glimmering of the truth was now-\\ndawning upon the mind of more than one of that jovial crowd, and\\nvery naturally beginning to work a marked change in their hitherto\\njoyful countenances. Towles, with a sickly smile, excited by his sus-\\npicions, exclaiming, Ah, no more of that, Hal an thou lovest\\nme", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0587.jp2"}, "588": {"fulltext": "572 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY KY.\\nYet they were not fully convinced but the joker did not leave\\nthem long in doubt, for he continued playing witli wicked pleasure\\nupon their fears and suspicions. The present scene he said but proves\\nthat great and leading fact that habit and custom make the man.\\nThe Chinese consider a filthy bird nest the most choice of all food\\nand we, setting ourselves up for judges, laugh at their folly and curse\\ntheir filthiness. The Jews, led astray by the superstitions and laws\\nof his nation, look with holy horror upon the carcass of a well fed\\nhog while we, ridiculing their prejudice, think nothing equal to a\\nwell cmed ham. Some nations of the earth think no food so pleas-\\nant and palatable as a dish from the human body while we, softened\\nand refined by Christianity and civilization, revolt at the very idea.\\nThe Indians of the West and Pacific Islands, and even the inhabi-\\ntants of some of the most ancient and refined nations, dream of no\\nfood more excellent than a roasted dog and yet we, led astray by the\\nhabits and customs of the country, never think of trying this favorite\\ndish. But it is all habit and custom and prejudice, said Sam, with\\na quizzical leer at his gaping audience for here we have been sup-\\nping upon that eschewed and abominable dish, and in our ignorance\\npraising it for the very best and most delicious venison. The last\\ntime 5 ou saw old Watch, my friends, continued the joker with mock\\nseriousness, he was taking the sunshine on a cellar door. Poor fel-\\nlow You will never see him there again His deep, mellow bark\\nwill never more arouse you from your slumbers, or disturb your pleas-\\nant dreams. All that now remains of him is this well picked carcass\\nbefore me, and here, continued Sam, stooping down and drawing\\nfrom under the table the well-known, familiar head and skin of old\\nWatch, is the only memento of that gallant dog and of this glorious\\nfeast. At the sight of the bloody head, the waggish Towles, true to\\nthe drama, although about sinking under the effect of nausea, sprang\\nto his feet, exclaiming with tragic vehemence,\\nThou canst not say, I did it. Never shake\\nThy gory locks at me.\\nAvaunt and quit my sight Let the earth hide thee\\nThy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold\\nThou hast no speculation in those eyes\\nWhich thou dost glare with\\nDuring the short speech of Sam an awful change had been grad-\\nually creeping over the late merry faces of his guests. There was a\\ncontracting of muscle, a heaving of chests, and the old Judge, with\\nrueful countenance, had already pointed out the place of disease, by", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0588.jp2"}, "589": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 573\\nlaying his hand submissively, and with Christian kindness, upon his\\nstomach. But when the joker, like Anthony exhibiting the wounds in\\nthe dead Caesar s body, held up to their astonished gaze the grinning,\\nghastly remains of old Watch, the effect was electrical. No orator\\nhas ever produced a more rapid and wonderful revolution in the feel-\\nings, thoughts and actions of his auditory, than Sam Allison in his short\\naddress. The old Judge, having gorged himself with an anaconda\\nportion of the dog, was now disgorging the same as fast as nature and\\nthe case would allow^ His long, wiry figure, bent over the back of a\\nchair, resembling an inverted letter C, was heaving like the storm-\\ntossed ocean. Whenever his own nauseous stomach would give him\\nan instant of peace, the Justice would turn his long, doleful face, pale\\nwith sickness, and rueful with tears, upon his suffering and nauseated\\ncompanions, muttering, as he rubbed his heaving and rapidly decreas-\\ning abdomen, O, Lordy O, Lordy Then he would take another\\nturn at old Watch, mingling along with sighs and groans and tears his\\nfavorite oath of By Blood, and prayers and supplications for relief\\nwith O, Lordy O, Lordy\\nBut every storm must blow over, and so did this tempest-tossed\\ncompany of heaving suppers out, at last find a calm, if not to their\\ntroubled souls, at least to their troubled stomachs, in which latitude\\nand longitude their souls were just about that time pretty generally\\ncentered. Each guest, so soon as he was able to stagger away, seized\\nhis hat and, without ceremony or leave taking, made tracks for home,\\nfully satisfied with their frolic. They staggered along their several\\nways, some swearing, some laughing and some stopping to take\\nanother heave, but all muttering dog. Towles made a ludicrous\\nattempt at a tragic farewell, but once more struck with a sudden\\nnausea at the sight of old Watch s grinning head, it was no go! he\\nbroke down in the midst of his quotation, and beat a retreat as best\\nhe could, laughingly shaking his fist at the shouting Sam. Old Judge\\nwas the last man to desert the festive board, for, having laid in a\\ngreater amount of dog than his comrades, it took him a longer time\\nto disembark it. At last he too made his arrangements to take his\\ndeparture. With both hands pressed tightly upon his weary and badly\\nstrained stomach, his eyes still wet with tears and his countenance\\nstill rueful from sickness and pain, he lingered a moment to cast one\\nlook (more of sorrow than anger) upon his laughing host and the well-\\npicked carcass before him. Sam, noticing his fixed and earnest gaze,\\nseized the carver, crying out, Ha, Judge! shall I help you to another\\nslice of Old Watch?", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0589.jp2"}, "590": {"fulltext": "674 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\nIt was too much for the Judge, for, although he made a terrible\\neffort and struggled hard for the mastery, he had at last to succumb,\\nand with a deep groan, leaning his aching head against the door post,\\nhe again went through a mimic representation of the Ground Swell\\nof the Sea. At length the good Justice also managed to leave the\\nfestive hall and steer his way for home. The cool night air brought\\nsome relief to his fevered brow. Once more free from sickness was\\nfast regaining his spirits, when Fate, the ill-natured sprite, played\\nhim another naughty trick, bringing back a relapse of the old disease.\\nThe moment when entering his own premises, and when he was\\ncongratulating himself upon having arrived in safety, and was even so\\nfar recovered as to utter with considerable gusto several emphatic\\nBy bloods, his house dog, running out to give him welcome, leaped\\nplayfully upon him, looking wistfully up in his face. This combina-\\ntion of ideas was too strong for the delicate nerves and stomach of\\nthe poor Judge, for the bark of his welcoming friend reminded him too\\nforcibly of the deep bay of old Watch and his grinning mouth and\\nhead, and again was this unfortunate Justice compelled to unload a\\nlittle more of the old canine.\\nOnce since the famous night of the feast, Sam Allison, by swinging\\nthe skin of old Watch over his shoulders and taking a walk\\nthrough town, caused so much sickness and vomiting that for a short\\ntime the faculty were disposed to believe that cholera had made its\\ndread appearance in their village. Nor were they fully convinced of\\ntheir error, until Sam gave them an instance of the peculiar power\\nand influence of that last and only memento of old Watch and the\\ndog supper.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0590.jp2"}, "591": {"fulltext": "GOV. ARCHIBALD DIXON.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0591.jp2"}, "592": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0592.jp2"}, "593": {"fulltext": "BIOGRAPHICAL.\\nMEMORIAL OF GOV. ARCHIBALD DIXON S FAMILY.\\n/C^ APTAIN WYNN DIXON.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The father of Hon. Archibald Dixon,\\nwas Captain Wynn Dixon, who fought through the Revolu-\\ntionary War, having joined the army at the early age of sixteen.\\nHe moved from North Carolina to Henderson, Ky., in 1804. His\\nfather, Colonel Henry Dixon, commanded a regiment in the Revolu-\\ntionary War, and was killed at the battle of Eutaw Springs. Light\\nHorse Harry Lee, in his miemoirs of the Revolution, pays Colonel\\nHenry Dixon a high compliment for his gallantry and bravery at the\\nbattle of Camden.\\nHart Family. The mother of Hon. Archibald Dixon was\\nRebecca Hart, daughter of David Hart, of North Carolina. David\\nHart, and his brothers Nathaniel and Tom, were three of the nine\\nmembers of the Henderson Grant Company, who, in 1775, through\\ntheir agent, Daniel Boone, purchased ot the Indians all that part of\\nKentucky lying between the Kentucky and Cumberland Rivers, and\\nestablished at Boonesboro the first government in Kentucky, called\\nTransylvania,\\nCabell Family.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hon. Archibald Dixon married Elizabeth Rob-\\nertson Cabell in 1832. Children by that marriage Rebecca Hart,\\n(wife of Hon. John Young Brown), Susan Bell, deceased (who mar-\\nried first Cuthbert Powell, second Major John J. Reeve), Dr. Archi-\\nbald Dixon, Hon. Henry C. Dixon and Joseph C. Dixon.\\nDr. William Cabell, a native of England, and a graduate of the\\nRoyal College of Surgeons, in London, immigrated to Goochland,\\nnow Nelson County, Va., in 1723 or 1724. He had four sons, first,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0593.jp2"}, "594": {"fulltext": "576 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nWilliam second, Joseph, who was also a physician third, John\\nfourth, Nicholas. Dr. Joseph Cabell married Mary Hopkins, aunt of\\nGeneral Samuel Hopkins. Children by that marriage Joseph,\\nMary, who married John Breckinridge, Ann, who married Benjamin\\nHarrison, and Elizabeth.\\nBoLLiNG Family. Joseph Cabell, father of Elizabeth Robert-\\nson Cabell, married the second time Ann E., daughter of Archibald\\nBoiling, of Red Oak, Buckingham County, Va., and his wife, Jane\\nRandolph. Archibald Boiling was lineally descended from Colonel\\nRobert Boiling of Petersburgh, Va., and his wife, who was the grand-\\ndaughter of the Indian Princess Pocahontas.\\nBullitt Family. The second wife of Hon. Archibald Dixon\\nwas Susan, daughter of William C. Bullitt, of Jefferson ounty, Ky.,\\nwhom he married in 1853. Children by that marriage Kate J., who\\nmarried D. R. Burbank, Jr., William B. and Thomas B.\\nThe father of William C. Bullitt was Alexander Scoit Bullitt,\\nwho emigrated from Virginia to Kentucky in 1780. He was Presi-\\ndent of the First Constitutional Convention oi Kentucky, and her\\nfirst Lieutenant Governor.\\nThe mother of William C. Bullitt was the daughter of Colonel\\nWilliam Christian, and own neice of the celebrated orator, Patrick\\nHenry. Colonel Christian was killed by the Indians, near Louisville,\\nKy., in 1782. Christian County is named for him.\\nThe mother of Susan Bullitt, wife of Archibald Dixon, was Ann\\nFry, a lineal descendant of Colonel Joshua Fry, of Virginia. Joshua\\nFry was Colonel of the regiment of which George Washington was\\nLieutenant Colonel. He died a short while before Braddock s de-\\nfeat, when Washington succeeded him in the command.\\nThe father of Ann Fry was Thomas Walker, the first surveyor to\\nrun a line in Kentucky. He was in Kentucky before Daniel Boone s\\nvisit in 1769.\\nArchibald Dixon Was born on the second of April, 1802, in\\nCaswell County, N. C. His father, Wynn Dixon, had been in good\\ncircumstances, but, through suretyship, had lost his property, and in\\n1805, with his family, came to Henderson County, Ky., and resided\\nthere until his death. His son, Archibald, had no other educational\\nadvantages than could be obtained in this county, then almost an un-\\npopulated wilderness. At twenty years of age he began the study of\\nlaw in the Town of Henderson, in the office of James Hillyer, an at-\\ntorney of high character and fine legal attainments, and, despite his\\nmeagre education, he pursued his studies with such industry that at", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0594.jp2"}, "595": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 577\\ntwenty-two he was admitted to the bar, and very soon took a com-\\nmanding position.\\nHis career as a lawyer was a success. In the surrounding coun-\\nties, in Kentucky and Indiana, he was employed in nearly all import-\\nant contested cases, and was in them always a leader. His learning\\nwas extensive, his energy without limit, and his zeal and devotion to\\nhis clients won him an absolute trust. No labor was so onerous, no\\nperil so imminent, no sacrifice so great as to cause him to abate one\\njot of his duty. If a man had the right on his side, with Dixon as\\nhis advocate, he was safe. His reputation as a lawyer was wide\\nspread and enduring. He was a great criminal lawyer, but was al-\\nways for the defense, and would never take a fee in the prosecution.\\nHe was not permitted to follow uninterrupted the profession of\\nhis choice, but in 1830 was elected by the Whig party to represent Hen-\\nderson County in the Lower House of the General Assembly. This po-\\nsition he filled with his accustomed ability and fidelity. Returning\\nto the practice of law, after his service in the Legislature, he pursued\\nit with increasing success and reputation until 1836, when he was\\nelected to represent the counties of Daviess, Hopkins and Henderson\\nin the State Senate. His term of office expired in 1840, but he had\\nthen become distinguished throughout the State as a political leader\\nof great talent and influence, and he was chosen by the Whig party\\nin 1844 as its candidate for Lieutenant Governor on the ticket with\\nGovernor Owsley. The Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Gover-\\nnor was William S. Pilcher, of Louisville, a very accomplished orator.\\nIn the election, Mr. Dixon s majority exceeded that of Governor\\nOwsley by about seven thousand, a handsome tribute to the ability\\nand personal popularity of the man. He filled out this term of office\\nand was Dut forward strongly for the nomination of the Whig party\\nfor Governor at the next election, but Mr. Crittenden, then a much\\nolder leader, and one of the greatest Whigs of his time, was chosen\\nas its candidate, and was elected over the late Governor Powell. This\\nwas in 1848, the year that General Tylor was elected President.\\nMr. Clay, in many respects the greatest statesman and political\\nleader of any age or country, was then the most influential citizen of\\nKentucky.\\nThe next year the State was to form a new Constitution, and the\\nquestion of slavery was making itself disastrously prominent in the\\npublic mind. At this day it is difficult to realize what intense preju-\\ndices pervaded the mass of the slaveholders of Kentucky. To be\\n37", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0595.jp2"}, "596": {"fulltext": "578 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\ncalled an abolitionist in Kentucky in that day was considered the\\ngrossest insult, and he was a bold man who could, in the mildest way,\\nexpress his dissatisfaction with slavery.\\nIn February, 1849, Mr. Clay, then in New Orleans, wrote a letter\\nto a friend in Lexington, in which he advocated the adoption of some\\nplan for the gradual emancipation of the slaves in Kentucky, and\\ntheir removal to a new country. It was a patriotic and far-seeing let-\\nter, and if Mr. Clay had done no other service to his State, it would\\nhave entitled him to rank with the great men of his day. Had his\\nviews been promptly adopted in Kentucky, and the other slaveholding\\nStates, the bloody and devastating war, whose demoralizing effects\\nare still felt throughout the country, would have been avoided and\\nslavery would have been extinct. But Mr. Clay alienated thousands\\nof his friends, and the writer has it from one who was at the time in\\nFrankfort, that when he came there that year he was quite neglected.\\nHe had, heretofore, always been received in Kentucky with enthusi-\\nastic devotion, and he felt the neglect keenly. Governor Dixon was\\nat the time in Frankfort. He had been Mr. Clay s friend, and while\\nhe differed as widely from him in his emancipation views as any man\\nin the South, he was not disposed to turn the cold shoulder to him.\\nHe accompanied him alone to the boat when he took his leave, and\\nMr. Clay, with great feeling, said to him Dixon, I believe you are\\nthe only friend I have left. This incident is told to illustrate the\\nfidelity of Mr. Dixon to his friends, and the intensity of that popular\\nsentiment in support of slavery, which could wipe out the friendship\\nof a lifetime for no other reason than a difference of opinion on that\\nsubject. However, Mr. Clay s subsequent services to the country re-\\ncovered the good will of the party in the St^lte, and added increased\\nlustre to a fame already wide as the world.\\nIn that year Mr, Dixon was chosen by Henderson County to\\nrepresent her in the Constitutional Convention. The Convention as-\\nsembled in Frankfort on Monday, October 1st, 1849. The Whigs\\nnominated Dixon for Chairman, the Democrats Mr. Guthrie, of Louis-\\nville. The latter was chosen by a majority of two, on a strict party\\nvote, and it was thus demonstrated that the sceptre was departing\\nfrom the Whigs in Kentucky.\\nThe present Constitution of Kentucky was the result of the la-\\nbors of the Convention, and in its proceedings no man took a more\\nable and active part than Mr. Dixon. He was a large slaveholder\\nand opposed every move which looked to the overthrow of the institu-\\ntion of slavery. He offered a preamble and resolution in the Con-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0596.jp2"}, "597": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 579\\nvention, in which he asserted the doctrine that the right of private\\nproperty was above constitutional sanction, and that it could not be\\ndestroyed by governmental authority, nor could private property be\\ntaken from the owner for any other than public uses, and then only\\nupon the condition that he should be fairly compensated therefor.\\nThe principle was ingrafted into the Constitution, and in advocacy of\\nit the distinguished mover of the resolution proved himself one of\\nthe greatest debaters in the Union.\\ni he Constitution submitted by the Convention to the people was\\nadopted the next year, and the first election for Governor thereunder\\nwas had in August, 1851. Notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Clay\\nhad estranged thousands of friends by his views on slavery, many\\nWhigs had been impressed with their wisdom. The Constitution con-\\ntained nothing which favored them, on the contrary, it was framed\\nwith the view to prevent emancipation, and to this day, after slavery\\nhas been destroyed by civil war, the people find it almost impossible\\nto change their Constitution in the manner provided therein. It was\\nthe object of the slaveholders to prevent any change except after the\\ngreatest deliberation and repeated expressions of the popular will in\\nfavor of it.\\nThe chief opposition to the new Constitution was from the Whio-\\nparty, Mr. Clay s emancipation views were opposed to it, ;ind its pro-\\nvisions to protect and perpetuate slavery aroused the hostility of the\\nemancipation element in the Whig party. Cassius Clay, a relative of\\nthe great Clay, and a man of talent, was nominated and ran for Gov-\\nernor as an emancipation candidate. He had been a Whig, and the\\nvole he received, amounting to several thousands, was drawn almost\\nexclusively from the Whig party.\\nMr. Dixon was enthusiastic and active in his advocacy of the\\nnew Constitution, and, of course, was constantly antagonizing that\\nportion of the Whig party which opposed it. So bitter was the Whig\\nopposition that it became evident that it would be difficult for that\\nparty in its divided condition to retain control of the State.\\nIn December, 1850, Mr. Dixon, in answer to repeated solicita-\\ntions to become its candidate for Governor, published an address to\\nthe Whigs of Kentucky, in which he stated clearly the causes of dis-\\nsensions in the Whig party, and the difficulties under which he would\\nlabor as its candidate, in view of his position in reference to the new\\nConstitution, and urged his friends not to place his name before the\\nConvention. Nevertheless, he was nominated by the Convention for\\nGovernor, and made a canvas? which, though unsuccessful, increased\\nhis reputation and influence.*", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0597.jp2"}, "598": {"fulltext": "580 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nThe Democratic party, on the other hand, being united and con-\\nfident of victory, nominated Mr. Dixon s neighbor and personal\\nfriend. Governor Powell. It could not have made a wiser nomina-\\ntion. Governor Powell added to great talents, and an acquaintance\\nthroughout the State, a personal popularity, a geniality of temper,\\nand a charm of manner, which made him the strongest Democrat in\\nKentucky.\\nThe canvass was a hot one. Perhaps the two candidates spoke\\nin every county in the State, certainly in nearly every county, and the\\nvote was so close that for weeks the result was unknown and the\\ngreatest excitement prevailed. At last the official count settled the\\nelection upon Governor Powell by a majority of eight hundred and\\nfifty. Cassius Clay received about six thousand Whig votes. Despite\\nthe prominence of Dixon as an advocate of the new Constitution, it\\nis doubtful if any other Whig could have obtained against Governor\\nPowell the vote which he received. It is creditable to both the dis-\\ntinguished gentlemen that they continued through life the warmest\\npersonal friends, although so often and so sharply opposed in political\\nfeeling and interest.\\nMr. Clay was spending his last days in the Senate, serving his\\ncountry to the end, when Dixon and Powell were contending for the\\nGovernorship of Kentucky.\\nThe year before, the agitation of the slavery question in Congress\\nhad become fiercer and more portentious than ever, and it was no\\ndoubt in a great measure owing to Mr. Clay s extraordinary personal\\ninfluence that what has been known as the compromise measures of\\n1850 were adopted, and the evil day of civil war postponed. On ac-\\ncount of his failing health he tendered his resignation as Senator, to\\ntake effect on the meeting of Congress in December, 1852. It was\\naccepted, and the Legislature of Kentucky elected Mr. Dixon to fill\\nthe remainder of his term. Thus he became the successor of Mr.\\nClay, and no man in Kentucky was worthier to succeed him.\\nIn the Senate, as in every other position in life, he became a\\nman of influence. The evil spirit of discord had only been laid for a\\ntime by the compromise measures of 1850. In 1854, Senator Doug-\\nlas, of Illinois, Chairman of the Committee on Territories, offered a\\nbill to organize Territorial Governments for Kansas and Nebraska.\\nImmediately the winds of passion were let loose. The original bill,\\nas offered by Douglas, proposed that when these territories should be\\nadmitted as States, they should be received into the Union with or with-\\nout slavery, as their Constitution might prescribe at the time of their ad-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0598.jp2"}, "599": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 581\\nmission. Under the eighth section of the act of March 6th, 1820, known\\nas the Missouri Compromise act, slavery was prohibited in all the terri-\\ntory acquired from France, of -Avhich the Territories of Kansas and\\nNebraska were a part, which lay north of latitude 36\u00c2\u00b0 30 and these\\ntwo territories were altogether north of it, so that while, under the\\nprovisions of the bill offered by vSenator Douglas, the State Constitu-\\ntion might make slavery lawful, it was unlawful under the Missouri\\nCompromise act for a slaveholder to take his slaves into the territory\\nwhile it remained in its territorial condition. Mr. Dixon, and every\\nslaveholder, knew that if the slaveholders could not take their slave\\nproperty into the territory they would not go there, and that the anti-\\nslavery inhabitants would never adopt a State Constitution establish-\\ning slavery. He, therefore, offered an amendment to the bill repeal-\\ning the eighth section of the act of March 6th, 1820, therebv leaving\\nthe territoiies open alike to the Northern and Southern emigrant, and,\\nin effect, transferring the question of slavery from the Congress of\\nthe United States to the people of the Territories and States.\\nAfter a conference with Judge Douglas, the latter incorporated\\ninto his bill a section embodying the amendment and reported it again\\nto the Senate. The excitement was intense, but the principle con-\\ntended for by Dixon was right, and prevailed. In the discussion up-\\non it Judge Douglas proved himself more than a match in debate for\\nall the anti-slavery leaders in the Senate. The bill passed both Houses\\nof Congress, was approved by President Pierce, and became a law.\\nIt has been thought that the amendment repealing the Missouri\\nCompromise was impolitic and disastrous to the South. It is useless,\\nif not idle, to speculate upon the consequences of a measure whose\\ninfluence for good or evil has long since spent itself, but this may be*\\nsaid, that Mr. Dixon was right in principle and had the boldness to\\ncontend for the rights of the people. When that Missouri prohibition\\nwas adopted Mr. Jefferson, then in his old age, on April 22d, 1820,\\nwrote to his friend John Holmes I had for a long time ceased to\\nread newspapers, or pay any attention to public affairs, confident\\nthey were in good hands, and content to be a passenger in our bark\\nto the shore from which I am not distant. But this momentous ques-\\ntion, like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror.\\nI considered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed, in-\\ndeed, for the moment, but this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence.\\nA geopraphical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and\\npolitical, and held up to the angry passions of men, will never be\\nobliterated, and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0599.jp2"}, "600": {"fulltext": "582 HISTORY OF HENDF.RSON COUNTY KY.\\nSo that those who would hold Governor Dixon responsible for the\\nbuilding up of the Republican party must go further back, and place\\nthe responsibility where it belongs, in the Congress of 1820, which\\nadopted the prohibition, which established this line to grow deeper\\nand deeper with every new irritation. Mr. Dixon and Judge Doug-\\nlas, in 1858, were vindicated by the Supreme Court of the United\\nStates, in the celebrated case of Dred Scot against Sandford, in an\\nopinion of unsurpassed ability and research, in which that Court de-\\ncided the eighth section of the Missouri Compromise act unconstitu-\\ntional and void.\\nThis claim, that these two great and patriotic men were right on\\nthis question, does not commit them or the writer to the approval of\\nslavery as an institution. They were acting under a constitution,\\nand had to respect the constitutional rights of the people. It was\\nnot for them to palter with their oaths, in a double sense, and say we\\nwill uphold the Constitution wherever it suits us, and rend it wher-\\never it does not suit us. They were for the Constitution they had\\nsworn to support. They were right not only in a Constitutional view\\nof the question, but right in view of the great principles on which our\\nindependence as a people rested. The colonies revolted from the\\nmother country and established a separate government, in vindica\\ntion of the rights of the people to control their local and domestic\\naffairs, in their own way, and the Kansas-Nebraska bill, extended to\\nthe people of the Territories the right to legislate for themselves on\\nall local matters, so soon as they were organized into a territorial\\ngovernment.\\nHad the question of slavery been out of the way a question\\nVhich in that day seemed to cloud the reason of men and make them\\nmad no friend of. republican institutions would have found fault\\nwith the Kansas-Nebraska bill, but the abolitionist of the North and\\nthe fire-eater of the South were alike ready to violate the great prin-\\nciples of popular sovereignty, and to demand that Congress should\\nso legislate in reference to the Territories as to force upon them\\ntheir peculiar views regardless of the wishes of the inhabitants.\\nOther important questions arose during Mr. Dixon s term of of-\\nfice, in the consideration of which he took an important and distin-\\nguished part. He served out his term, which expired in 1855, main-\\ntaining a position of influence in that august body, then holding many\\nof the greatest statesmen and orators which the country has pro\\nduced.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0600.jp2"}, "601": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 583\\nHe returned to his home in Henderson and resumed the practice\\nof the law and the management of his large estate. The Know-\\nNothing, or American, party-j.arose about this time, and he was left\\nquite alone in politics. The Whig party, which he had served so\\nlong and well, had been absorbed by that party in the South, and by\\nthat party and the Republican party in the North. Upon those ques-\\ntions of policy which had divided the Whig and Democratic parties\\nhe was a Whig, and failing to approve the peculiar doctrines of the\\nAmerican party, he was left without a party. He abandoned no\\nprinciple.\\nIn 1856 the Democracy nominated James Buchanan and John C.\\nBreckenridge for President and Vice President on a. platform which\\nendorsed the principles of the Kansas-Nebraska bill. The Republi-\\ncan party nominated Fremont and Dayton, and the American party\\nnominated Fillmore and Donelson for the same offices. Mr. Dixon\\nadvocated the election of Buchanan and voted for him, because he\\nregarded the Democracy as sound upon the question of slaverv,\\nwhich had become the paramount issue in American politics.\\nThe Republican party continued to increase in strength, and in\\n1860 nominated Abraham Lincoln for President. The Democracy\\nsplit upon the rock of slavery, and Mr. Douglas was nominated by\\nthe Northern wing and Mr. Breckenridge by the Southern wing of the\\nparty. The American party, under the name of the Union party,\\ncomposed chiefly of old Whigs of the North, who would not unite in\\nan abolition crusade against the South, and old Whigs of the South\\nwho would not unite with the Secessionists, who were trying to pre-\\ncipitate the cotton States into a revolution, nominated Bell, of Ten-\\nnessee, for President, and Everett, of Massachusetts, for Vice Presi-\\ndent. It was a party of conservative patriots, but not calculated to\\nwin in the exciting times which preceded the civil war.\\nMr. Dixon, with his accustomed energy and ability espoused the\\ncause of Douglas, but to no purpose, and .he and Breckenridge and\\nBell were defeated, and Lincoln elected, on a strictly sectional plat-\\nform, and without an electoral vote from the South, and almost with-\\nout a popular vote from a slaveholding State. The line, as prophe-\\nsied by Jefferson, had grown deeper, and the frightful spectacle of a\\nsectional triumph, based upon open and avowed hostility of the North\\nto the South, rose up to terrify all lovers of the Union. Within sixty\\ndays from the announcement of Mr. Lincoln s election, several of\\nthe Southern States had formally seceded from the Union and were\\nbusy with preparations for war. The flag of the country had been", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0601.jp2"}, "602": {"fulltext": "584 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\ndisplaced by them for another symbol of nationality, and in the mad-\\nness of the hour all the glorious achievements of the united arms of\\nthe North and the South in the Revolution, in the War of 1812, the\\nvarious Indian wars, and the more recent conquest of Mexico, were\\nforgotten, and curses both loud and deep were hurled against the\\nUnion of our fathers.\\nDuring the winter of 1860-61, Mr. Dixon and many distinguished\\npatriots devoted themselves unceasingly in the eifort to stay the tide\\nof disunion. A convention of distinguished citizens of the States of\\nIllinois, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia, Maryland, Missouri and Kentucky,\\nassembled at Louisville and passed patriotic and pacific resolutions.\\nMr. Dixon was a delegate and participated in the proceedings. He\\ntook a bold stand for the Union, but denounced the secessionists and\\nabolitionists as enemies to the Constitution and the Union. He ad-\\nvised the border States that in the event of disunion and war, their\\nterritory would be the theater of battle, and would be devastated by\\nthe contending armies. His idea was that if these great States in\\nthe center of the Union would act in concert to prevent a collision of\\narms, the people of the South would undo their folly of secession,\\nand that the people of the North would compel Mr. Lincoln, although\\nelected as a sectional candidate, to protect the Constitutional rights\\nof the South. But it seems as if a Higher Power had grown weary\\nof the curse of human slavery, and had pronounced its doom, and no\\ncounsel, however wise, could restrain the violence of those partisans\\nof the cotton States who, in their eagerness to make slavery perma-\\nnent, dealt it a death blow in seceding from the Union.\\nMr. Dixon, in his own home, at Paducah, and Frankfort, and in\\nother portions of Kentucky, made speeches of extraordinary power\\nand eloquence in behalf of the Union, and of the neutrality of the\\nState of Kentucky. The writer of this sketch had the pleasure of\\nhearing him, and although nearly a quarter of a century has passed,\\nhe remembers his words, his looks, his voice, as if it were yesterday,\\nand language is wholly inadequate to convey an impression of his\\nwonderful oratory. But nothing could stay the storm.\\nIn April, South Carolina opened fire on Fort Sumpter. and the\\nStars and Stripes were hauled down and the flag of the Confederate\\nStates raised in its stead. Then, indeed, were the dogs of war let\\nloose, and the country given over for four years to tyranny and\\nbloodshed. In the North, and in the South, the principles of liberty\\nwere forgotten. A free press and free speech were silenced. The\\ngreat writ of habeas corpus was contemptuously spurned by any petty", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0602.jp2"}, "603": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 585\\ncorporal, and prisons were filled by citizens of the highest character,\\nwho were arrested without lawful accusation and held without trial.\\nIt was in these dark an^ troublesome times that Mr. Dixon s\\ncharacter shone most resplendent. Living on the dividing line be-\\ntween the North and South, his county and town were the scene of\\nmany heartrending tragedies. He remained at home, the incarna-\\ntion of peace unterrified, amid ihe tumult of war, doing all in his\\npower to relieve the distressed and unfortunate of either side, and to\\nmitigate the horrors of bloody and irregular warfare. To his influ\\nence and prompt intercession with Mr. Lincoln, with whom he was\\npersonally acquainted, it is pretty certain that some among the living\\nowe their lives. No one applied to him for help that he did not re-\\nceive it, not grudgingly, nor for pay, but receive it free as the air of\\nHeaven.\\nHis farms were ravaged and his slaves forced from their homes.\\nHe was not made ungenial by wrongs or misfortune, and the slaves\\nwho had served him in bondage, looked to him as their friend and\\nprotector in freedom. His influence over them, and their reverence\\nand affection for him, showed that he had discharged the duty of a\\nmaster to them, as he had all other duties, in an unexceptionable way,\\nand their tears fell freely when he died.\\nAfter the war he took an active interest in building up the pros-\\nperity of the country and restoring to the South the Constitutional\\nrights to which she was entitled as a part of the Union. He acted\\nwith the Democratic party, and opposed, those military usurpations in\\nthe South, which marked the administration of Grant. Occasionally\\nhe published communications on the affairs of the country, which\\nwere read far and wide, but his health was too feeble to permit him\\nto take an active part in political life He never entered the politi-\\ncal arena after the war, but continued to exert the influence of a pri-\\nvate citizen in behalf of the Constitution of the country.\\nHe was especially hostile to the interference of the military in\\nelections, and publicly advocated an amendment to the Federal Con-\\nstitution prohibiting such interference in either State or Federal\\nelections.\\nNotwithstanding his activity in State and National affairs, he was\\nnot unmindful of the local interests of his neighbors and friends. He\\noriginated many enterprises of great importance to Henderson, and\\nurged them forward with energy and resolution. If the writer is cor-\\nrectly informed, he was among the first to advocate the building of a\\nrailroad from Henderson to Nashville, and the erection of a bridge", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0603.jp2"}, "604": {"fulltext": "586 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nacross the Ohio at Henderson, and was instrumental in procuring\\ncharters for these great works. His interest in the prosperity of the\\ncity, and its people, was undiminished through life.\\nThis is an outline of the career of Governor Dixon, in those mat-\\nters which were of a strictly public nature, and it will be seen that he\\nwas a man to whose life any country could look with pride and grati-\\ntude. But the private life of so distinguished a character can be no\\nless interesting than his public career.\\nHe was a man of the most striking appearance. He was slightly\\nabove the medium height, and stood perfectly erect There was\\nnothing out of line in his figure. In his early and middle life he was\\nrather spare, but in old age he became somewhat more fleshy, yet\\nnever to a degree to impair the symmetery of his proportions. His\\nmovements were full of grace and dignity. His face was no less at-\\ntractive than his form. Every feature of it seemed full of expres-\\nsion, and in moments of enthusiasm, when speaking, his eyes seemed\\nto flash fire. His temperament was nervous and sanguine, and his\\nmanner excitable, and at times tempestuous, but he was always se\\\\i-\\ncontrolled, and his will kept in subjection the ardor of his disposition.\\nNo man possessed a higher order of courage. He was incapable of\\nfear, and nothing could daunt him. For twenty years before his\\ndeath his hair was white as snow, his complexion clear and fair, his\\nport majestic, and, seen among ten thousand, he would be singled\\nout as a great man. A gentleman of Union County said that he be-\\nlieved him the greatest man Kentucky ever produced, and mentioned\\nthat when he attended court there, if from any cause he was late en-\\ntering the court room, as he did so, every eye was turned to gaze upon\\nhim. Another, who accompanied him to hear his friend Douglas\\nspeak at Indianapolis in 1860, in that memorable struggle for the\\nPresidency, said that when he registered at the hotel inquiries from\\nall parts of the office were heard as to who he was. A great soul has\\nseldom animated a finer form.\\nHe was genial and friendly in his intercourse with men, never\\nfailing to salute those whom he met. The ragged negro in the street\\nwas as sure of his cheery recognition as the most distinguished of\\nhis neighbors. To young men he had always words of encourage-\\nment and good cheer, and many now in mature life cherish him in\\ntheir memories with grateful affection.\\nHis information was extensive and his literary taste very fine.\\nHe was a lover of Shakespeare, and his conversation and writings\\nshowed that he was familiar with his masterpieces. Added to his lite-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0604.jp2"}, "605": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 587\\nrary, legal and political information, he had an extensive business ex-\\nperience, and there have been few men who were more practical and\\nsensible in their affairs. He -iiad an abundant share of that talent\\nwhich is called common sense, the most useful of all talent.\\nHis moral character was above suspicion. Being a distinguished\\nand successful man he was naturally a mark for calumny, but it is\\ndoubtful if in the darkest corners, where slander lurks, there was\\never a whisper against his integrity. He was just, true, public spirited,\\nhonorable and courageous, a liberal friend to all good enterprises, and\\na most kind hearted gentleman. His bearing toward females was as\\ncourteous and chivalric as that of the knight errant of the middle\\nages. In social conversation he was quite as happy as in his public\\naddresses, and no one capable of appreciating good company could\\ntalk with him without being instructed and entertained. He was fond\\nof out door exercise, and was daily to be seen walking alons: the\\nstreets, a pleased observer of any improvement that was going on,\\nusually in company of some friend or some young man whom he\\nwished to help along by his sympathy and fatherly counsel.\\nIn religion he was no churchman in a sectarian sense, but he was\\na Christian, thoroughly imbued with the great truths taught by the\\nSavior, and they comforted him in his last days. He was stricken\\ndown several weeks before his death, and was conscious that his end\\nwas near. No unmanly apprehension, no remorse for evil deeds, no\\ndistrust of the goodness of God, fretted his latter moments. He\\ntalked of death, and of his accountability to God, as if he, in full\\nhealth, had been discussing the condition of some other person. Yet\\nin that time, so full of sorrow to his friends and family, it should not\\nbe thought that life had lost its attractions for him. When a friend\\ncalled on him a few days before he died, and said that in another\\ncounty his friends had made anxious inquiries concerning his condi-\\ntion, he said, with a feeling which wrung tears from those present,\\nGive them my compliments and bid them a long farewell. A few\\ndays after, on Sunday night, the twenty-sixth of April. 1876, he died,\\nsurrounded by his family, who had done all that love could suggest\\nto prolong his life and soothe his sufferings.\\nHe was twice married, first in March, 1834, to Mrs. Eliza B. Pol-\\nlett, a most estimable woman, who died in 1851, leaving him six chil-\\ndren, five of whom still live. In October, 1853, he married Miss\\nSue Bullitt, of Jefferson County, who survives him with three chil-\\ndren, and upon whom compliment is exhausted in saying that she is\\nin every way worthy the confidence and love which her distinguished\\nhusband lavished upon her.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0605.jp2"}, "606": {"fulltext": "588 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\nArchibald Dixon, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, is the second\\nson of Hon. Archibald Dixon and Elizabeth Robertson Cabell, and\\nwas born in Henderson on the 4th day of March, 1844. He received\\nhis early education at the local schools of his town, was then sent to\\nthe Sayre Institute at Frankfort, Ky., and afterwards to the Univer-\\nsity of Toronto, Canada.\\nOn the day of December, 1864, he married Miss Maggie\\nHerndon, of Frankfort, an intelligent, as well as beautiful woman, a\\ngood talker, and a social, interesting companion, of a bright and happy\\ndisposition.\\nDr. and Mrs. Dixon have had born unto them four children, two\\npromising sons, Wynn and Archibald, and two affectionate, loving\\ndaughters, Maggie and Julia.\\nOur subject followed the business of farming on his place near\\nHenderson up to 1876, yet in earlier life he had acquired a fondness\\nfor physics, and occupied a great part of his time in reading medical\\nworks. Circumstances, however, denied him adopting his chosen\\nlife s work until 1877, when he graduated from the Louisville Medical\\nCollege, one of five of the brightest of his class. Having lost his\\npatrimony in 1877, he moved to the City of Henderson to practice\\nhis profession, starting life anew, with nothing but the profits arising\\nfrom his profession on which to support his family.\\nAt that time, as now, the profession had enrolled among its\\nnumbers in Henderson physicians of equal standing with any in the\\nentire Commonwealth. These old practitioners held their score of\\npatrons against the world, and only when one would die, or move\\naway, could a young graduate hope to subsist on anything more than\\nthe pickings, at all times uncertain in the payment of fees. This\\nfact, then, together with all the proverbial difficulties that are attend-\\nant upon a young physician s first practice, Dr. Dixon was necessarily\\nrequired to encounter.\\nDid he hesitate Did he flinch By no means. On the contrary,\\nno difficulties, no distresses, dampened his professional zeal. It was\\nlife and death with him, and for that reason, if for none other, he de-\\nvoted himself to the work ahead of him with an energy and intelli-\\ngence seldom equaled. He went up, up, his evening and morning\\nstar growing biighier with each day s practice. While many others\\nwere prophesying his downfall, he was then tasting the fruits of a\\ndese rved harvest, a testimony to his worth, geniality and ability as a\\npracticing physician. He fought a manly fight with poverty, and the\\nfrowns and scowls of an unforgiving and pursuing world, and he has\\nwon.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0606.jp2"}, "607": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 589\\nDr. Dixon is a member of the Mississippi Valley Medical So-\\nciety, the second largest Association in the country. In 1885, the very\\ndistinguished honor of President was conferred upon him by the So-\\nciety. He served- with a dignity and intelligence that made him a\\nhost of friends.\\nHe is a member of the Kentucky State Medical Society, member,\\nand now President of the District McDowell Society, of the local Medi-\\ncal Club, and an extensive correspondent and contributor to various\\nmedical journals in this country.\\nDr. Dixon was raised in the Presbyterian faith, and some\\ntime since connected himself with the church. He is a member of\\nthe Masonic and Knights of Pythias orders, in the former having at-\\ntained to the rank of Knights Templar. The first Laparotomy ever\\nperformed in Henderson was done by him.\\nHon. Henry C. Dixon. Was born in Henderson on the nine-\\nteenth day of September, 1845. He is the second living son of\\nArchibald Dixon and Elizabeth Robertson Cabell of his father we have\\nalready written. His mother was a woman noted for her high charac-\\nter, strong intellect and great personal and social charms. She was\\na direct descendant of Pochahontas, and in addition, otherwise inher-\\nited the very best blood known to Old Virginia. Henry C. Dixon\\nreceived a fine education from the private schools of his native town,\\nand was then sent to the Sayre Institute at Frankfort, the Capital of\\nthe State, a school noted for its educational advantages.\\nAt this school he enlisted in the front rank, and retained that\\nstandard up to the time of his leaving it. During the years 1862, 63,\\nhe was a student of the Toronto, Canada, University, and upon leav-\\ning that school made a trip, in 1864, to Europe, confining his travels to\\nEngland and France. Returning from this trip he studied law in the\\noffice of his father. Having access at all times to all of the standard\\nworks, as well as law reports, the benefit of an instructor profoundly\\nversed in the practice, a quick keen mind of his own, coupled with\\nstudious application, our subject was not long in qualifying himself\\nfor the practice of his chosen profession. Soon after he was licensed,\\nhis father s health became poor, and the management of his large es-\\ntate, in a very great measure, was assigned to our subject. His father\\nimposed the greatest confidence in his judgment and legal learning,\\nand therefore most, if not all of the numerous legal documents in\\nwhich he was interested, were drawn by the son. From this reason,\\ntherefore, Henry C. Dixon, has never applied himself to the active\\npractice of the law.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0607.jp2"}, "608": {"fulltext": "590 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nIn reii^rious iraming. Mr. Dixon is a Presbvienan. He is also a\\nnember of the Masonic and Knights of Pyihias orders. In polirics\\nbe is an unflinching Democrat, and being well posted in all of the\\ngreat political questions of the day, be is not only able to handle ibe\\nquestions of the new era in the country s history ^ith marked abilit}-\\nand earnestness, but few men by natural endowments or education\\nand training, are better able to advocate the peoples interest in the\\nLegislative halls of the country, or in the public contests of the times.\\nMr. Dixon is peculiarly endowed with admirable popular traits, but\\nlite all men h^s his enemies. He is skilled in the use of sarcasm and\\nridicule. wearwDns that especially ser\\\\-e him whenever the occasion de-\\nmands. He is Senator-elect from this, the Third Senatonal District\\nof Kentuck} composed of Henderson and Union Counties, be having\\nhad the distinction conferred upon him in 1883. He has ser\\\\ed two\\nsessions, and in each was a recognized leader. He was found at all\\ntiroes battling for the right as he understood it, and in no instance\\nwas the welfare of his constituents o\\\\erlooked. Mr. Dixon has never\\nmarried, and in his singleness of life, he takes a philisophic view of all\\nmatters, no matter how small their import. He takes life in. a quiet\\neasy way, enjovs himself, and assists many others in doing the veni*\\nsame thing. He is most comfortably situated, and his domicil is o| en\\nat all times to his friends. This, coupled with his open, frank humor-\\nous, social nature, secures him visitors at all seasons.\\nIn addition to other landed interests, Mr. Dixon is the owner of\\nfive hundred acres of river bottom alluvial land, located in Union\\nCountv, four hundred of which is cleared and in a hi^h state of culti-\\nvation. From this he derives a handsome yearly income.\\nJoseph C. Dixon Fourth son of .Archibald Dixon, was bom in\\nthe to-vra of Henderson on the twent}--fifth day of December, 1848.\\nAt an early age he was sent to the best private schools the town\\nafforded, and subsequently in 18\u00c2\u00ab 3 and to the Sayer Institute at\\nFrankfort, Kentucky. Being bom of a bright, quick mind, he learned\\neasily and rapidly so much so, that he soon prepared himself to\\nenter the University of Virginia, where he studied law and fitted\\nhimself for its practice. Returning to his home, he was licensed tc\\npractice, but, owing to bad health and. perhaps, a taste for a life more\\nccmgenial, he has never sought clients or attempted to practice\\na profession he had learned so well. Our subject inherited a\\ngoodly ponion of his father s quick and fier}- intellect, and, doubtless,\\nwould have made a leading practitioner had he fancied the life. At\\nthe death of his father, he inherited a large and verv* valuable landed", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0608.jp2"}, "609": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 591\\nestate, comprising four hundred and eighty-six acres, four hundred\\nand forty-five of which is cleared and in a high state of cultivation.\\nUpon this land he farmed until a few years since finding that life\\nincompatible to both health and comfort, he removed into the city.\\nOn the fourth day of December, 1874, Mr. Dixon was married to\\nMiss Lucie Henderson Alves, granddaughter of James Alves and\\ngreat granddaughter of Walter Alves, one of the signers of the\\nordinance establishing the town ot Henderson. Mrs. Dixon is a lady\\nof excellent domestic judgment, very popular and in every way fitted\\nto adorn her husband s home. They have had five children, three of\\nwhom are living James Alves, Susie Reeve and Maria Davis. Mr.\\nDixon in politics is a strong, uncompromising and unflinching Demo-\\ncrat, and in excited, hotly contested elections, primary or general, he\\nusually makes his influence felt. He is a fine conversationalist and\\nearnest worker. He is warm-hearted, honest and sincere in his\\nfriendship, in fact, no man will go further for a friend. He was\\nraised a Presbyterian, but has never attached himself to the church.\\nLAZARUS W. POWELL was born in Henderson County on the\\nsixth day of October, 1812. His father. Captain. Lazarus W. Powell,\\nonly a few years previous to the birth of the subject of our memoir, had\\nsettled on a tract of land lying twelve miles south of Henderson, on the\\nMorganfield road, and it may be said continued to reside thereon until\\nApril, 1869, when at the advanced age of ninety-two years he died. His\\nmother was the daughter of Captain James McMahon, of Henderson\\nCounty, a gentleman who had served in the ranks of the Kentucky vol-\\nunteers in the War of 181*2. He was a man of strong native intellect, but\\nexceedingly eccentric in manner and habits. Though both of the late\\nGovernor s parents were possessed of average natural talents, neither\\nhad ever enjoyed the benefits of intellectual culture beyond its simplest\\nrudiments. Lazarus was their third son. Lazarus W. Powell at a\\nvery early age began to exhibit those traits of character which, in their\\nfuller development, caused him to be loved and respected wherever\\nhe was known. When he had arrived at an age to be able to appre-\\nciate the advantages of education, he used diligently the very inade-\\nquate means that were within his reach to acquire knowledge. The\\nschool he first attended was a primary one kept by a Mr. Ewell\\nWilson, in the village of Henderson. Here he learned to read and\\nwrite. Later he became a pupil of the late George Gayle, Esq., a\\ngentleman of rare talents and attainments, under whose tuition he ac-\\nquired a fair academical education.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0609.jp2"}, "610": {"fulltext": "592 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nYoung Powell was a manly youth, ingenious .md truthful, and not\\na little ambitious. He had scarcely reached the age of eighteen years\\nbefore he had marked out for himself a pathway in life and chosen\\nthe profession by which he hoped to acquire a moderate competency\\nand possibly the other results of a reasonable ambition. He did not\\nsay for his aspirations were all civic\\nThe world s mine oyster,\\nWhich I with my sword will open;\\nbut with a like spirit that breathes through this immortal sentiment of\\nthe world s greatest poet, he pursued his course and allowed no\\nobstacle to interpose between his will to do and the accomplishment of\\nthe act he so willed. Few farmers in Kentucky, at the time to which we\\nrefer (1830), were possessed of any great abundance of ready means, and\\nthus it turned out when young Powell was preparing to carry out his\\ndesign of entering upon the study of the law, that his father was only\\nenabled to furnish him with a sum of money that was quite insufificient\\nto cover the expenses incident to the position he expected to occupy.\\nEarly in the month of June, 1830, the young man rode over to the\\ntown of Owensboro, the county seat of the adjoining county of Da-\\nviess, for the purpose of consulting with an old legal friend of his\\nfather, the Hon. Philip Thompson. This gentleman was then\\nengaged in a large practice in the circuit presided over by the Hon.\\nAlney McLean. Mr. Thompson readily assented to Powell s wish to\\nenter his office as a student. He soon discovered, however, that the\\ninsufficiency of his young friend s educational attainments would be a\\ngreat drawback to his hoped for success in the undertaking upon\\nwhich he had entered, and he urged upon him the necessity of sus-\\npending his legal studies until he could avail himself of the advan-\\ntages of a classical education.\\nThis was a great blow to Powell s hopes. He had the good sense,\\nhowever, to see that the advice that had been given him was the result\\nof a kindly interest in his affairs. Returning home, he set about\\nrevolving in his mind the unlooked for difficulty and the means at his\\ndisposal for overcoming it. The result of his self-communing was a\\ndetermination to visit Bardstown, then the seat of one of the best literary\\ninstitutions m the State. Having obtained from Mr. Thompson a\\nletter of introduction to the Hon. John Rowan, an old friend of the\\nwriter, he set out for Bardstown, at which place he arrived in the first\\nweek of September, 1880. His entire riches consisted of the horse\\nhe rode and less than one hundred dollars in money. He took early\\noccasion to present his friend s letter to Judge Rowan, and was by", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0610.jp2"}, "611": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 593\\nthat true gentleman treated with a degree of kindness and interest\\nwhich he ever afterward remembered and spoke of in terms of the\\ndeepest gratitude. Judge Rtfwan was perhaps the most learned man\\nof his profession in the State. In order to test the qualifications of\\nthe young man for the profession he had chosen, he introduced into\\ntheir conversation certain literary, scientific and historical questions\\nwhich he deemed it important that every one should be acquainted\\nwith who had any thought of entering upon the study of the law. The\\nresult was as unsatisfactory in regard to young Powell s scholastic\\nattainments as had been his former trial before Mr. Thompson. His\\nnatural good sense, however, and his evident candor made a most\\nfavorable impression on the erudite statesman, and again he was\\nstrongly advised to apply himself to the acquisition of a thorough\\ncollegiate education.\\nWith becoming modesty the young man acknowledged to Judge\\nRowan that he had not sufficient means to defray the necessary\\nexpenses of a college course of studies. Having arrived at the details\\nof his present means and future prospects, Judge Rowan gave him\\nhopes that the particular difficulty might be overcome. He told him\\nthat he was well acquainted with the Faculty and Professors of St.\\nJoseph s College, and that, having some influence with them, he\\nthought it highly probable that he would be able to arrange with them\\nfor his immolate matriculation and subsequent tuition.\\nEarly the following morning Judge Rowan accompanied the\\nyoung man to the college where he was formally introduced to the\\nPresident, the late Rev. George A. M. Elder. Mr. Elder was a man\\nof the kindest impulses. He was also an excellent judge of character.\\nThe manly appearance of young Powell, his candor in stating his\\nwishes and the inadequate means he possessed toward their realiza-\\ntion, together with ^his evident disinclination to accept of unusual\\nterms or such as would compromise his own independence, all deeply\\ninterested the good ecclesiastic. Other members of the Faculty were\\ncalled to the consultation, and, before they separated, the name of\\nLazarus W. Powell was duly entered on the college register. It is\\nscarcely necessary to state that every obligation entered into by Mr.\\nPowell was afterwards fully redeemed.\\nTo say that young Powell was what is termed popular with both\\nhis Professors and his fellow-students, would inadequately express the\\ngeneral sentiment with which he was regarded in college. By the\\nformer he was beloved to a degree that can only be fully understood\\n38", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0611.jp2"}, "612": {"fulltext": "594 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\nwhen reference is made to the bond that exists between parent and child.\\nHe was the pride of the latter, admired and looked up to as some-\\nthing to be made much of and copied after. There was no wayward-\\nness in their feelings toward their idol, because there was no blot upon\\nhis escutcheon. He was listened to and his advice followed, because\\nof their respect for his character and their confidence in his judgment.\\nWho can measure the restraining influence of such a mind over the\\nweaknesses and latent propensities to evil of less steadfast associates\\nHis young companions learned to respect virtue, principle, assiduity\\nand goodness, because of all these their friend was ever the consistent\\nexponent.\\nEarly in August of the year 1833, only a few days after his gradua-\\ntion, Mr. Powell entered the law office of the Hon. John Rowan, of\\nBardstown, Kentucky, for the purpose of resuming his legal studies,\\nwhich had been interrupted by his college course. The studious habits,\\nwhich so remarkably distinguished him while passing through college,\\nequally characterized him in his new position. He brought all the\\npowers of his mind to bear upon the acquirement, within the least\\npossible period of time, of that sum of knowledge of his profession\\nwhich would enable him to look forward to an honorable career in\\nlife. He was happy in having for his legal preceptor one of the\\nmaster minds of his day and the country. Judge Rowan was not only\\na well read lawyer, but he was also a profound scholar and a man of\\nthe rarest natural intelligence. His diction was always elegant, and\\nhe spoke without seeming effort.\\nMr. Powell remained in the office of Judge Rowan until in the\\nwinter of 1834, 35, when he repaired to Lexington with the view of\\nattending a course of law lectures at Transylvania University. Not\\nonly was Powell assiduous in study during his stay in Lexington, and\\nprompt in his attendance at the University lectures, but he let no\\noccasion pass in which it was possible for him to acquire a\\nknowledge of the practical part of his profession by making himself\\nfamiliar with the proceedings of the Courts of Law when these\\nhappened to be in session. The bar of Lexington had one advantage\\nover that of Bardstown the number of its prominent members was\\nmuch greater. Among the resident practicing attorneys then in\\nLexington could be named such men as the Hon. Henry Clay, the\\nHon. Robert Wickliffe, Judge Thomas M. Hickey, A. K. Woolley,\\nEsq., Charlton Hunt, Esq., James Cowan, Esq., and Madison C.\\nJohnson, Esq., the latter being then a young man, but giving promise\\nof the high reputation in his profession which he has since acquired.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0612.jp2"}, "613": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 595\\nThe law session at Transylvania over, Mr. Powell returned to\\nHenderson in the spring of 1835, where he opened a law office and\\nsought for business in the line of his profession. His success equalled\\nhis expectations from the first, but a few months later, having formed\\na partnership with the leading practitioner at the Henderson bar,\\nArchibald Dixon, Esq., he was at once placed on the high road to\\nthat eminence as a lawyer which he afterwards attained, as well as to\\nthe substantial remunerative benefits of an extended practice. His\\nbusiness connection with Mr. Dixon continued till the year 1839.\\nGovernor Powell s reputation as a lawyer was not built upon any\\npeculiar talent possessed by him for forensic display. In his\\naddresses, to be sure, whether to the court or to the jury, he was\\nalways forcible and sometimes eloquent. But he depended more for\\nhis legal triumphs upon the careful analysis of his cases. It was his\\ninvariable custom to come into court fully prepared to meet the\\nobjections of the opposing counsel with his authoritities before him,\\nwhether as to the law bearing upon the case or to previous judicial\\ndecisions. Owing to this custom, he was always a formidable antag-\\nonist in the courts in which he practiced. What he lacked in readi-\\nness of suggestion, had its full compensation in the preliminary care\\nin which he never failed to bestow upon each particular cause as it\\ncame into his hands. His wonderful success in his profession is more\\nto be attributed to this fact than to any other.\\nOn the eighth day of November, 1837, Lazarus W. Powell was\\nunited in marriage to Miss Harriett Ann Jennings, the orphan daughter\\nof Captain Charles Jennings, deceased, who had been an esteemed\\nand prosperous citizen of Henderson County. During her life, Mrs.\\nPowell bore to her husband three sons, two of whom are still living.\\nThe death of Mrs. Powell took place on the thirtieth day of July,\\n1846, and, to use the expression of one of the late Governor s\\neulogists, for her sake he ever afterwards devoted to the children\\nshe had left to his care, all the wealth of his manly and magnanimous\\nheart.\\nWhen not occupied by official duties, during the progress of the\\ncivil war. Governor Powell spent most of his time at his home in\\nHenderson and in overlooking the farming operations upon his\\nplantations in the county. This was for him, as it was for thousands\\nof others in the State, a period of great anxiety suspected by the\\ngovernment military officials, who had, for the greater portion of the\\ntime, complete control in the river towns, on account of his well\\nknown antipathy to the bloody method that had been adopted to", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0613.jp2"}, "614": {"fulltext": "596 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\njDreserve the integrity of the Union saddened at the sight of the utter\\nruin which the war had brought upon many of his neighbors, and which\\nwas threatening others disgusted with the cruelties of the vengeful\\nmilitary despots who were then ruling Kentucky, and whose so-called\\nretaliatory measures were continually involving the lives and\\nliberties of innocent men indignant at the shameful venality of some\\namong these same despots and their pliant subordinates, and at their\\ncontemptuous disregard of even the forms of State laws in taking upon\\nthemselves all control over the elective franchise. Go\\\\ernor Powell,\\nno doubt, felt these years of the war to be the saddest of his life.\\nAlways circumspect in his conduct and for one of his known views,\\nin a certain degree trusted in by the authorities at Washington, he\\nwas enabled to serve many who had become involved in the troubles\\nof the times, not only in his own section, but throughout the South, and\\nnever was his influence asked for in vain by a worthy object. His\\nmeans, too, were dispensed with a lavish hand to those who found them-\\nselves reduced to poverty by the military raids which were of common\\noccurrence in his own and the neighboring counties of Southern Ken-\\ntucky. Whether the sufferer happened to be attached to one cause\\nor the other, it was all the same with him. Human misery was a plea\\nthat never failed to awaken in him active sympathy, and with this plea\\nhe never permitted consideration of party affinity nor even of policy\\nto interfere.\\nWhen the war finally closed. Governor Powell entered upon the\\npractice of his profession with more energy than had ever before dis-\\ntinguished him, save during the first years of his professional career.\\nThis was most probably done with the view of introducing his eldest\\nson Col. J. Henry Powell, who had then become associated with him\\nin the practice of the law, into the routine of his profession. Up to\\nthe time of his mission to Utah, in 1858, he had been a great sufferer\\nfrom a rheumatic affection, and though he had since been apparently\\nentirely relieved from the disorder, his nervous system, in conse-\\nquence of its ravages, as he thought himself, had remained afterwards\\nin an exceedingly delicate condition. Seeing him immersed in busi-\\nness, and to all appearance as anxious in its prosecution as he had\\nbeen when starting out in life thirty years before, there were those\\namong his friends who doubted if his physical strength was equal to\\nthe labor he was imposing on himself. On Wednesday of the last\\nweek in June, 1867, he appeared for the last time in the streets of\\nHenderson a living man.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0614.jp2"}, "615": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 597\\nAfter a day of some fatigue, induced possibly more from the\\nshattered condition of his nerves than from anv great amount of phy\\nsical or mental labor, he returned to his house and immediately re-\\ntired to his room. Nothing wis thought of this circumstance until the\\nfollowing morning when he was found to be seriouslv ill. The family\\nphysician, Dr. Pinkney Thompson, was at once called in. l^he report\\nmade by this gentleman was sufficiently alarming, but neither did he\\nnor the members of the Govornor s family at first apprehend a fatal\\ntermination of his sickness. It was at first supposed that his disease\\nwas a slight attack of congestion of the brain. A subsequent examina-\\ntion proved that a blood vessel at the base of the brain had become\\nruptured and that this had induced apoplexy, followed by a partial\\nparalysis of the right side, and eventually of the whole body. During\\nThursday and Friday he was enabled to distinguish his friends as\\nthey approached his bedside. His physician called to his assistance\\nDr. John T. Berry, of Henderson, and Dr. M. J, Brav, of Evansville,\\nInd. Their consultation took place on Saturday, and the result was J\\nsorrowful acknowledgement that the case was hopeless.\\nWhen this opinion was made known among the Governor s neigh-\\nbors and fellow citizens, the effect was as if an impending calamky\\nwere threatening their own hearth-stones. Business appeared to be\\nforgotten, and men and women gathered together in knots, brooding\\nsadly and speaking in whispers of the one absorbing topic which filled\\ntheir thoughts. In the meanwhile the Governor lav in a comatose\\nstate, from which it was difficult to arouse him at intervals, in order\\nto administer such alleviatives as had been prescribed by his physi-\\ncians. On Sunday, the last day of the month, his friend and neigh-\\nbor, Grant Green Esq., made a persistent attempt to arouse him from\\nthe stupor by which he was overcome and with such success, that faint\\nhopes were induced of his ultimate recovery. On the following morn-\\ning, however, he again relapsed into unconsciousness and thus con-\\ntinued till death intervened about 3 o clock in the evening of July 3d.,\\n1867. Greater sympathy was never manifested by a community for\\none of its number when stricken, ill and dying, nor were ever sincerer\\ntears shed than when it was announced among his friends and neigh-^\\nbors that his spirit had gone to the God who gave it.\\nThe funeral took place on Thursday, the fourth day of July, 1867.\\nAmong the pall-bearers were the Hon. Archibald Dixon, the Hon.\\nJohn Ivaw, of Indiana; Grant Green, Esq., and W. S. Holloway, Esq.\\nThe body was borne to St. Paul s Episcopal Church, of which his\\nbrother-in-law, the Rev. D. H. Deacon, was Rector, ii^very business", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0615.jp2"}, "616": {"fulltext": "598 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nhouse and office in the town was closed and almost all were draped in\\nemblems of mourning. The Rev. Rector of the church was too much\\novercome to trust himself to speak on the occasion, and his place in\\nthe pulpit was supplied by the Rev. Jahleel Woodbridge, Pastor of\\nthe Presbyterian Church, of Henderson. The text of the discourse\\npreached by the reverend gentleman, was taken from the 46th. Chap-\\nter of Psalms: Be still and know that I am Godr On the announce-\\nment of the text, a solemn silence seemed to wrap the entire auditory,\\nand this till the close of the discourse, was only broken at intervals\\nby the stifled sobs and smothered sighs of stricken hearts, as the elo-\\nquent divine glowingly pictured the exalted character of him whose\\ncold remains lay coffined before them.\\nThe Masonic body of Henderson, although Governor Powell had\\nnever belonged to the order, formed in procession and accompanied\\nhis remains to the grave. The procession of citizens on the occasion\\nwas the largfest ever seen in Henderson. In it walked the rich and\\nthe poor, women and men, and even little children. One division of\\nthe mourners deserves to be specially noticed. This was composed\\nof the newly-created freedmen, his own former slaves and those of his\\nneighbors who had known him, many of them all their lives. They\\nhad come, some of them from points ten and fifteen miles distant,\\ntrudging on foot in order to pay their tribute of respect and gratitude\\nover the arave of one who had never ceased to be their best friend\\nand counselor. No more, genuine sorrow was exhibited on that mourn-\\nful day than was evinced by the blacks of whom he had once been the\\nmaster, and who up to the day of his death had been in the habit of\\naddressing him by that title.\\nDuring the latter years of his life, the Governor seldom spent his\\nevenings away from his own home. When he had no visitors he was\\nin the habit of retiring to his room for study, or in order to prepare\\nthe causes in which he had been retained. When wearied with these\\noccupations, he would repair to the apartments of his daughter-in-law,\\nand there amuse himself with the prattle of his little grand-children.\\nHis family mansion was surrounded by ornamental grounds and a\\nlarge garden. To the embellishment of these grounds, he devoted\\nmany of his leisure hours, and found in such employment both health\\nand enjoyment.\\nOne great source of care to Governor Powell, after the Procla-\\nmation of Emancipation of President Lincoln, was a number of help-\\nless blacks, formerly his slaves, who had no one else to look to for\\nsupport and protection. Had the Government, when it deprived him", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0616.jp2"}, "617": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 599\\nof his rights of property in those of his slaves, who were capable of\\nperforming manual labor, taken upon itself, at the same time, the\\nsupport of those who were incompetent to earn their own living, there\\nwould have been little hardship in his individual case, as there would\\nhave been little in thousands of other cases, still more onerous. He\\nmight, to be sure, had he been a brute, and no man, have evicted the\\naged and infants among his former slaves from his plantations, and\\nhave suffered them to die of hunger and exposure on the highway.\\nHad the war bereft him of all his property, as it did hundreds of\\nslave owners in the South, even his well known humanity could not\\nhave stood between these poor creatures and destruction. As it was,\\nhe never thought of them otherwise than as dependents on his bounty,\\nwhom it was his duty to serve and protect. Up to the day of his\\ndeath they were fed and clothed at his expense, and they are ^ill\\ncared for at the expense of his heirs. Had the unmistakable tokens\\nof profound sorrow that characterized that portion of the mourners\\nat Governor Powell s funeral, which was composed of his former\\nslaves, been witnessed by those whose fanaticism brought on the late\\nwar and all its horrors, they might well have stood in astonishment at\\na sight so foreign to all their notions of the relations that often ex-\\nisted between master and slave.\\nGovernor Powell, though he never professed any particular form\\nof Christian faith, was unquestionably a firm believer in the truths of\\nDivine Revelation. Many expressions are to be found in his\\nspeeches which show that he was familiar with the Bible, and had for\\nthat Sacred Book the most profound reverence There was no one\\nin the community in which he lived that was more liberal of his\\nmeans for objects connected with religion. He appeared to have no\\npreference for one denomination over another, but gave to all with a\\nlarge-hearted liberality that was at once the evidence of his regard\\nfor religion in general, and of his esteem for those whose vocation it\\nwas to preach the Gospel. His house was as free to all ministers of\\nreligion, without exception as to creed, who happened to be tempo-\\nrarily sojourning in the town, as it was to himself. On one occasion,\\nwhich has come to our knowledge, he spoke seriously of religion and\\nof his regret that he had not identified himself, in profession, with\\nthe followers of Christ. Conversing with a Christian neighbor, he\\nremarked that he had long desired to make himself better acquainted\\nthan he was with the peculiar doctrines of the various Christian\\nchurches, and that it was his intention to enter upon this study with\\nthe view to the profession of that form of faith which should com-\\nmend itself to his more enlightened judgment.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0617.jp2"}, "618": {"fulltext": "600 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nIt is said, bv some, that Governor Powell never exhibited anv\\nevidence of extraordinary genius. This may be true, though there\\nare abundant reasons to doubt it. The placidity of his mind was\\nsuch as to foil observers in their attempts to detect the riches con-\\ncealed in its depths. Of the erratic ingenius he was certainly totally\\nvoid. But even admitting that he gave to the world no extraordinary\\nexhibition of genius, it must be allowed that he gave to it what are\\nordinarily of much more value exhibitions of determination in the\\nassertion and defense of principles that were directly conservative of\\nthe best interests of society and government \u00e2\u0080\u0094exhibitions of modera-\\ntion and prudence in the performance of duty when called to the dis-\\ncharge of high functions in the State, and in the hour of defeat, or of\\nfailure, of unshaken confidence in the ultimate triumph of his own\\narrd his party s patriotic purposes for the welfare of the nation. He\\nwas no coward, and he never mistook present failure for final defeat.\\nIn the darkest hours of the Republic he never lost hope, never re-\\nlinquished his right to appeal to the reason of those who were permit-\\nting their passions and their prejudices to sway their judgments and\\nto control their policy. He gave utterance to the convictions of his\\nmind, temperately, yet firmly, and never in language calculated to\\nalienate the respect of his opponents. However they may have\\ndoubled, or pretended to doubt, the correctness of his views, they\\nwere convinced of his candor, and did homage to his manhood.\\nGovernor Powell well understood what few public men have\\nseemed to learn, that every truly beneficial measure, every wholesome\\nreform in government, is to be secured and permanently retained only\\nthrough efforts that have for their animus the general good, and not\\nthat of a section of the country, or a party among the people. He\\nmay have been said to be a partisan, in so far as he had definite no-\\ntions in regard to the structure of the government, and the proper\\npolicy to be pursued in order to promote the prosperity of the coun-\\ntry and the happiness of the people, but he was no partisan in the\\ngeneral acceptation of the term. He never deferred principle to\\nparty, or the good of the masses to party success. Above all, he\\ncould, and did, distinguish between the individual and his party pre-\\ndilections and never alienated the respect of the former by bitter de-\\nnunciation of the latter.\\nCourtesy, whether in speaking to, or about, his political oppo-\\nnents, was a habit of his mind, and this habit, except under the prov-\\nocation of unmistakable insult, he carried with him through life. A", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0618.jp2"}, "619": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 601\\ndistinguished gentleman, occupying a high position at Washington,\\nthus wrote\\nIn Washington City, Democrats and Radicals spoke of him as a friend\\nwhose loss they deplore. No ma^vvas ever able to hate Powell long. Seve-\\nral undertook it, but he outlived their resentment, and at the date of his death\\nhe probat)ly had not an enemy on earth.\\nWhat a noble eulogy is this It tells us, by implication, that he\\nhad a just perception of what was due to others and what was due to\\nhimself. It tells us, also, that he possessed a mind that was capable\\nof rising above those paltry passions, which are with the majority of\\nmen so difficult of restraint, in the hearing of false representations of\\nfacts and motives of coarse invectives or tantalizing inuendoes coming\\nfrom one s political or personal foes. It tells us, further, that he pos-\\nsessed a heart that was all alive to those humane amenities that are\\nresistless to propitiate good will and to curb dissension.\\nHIS PUBLIC LIFE.\\nIn July, 1836, at the earnest solicitation of a number of his po-\\nlitical friends, Mr. Powell announced himself as the Democratic can-\\ndidate for the ofifice of Representative of the County in the Lower\\nHouse of the Kentucky Legislature. The Whig party was largely in\\nthe ascendancy in Henderson at the time, and it was more for the\\nobject of keeping up their organization, than with any expectation of\\nsuccess, that the party in the minority proposed to place a candidate\\nin the field, Mr. Powell s Whig competitor for the the place was\\nJohn G. Holloway, Esq., a very estimable and popular citizen of Hen-\\nderson. While the former industriously canvassed every precinct\\nand neighborhood of the county, making friends and securing votes\\neverywhere, the latter, relying upon the party bias of his proposed\\nconstituency, made liitle or no exertion to win their confidence, and\\nthus he lost his election. The result was as unlooked for, by both\\nparties, as it was highly honorable to the industry, and address of the\\nsuccessful candidate.\\nDuring the session of the General Assembly, which followed his\\nelection Mr. Powell proved himself a careful legislator. He was es-\\npecially attentive to his duties as a member of the various committees\\nupon which he had been placed, and was always alive to the interests\\nof his constituency and those of the entire State. At the next gene-\\nral election he was again a candidate for the ofifice which he had so\\ncreditably filled for two years. Whether it was, that by this time,\\nparty lines had been more closely drawn, or that his old competitor\\nhad learned from his former experience to depend more for success", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0619.jp2"}, "620": {"fulltext": "602 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nupon his personal exertions in the canvass, than upon the party pre-\\ndilections of the people of the county, certain it is, that Mr. Hol-\\nloway beat him in the race by a considerable majority.\\nIn the Presidential canvass of 1844, Mr. Powell accepted from\\nhis party the position of District Elector, and canvassed his own and\\nthe neighboring districts for James K. Polk. In this canvass he was\\nbrought prominently before the people of Western Kentucky, and thus\\nfar, he laid the foundation of that personal popularity which afterwards\\nenabled him to serve his party in more important positions. Mr. Polk\\nwas elected over his competitor, the Hon. Henry Clay but the Demo-\\ncrats were defeated in Kentucky.\\nIn the spring of 1848, the State Democratic Convention met at\\nFrankfort for the purpose of nominating candidates for the executive\\noffices of the commonwealth, to be voted for at the coming August\\nelection. The choice of the convention fell upon the Hon. Linn\\nBovd, of McCracken County, for Governor, and the Hon. John P.\\nMartin, of Floyd County, for Lieutenant Governor. Before the dis-\\nsolution of the convention, authority was given to the Democratic\\nCentral Committee of the State to fill all vacancies, if any, that should\\noccur on the ticket proposed by declination or otherwise. Upon\\nbeing informed as to the action of the Convention, Mr. Boyd, in a\\nletter addressed to the Chairman of the State Central Committee\\nthe Hon. James Guthrie formerly declined the candidateship which\\nhis party friends had proposed and it thus became necessary to put\\nforward some one in his stead. A meeting of the committee was\\nheld a few days subsequently, and the name of Lazarus W. Powell\\nwas placed at the head of the ticket. This result, it is said, was\\nmainly due to the influence of Mr. Guthrie, whose sound, practical\\nviews of the situation, and whose clear perception of the character\\nand qualifications of the gentlemen whose names had been mentioned\\nin connection with the candidateship, were never more forcibly illus-\\ntrated than on this occasion.\\nThe Whig party in Kentucky had nominated as its candidate for\\nGovernor, the Hon. John J. Crittenden, who was then a member of\\nthe United States Senate from Kentucky, and undoubtedly one of the\\nmost deservedly popular men in the State. At the outset of the can-\\nvass, Mr. Powell was encountered by a feud in his own party. The\\nHon. Richard M. Johnson, of Scott County, had announced himself\\nan independent Democratic candidate for the ofiice of Gover-nor, and\\nhad already entered upon the canvass. Perceiving that success\\nwould be out of the question with two Democratic candidates in the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0620.jp2"}, "621": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 603\\nfield, Mr. Powell hastened to the home of his old friend, with whom\\nhe sought and obtained an interview, the result of which was entirely\\nsatisfactory to both parties. Col. Johnson not only declined to prose-\\ncute the race any further, butjexpressed his readiness to canvass his\\nown district in behalf of the nominee of the convention.\\nThe energy with which the Gubernational canvass of 1848, was\\nprosecuted in Kentucky by both Whigs and Democrats, was strongly\\nindicative of the fears of the party in the majority, on account of the\\npersonal popularity of the opposition candidate, and of the hopes\\nraised in the minds of the Democratic minority, by having for its\\nstandard bearer one who was known never to have addressed his\\nfellow citizens without having made additions to the number of his\\nfriends. The beginning of the decadence of the Whig party in Ken-\\ntucky may be referred to this memorable canvass. Everywhere the\\nzeal of its advocates abated and defections from its ranks were\\nnumerous. Mr. Powell threw himself into the arena of political\\ncontroversy with an energy that was resistless. Every part of the\\nState was thoroughly canvassed, and eveiy effort of the opposition\\nwas encountered and resisted. The canvass was a substantial triumph,\\nthough it ended in the defeat of the constitutional party. The seed\\nhad been sown which was to spring forth, richly ladened whh fruit for\\nthe coming harvest.\\nIn 1852, the claims of Mr. Powell were fully recognized by the\\nnominating convention of the Democracy of the State. He was again\\nput forward by that Convention as its candidate for the office of Gover-\\nnor of the Commonwealth. There were peculiar circumstances con\\nnected with the canvass of this year that rendered it in the highest\\ndegree extraordinary. Mr. Powell s Whig competitor in the race, was\\nthe Hon. Archibald Dixon, a resident of the same town\u00e2\u0080\u0094 his life-long\\npersonal friend, and at one time his partner in the practice of law.\\nFor not one moment whether before, during, or after the canvass,\\nwere the intimate personal relations between the two interrupted.\\nThey traveled together, spoke together, put up at the same houses,\\nand had their meals at the same table, and, except when brought into\\ncontact in the exposition of their dissimilar political dogmas, they\\nexhibited toward each other and before the public, a cordiality of de-\\nmeanor that is as rarely witnessed between political antagonists, as it\\nwas pleasant to contemplate.\\nIt was in this canvass, most likely, that Governor Powell learned\\nthat perfection of self-control by which he was afterwards so greatly\\ndistinguished in the Senate of the United States. Both candidates", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0621.jp2"}, "622": {"fulltext": "604 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nhad an all-sufficient motive in their personal friendship to shun dis-\\nplays of temper. Courtesy thus became a habit of their minds, and\\nits influence lived long beyond the occasion that called it into activity.\\nMr. Powell secured his election by a small majority, while Robert N.\\nWickliffe, Esq., the candidate on the same ticket for the office of\\nLieutenant Governor, was beaten several thousand votes by his\\nopponent, the Hon. John B. Thompson. Lazarus W. Powell was\\ninaugurated Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky on the\\nmorning of September 5th, 1851. Accompanied by an escort, com-\\nprised of three military companies of the city, and a large number of\\nprominent citizens, he left Louisville early on the morning of the diy\\nnamed, and reached Frankfort before ten o clock. At the Frank-\\nfort depot, he was met by a large concourse of citizens and strangers,\\nand, entering a carriage in waiting, with the Lieutenant Governor\\nelect, the Hon. John B. Thompson, he was driven to the State House\\nbuilding, when he was formally welcomed to the seat of his future\\nmagisterial labors in a congratulatory address by the Hon. Judge\\nHewitt. The Gov^ernor- elect, having been introduced to the\\nassembled multitude by the retiring Governor, the Hon. John L.\\nHelm, replied briefly and appropriately to the address of Judge\\nHewitt and returned his thanks for the confidence reposed in him by\\nthe people.* He expressed his distrust of his ability to discharge\\nproperly the duties of the office to which he had been elevated, but\\ndeclared his determination to use such powers as he possessed for the\\nmaintenance of good government. He would administer the govern-\\nment to the best of his ability, in accordance with the constitution\\nand laws, and in the interests of the whole people of the State. The\\noath of office was administered by Judge Shannon.\\nThe General Assembly of the Commonwealth met on the third day\\nof November, 1851, and, on the following day, the first message of\\nGovernor Powell was presented to and read before that body. The\\nlocal issues and interests discussed in that document need not be\\nhere referred to.\\nDuring the entire term of Governor Powell s chief magistracy,\\nhis official duties were discharged with the most commendable fidelity\\nand exactness. For the greater part of his term of office, the General\\nAssembly of the State had in it a majority of Whigs, yet at no time\\ndid his relations with that body assume a partisan character. The\\nmost exacting among his political opponents were obliged to acknowl-\\nedge that his entire policy was conceived and carried out with due\\nreference to his responsibility to the whole body of the people and\\nthe best interests of the State.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0622.jp2"}, "623": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 605\\nIn the spring of 1858, through the intervention of Thomas L.\\nKane, Esq., of Pennsylvania, President Buchanan was induced to\\ndispatch a commission to Utah with the hope of arresting the\\nrebellion that had broken out in that Territory. The Commissioners\\nnamed were Governor Powell, of Kentucky, and Major Ben McCul-\\nlough, of Texas. On the arrival of these gentlemen at the camp of\\nthe military expedition, they immediately issued the proclamation of\\nthe President, offering pardon to all Mormons who should submit to\\nthe Federal authority. This offer was accepted by the heads of the\\nMormon church, and all trouble was arrested.\\nAt the session of the General Assembly, which took place in\\n1859, Governor Powell was elected to the Senate of the United States\\nfor the full term of six years. Without extending this sketch to too\\ngreat length, we find it impracticable to give the reader more than a\\ngeneral outline of Governor Powell s course while a member of the\\nSenate. His speeches to that body would of themselves fill a large\\nvolume, and these are all to be found in the published reports of the\\ncongressional proceedings of the period. He entered the Senate at a\\ntime of great political excitement. A party had arisen in the country\\nand was daily growing stron2:er, which had, for its main idea, the ex-\\ntinction of slavery as a national institution, or as one recognized in\\nthe fundamental law of the land. By the governments of several of\\nthe Northern States, the fugitive slave law had been openly pro-\\nclaimed a measure which required from them no obedience. The\\nSouthern States, disgusted at what they conceived to be want of\\nfaith on the part of their Northern associates, and seeing, from the\\ncomplexion of the Legislation of the country, that they would soon be\\npowerless to protect their constitutional rights against the require-\\nments of a constantly increasing majority in the National Legislature,\\nalready were contemplating secession. In both houses of Congress,\\nfanaticism ruled one part of the people s representatives, and, with\\nbut few exceptions, passion the remainder.\\nFew of our public men possessed a clearer understanding of the\\ncauses that led to the late conflict than Governor Powell. In a speech\\non the Bill Giving Freedom to the Families of Negro Soldiers,\\ndelivered in the Senate on the ninth day of January, 1863, Mr. Powell\\nremarked Some call this a war for the negro, but, in my opinion,\\nthose who look upon African slavery as the cause of the war are\\ngreatly mistaken. This war was not designed by the large slave holders\\nof the South they did not want the war. It is not war of the negro\\nit is not a war of tariffs it is not a war of any particular line of", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0623.jp2"}, "624": {"fulltext": "606 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY KY.\\npolicy, but it is a war of politicians who were faithless to their con-\\nstitutional obligations, and there the responsibility will be placed by\\nthe philosophical historian in all after time. If I were to describe it\\nin a sentence. I should say that it was a war of the politicians, both\\nNorth and South a war of ambitious, fanatical zealots, and they\\nexisted North as well as South. I speak of a class of politicians who\\nare faithless to their oaths of office, and who claim to be governed by\\na law higher than and above the Constitution.\\nHON. GRANT GREEN was born in Henderson County on the\\nthird day of February, 1826. His ancestors immigrated from Eng-\\nland and settled in Fauquier County, Virginia, in the year 1640. His\\ngrandfather raised a large family of children, many of whom held dis-\\ntinguished positions in the country s service. All of the male mem-\\nbers, old enough at the time, joined the army of the revolution and\\nfought for American Independence with distinguished credit to them-\\nselves and their country. His grandfather came to Kentucky with his\\nfamily about the year 1815, and settled in this county. Mr. Green s\\nmother was Martha Dixon, the daughter of Captain Henry Dixon, whose\\nfather was a Colonel in the Revolutionary War. She was born in Cas-\\nwell County in the year 1804, and brought by her father to Henderson\\nCounty in 1805. Mr. Green and Miss Dixon were married in 1820,\\nand after nine years of happy wedded life he died, leaving to the care\\nof his widow four children, of whom, the subject of this sketch was\\nthe second son. Falling heir to but little realty, and a scanty allow-\\nance of actual cash, Mrs. Green was necessarily greatly embarassed\\nyet, with superhuman endurance and self-denial, she most nobly met\\nher allotted life, sacrificing all the pleasures thereof that her four\\nchildren might be properly raised to a position in the social and busi.\\nness world, her devoted interest so justly claimed for them. She\\nmanaged to give them such an education as was afforded at that time\\nby county schools, and this, coupled with her own great and good ex\\nample, sufficed to impress upon them the importance of determined\\neffort. The subject of this sketch commenced business life by teach-\\ning a small country school the same in which he had only a short\\ntime previous been a student among whose pupils were numbered\\nmany of his old classmates equally of age with himself. He was a very\\nsuccessful teacher, giving more satisfaction perhaps to his patrons\\nthan his modesty allowed him to claim for himself. After teaching\\nabout one year and a half he reluctantly gave up his school to accept\\nthe position of deputy sheriff under his uncle, William Green, who\\nwas made Sheriff of the county in 1848. He rode deputy sheriff for two", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0624.jp2"}, "625": {"fulltext": "HON. GRANT G-REEN.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0625.jp2"}, "626": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0626.jp2"}, "627": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 607\\nyears, at the end of which time he was tendered a deputyship under\\nWilUam D. Allison, at that time Clerk of both the Circuit and County\\nCourts, and Trustee of the Jury Fund. In Mr. Allison he found a\\nfast friend, and his life with him was one continued sunshine. He\\nappreciated his great worth and influence, and is no doubt more in-\\ndebted to his training and general knowledge gained while in the\\noffice, for his success in life, than to all other sources combined. In\\n1851, Mr. Green s personal popularity gained for him the Democratic\\nnomination for Representative of this county. Inflexible in his\\npolitical opinions, he was yet averse to taking an active part in\\npolitics, and only after much persuasion accepted the nomination thus\\ntendered him. The issue that year was fought by Governor Powell,\\nthe Democratic nominee for Governor, and Governor Archibald\\nDixon, a cousin of Mr. Green and the Whig nominee for the same\\noffice, and both of Henderson County. These were two of the most\\ndistinguished men of the State, and, of course, the contest was made\\nwarm throughout the entire Commonwealth, and particularly so in this\\ncounty. Mr. Green was elected by a respectable majority, and took\\nhis seat at the beginning of the session of 1851- *52. This was the\\nsecond session of the General Assembly after the adoption of the\\npresent Constitution, and as the laws then in existence had to be\\nmodified and new laws enacted in conformity to the terms of the new\\nConstitution, the work necessarily required the keenest foresight\\nand unrestrained wisdom of the members. This Legislature was one\\nof the ablest the State had ever had, and did its work in a most super-\\nior and satisfactory manner. After the adjournment of the Legisla-\\nture, and on the twenty-sixth day of February, 1852, our subject was\\nappointed Secretary of State by Governor Powell, and served in that\\ncapacity until the expiration of the Governor s term of office, Septem-\\nber 3d, 1855. During this time he was a member of the Democratic\\nState Central Committee. In 1855 he received the Democratic nom.\\nination for the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, but this\\nwas the year the Know Nothing party swept the State and the\\nentire Democratic ticket, after a most gallant fight, was defeated. On\\nthe twenty-eighth day of February, 1855, Mr. Green was united in\\nmarriage with Miss Katie S. Overton, a most accomplished lady, and\\nat the expiration of his term of office as Secretary of State, returned\\nto Henderson, commenced the practice of law in partnership with the\\nHon. H. F. Turner, and continued to practice until the summer of\\n1858, when he was elected County Judge. In the year 1859 he\\nreceived the Democratic nomination for the office of Auditor of", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0627.jp2"}, "628": {"fulltext": "608 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nPublic Accounts, and at the August election was declared elected by\\na handsome majority. He then resigned the office of County Judge*\\nreturned to Frankfort, and on the first day of January 1860, entered\\nupon the duties of his new and most important office, and served the\\nState with most commendable fidelity and zeal for four years. Dur-\\nino- the trvinjr times of the war, he manao:ed the State s finances, so\\nfar as the same was to be controlled through his official position, with\\neminent ability, giving entire satisfaction to all parties. At the expir-\\nation of his term of office, and at his request, the Legislature appointed\\na Committee whose duty it was to give his office a thorough examina-\\ntion. This was done and a very complimentary report returned.\\nHe was re-nominated for a second term, and notwithstanding the in-\\nterference of Federal troops in many of the counties of the State, he\\nwas defeated by a comparatively small vote. He then returned to\\nHenderson in 1864, and engaged in the tobacco business for two\\nvears. At the expiration of that time, n co-partnership was formed\\nbv and between himself, W. J. Marshall and Edward Atkinson, under\\nthe firm name of Green, Marshall Co., and engaged in the general\\nbanking business. He continued in this tirm until May, 1868, when\\nhe received the appointment as cashier of the Farmers Bank (mother\\nbank) of Kentucky, at Frankfort, and returned again to that city, and is\\nto-day filling the same position. The stock of the bank when he was\\nelected Cashier was w^orth only eighty-three cents on the dollar. At\\nthis time 122 has been offered and refused. The bank to-day stands\\nin credit among the very best of the leading banks of the country.\\nMr. Green, many years ago, united with the Episcopal Church,\\nand has proven a faithful, consistent member, always ready with his\\ngood advice and purse to advance its interests. His life has been a\\nbrilliant one, alternating between Henderson and Frankfort, his\\npresent home. His promptness in brusiness, his integrity in action,\\nand his clear judgment have been, and are yet, shining traits in his\\ncharacter, and by these has he been actuated throughout his entire\\nbusiness and social life.\\nCAPTAIN HENRY DIXON, better known as Capt. Hal., was\\nborn in Caswell County, North Carolina, in the year 1777, during the\\nRevolutionary troubles. His grandfather, Henry Dixon, was a distin-\\nguished Colonel in the Revolutionary War, and was killed at the battle\\nof Eutaw Springs. He was also highly complimented for gallantry\\nat the battle of Camden. Captain Dixon was a brother of Wynn\\nDixon, father of Governor Archibald Dixon. He immigrated to Ken-\\ntucky in 1808 and settled upon the land now owned by Joshua Staples.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0628.jp2"}, "629": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 609\\nSubsequent to that he purchased the farm now owned by Thomas\\nBuckman, lying on the Madisonville road, and built the house that is\\nyet used as a residence by Mr^Buckman. In 1853 he sold his farm\\nand removed to Union County, settling at the Sulphur Springs. In\\nNovember, 1858, he died. Captain Dixon was a remarkable man,\\nlarge, muscular and weighing ordinarily from two hundred and twenty-\\nfive to two hundred and fifty pounds. He was a man of indomitable\\nwill and absolutely fearless. He was an industrious worker, ever active\\nin attending to business matters. He was never much of a politician,\\nyet he possessed unbounded influence and was a power when he chose\\nto exercise it. He was an unflinching Jackson Democrat and took\\nan active interest in his race against Henry Clay. He was elected\\nand served one term in the Kentucky Legislature, and in this connec-\\ntion several good stories are told. It is said that when the Captain\\napproached the polls to cast his vote and the usual question, How do\\nyou vote had been asked him, he good humoredly, yet positively, re-\\nplied, I like Captain Dixon better than I do the other feller, so put\\nme down for Dixon. It is a traditionary statement that up to that\\ntime the vote between the Captain and his opponent was a tie, and\\nthat the Captain voting for himself decided the election. Again\\nanother good story is told of him while a member of the Legislature.\\nIt is said that he was no speaker, and for a man of his courage and\\ngood sense was remarkably timid upon such occasions, even though\\nhe knew every man in the house.\\nThe Legislature was in session, and the Captain in his seat. He\\ndesired to introduce a bill and to preface it by a few remarks. When\\nhe arose, he imagined that one or two of the members offered him an\\nindignity and bringing himself to the full extent of his majestic\\nproportions and forgetting what he had arisen for, he addressed the\\nspeaker in the following laconic language: Mr. Speaker, I am no\\nspeaker, but sir, I can whip any infernal scoundrel in this house who\\ndare insult me.\\nThis raised a breeze and the Captain took his seat, never again\\nto be intentionally or humorously joked.\\nCaptain- Dixon was twice married. His first wife was Miss Mary\\nJohnston, of Virginia; his second wife Mrs. John Talbot, of Henderson\\nCounty. Twelve children resulted from his first marriage, to-wit:\\nRoger, Martha, Henry, Mary, EHza^ John, Robert, Niel, Susan,\\nGeorge, Judith and Francis.\\n39", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0629.jp2"}, "630": {"fulltext": "610 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nRoger married Miss Elizabeth Brown, who after his death mar-\\nried Tiiomas P. Lambert. They had one child.\\nMartha married John Green, father of Hon. Grant Green, and\\nhad four children, Henry, Grant, John and Mary Ann. Henry mar-\\nried Miss Lambert, of Arkansas, and died leaving children Grant\\nmarried Miss Katie S. Overton, of Virginia, and has quite a family of\\nbright, promising children John married Miss Randolph, of Hender-\\nson County, and has several children Mary Ann married Theodore\\nHall she died leaving three children.\\nHenry married Miss Ann Mariah Ashby and had two children,\\nJohn E. and Mary; John married Miss Mary Sugg and they have\\nchildren Mary married George W. McClure and they have three\\nchildren.\\nMary married Gabriel Grant Green, by whom she had three\\nchildren, Henry Dixon, Gabriel and Ann. Subsequent to Mr. Green s\\ndeath, she married Dr. A. H. Bailey, by whom she had three children,\\nCornelius, John, and Eliza, who married Hon. C. C. Ball, Mayor of\\nthe City of Henderson.\\nEliza married William Posey, by whom she had thirteen children,\\nReuben, Mary, Thomas, Lucy, Henry, John, Eliza, William, George,\\nRobert, Addison, Sallie and one other whose name is unknown to the\\nwriter.\\nReuben studied law, practiced his profession for a number of\\nyears in Louisiana, and for many years last passed has held the office\\nof Circuit Judge in one of the parishes of that State. He has been\\ntwice married, first to Miss Kavanaugh and second to Miss Russell,\\nof Texas he has children. Mary married John N. Lyle and re-\\nmoved to Louisiana, they have several children Thomas married\\nMiss Augusta Alves, died a few years afterwards, leaving two or three\\nchildren Lucy married William J. Marshall and has a large family\\nof children Henry married Miss Emma Butler and has several\\nchildren John married Miss Sarah Taylor and has several children\\nEliza married Cornelius Bailey and has children William married\\nMiss Addie Alves and has children; Addison is a leading physician\\nin San Francisco, California he recently married a lady of that State.\\nSallie, married twice, first, Dr. Ross and again Dr. Doyle, of Madison-\\nville. Thomas, Sallie, George and Robert are dead.\\nJohn married Miss Sarah E. Powell, of Henderson County, by\\nwhom he had eleven children, Charles, Henry, Thomas, John, George,\\nMary, Joseph, Simmeon, Robert, Roger and Thomas. Of this num-\\nber, Charles, Thomas, George, Robert and Roger are dead Henry", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0630.jp2"}, "631": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 611\\nmarried Miss Mary Ellen Grayson, John married Miss Amanda\\nWatson, George married Miss Julia Taylor, Mary married twice,\\nfirst Weston Anderson, second William E. Powell Joseph married\\nMiss Blanch Pennell, Simmeon married Miss Harriet Arvin. They\\nall have children.\\nRobert married Miss Mary Ann Clay, a distant relative of Henry\\nClay, by whom he had seven children, Ann Eliza, Henry, Mary,\\nAmelia, Robert, Georgiana and Sallie Ann Eliza married Hon. S.\\nB. Vance, of Evansville, and has several children; Amelia married\\nWilliam Payne, and died a few years afterwards without issue Mary\\nmarried Andrew Clark and has one daughter, Mrs. T. W. Buckner\\nRobert married Miss Alice Young and has quite a family of children\\nGeorgiana married Thomas Posey and has three children Sallie is\\nyet unmarried Henry died when young.\\nCornelius married Miss Isabella Clay and had eleven children,\\nRoger, Betty, Henrietta Charles, Susan, Henry, Robert, Wynn, Belle,\\nClay and Mary. Bettie, Charles and Belle are dead; Roger has been\\nthree times married, first, Miss Todd Butler, of Henderson; second,\\nMiss Mary Singer, of Evansville third. Miss Carrie Dike, of Posey\\nCounty, Indiana. First two wives died soon after marriage. He has\\nseveral children by his last wife. Henrietta married Caleb F. Ruggles\\nand has children Susan married Rich Posey and has children Henry,\\na practicing physician in Evansville, married Miss Amelia Wilson, of\\nLouisville Robert married Miss Rosa Green, of Henderson, and has\\ntwo children Wynn married Miss Mattie Randolph, of Henderson,\\nand has two children Clay married Miss Mattie Wilson, of Louisville,\\nno children; Mary married John J. Towles, she has no cl:tfldren.\\nSusan married Col. William P. Grayson and had five children,\\nnamely, Mary Ellen, Sophy, Susan, Hebe and Roger; Mary Ellen\\nmarried Captain Hal Dixon and has children; Sophy married J. Mon-\\nroe Watson and has children Susan married William T. Norment\\nand has children; Hebe was three times married, first, Col. DeMiller\\nsecond, William Butler, and third, Col. Grimes, of Arkansas Roger\\nmarried Miss Grimes.\\nGeorge married Miss Sallie Hardin, who died several years after-\\nwards. He then married Miss Helm, a near relative of Gov. Helm.\\nMr. Dixon was a lawyer of distinction, and was at one time Judge of\\nthe Memphis Tenn. Circuit. He died several years ago, leaving\\nchildren.\\nJudith married Thomas Towles, Jr., the brightest mind ever born\\nin Kentucky and a lawyer of signal ability. She had five children,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0631.jp2"}, "632": {"fulltext": "612 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nMary, Ann, Martha, Bettie and Thomas, Mary married Phelps Sas-\\nseen, an expert accountant and most excellent gentleman; they have\\nseveral children. Ann died soon after arriving at her twenty-first\\nbirthday Martha married John T. Moore and several years after-\\nwards died, leaving children; Bettie married William Arvin and has\\nchildren; Thomas is unmarried. Many years after the death of\\nThomas Towles, his widow married Dr. James Beatty and raised one\\ndaughter, Fanny, who married Ira Ball, of Corydon. She has children.\\nFrances married Dr. James B. Allen, of Shelby County,Kentucky\\nand moved to Union County. She had six children, namely: Mary,\\nDrucilla, Georgiana, Fanny, Henry and Sallie; Drucilla married a Dr.\\nJones, and died some year afterwards; Joseph married a Miss Matting-\\nly; Sallie married in Virginia; Fanny married Dr. Neal, of Evansville;\\nGeorgiana married Dr. Stone, of Union County, and died; Henry D.\\nmarried Miss Mattie Hughes, daughter of Hon. D. H. Hughes, of\\nMorganfield, and has children. This completes the long line of\\nCapt Dixon s progeny.\\nGEORGE ATKINSON George Atkinson, who was for many\\nyears one of the most conspicuous characters in the social and busi-\\nness life of Henderson, was born at Church Hill, in County Down,\\nIreland, on May 17th, 1793. Being left an orphan at an early age,\\nhe came to America in the year 1805 and was reared by an uncle in\\nRichmond, Virginia. He was sent to the best schools within reach,\\nbut when a mere youth went into the counting-house of his uncle as a\\nclerk, and there acquired the knowledge of business and of men which\\nin his later life was of great advantage to him.\\nWhile so engaged, and during the War of 1812 with Great Britain,\\nhe had some experience of military life, serving for a time in a com-\\npany of volunteers, commanded by William Wirt, who was afterwards\\nAttorney General of the United States, and was often thrown into\\ncontact with Chief Justice Marshal, John Randolph, of Roanoke, and\\nother men then prominent in public life, whose influence upon his ob-\\nservant and ambitious character was strongly felt and always remem-\\nbered.\\nIn the year 1817 Mr. Atkinson removed from Richmond and\\nsettled in Henderson, then a mere village, and began the tobacco busi-\\nness which has since increased to such vast proportions. For many\\nyears he applied himself diligently to that business and to merchan-\\ndise, and by his pluck, judgment and integrity, attained large success\\nfinancially, and acquired the confidence and respect of all who had\\nany intercourse with him.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0632.jp2"}, "633": {"fulltext": "GEOBGE ATKINSON.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0633.jp2"}, "634": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0634.jp2"}, "635": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 613\\nIn the year 1819 he married Miss Mary Dixon, a daughter of\\nCapt. Wynn Dixon, and a sister of the late Governor Archibald Dixon.\\nBy this marriage he had seven children, only two of whom survived\\nhim, viz: John C. Atkinson, who has twice been Mayor of Henderson,\\nand has taken a conspicuous part in the progress and development of\\nthe city, and Mrs. Blanton Duncan, of Louisville.\\nHis first wife having died in the year 1842, in 1844 he married\\nMrs. Lucy A. Gayle, a daughter of Major John HoUoway, and sister\\nof John G. and Wm. S. Holloway and of Mrs. Rebecca Stites. By\\nhis latter marriage, he left surviving him only one child. Edward is\\nnow an officer of the Farmers Bank in Henderson. His second wife\\ndied in 1872. Mr. Atkinson was a man of great decision and force\\nof character, frankly and without reserve expressing his views on all\\nsubjects of importance as occasion required, or his inclination prompt-\\ned. He retired from active business during the late war between the\\nStates, and in 1864, with his wife, daughter and youngest son, made a\\ntrip to Europe, visiting Great Britain and Ireland and the principal\\npoints of interest on the Continent, passing the winter of 1864- 65 in\\nRome.\\nMr. Atkinson was for many yeafs identified with the Episcopal\\nChurch, being a member of the first vestry of St. Paul s Parish at its\\norganization in 1832, and, although not a communicant, continuing\\nin that body until the year 1867, when he joined the Presbyterian\\nChurch, of which his wife had for many years been a zealous member.\\nHe was always liberal in his support of the church, and of every\\nproject or institution for the betterment of his fellowmen. His hos-\\npitality was proverbial, and his charity, while wholly unostentatious,\\nwas lavish and bounded by no sect, nationality nor- condition.\\nCourteous, brave, upright in all transactions, with a keen sense of\\nhonor, from which no threat nor advantage could swerve him, through\\na long life he passed in and out among his fellowmen, making his\\npresence felt, setting an example which followed, would be a benefac-\\ntion to the world, and dying left a name and memory unblotted by\\nany unworthy deed. He died in Henderson on June 24th, 1877, in his\\neighty-fifth year.\\nWILLIAM DICKSON ALLISON, son of Samuel Allison and\\nMargaret Dickson, his wife, pioneers from North Carolina, was born\\nin Logan County, on the fifteenth day of February, 1798.\\nWhen quite young his father removed to Muhlenburg County\\nand settled upon a piete of land near Greenville. He lived with his\\nfather, working upon the farm during the summer months and study-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0635.jp2"}, "636": {"fulltext": "614 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\ning at odd times during the winter months, until he had grown to be\\na good sized lad, when he entered as clerk in a dry goods store owned\\nby Judge Alney McLean, in the town of Greenville. He remained in\\nthis store but a short time, when he was placed in the County and\\nCircuit Court Clerk s office, of Muhlenburg County, under Charles F.\\nWing, then not only an officer of superior business qualifications, but\\na gentleman of high, social culture. The boyhood of Mr. Allison was\\nfurnished with few of those facilities for obtaining a literary educa-\\ntion, which are now acces able to almost all.\\nHis great, natural mind was left to develop its powers as best it\\ncould without the aid of books or competent instructions, and his\\nboyish attainments consisted of the common elements taught in a\\ncountry school of the most humble pretentions. Even these slender\\nadvantages were but sparingly enjoyed, for, as before said, he was\\ncompelled to devote a great portion of his time to manuel labor in the\\nfield. It is more than probable that this early familiarity with the\\nsternest realities of life, contributed to give to his mind that strong,\\npractical bias which subsequently distinguished his career as an offi-\\ncial of matchless qualification and citizen of unsurpassed social\\ngrandeur. While in the office of Mr. Wing, he attracted the atten-\\ntion of Judge McLean, who, being most favorably impressed by his\\namiable deportment, uniform habits of industry and striking displays\\nof intelligence, honored him with his friendship and unrestrained\\ninterest. It was through the advice of Judge McLean that he came\\nto Henderson County in the year 1822 and accepted a deputyship\\nunder Horace Grigsby, then Clerk of the Circuit and County Courts\\nof this County. He remained faithful to his post, until the death of Mr.\\nGrigsbv, in the year 1824. At his death, Mr. Allison was appointed\\nClerk of the two Courts, which two offices he held from that time to\\nthe time of his death, March 5th, 1860, thirty-six years. In Decem-\\nber, 1823, he married -Miss Elizabeth Hamilton, daughter of Dr.\\nJames M. Hamilton, one of the earliest settlers and one of the first\\nphysicians of the new county. The mother of Mrs. Allison was\\nMary Hopkins Davis, a niece of General Samuel Hopkins, who es-\\ntablished and settled the town of Henderson, A short time after his\\nmarriage, Mr. Allison purchased the old Ambrose Barbour homestead,\\non the corner of Third and Water streets, where he lived to the day\\nof his death. The fruits of this marriage was eight children, only two\\nof whom are now living Mrs. Mary H. Starling, widow of Lyne Star-\\nling, deceased, and Miss Lucy H. Allison. In November, 1843, Mr.\\nAllison was sorely bereaved in the death of his wife, to whom he was", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0636.jp2"}, "637": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 615\\ndevotedly attached, and hardly had he recovered from the irreparable\\nloss, when he was called upon to mourn the loss of his only son, Alney,\\na young man of brilliant intel|ect and promise, and in whom his whole\\nlife had centered.- This son was lost in the unfortunate collision of\\nthe steamers Major Barbour and Paul Jones, in the Ohio, near Can-\\nnelton, on the morning of the third of February, 1848. Only a short\\ntime after this, he was again called upon to gi\\\\e up a daughter, whose\\npersonal and social qualities had won for her the esteem of the\\nentire community. All of these sad and heartrending bereavements,\\ncoming one after the other, and in such close proximity of time,\\nunnerved his naturally joyous spirit, yet he bore them all with\\nheroic, yet terribly wounded courage. In 1845, the old log house in\\nwhich he had lived for twenty years, was caused to be torn away and\\nthe larse two-storv frame vet standins:. was erected in its stead. Mr.\\nAllison, ever after his marriage, was a great student, his broad and\\ncomprehensive mind, quick as thought and accurate in its convictions,\\nreadily grasped every subject he undertook and easily and quickly\\nmastered it. He was a great believer in the thorough study of\\nEnglish grammar, and studied it for years after his marriage, attending\\nat one time for several months, a night school, taught by a professor,\\nin whose ability for explaining and imparting information, he had\\nconfidence. He was the eldest of five sons, all of whom were noted\\nfor the originality of their jokes and great fondness for perpetrating\\nthem. The subject of this sketch, while a great believer in this\\npleasantry, was never a perpetrator of practical jokes, yet it is more\\nthan probable that his master mind furnished the detail by which his\\nbrothers and others were guided. In early times, the Allisons were\\nnoted throughout Kentucky for their spirit and humor, for at times\\nthey were unmerciful in the application of their jokes in this, though,\\nMr. William Allison was not known as a leading spirit. He was a\\nman, while full of wit and humor and as fond of a joke as any living\\nman, was yet dignified and never permitted that graceful characteristic\\nto forsake him. This ungov^ernable disposition attaching to each one\\nof the five boys, was inherited from the father, for it is told of the old\\nman, that the last act of his life was to frighten a timid old neighbor,\\nwho was sitting up with him at the time, and then surrender up his\\nspirit to Him who gave it. Mr. Allison held many offices of trust, by\\nappointment. He was Clerk of the Board of Trustees of the town for\\nyears, Master Commissioner in Chancery, Trustee of the Jury Fund,\\nAgent by the State in the settlement of old land Taxes, and for the\\nsale of land under the internal improvement act, and other offices of", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0637.jp2"}, "638": {"fulltext": "616 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nhonor, the duties of all which he performed to the entire satisfaction\\nof all parties concerned.\\nIt is a remarkable fact that, after having held the two offices of\\nCircuit and County Clerk for twenty-seven years consecutively, by ap-\\npointment, he was elected at the first election in 1851, after the adop-\\ntion of the new constitution, and continued to hold both offices up to\\nhis death, in 1860, without ever having been opposed by any man of\\neither political party. He never studied law with a view to its practice,\\nbut it is a positive fact that he gave more legal advice than all of the\\nlawyers practicing at the bar, and settled hundreds of what were evi-\\ndently sure to be vexatious lawsuits by his good Counsel.\\nNo man has ever enjoyed to a greater extent the unlimited con-\\nfidence of the whole people who knew him; on the contrary, men\\nseemed to regard it a privilege to serve him, and in political matters\\nit was impossible to draw the party lines so as to proscribe him. He\\nwas scrupulously particular in all of his dealings, and in his official\\ncapacity was as systematic and conservative as it was possible for\\nhuman to be. He was the very life of the social circle and was a\\nmost welcomed guest in any household. He was a person of com-\\nmanding figure and peculiarly graceful in all the phases of life. He\\nwas remarkably fond of children and took delight in teaching his own\\nin their youthful days. He was passionately fond of music, and in\\nhis younger days occasionally played the violin for the .amusement of\\nhis own houshold. This he continued to do, until (as he said himself)\\nhe read in a Boston paper where a man had been hung for being a\\ncommon fiddler, when he laid his cremona down and never afterwards\\npicked it up. Mr. Allison was rather diffident than otherwise, and for\\nyears was known to travel a comparatively unused street in going\\nfrom his residence to his office. Punctuality was a characteristic of\\nhis, and it is a fact that for many years prior to his death he did not\\nvary five minutes any day in going to and returning from his office.\\nHe disliked street conversations and was seldom seen on Main or any\\nother much traveled thoroughfare. His disease, though a heart trouble,\\ntook a very remarkable course in manifesting itself. Five or six\\nmonths anterior to his death, he was annoyed with a dull neuralgic\\npain in his right wrist. Applications were used, but to no good pur-\\npose. The pain increased, gradually extending its way to his shoulder,\\nuntil he was forced to take his room and bed, where he remained,\\nunder the best medical treatment, until his earthly life succombed\\nto the inevitable.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0638.jp2"}, "639": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 617\\nDuring his illness, and while crazed from fever, he arose from his\\nbed and approached a table which had sat for years in the center of\\nhis room, and busied himself re arranging his books and papers. He\\nappeared to be worried, until, recognizing Judge Wm. Rankin, who\\nwas attending him at the time, said to hira, he wanted a marriage\\nblank filled out. The Judge, knowing his condition, and in order to\\ngratify him, procured a slip of paper and seated himself to write.\\nMr. Allison then gave him two licticious names and general\\ndirections as to how the blank should be filled out. Having completed\\nit as directed. Judge Rankin arose, and said, Now, all that is needed\\nto make this legal, is your signature. No No replied the crazed\\nman, I can t do that; I can t sign my official signature to that paper,\\nshowing conclusively that, while he was disposed to indulge a humor,\\nhe was too particular to affix his signature to any paper not legally\\nauthorized. One of the prettiest incidents in his whole life, and one\\nin which there is a grand lesson taught all mankind, is told by Col.\\nJohn T. Bunch, who had called to see him for the last time. He was\\nnow beyond recovery he knew it, and had consented to see a clergy-\\nman. As Col. Bunch entered the front door of the residence, he was\\nmet by Miss Lucie and was told of this fact.\\nA few moments after being ushered into the room, the Rev. D.\\nH. Deicon, of St. Paul s Episcopal Church, came in. Mr. Allison\\nlooked at him, and then spoke to him: Well, Mr. Deacon, I am like\\na badly managed lawsuit have had ample time for preparation, and\\nnow the case is called and I am not ready for trial. What a grand\\nlesson indeed, there is in this wonderful thought. A few days there-\\nafter, on the fifth day of March, 1860, this great and good man died.\\nHe had never, during his life, attached himself to any religious de-\\nnomination, nevertheless, he was a great student of the Bible and a\\nfirm believer in the faith once delivered to the saints.\\nHis remains were buried on the 6th, from St. Paul s Episcopal\\nChurch, Rev. D. H. Deacon officiating. The occasion was a sad and\\nsolemn one, and was attended by a great number of county, as well as\\ncity people.\\nJOHN ENEAS McCALLTSTER was born in Henderson\\nCounty October 14th, 1805. His ancestors were of Scottish origin,\\nand remarkable for their personal courage. His father, Eneas\\nMcCallister, was a native of Pennsylvania; his mother, whose maiden\\nname was Kinkead, was also from the same State. His great-grand-\\nfather, Samuel Kinkead, prior to Braddock s defeat, was tomahawked\\nby the Indians on the Potomac River, in Virginia, and his wife, two", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0639.jp2"}, "640": {"fulltext": "618 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KV.\\nsons and a daughter, captured and carried awa}^ to the territory of\\nOhio. Samuel Kinkead, the oldest son, then about fourteen years of\\nage, effected his escape and afterwards joined Washington s army.\\nMrs. Kinkead was separated from her children, some time after their\\ncapture, and taken by the Indians to the territory of Illinois, near the\\nMississippi River. During this time a treaty had been effected\\nbetween the government and the Indians, and a large number of\\nthem came into Pittsburg. With the Indians were the two Kinkead\\nboys and their sister, who had, during her captivity, become the wife\\nof one of the chiefs. A short time after their arrival, the three were\\ndiscovered by their brother Sam, who was then a Captain in the\\nAmerican army. He persuaded the two boys to desert the Indians,\\nbut failed in all his efforts to reclaim his sister, she refusing to give\\nup her wild Indian life and return among the whites. The mother,\\nwho was a captive, as before stated, in the Illinois territory, had\\noften been importuned to marry one of the chiefs, and had as often\\npositively declined. She offended one of the chiefs in some way not\\nknown, and, for this reason, was ordered to be burned at the stake.\\nThe French, who then occupied the Missouri territory, and had built\\nthe town of Kaskaskia on the opposite side of the Mississippi, were\\non friendly terms and carried on a large trade with the Indians. A\\nFrench merchant of Kaskaskia, named Larsh, was over among the\\nIndians, and, discovering a white woman packing fagots and sticks,\\ninvoluntarily made inquiries concerning her. He soon learned her\\nhistory, and also that she was packing vvood, whose leaping flames\\nwere that very night to burn her mortal frame and waft her spirit into\\neternity. Horrified beyond measure, this Frenchman determined to\\nthwart the decree of the hearties monster and at the risk of his own\\nlife effect her escape. He met Mrs. Kinkead, and by signs and se-\\ncret whispers, warned her of her approaching fate, and begged that\\nshe fly with him. This she consented readily to do, and as good for-\\ntune would have it, the two succeeded in reaching Kaskaskia. Larsch\\nwas a man of considerable means and unmarried. Owing, perhaps,\\nto the exciting and dangerous incidents through which the two had\\npassed, a mutual attachment sprung up between them which ulti-\\nmately resulted in their marriage according to the rites and forms of\\nthe Catholic church. Mrs. Kinkead had been raised a Protestant,\\nand, even after her marriage to Larsh, held to that faith. By some\\nmeans, she managed throughout her entire captivity to save to herself\\na Protestant Bible, which she read day by day.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0640.jp2"}, "641": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY, 619\\nKaskaskia vfas a Catholic settlement, and Larsh, her husband,\\nwas a devoted member ot the church yet she held firm to her Bible\\nand would read it whenever an -ijpportunity offered. One day, while\\nshe was thus engaged, a priest happened in, and, discovering her with\\nthe book, seized hold of it, and, wrenching it from her hands, turned\\nand threw it in the fire. Her husband was absent at the time, but\u00c2\u00bb\\nupon his return, she told him what had happened. The story so\\nenraged him that upon the return of the priest, he rushed upon him\\nand, denouncing him, said I do you as you do my wife s book\\nwith this he seized the priest and threw him in the fire. Larsh, know-\\ning the penalty that would be visited upon him and his wife when this\\nfact became known, seized a mattress from off of one of the beds and\\nwith her retreated hurriedly to the river, where he improvised a raft,\\nupon which he placed the mattress, and the two made the perilous\\njourney across the Mississippi River, where they claimed the proteC\\ntion of General Clarke s army of Kentuckians, which had arrived in\\npursuit of the Indians. Larsh, as before stated, was a man of\\nconsiderable means, but, after his flight, and the discovery of what he\\nhad done, became known, every vestige of property to which he. set\\nclaim was confiscated by the French. Captain Samuel Kinkead, of\\nthe American army, then stationed at Pittsburgh, hearing of his\\nsister s escape from the Indians and subsequent escape from Kaskas-\\nkia, to General Clarke s army, obtained a leave of absence and, in a\\ncanoe, paddled down the Ohio to Cairo and thence up the Mississippi\\nto Clarke s army, where he found his sister. After relieving his\\nfatigued limbs, he, with his sister and Larsh, her husband, took\\npassage in the canoe and paddled down the Mississippi and up\\nthe Ohio to Pittsburgh, and, although both banks of the Ohio at\\nfrequent places were occupied by Indians, they made the journey\\nsuccessfully without encountering a single Indian or meeting with any\\nserious obstacle. Larsh and his wife afterwards removed to Ohio,\\nwhere they raised a family of children who proved worthy of their\\nbrave and noble parentage. The Larsh boys became, in after years,\\nimmensely wealthy, and one grandson died a leading man of Cincin-\\nnati commercial and local circles.\\nCaptain Samuel Kinkead, who had braved all dangers for the\\nrelief of his sister, whom he loved better than he did his own life,\\nremained in the American army until its disbandment, when he\\nreturned to Virginia and married. In the year 1794 or 95, he immi-\\ngrated with his family to Lexington, Kentucky, where he remained\\nabout five years, then removing to Livingston County, settling in that", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0641.jp2"}, "642": {"fulltext": "620 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY KY.\\npart of it which fell to Caldwell in the formation of that county.\\nIn the year 1804, Miss Jane, daughter of Captain Samuel Kinkead,\\nand Eneas McCallister, Jr., the father of the subject of this sketch,\\nmet at one of those great religious camp meetings, so frequently held in\\nearly times, and, at first sight, became victims to that incomprehensible\\nof all incomprehensibilities, love. Shortly thereafter they were mar-\\nried and settled for life in Henderson County.\\nAs to che paternal ancestors of John E. McCallister, his grand-\\nfather, Eneas McCallister, who was a wealthy man in the city of\\nPittsburgh^ and not only wealthy himself, but of close affinity with\\nothers of great wealth, hearing glowing stories of the riches of the\\nCumberland River country, determined to go hence and establish a\\nmechanical village, he hnnself being an expert blacksmith. With that\\nend in view, he loaded a keel-boat and, with his family, embarked on\\nthe placid Ohio for the mouth of the Cumberland River. Reaching\\nthe mouth, he poled up to the point where Clarksville is now situated?\\nand there disembarked. In 1809, he served as Treasurer of the\\nCounty of Montgomery, Tenn. The Indian wars coming on, and\\nother reverses pressing hard upon him, he was forced to surrender to\\nthe inevitable, after losing all that he had in the world. Friends and\\nrelations whom he left behind at Pittsburgh, urged him to return, and,\\nafter having lived ten years in that wild country, he concluded to do\\nso. He therefore procured him a large sized boat called a Perote, a\\nboat made of the largest sized tree, by digging out the center and\\nrounding off its ends, and in this he embarked with his wife and sons,\\nJohn, Eneas, Jesse, Archibald, Clark and Joseph, and daughters,\\nCatharine, Polly, Betsy, and Sally. His boat he propelled with oars\\nand poles. The trip was not only a dangerous one, but from the na\\nture of circumstances, an exceedingly fatiguing and worrysome one.\\nAfter weeks of hard work from the mouth of the Cumberland, in stem-\\nming the current of the Ohio, the party succeeded in reaching the\\nRed Banks, now Henderson, where they were met by heavy floating\\nice and compelled to take the bank. Here he secured a vacant log house\\non the river front and set to work to make himself and familv comfor-\\ntable for the winter. At the time of Mr. McCallister s arrival at the Red\\nBanks, there were but few settlers, among the number being John Hus-\\nbands, John Kuykendall, John Haussman and Jake Sprinkle. Mr. Mc-\\nCallister was a man of great piety and very strict in his family concern-\\ning the proper observance of the Sabbath. He would not associate\\nhimself nor permit his family to associate with any of the settlers on\\nthis day. As a consequence, Kuykendall and some of his friends, who", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0642.jp2"}, "643": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 621\\nhad no faith except that in accord with the devil and his works, de-\\ntermined to run the old man off, and, on a certain night secretly\\napproached his cabin and fired a volley into it. They had mistaken\\ntheir game, for their fire was returned and they were forced to retreat.\\nDuring the winter, Eneas, Jr., the father of John E. McCallister,Esq.,\\nand his brother, Jesse, kept the family well supplied with wild meat,\\nfrequently, when in search for buffalo and bear, extending their hunt\\ntwenty miles out. It was on one of these excursions that they dis-\\ncovered a lick upon the bank of Highland Creek, and this being\\nreported to the father, determined him to give up his return to Pitts-\\nburgh, and to remove in the spring with his family to that spot for\\nthe purpose of opening a well for the manufacture of salt. Mr.\\nMcCallister did settle there, and for years manufactured salt at a\\ngreat profit. During the time he located, entered and had patented\\nlarge tracts of land for himself and sons.\\nEneas McCallister, Jr., upon his marriage, settled the William\\nC. Green farm, one mile this side of Rock Spring, and two and a half\\nmiles from Cairo, where the subject of this sketch, John E. McCal-\\nlister, was born October 14th, 1805. Mr. McCallister raised seven\\nchildren John E., Samuel, Eliza (who married Furna Cannon), Lor-\\nraine (who married Evans Barnett), Orinda (who married Benjamin\\nTalbott), William M. and Joseph. John E. and William M., who now\\nlive in Owensboro, are the only surviving children.\\nEneas McCallister, Sr., as before stated, was a devoted church-\\nman and for years was an Elder in the Rev. James McGready s church.\\nIn 1810 he was appointed one of the Territorial Judges for the\\nIndiana Territory, and, removing there, held the first court for the\\ncounties of Vanderburg and Warrick, in the town of Boonville.\\nJohn Eneas McCallister was ambitious during his youth to obtain\\na thorough education, but met with many obstacles in endeavoring to\\ngratify his early aspirations for knowledge. He attended the common\\nschools of his home until he had mastered all the branches taught in\\nthe country schools of those early days. His father could not furnish\\nhim the means to enjoy the advantages of a course in the more ad-\\nvanced colleges of the country, but contrived to raise funds sufficient\\nto enable him to obtain tuition in the High School at Bowling Green,\\nKy. Here our subject made rapid progress in his learning, giving\\nparticular attention to the study of Latin. Having for a long time\\nentertained a desire to become a lawyer, he was at last enabled to\\nbegin the study of his chosen profession, in 1826, in the office of\\nGeorge Morris, at Henderson, Kentucky. After passing two years in", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0643.jp2"}, "644": {"fulltext": "622 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nthe preliminary study, he was duly admitted to the bar, and, in 1828^\\nwent South to establish himself in his profession, but, after a short\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0absence, he was taken sick and obliged to return to his home. Upon\\nhis recovery, he was reluctantly compelled to abandon his profession\\nof the law, and thereafter engaged in occupations more conducive to\\nthe enjoyment of physical vigor. About this time his father died, and\\na large family was left in destitute circumstances. He at once went\\nto the assistance of his widowed mother, who was left struggling with\\nadversity and, by his indefatigable efforts, and the help of his broth-\\ners, the family soon rapidly advanced in prosperity. He embarked\\nin the business of a flatboat trader in produce, along the Ohio and\\nMississippi Rivers, and remained in this business for about seven\\nyears with great success. Upon giving up flatboating on the rivers,\\nhe purchased a large tract of land, and entered upon its cultivation,\\nand soon became the leading farmer of his vicinity. His great ability\\nand numerous excellent qualities gained for him the highest respect\\nof all his neighbors; and such was the confidence reposed in his judg\\nment and sagacity, he was consiantly called upon to discharge the du-\\nties of some responsible trust, in which his management always met\\nwith the unqualified approval of all parties concerned. He possessed\\nconsiderable knowledge of medicine, having devoted considerable\\ntime to the study of this science, and thus was enabled to act as the\\nphysician for his locality. He was the largest landholder of his re-\\ngion of the county, and all of his farms were models of excellence, and\\nconducted upon the most approved methods of agriculture. He was\\nfreely consulted by the neighboring farmers in regard to the planting\\nand then the disposal of their crops in the best markets, and his coun-\\nsel was invariably followed. With his acquaintance of the law, many\\naccomplishments, unquestioned integrity and rare judgment, he be-\\ncame the confidential advisor of the citizens for a large area of coun-\\ntry surrounding his home, and the utmost reliance was placed in his\\ndecisions. His high standing in the community and his eminent abil-\\nity well fitted him for a seat in the councils of the State, and he,\\ntherefore, was accordingly selected by his fellow-citizens to represent\\nthem in the State Legislature, being chosen to that body in 1846. He\\nwas for a number of years a Director in the Farmers Bank, and, upon\\nthe resignation of Joseph Adams, was elected President, serving with\\ngreat credit to himself and benefit to the bank up to the fall of 1882.\\nHe served as Magistrate under the old Constitution from 1835 to\\n1851 inclusive. He was married in 1832 to Miss Elizabeth Scott, a\\nnative of Wilmington, Delaware, but suffered the misfortune of losing", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0644.jp2"}, "645": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\n623\\nhis wife, by death, after having been married but ten months. He\\nwas again married in 1838 to Miss Elizabeth Talbott, daughter of\\nBenjamin Talbott, a worthy farmer of Henderson County, and had\\nthree children by this marriagef none of whom survive. He was again\\nmarried in December, 1867, to Mrs. Fanny Stanley, a highly accom-\\nplished lady, daughter of Josiah Jenkins, of Buffalo, New York. He\\nis a prominent member of the Episcopal church, and evinces the deep-\\nest reo-ard for the welfare of his church. Mr. McCallister is a highly\\ncultured and refined gentleman, possesses a kindly disposition and\\ngreat suavity of maimers. Throughout his long and eventful career,\\nhe has always shown the greatest philanthropic and benevolent spirit,\\nready with his assistance, and willing to make sacrifices to promote\\nthe well-being of others. His course has won for him the highest\\nesteem and veneration of his feJlowmen. Mr. McCallister at this day\\nis known and recognized as one of Henderson County s wealthiest\\ncitizens. In addition to a handsome residence, and four large store-\\nhouses in the city, he is the owner of thirty-two hundred acres of\\nmost valuable farming lands in the county, four hundred acres on the\\nsouth side and twenty-seven hundred and fifty acres on the north side of\\nGreen River.\\nSince writing the above, Mr. McCallister died August 7th, 1886,\\nat 2 o clock p.m., and was buried in Fernwood from St. Paul s Episco-\\npal Church.\\nELIJAH W. WORSHAM. The father of Elijah W. Worsham\\nmoved from Indiana to Kentucky in the year 182U, settling upon a\\nfarm, purchased by him, some half mile or more above Evansville, on\\nthe Ohio River, in the then wilderness of this locality which was com-\\nparatively uninhabited. At the time, and for many years afterwards,\\nall of the country lying between what was known as the pole bridge\\nslough and the point opposite Evansville, was covered by a dense un-\\ndei-o-rowthof cane higher than a man s head while riding on horse-\\nback.\\nWild beasts made their abode in this cane, notably some bear and\\nmany wolves. Mr. Ludson Worsham married Miss Margaret King,\\ndaughter of Elijah King, one of the early pioneers, and to them was\\nborn, February 12th, 1823, the subject of this sketch.\\nIn 1832 John Collins secured the contract for carrying the mail\\nonce a week between the towns of Henderson and Evansville and\\nsub-contracted to Ludson Worsham. At nine years of age, young\\nElijah was appointed to perform the then arduous duty of making this\\nweekly trip on horseback, exchanging the mails between the two", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0645.jp2"}, "646": {"fulltext": "624 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\ntowns At the time, there were but few settlers in this territory,\\nSamuel, William, Joseph, James, Harbison, Luke and Wash Butler,\\nEo-gleston Matthews, James McClain, Ludson Worsham, John Eakins,\\nand a Mr. Scott, comprising the whole list of inhabitants from the\\nWater Works to Evansville, and not over five of this number were\\nmen of family.\\nManfully did the young boy perform his duty for three long years,\\nand many a time was he frightened almost out of his wits. His father\\nfurnished him a very fine horse, so thus far he was comfortably\\nequipped. A strange incident occurred the first year he was employed\\nin carrving the mail, which is worth relating. His trips were made on\\nFriday of each week, and one day, in the summer of 1832, as he was\\ncoming from Evansville, mounted upon his mail sack, he met at the\\npole bridge slough, Mr. Samuel Butler, who stopped and advised him\\nto proceed no further, telling him at the same time, that the cholera\\nhad broken out and was depopulating the town; that men had been\\nseized with the frightful disease and fallen in the streets. This in-\\nformation, of course, unnerved the young mail carrier, and regarding\\nnot only the advice of Mr. Butler, but believing discretion the better\\npart of valor, determined, and did return to his father s house, where\\nhe was justified, after relating what had been told him. He put up\\nhis fine horse and returned to the house, wondering what the post-\\nmasters ot the two places would think of his non-appearance, for it\\nwas the first time he had ever missed. That evening he went to the\\nstable to feed his horse, when, to his amazement, he was found dead,\\nhavine died during the afternoon from a severe attack of colic. The\\nyoung man was greatly distressed at the loss of his horse, and while\\ncontemplating his death in connection with the story told him the day\\nbefore, on the road, a messenger came up with the still more startling\\nintelligence of the death of Mr. Butler, from cholera, only a few\\nhours prior to that time. Young Worsham s early education\\nwas to a degree fragmentary, being obtained at such schools as\\nwere then in the country, and during the intervals of labor.\\nDurino- the winter months he was sent to school, but the summer\\nmonths were devoted to working on the farm and chopping cord\\nwood. He continued to live upon the Worsham homestead until the\\nyear 1847. In 1844, at the age of twenty-one, he married Miss Miriam\\nJane Graham, a young lady of great native beauty, and yet handsome.\\nIn the vear 1847, his health having failed him, and attributing it to river\\nbottom life, he purchased a farm near Bloomington, some nine miles\\nout on the Knoblick road, to which he removed and contir led to re-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0646.jp2"}, "647": {"fulltext": "E. W. WORSHAM.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0647.jp2"}, "648": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0648.jp2"}, "649": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 625\\nside for three years, at the end of which time he returned to his\\nfather s old place. Mr. Worsham had always taken an active interest\\nin politics, and shortly after the organization of the American or Know\\nNothing party, he became a member, and in the summer of 1855 was\\nnominated by that party, for Representative, in the following Legis-\\nlature. The canvass was a warm one, and his opponent was a keen,\\nastute, political manager, yet he was elected over Colonel C. W.\\nHutchen, defeating him by a handsome majority. Mr. Worsham\\nserved during the terms of 1855 and 56, with great credit to himself\\nand the county.\\nReturning from the Legislature, he again applied himself to farm-\\nino- on his river place, where he remained until 1859, when he pur-\\nchased of W. B. Woodruff, the farm now owned by the estate of T. W.\\nWitt, two miles out on the Owensboro road. In the year 1863 he\\nbuilt the Overton tobacco factory, and embarked in the tobacco stem-\\nming business on a large scale. In 1867 he moved with his family\\nfrom the country into the city. In 1870 he purchased of C. A. Rudy\\nthe three-story brick store house, on Second street, now owned by A.\\nS. Winstead, then unfinished, and completed it.\\nHe then formed a co-partnership with A. S. Winstead, and under\\nthe firm name of E. W. Worsham Co., bought and sold liquors in\\nlarge quantities.\\nAdded to this, was a splendidly arranged labratory, under the\\nsupervision of an expert, where the firm manufactured bitters and\\nseveral kinds ot malarial medicines. In 1873 he was seized with the\\nTule land fever, and in company with several other gentlemen, pur-\\nchased a large lot of these lands off the coast of California. He re-\\nmoved with his family to the Golden Gate, and there raised two crops\\nof wheat, without ever ploughing a furrow. The first year the sod\\nwas burned off of the land and wheat sown; six hundred sheep were\\nthen run over it, and from this labor alone, a magnificent crop was\\nharvested. Next year a volunteer crop was grown from the roots of\\nthe first year s crop. The uncertain condition of the lands, however,\\ninduced him to sell, which he did, and, at the end of two years removed\\ninto the City of San Francisco, where he remained for one year, going\\nfrom thence to Los Angeles, Southern California, where he engaged\\nin grazing sheep, having on hand at times as many as twenty-five\\nhundred head. In 1881 he returned to Henderson, formed a partner-\\nship with Joe. B. Johnson, built a large and finely arranged sour mash\\ndistillery, and commenced distilling under the firm name of E. W.\\n40", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0649.jp2"}, "650": {"fulltext": "626 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nW orshain Co. Mr. Worsham was Deputy Sheriff in 1852 and 53,\\nhas served the city in the Council and School Board, and has been\\ntwice elected president of the Fair Company, to-wit: in 1882 and 83.\\nHe was made an Odd Fellow in 1844, and has during his life been an\\nactive, earnest and useful member, being now, by appointment,\\nDeputy District Grand. In 1846 he joined the Baptist Church, and\\nremained an earnest working member until 1870, when he applied for\\nand was granted a card of withdrawal. The fruit of his marriage has\\nbeen ten children, only four of whom are now living, Andrew Jackson,\\nDr. Ludson, DeVVitt Clinton, and William Graham, all intelligent,\\npromising young men. The ups and downs of life, to which Mr.\\nWorsham has fallen heir, have been many, yet by superior judgment,\\nkeen foresight and close management, he has not only held his own,\\nbut has amassed a handsome fortune. Although sixty-five ye^rs of age,\\nhe looks as young as most men of forty-five.\\nAndrew Jackson Worsham. \u00e2\u0080\u0094The young gentleman of whom\\nthis sketch tells, is the eldest living son of Elijah W. and Miriam Jane\\nWorsham, and was born in Henderson County on the seventeenth day\\nof May, 1850. His father, by honest effort, faithful application, and\\nfine judgement, had gained from this world a competency sufficient to\\neive to his children such an education as thev would take therefore,\\nour subject was given the benefit of the best schools of his county,\\nand afterwards sent to Poughkeepsie Commercial College at the city\\nof that name in New York. Subsequent to that time, he matriculated\\nat the Eminence Ky. Military College, where he finished his educa-\\ntion with credit to himself and the father who had been so mindful of\\nhis son s future interest.\\nIn the month of August, 1873, the father of our sketch removed\\nto the State of California, taking with him his entire family, and\\nsettled upon the San Joaquin River, near San Francisco.\\nDuring the residence at that point, and on the night of the tenth\\nof November, 1873, Mr. A. J. Worsham, the subject of whom we are\\nwriting, met with the most exciting and distressing accident associated\\nwith his entire life. Before proceeding with the narrative mentioned,\\nlet us say that subsequent to that time, from 1875 to 1881, our subject\\nlived at a little place called Banning, where he was engaged in mer-\\nchandising. Banning, as all far West towns are, was inhabited by a\\npeculiarly ignorant and desperate class of people Spaniards, cow\\nboys and toughs generally. Men were accustomed to ride on horse-\\nback into the stores, and, at the deadly end of a British Bull Dog\\nor six-shooter, demand what was wanted and ride out again. Life", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0650.jp2"}, "651": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 627\\nwas but a feather weight, and one and another shot down, was as\\ninnocent an amusement with them as coasting on a snow clad hill is\\nto the children of our clime.\\nThis was the inevitable, and our subject soon found it out, 3 ethe\\nhad settled there, purchased property and invested his all, and that\\nhe fully determined to protect. His admirable personal and social\\ntraits gained for him friends among the toughest of the neighborhood.\\nHis personal bearing showing no fear, but, at all times, exhibiting a\\ncourage undaunted by the display of weapons, won him other friends,\\nand his proud Kentucky blood showed him so prominently beyond\\nbulldozing that Devil Jack, as he was known in his youth, soon\\nbecame the head of the town and respected by all around him. Many\\nof the incidents connected with his life in Banning are thrilling,\\nintensely interesting, and, were they committed to print in full, novel-\\nistic form, a story could be told that would make a volume.\\nBut back to the night of November 10th, 1873. The day pre-\\nceding this night was windy, bleak, chilly and cold, and, as the weary\\nsun was lolling in the West, the winds gained headway, and, as\\ntwilight came, so came a perfect windstorm. Our subject, accompa-\\nnied by a friend, had, during the day, sauntered along the shore of\\nthe great river, coasting in a sailboat, not to kill the tedium of slow-\\ncreeping days, but there was a mission of love, and when one has a\\nbig heart and feeble hands, a heart to hew his name out upon time as\\non a rock, then immortalities, to stand on time as on a pedestal, dan-\\nger presents no fears. Racking night came, the wind drew the pale\\ncurtains of the vapory clouds, and showed those wonderful, mysterious\\nvoids throbbing with stars like pulses of men. Our subject and his\\nfriend, young, brave Duncan Cargill, bent upon love across the raging\\nwaters, bade their time with patience until patience ceased to be a\\nvirtue, and go they must and go they would.\\nThe King of Day had dipped his weary head\\nWithin old Father Ocean s billowy bed.\\nYes, it was night when the little boat left its mooring, and\\nthe dauntless young men bended themselves to the work of\\nthe oars. The river, at this point, was one and a half miles in\\nwidth, and the rolling whitecaps flying housetop high, the wmd\\nhowling as wolves for blood yet, on they went, the little boat\\nmounting the madcaps and, swan-like, settling gracefully in the\\nvalley, only again and again to be tossed high up. Slow progress was\\nmade, however the sea grew worse and worse until our subject s\\nblood ran back his shaking knees against each other knocked, and", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0651.jp2"}, "652": {"fulltext": "628 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nhe foresaw thai the dark-winged angel respects not time nor place.\\nHe realized All seasons are thine, O Death and how true it was,\\nfor at eleven o clock, the boat capsized, the two were thrown into the\\ncold waves, and soon thereafter, the winds sweeping over its restless\\nsurface, sighed a requiem in the trembling shrouds of poor Cargill.\\nWave tossed and almost frozen, our subject saw his comrade go down\\nto the valley and shadow of death.\\nWhat next he cried.\\nI know not. do not care.\\nThere s nothing which I cannot bear\\nSince I have borne this startling blow.\\nThe position in which he thus found himself, appalling as it\\nsurely was, seemed to nerve him to a determined and successful fight\\nfor life. Midnight came and found him still clinging to the capsized\\nboat, fighting the waves. One o clock came with the same result\\ntwo, three and four o clock came, and yet he was drifting. At this\\nhour he had drifted near shore and was almost unconscious. A\\nmerciful providence, through a Mr. Sutherland, went to his rescue^\\nlifted him from the water onto his shoulder and carried him to his\\nhouse, where blankets and other restoratives were administered and\\nhis life saved. He revived in the course of time, but how many\\ncould have successfully contended with the ordeal.\\nOn the seventh of June, 1876, not quite three years subsequent\\nto the time of which we have heen writing, Mr. Andrew Jackson\\nWorsham (who is an Old Hickory in fact) was united in marriage\\nto Miss Florence Rhorer at her home in the City of San Francisco.\\nThey now have four children, John Cook, Miriam, Milton Young and\\nLudson. Several years ago Mr. Worsham returned to Kentucky with\\nhis family and has since been engaged in the wholesale liquor and\\ndistilling interest. He is a Republican in politics, a Baptist in\\nreligious training, but by no means an enthusiast in the work of any\\nreligious or secular work. He himself is a consistent, hard worker,\\nattends diligently to his business and accords that same right to all\\nhis friends, who are numbered by the thousand. Our subject is a\\nmember of both the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias.\\nLudson Worsham., Physician, is the second living son of E. W.\\nand Miriam J. Worsham, and was born in Henderson County on the\\nnineteenth day of December, 1854. At an early age Ludson Wor-\\nsham manifested a fondness for books. He was educated in various\\nprivate schools, and by private tutors, finally graduating with high\\nhonors from the Henderson High School. He studied medicine,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0652.jp2"}, "653": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 629\\nfor which he exhibited a great fondness, and graduated in the vear\\n1879, at the Medical Universitv, New York City. He accompanied\\nhis father during the month o4 August, 1873, to San Francisco, Cali-\\nfornia, and became a citizen of the Golden City. He remained in\\nSan Francisco several years, and then visited New York for the pur-\\npose of completing his medical education, which he did as before\\nstated in 1879. Having graduated, he returned to San Francisco and\\nimmediately engaged in the practice of his profession in that city un-\\ntil 1882. His ability was so marked, his strength of character so well\\nsettled, commercial eyes were soon directed toward him, and in a\\nshort while he was induced by the Alaska Commercial Company to\\naccept the position of Medical Purveyor for that district, Unalaska,\\na town situated upon the east coast of Unalaska Island, the largest\\nand most extreme eastern of the Aleutian Islands, was designated\\nheadquarters. He accepted the position, and during his stay at that\\nplace, traveled among the Aleutian Islands off the Coast of Alaska.\\nIn 1884, much to the regret of the Alaska Commercial Company, Dr.\\nWorsham tendered his resignation. For nearly two years he had per-\\nformed his duties nobly and faithfully, his gentle kindness in sickness\\nand in health, had won him warm friends therefore, it is not to be\\nwondered, that the Alaska Company reluctantly accepted his resig-\\nnation, but, there was a jewel in his far off native home, dearer to his\\nnoble love than all the glittering wealth above or underneath the earth\\nof Alaska. Love knows no limit; for six and one-half long years his\\nheart had been tangled in a golden smile and, why not, beauty hath\\nmade our greatest manhood weak other Doctors than he have gone\\ntilting with a lance of light, in lists of argument, and yet have knelt\\nand sighed most plethoric sighs stern hearts close barred agamst a\\nwanton world, have had their gates burst open by a kiss. There was\\none, who might have topped all men, who bartered joyously for one\\nsingle smile, an empired planet with its load of crowns, and thought\\nhimself rich. With such sweet arguments staring him in the face, he\\nyet loved and languished after the most orthodox model. Hope,\\nHeaven s own gift to struggling mortals, cheered him upward and\\nonward, and soon he was enroute to Henderson. In coming, the\\nDoctor visited Petropaulovsk, in the southern part of Western Siberia,\\nand, after a long, tedious and disagreeable voyage, landed safe at his\\nnative town.\\nA few months subsequent to his arrival, an event occurred which\\nexplains what we have been hinting at. On the seventeenth day of\\nDecember, 1884, Dr. Ludson Worsham and Miss Mary L. Hodge, an", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0653.jp2"}, "654": {"fulltext": "630 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\naccomplished lady, a true and devoted lover in maidenhood, an affec-\\ntionate and self-denying wife and mother, and a model christian, were\\njoined together in the holy estate of matrimony at Henderson, Rev.\\nDr. D. O. Davies, of the First Piesbyterian Church, officiating. Dr.\\nWorsham, immediately after his marriage, formed a medical partner-\\nship with his wife s father, Dr. Joseph Anthony Hodge, and for several\\nmonths practiced his chosen profession in Henderson, but as time\\nrolled on, he believed Evansville to be a better vineyard for the med-\\nical laborer, so on the tenth day of August, 1885, he removed to that\\ncity, and is yet domiciled there, doing, as the writer learns, a lucrative\\npractice. Dr. Hodge, the father of Mrs. Worsham, is well known to\\nthe profession throughout Kentucky. He was at one time President\\nof the Kentucky State Board of Health, and as a physician is recog-\\nnized and acknowledged one of the best in the State. Dr. and Mrs.\\nWorsham have had born unto them two children, both boys, each of\\nwhom being most appropriately named. The eldest is named for his\\nmaternal grandfather, Anthony Hodge, the youngest for his paternal\\ngrandfather, Elijah William.\\nDr. Worsham was raised in the Baptist Church faith, but at this\\nwriting has not confessed the faith handed down, by attaching him-\\nself to any church, through membership. Mrs. Worsham is a devoted\\nPresbyterian, sincere in all she does or says. Dr. Worsham is a\\ncharter member of St. George Lodge, Knights of Pythias at Evans-\\nville.\\nDe Witt Clinton Worsham is the third living son of Elijah\\nW. and Miriam J. Worsham. He was born in Henderson County, on\\nthe fifth day of May, 1857, and it seems that, that happy event to the\\nparental head of the family, and his now hundreds of friends and\\nwarm admirers, had a concurrent bearing with him. It is by no means\\na coincidence, but an evidence of taste on the part of our subject to\\nhave celebrated his twenty-ninth birthday by wooing, winning and\\nuniting unto himself for life, in marriage, a lady so gifted in all the\\ngraces so necessary to make man s abode in this mundane sphere\\nhappy and contented. Yet all this is true, for on the fifth day of May,\\n1886, this solemn and sacred rite was celebrated at the First Presby-\\nterian Church of this city, the contracting parties being De Witt Clin-\\nton Worsham and Miss Fannie R. Walbridge. On the third day of\\nJune, 1887, there was born unto them Ellen Frances, a bright bloom-\\ning daughter.\\nIn August, 1873, our subject accompanied his father to Califor-\\nnia, and while there graduated from The California College, lo", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0654.jp2"}, "655": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 631\\ncated at Vacaville. He lived in the Golden State with his father for\\neight years, and returned to Henderson on the fourth day of Septem-\\nber, 1881. During his life on the Pacific Coast he studied and mas-\\ntered the art of telegr iphy, and at one time was in charge as business\\nmanager of one of the principal offices of that part of this great coun-\\ntry. It is due to say, howe\\\\er, that the Western Union Telegraph\\nOffice at Henderson deseives the credit of his beginning his studies;\\nyes, it was here, that, in 1870, he first contracted a liking for the mys-\\ntic ait. Our subject gave up telegraphing for several years, but of\\nlate months a good part of his time has been given to the service of\\nthe Western Union. That he is competent to accept any position in\\nthe art Lightening, the writer of this has no doubt. For three\\nyears last past, Mr, Worsham has served his State in the capacitv of\\na soldier member of the Carlisle Rifles State Militia. He was\\nnever called to do dangerous duty, but no matter, he held himself in\\nreadiness, and it was no fault of his that he was not in the field doiner\\nactive duty He held the position up to the time the company was\\ndisbanded by process of law, which only occurred a few months ago.\\nMr. Worsham is a Democrat in politics, a Mason in the mystic tve,\\nand so far as the writer knows, holds no partial church leaning He\\nis associated with his father and brother in the wholesale liquor and\\ndistilling business, and serves the great business in the capacity of\\nbookkeeper. For several years he successfully engaged in the sale\\nof boots and shoes, but resigned that trade to enter a partnership\\nwith his father.\\nWilliam Graham Worsham was born in Henderson County,\\non the fourth day of March, 1860, and is the fourth living son of E.\\nW. and Miriam J. Worsham. His father, as he did in the case of his\\nother boys, spared no means to give him a substantial education. He\\nmatriculated, first at the Henderson Public School, and remained a\\nstudent at that institution up to a short time prior to his father s re-\\nmoval to California in August, 1873. While in his adopted State,\\nyoung Worsham was sent to the Boy s High School at San Fran-\\ncisco, and subsequently completed his education within the walls of\\nthe California College, a noted educational faculty called by that\\nname. Subsequent to leaving college, he went to Los xA.ngeles, Cali-\\nfornia, settled there, and on the tenth day of May, 1881, was married\\nto Miss Margaret Blasdel, formerly of Lawrenceburg, Indiana, a lady\\nreputed to be handsome, intelligent and agreeable an affectionate,\\nenergetic and most estimable woman. They have one child, Nellie\\nWorsham, born June \u00e2\u0080\u00a228th, 1885.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0655.jp2"}, "656": {"fulltext": "632 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nMr. Worsham is an apt, quick business young man, and is to-day\\nfilling two important official positions in the city of his home. He is\\ncollector for the Los Angeles Furniture Company, Secretary of the\\nFire Department of that city, having been elected by the Fire De-\\npartment June 3d, 1887. He is the owner of one hundred and sixty\\nacres of land, lying in Los Angeles County, and located in what is\\nknown as the Mineral Oil Belt, or better known as the Puenti\\nOil District. A company is being formed for the purpose of devel-\\noping this territory, and it is confidently predicted that the tests pro-\\nposed will eventuate in success. There are at present six large wells\\nlocated adjacent to this district of land, that are yielding three hundred\\nbarrels of petroleum daily. Mr. Worsham has never attached him-\\nself to any church or any lodge. In politics he is a Democrat. To\\nsum him up, he is a young man of fine business qualifications and hab-\\nits, and will eventually, if permitted by health, make for himself a\\nname to be envied.\\nWILLIAM J. MARSHALL, the subject of this sketch, was born\\non the twenty-sixth day of December, 1827, on the farm, settled by his\\ngrandfather, Colonel William Marshall, five miles south of Henderson,\\non the Madisonville road.\\nCol. Wm. Marshall was a soldier in the War of the Revolution\\nfrom Virginia. In the year 1810 he removed from Mecklenburg\\nCounty, Virginia, to this county, and located the farm as above stated.\\nHe died, two years after, leaving his farm to his widow and youngest\\nchild, William J, Marshall, then a youth sixteen years of age. The\\nson grew to a manhood of high standing in the community for busi-\\nness capacity and social character. For a long time he was engaged\\nin merchandising in the town of Henderson, but returned to his farm,\\nand soon thereafter married Sarah Lyne Holloway, youngest daughter\\nof Col. John Holloway. In the year 1834 Mr. Marshall died, leav-\\ning four children, John H., William J., (subject of this sketch), James\\nB. and Lucie Ann., in after years, wife of Col. Leonard H. Lyne.\\nAt an early age our subject was sent to the Henderson Seminary\\nand placed under the educational guidance of Mr. George Gayle, a\\nteacher of rare attainments. Under the tutorage of this preceptor,\\nMr. Marshall gained a fine primary education, and, at the age of\\ntwelve years became a student under the teaching of Rev. John\\nMcCullough. In three years after, he had fitted himself to enter a\\nschool possessed of more extended advantages therefore, at the age\\nof fifteen years, he matriculated at Kenyon College, Ohio, one of the\\nmost noted institutions of learning then in the West. After remain-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0656.jp2"}, "657": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\n633\\ning at Gambler one year, he entered Centre College, Danville, Ky.,\\nwhere he remained one year. Returning to Henderson, he accepted\\na clerkship with his uncle, Sanuiel Stites, at that time one of the lead-\\ning dry goods merchants of tlie town. The agreement between the\\ntwo was limited, yet, at the expiration of the time, both parties were\\nwell enough pleased to enter into a new contract, which continued up\\nto the time Mr. Stites sold out to Evans Holloway. He remained\\na short time with the new firm, but his health failing him, in 1850, he\\nwent to Virginia, in the hope of reinstating his physical condition.\\nIn this, however, he was disappointed, and returning to Henderson,\\nresigned his clerkship and located upon the farm upon which he was\\nborn. On the twenty-second day of February, 1853, Mr. Marshall\\nmarried Miss Lucie Frances Posey, daughter of William T. Posey and\\ngreat-granddaughter of General Thomas Posey, an officer of the Revo-\\nlution, who served upon the staff of General Washington. Mrs.\\nMarshall is a most estimable woman, possessed of a peculiar charm\\nof manner, and very much beloved. During the year 1858, Mr.\\nMarshall, by an unfortunate accident, suffered the loss of his right\\nhand, yet by constant practice, soon acquired the art of writing with\\nhis left hand, and has lost no time in keeping up his large correspond-\\nence. At the close of the War of the Rebellion, having lost some\\ntwenty-five valuable slaves, he determined to take up his residence\\nin the town. The handsome residence where he now resides was\\nbuilt during the summer of 1864, and he, together with his family,\\n\u00c2\u00a9ccupied it during the spring of 1865. He soon opened a commission\\nand insurance office and was not long in finding himself doing a\\nlucrative business. In the fall of 1865 he organized the banking\\nhouse of Green, Marshall Co., composed of Hon. Grant Green,\\nnow Cashier of the Farmers Bank at Frankfort, Ky., himself and Ed-\\nward Atkinson. In the fall of 1866, in order to enlarge the com-\\nmission business, he organized the firm of W. J. Marshall cSc Co.,\\nconsisting of Green, Marshall Co., and Paul J. Marrs. They pur-\\nchased a large and commodious wharfboat, and in conjunction occu-\\npied as a storage house the old Green River warehouse, at that time\\nsituated on a point of land out on the line of Third street, between\\nWater street and the river. In 1868 the firm built the large brick\\nwarehouse, now standing on Third street, between Main and Water\\nstreets. Upon the election of Hon. Grant Green, to the Cashiership\\nof the Farmers Bank, the banking affairs of Green, Marshall Co.\\nwere closed up, and the accounts turned over to the Henderson\\nBranch of the Farmers Bank. In August, 1869, Mr. Marshall was", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0657.jp2"}, "658": {"fulltext": "634 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nelected a Director of the Farmers Bank. For several years he was a\\nmember of the Henderson and Nashville R. R. Directory, representing\\nthe City of Henderson. By the will of his uncle, John G. Holloway, one\\nof the most intelligent and successful business men of the age, Mr.\\nMarshall was made one of the executors of his large and varied estate.\\nBeing solicited, he, in connection with Dr. Thomas Taylor, brother\\nof Mrs. Burbank, qualified as administrator of that large estate. In\\nboth instances he has evinced marked ability in the manasfement of\\nthe trusts. Mr. Marshall has never been an office-seeker, but fre-\\nquently office has sought him. He has served his county and city in\\nseveral capacities. For a long time he served as a member of the Board\\nof Public School Trustees, and for a number of years has held, by ap-\\npointment, the position of Water Works Commissioner. In 1872 he\\nwas appointed a Director of the South Ky. R. R., and entrusted sole-\\nly with the only appropriation of money ever made, looking to the\\nbuilding of the road. In June, 1842, at the age of fifteen years, under\\nthe preaching of Rev. Dr. Nathan Hall, of Lexington, Ky., Mr. Mar-\\nshall united himself with the Presbyterian Church, and has continued\\nan earnest worker in the cause to this day. In 1851 he was elected\\nSuperintendent of the Sunday School, and held that position to the\\nyear 1853. In the year 185-, in connection with others, he was instru-\\nmental in the building of a house of worship, near by, known as Posey\\nChapel, in which a Presbyterian Church was organized in the spring\\nof 1853. He was elected an elder and Superintendent of the Sunday\\nSchool, and served up to 1865, when he removed to town. In Septem-\\nber, 1865, he was a^ain elected Superintendent of the Presbyterian\\nSunday School in the city. During the same year he was elected an\\nelder, both of which offices he yet holds, with signal gratification to\\nthe church congregation. In addition to a considerable city estate,\\nhe is the owner of large farming interests, extensively engaged in the\\ntobacco trade, being the leading partner in the large sales tobacco\\nwarehouse in the city, the stemmery at Boxville, Union County, and\\none of the largest growers of the staple in this county. In the year\\n1878, combining business with pleasure, Mr. Marshall visited Europe\\nand traveled extensively, both in England and on the Continent.\\nDuring his visit, he was a regular contributor to the columns of the\\nHenderson Reporter. His letters were gracefully written, and out of\\nthe usual routine of such correspondence they were breezy, newsy\\nand highly entertaining, looked for regularly and devoured with a\\nkeenly relish by all the readers of the paper, and by all who could\\nprocure a copy. Mr. Marshall is the father of eight children, three", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0658.jp2"}, "659": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 635\\ndaughters and five sons\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Posey, William J., Starling L., Stuart Oxley,\\nLen Lyne, Lila, who married Fielding L Turner, Annie, who married\\nGeorge B. Hughes, and Virgie, unmarried. All of the children are\\nliving, and no shepherd has ever had greater cause to rejoice over his\\nflock. Mr. Marshall has but little time to devote to literary pursuits,\\nalthough he is inclined that way, being an occasional contributor to\\nthe newspapers. In closing this sketch, it cannot be more appropri-\\nately done, than in reproducing the following lines, written by him on\\nthe anniversary of his fifty-second birthday, and a few verses written\\non the death of Richard Stites.\\nREVERIES ON MY FIFTY-SECOND BIRTHDAY,\\nAnother birthday come, another milestone passed,\\nIn the journe}^ which leads from the cradle to the grave\\nOh. how the line seems lengthening out, and as I gaze\\nBackward over the long array, unto the dim vista,\\nVista of my childhood days, I seem to see\\nThe first one resting upon a Sainted Mother s knee.\\nFurther on they seem to mark an aimless orphaned youth,\\nWith no kind father s voice, or hand, to guide uiy feet,\\nAnd then they tell of years of labor, toil and care,\\nWith days of unalloyed happiness, of blessings\\nRich and full, ot chastisements and sorrows sore.\\nA da of reckoning this. Oh, come my soul, thy\\nBallance sheet prepare How stands the account\\nBetwixt thee and thy God what hast thou rendered\\nUnto him, for all his goodness shown to thee\\nWhat loving service wrought for Him who did\\nSo much for thee What self denial what\\nSacrifice of Avealth or ease, for sake of Him\\nWho tho he was rich, for your sake became poor?\\nw hat cans t thou show of opportunities given thee of\\nTalents multiplied what deeds ot kindness done to\\nSuffering fellow men; what burdens lifted from\\nThe mourning widows heart what orphans tears, so\\nKindly, gently wiped away what erring one reclaimed?\\nOh. come my soul the balance strike as in the sight\\nOf Him who knowest thy every deed, whose eye discerns\\nThe inmost thoughts and purposes of thy heart.\\nOh. loving Father, who dos t look with pitying eye\\nOn thy frail children here, accept my humble service,\\nWhich, tho feeble and faltering, jet from honest heart proceeds\\nOh. give me wisdom, grace and strength, that when\\nMy birthday s here are ended, it may appear\\nThat I ve not lived in vain.\\nHenderson, Ky., December 26th, 1879,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0659.jp2"}, "660": {"fulltext": "636 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\nTRIBUTE TO RICHARD STITES.\\nOne by one the Autumn leaves have fallen,\\nLeaving the boughs so bare and seer\\nOne bv one our friends are taken,\\nLeaving our hearts so sad and drear.\\nOh, what if ne er the springtime breezes\\nShould wake again the leaves and flowers\\nOh. what if ne er the voice of Jfsus,\\nShould make again these friends of ours.\\nHow dark this world, if leaf and flowers\\nShould slumber e er neath winter s finger;\\nHow dark the grave, if in its power\\nOur sleeping friends should ever linger.\\nBut, soon again the breath of summer\\nShall clothe the earth in verdure vernal,\\nAnd soon again our friends who slumber,\\nShall wake in Christ to life eternal.\\nDecember, 1883.\\nEDMUND LYNE STARLING.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In treating of the life of the\\none whose name heads this brief sketch, one must feel that the diffi-\\nculties he has to encounter, are equally great with those of the\\nphotographer when he attempts to reproduce on prepared paper,\\nthe exact features of a picture that presents aspects of a marked\\ncharacter. From his earliest childhood he possessed a mind remark-\\nable for its strength and clearness. His chief aim seemed to be to\\nearn an honorable name through the practice of those civic virtues\\nwhich, while they adorn their possessor, are the strongest supports of\\nboth society and government. At an early age he began to exhibit\\nthose of character, which, in their fuller development, caused him to\\nbe beloved and respected wherever he was known.\\nIn his domestic life, his home stood with hospitable gates ajar,\\nwelcoming the stranger, the friend, the wayfarer and the distressed.\\nNo cloistral quiet there, with grave and irksome duties, where life\\nwas treated as a great sorrow to be borne in peace nay, but a genial\\nhomelike pleasantness, rife with joyous sounds and echoing with con-\\ntagious laughter, from its open windows and light, inviting chambers.\\nLittle children loved and came to him, their intuitions, wiser than our\\nskill, recognized his kindly, generous nature, and they climbed about\\nhis knees, roguishly and confidingly. He ever could sympathize with\\nthe child over its broken doll, as well as he could with a man borne\\ndown to earth with his sad and sorrowful bereavements. The young", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0660.jp2"}, "661": {"fulltext": "COL. E. L. STARLING.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0661.jp2"}, "662": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0662.jp2"}, "663": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 637\\nmaiden, strange with the new love springing in her innocent heart,\\nand wandering over the prize, found in this plain and good man, the\\ntenderest advisor and friend, a confidant more true than her old\\nschoolmate, to whom she plann ld a future in the soft brilliance of\\ntheir moonlit chamber. This enlarged good feeling for charity as\\nGod made the world, and not narrowly, as man uses it, was one of\\nthe qualities and attributes of Col. Edmund L. Starling. All those\\nwho knew him and felt his kindly influence, know that it is no more\\npossible to resist a kindly nature shining from a noble heart, than it is\\nfor the earth to turn ungrateful to the sun and refuse its plants and\\nflowers its generous kiss.\\nCol. Edmund L. Starling was born in Mecklenburg County, Vir-\\nginia, on the ninth day of May, 1795. Sir William Starling, of Stop-\\nplesy Hall, of Bedfordshire, England, his paternal ancestor, was\\nknighted in 1661, and Lord Mayor of London in 1670. The cele-\\nbrated William Penn, it is said, was arraigned before Lord Mayor\\nStarling for non-conformiiy of his religious opinions to the accepted\\ncreed of the Government. William Starling, grandfather of the\\nsubject of this sketch, was the first man of the name who came to\\nAmerica, coming as an assistant or merchant s clerk, with his uncle,\\nBenjamin Hubbard. He settled in King William County, Virginia,\\nabout 1740. William Starling, his son, and father of our subject, was\\nborn in King William County on the fourth day of September, 1756.\\nHe married Susanna Lyne, daughter of Col. William Lyne, of the\\nsame county, in 1774. They had eleven children, our subject being\\nthe youngest. Anne Starling, the second child, married Major John\\nHolloway, a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and soon afterwards\\nremoved to Kentucky, settling in this county. William Starling, soon\\nafter his marriage, removed to Mecklenburg County, Virginia, where\\nhe lived for many years, following the occupation of merchant and\\nalso serving as High Sheriff of the county. During his term of office\\nhe won considerable reputation for coolness and courage by the arrest\\nof a notorious and dangerous character, who had long been the dread\\nand annoyance of the whole country, and who, upon the occasion\\nreferred to, had ridden into the courtyard heavily armed, and, with\\ninsolent bravado, defied the officers and dared them arrest him.\\nIn 1794, William Starling removed to Kentucky and settled on a\\nfarm near Harrodsburgh, in Mercer County. He had purchased\\nlands before coming there, but lost them through the conflicting and\\nuncertain titles that were characteristic of those days, and which, for\\nmany years thereafter,were the source of much trouble and litigation,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0663.jp2"}, "664": {"fulltext": "638 HISTORY OF HENDF.RSON COUNTY KY.\\nuntil the Legislature, by a few general and sweeping acts, quieted the\\ntitles and confirmed the possession to the fortunate holders. Mr.\\nStarling, in addition to his large landed interest, was the owner of a\\ngreat many slaves, and engaged in mercantile pursuits at Harrods-\\nburgh on an extensive scale, having branches of his house in Hender-\\nson ;ind Frankfort. He died December 25th, 18*26; his wife, Susanna\\nLyne, died September 7th, 1802. Colonel Starling, as he was called,\\nderived his title from the fact that he was selected Colonel of a\\ntemporary regiment, called out when Virginia was threatened with\\ninvasion by Benedict Arnold and his command, after his treason, and\\nwhen he had joined the British army. He represented Mercer County\\nin the Kentucky Legislature, and, according to the document under\\nthe seal of the State, was appointed Assistant Judge for his district\\nDecember 18th, 1806.\\nCol. Edmund Lyne Starling, the subject of this sketch, October\\n2d, 1817, at Frankfort, married Ann Maria Todd. She was born\\n7 7/\\nMarch 30th, 1801, and was the third child of Judge Thomas Todd.\\nJudge Todd was born in King and Queen County, Virginia was a\\nsoldier in the revolution and, in civic life, one of the most eminent\\nmen in the nation. He first married Miss Harris, of Pennsylvania,\\nby whom he had three children. She died, and he then married a\\nwidow of a nephew of General Washington, who was born Lucy\\nPayne, a beautiful, highly intellectual and imperious woman, sister of\\nMrs. President Madison They had two sons. Judge Todd immi-\\ngrated to Kentucky\u00c2\u00ab*when about twenty years of age. He chose the\\nprofession of the law and devoted himself so earnestly to its duties\\nthat he soon became known as one of the ablest lawyers in the West-\\nern country. The honors of his profession came thick and fast upon\\nhim. He rose to the position of Chief Justice, the highest judicial\\noffice of the State. No one aciiieved a greater reputation in the\\nadjustment of perplexing difficulties arising out of the defective land\\nlaws of Virginia than Judge Todd. His success was such that Presi-\\ndent Jefferson, in 1807, called him to a seat on the Supreme Federal\\nBench, a position he held until his death. Justice Story pronounced\\na beautiful tribute to his memory. A brother of Mrs. Edmund L\\nStarling was Col. Charles Stewart Todd, who was on the staff of\\nGeneral Harrison and served with distinction in the War of 1812,\\nwas United States Minister to the court of Russia in the Harrison-\\nTyler administration, and was afterwards charge d^ affaires to South\\nAmerica. He married a daughter of the great Governor Shelby,\\nKentucky s first and fighting Governor.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0664.jp2"}, "665": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 639\\nCol. Edmund L. Starling, in his younger days, indeed, through-\\nout his whole life, was of a gay and easy disposition, more disposed to\\nenjoy the pleasures of life than settle down to business. For a\\nnumber of years he resided in ^^ankfort. Later on he removed to\\nLogan County and settled on a farm not far from his brother William,\\nwhere he lived for several years. About the year 1830, he removed\\nto Henderson County and located upon the farm now owned by Mrs.\\nW. S. Elam. Fifteen years after he settled the farm known as the\\nSmith Farm, near the People s Coal Mines, on the Knoblick road,\\nand built the frame residence yet to be found standing there. Col.\\nJohn Rudy, of this county, was the contractor, and the building is a\\ncredit to his honesty and mechanical skill, being, as it is, one of the\\nbest frames in the county.\\nCol. Starling was never an office seeker, but, by appointment,\\nserved this county, under the old Constitution, as Magistrate from.\\n1835 to 1850, both years inclusive. He would have been the next\\nSheriff under the old Constitution rule. He served in many public\\ntrusts, such as guardian, administrator, and vestryman of his church.\\nIn November, 1854, Mr. Starling sold his farm to Chas. T. Star-\\nling, and having, on the twenty-first of March, 1851, purchased\\nproperty in the town from Dr. W. B. Read, gave up farming and\\nremoved with his family into the town. In early times the country\\nbordering along creeks was exceedingly unhealthy, and about all\\nthat a farmer could make, he was required to pay to doctors and\\nfor calomel, quinine and such medicines; for this reason, therefore,\\nit is most likely Mr. Starling removed into the town. His countrv\\nhome was one of the happiest and most cheerful. There was hardly\\na time that it was without visiting company, gay young persons from\\nthe town and from far off places.\\nIt is seldom so many lovable traits of character are to be found\\nembodied in one personage as were possessed in such an eminent\\ndegree by Mrs. Starling. She was a most lovable woman, full of\\nheart, truth, justice, charity in fact, all those attributes that go to\\nmake a pure, noble, perfect woman. She was the light of the\\nhousehold, the anchor to which the family clung, the brightest star in\\nthe constellation surrounding her, and a highly cultivated and most\\nintelligent lady.\\nUnto Colonel and Mrs. E. L. Starling there were born eleven\\nchildren, to-wit Lyne, Thomas Todd, Sarah Carneal, Jane Davison,\\nElizabeth Todd, William, Charles Todd, Susanna, Ann Maria, Lucy\\nBell and Edmund Lyne, all of whom, with the exception of Charles", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0665.jp2"}, "666": {"fulltext": "640 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nTodd, preceded their parents in death. Truly a sad harvest of death\\nin one family. Mrs. Starling died December 15th, 1862, and was\\nfollowed by her husband August 30th, 1869. They were both mem-\\nbers of the church, Mr. Starling of the Protestant Episcopal, his\\nwife of the Presbyterian. Only three of thfe children married,\\nto-wit Lyne, Sarah Carneal and Charles Todd. Lyne Starling, the\\neldest son, was born in Logan County on the twenty-third day of\\nAugust, 1818. He died at the age of thirty-three years, having been\\nmarried three times first to Miriam P. Dillon, of Franklin County, a\\nlady of the brightest mind and highest order of intellectual accom-\\nplishments. As an artist, she ranked among the most noted amateurs.\\nAs a poetess and writer, she knew but few equals, and, as a lady\\ncalculated to adorn society, she was pre-eminently recognized and\\nbeloved. She died January 20th, 1841, one year and seven months\\nafter her marriage, leaving one son, Edmund Lyne Starling, born\\nMay 9th, 1840.\\nLyne Starling married, secondly, Anna Belle Walker, on the\\nthirtieth day of June, 1843. She was a beautiful woman and very\\nmuch beloved. She died November 13th, 1844, leaviog no issue.\\nFive years before nis death, April 29th, 1846, Lyne married, for his\\nthird wife, Mary F, Allison, eldest daughter of William D. Allison,\\nfor many years clerk of the Circuit and County Courts of Henderson\\nCounty. She is still living and is justly known as one of the most\\nestimable of her sex, and a devoted true friend and Christian woman.\\nLyne Starling, for a number of years, was engaged in the mercantile\\ntrade, and enjoyed a large and extensive patronage. He was a noble,\\nhigh-spirited man, but never enjoyed good health. He died November\\n25th, 1851. By his last marriage, one child, Ann Maria, was born\\non the twenty-sixth day of January, 1849. She was as pure as a dew\\ndrop and as lovable as it is possible in human nature. She died\\nNovember 22d, 1865.\\nSarah Carneal Starling, the eldest daughter, a most amiable and\\naffectionate woman, fulfilling every promise of her bright youth, was\\nmarried on the second day of January, 1849, to Henry Lyne, eldest\\nson of George Lyne, and grandson of Gen l Sam l Hopkins, agent for\\nRichard Henderson Co., who located the town of Henderson. By\\nthat marriage, four children were born George, William Starling,\\nSusanna Starling, and James. George was born Sept. 20th, 1849, in\\nHenderson. He married, has one child, Susanna, and is teaching\\nschool in Vanderburg County, Indiana, and farming on a small\\nscale in Henderson County. William Starling Lyne was born January", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0666.jp2"}, "667": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 641\\n7th, 1853 married Miss Mary Meyer, daughter of Dr. J. M. Meyer,\\na leading physician of Boyle County, and, a few 3 ears after, purchased\\nland in that county, built him a handsome home and located with his\\nfamily, where he yet resides, engaged in farming and raising fine\\nJersey cattle. His wife i^ a very handsome woman, thoroughly domestic\\nand very popular. They have had five children, to-wit Charles Star-\\nling, Meyer, Oscar, Mary and William Starling, all fine looking,\\nintelligent children. Susanna Starling Lyne married Jacob Swigert,\\nof Frankfort, a gentleman of high order of intelligence, a thoroughly\\nhonest and reliable business man, much respected by all who know\\nhim, and in all a most estimable man. Mr. and Mrs. Swigert reside\\nupon a fine blue grass farm, near Spring Station, Woodford County.\\nThey have had two children, Mary Hendricks and Starling, both\\nbright and intelligent. Mrs. Swigert is a thorough Christian woman,\\ndevoted to her husband, children, relatives and friends, and is a\\nmost loN able persoij.\\nCharles Todd Starling, fourth son of Col. Edmund L. Starling,\\nwas born in Logan County on the twenty-second day of September,\\n1829. He, as in the case of the other children, was raised upon a\\nfarm, but was given the best educational advantages to be had in\\nthose early times, his father employing the best private teachers when\\nhis children were young, in order that they might be prepared to\\nenter the higher grades. At the age of twelve years, young Charles\\nwas sent to Gambier College, Ohio, where he remained from three to\\nfour years. Subsequent to that time, he received educational training\\nfrom Rev. John McCuUagh and others, until he had possessed\\nhimself of a liberal education. He then, for a short time, served in\\nthe Circuit and County Clerks offices as deputy under William D.\\nAllison. On the twenty-seventh day of February, 1851, he married\\nin Louisville, Miss Maria J. Tunstall, eldest daughter of Henry J.\\nTunstall, who, for many years, held positions of important trust in\\nthat city and afterwards served as Councilman of Henderson for\\nmany years, with credit to himself and the city. Mrs. Starling was,\\nand is yet, a very handsome woman, though for many years a great\\nsufferer from ills the flesh is heir to. Charles T. Starling is one of\\nthe noblest of men, honest beyond peradventure and liberal to a fault.\\nHe is a devoted husband, relative and churchman. For many years\\nduring his manhood, he evinced but little interest in religious matters,\\nbut for the last twenty years or more, has been an active, earnest\\nworker in the church and Sunday school. He is a member of the\\nPresbyterian Church, and, a few years since, was made an Elder.\\n41", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0667.jp2"}, "668": {"fulltext": "642 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nIn 1867 he was elected Teller of the Farmers Bank, and filled\\nthe position with such credit that, at the death of Col. L. H. Lyne,\\nCashier, in 1881, he was unanimously elected to that important\\nposition and is yet serving in that capacity. He has held the impor-\\ntant position of City Treasurer since 1875.\\nAll of the remainder of Col. jCidmund L. Starling s children, eight\\nin number, died unmarried. Edmund Lyne Starling, son of Lyne\\nStarling and Miriam P. Dillon, and grandson of Col. Edmund L.\\nStarling, whs born in the town of Henderson on the ninth day of\\nMay, 1840. On the sixth day of October, 1863, he married Miss\\nMollie B. Stewart, of New Orleans, a handsome, intelligent, energetic\\nand most estimable woman. She, at the age of nineteen years\\nbecame the mistress of a large household, including the care and\\nmanagement of a large number of slaves, a majority of whom were\\nquite young. Her executive judgment was so marked as to attract\\nthe attention of her Grandfather Starling, who, upon all occasions,\\ndeemed it a pleasure to speak of her in a most complimentary way.\\nShe was born in Louisville March 31st, 1844, educated in the best\\nprivate schools of that city, and finished her school course with Mrs.\\nW. B. Nold, principal of the Louisville Female Seminary, a noted\\neducational institution. She also received the highest musical advan-\\ntages offered at that time, being taught by Messrs. Gunther Brain-\\nard, eminent instructors.\\nIn the seventeenth century, during the troublous times in Scot-\\nland, two brothers, Patrick and Thomas Stuart, resolved to immigrate\\nto America. They were of Scotch-Irish descent, and although they\\nclaimed to be descendants of the Royal family of Stuarts, they mutu-\\nally agreed, as they were beginning a new life, in a new country, to\\nchange the mode of spelling their names from Stuart to Stewart.\\nPatrick settled in New York City, became very wealthy and died a\\nbachelor. His brother Thomas settled in Virginia, where he married.\\nHe afterwards removed to Jefferson County, Kentucky. He was a\\nsuccessful farmer, accumulating considerable property, and was noted\\nfor his strict integrity and upright life. He was a kind hearted man,\\ncareless in preserving important papers and looking closely to busi-\\nness affairs. In consequence of this he lost the valuable estate of his\\nbrother Patrick, which he, in his old age, always claimed his heirs\\nwere entitled to. At one time the City of New York advertised for\\nthe heirs of one certain Patrick Stewart, who had left much property\\nand died without issue. Nearly every family in the Union by\\nthe name of Stewart put in their claim, except the descendants", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0668.jp2"}, "669": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 643\\nof the two brothers. These descendants, like their ancestors,\\nwere careless about records and too wise to indulge hope, know-\\ning thev would be required to furnish positive proof, dates, etc.,\\nand without which they could lay no claim to the property. One\\nof Thomas Stewart s sons bore his name. Thomas, this son, on\\nthe thirty-first day of August 1815, married Dorothy Longest, of Jef-\\nferson County, and lived and died in the City of Louisville July 26th,\\n1836, a leading and highly respected citizen. He was a successful\\ncontractor, having built many houses and accumulated considerable\\nproperty. At the time of his death, he was considered wealthy, but\\nplacing too much confidence in mankind, and being too easily imposed\\nupon, his affairs were found to be in an embarassed condition. Three\\nsons survived him, Coleman W., Thomas Jefferson, and Richard Clai-\\nbourne Thomas Jefferson, father of Mrs. Starling, was born in Louis-\\nville on the seventh day of September, 1818. He grew to his majority\\na brave, noble-hearted, generous man, full of life and of the happiest\\ndisposition. On the twenty-second day of April, 1837, he married\\nMiss Mary T. Rucker, of Louisville, and unto them were born three\\nchildren, Thomas Coleman, Jefferson and Mary Belle. Jefferson died\\nin infancy.\\nThomas Coleman was born April 2Qth, 1838, and was educated\\nat the Kentucky Military Institute, near Frankfort. He was a very\\nhandsome and most excellent young man, a devoted son and brother.\\nHe served in the Confederate army throughout the War of the Rebel-\\nlion, enlisting in the City of New Orleans when Beauregard made his\\ncall for troops, prior to the battle of Shiloh. He fought at Shiloh and\\nwas seriously wounded. After the war he engaged in steamboating\\non the lower Mississippi, and on September 3d, 1867, died in New\\nOrleans of yellow fever, away from those most dear to him, but at-\\ntended by the best of nurses, and surrounded by many friends. His\\nremains were removed to Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville. Captain\\nStewart, the greater part of his life was a prominent steamboatman on\\nthe Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. In 1860 he settled with his family\\nin New Orleans and engaged in business very successfully, until bro-\\nken up by the troubles incident to the war. In 1865, his health failed\\nhim, and while traveling through Kentucky, was stricken in Louisville,\\nand died July 13th, 1865, after a few days illness. Edmund L. Starling\\nand Mary B. Stewart, his wife, have had eight children born unto\\nthem. Edmund Lyne, Stewart, Ann Maria, Lyne, Mary Stewart,\\nThomas Stewart, Miriam and Susanna Lyne. Edmund, the eldest, was\\nborn July 31st, 1864 and since his seventeenth year has occupied the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0669.jp2"}, "670": {"fulltext": "644 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nresponsible position of bookkeeper in the employ of the Farmer s\\nBank, with credit to himself and great satisfaction to his superiors.\\nStewart was born on the ninth day of March, 1866, and since his fif-\\nteenth year, has held a position with Thomas Soaper, in his dry goods\\nemporium, not only to his credit, but to the pleasure and profit of his\\nemployer. This young man has shown a talent for oil painting almost,\\nif not quite, equal to that of his Grandmother Starling. Without the\\naid of a teacher, graced in the art, and simply from a natural talent,\\nhe has produced some wonderful specimens. It seems no effort for\\nhim to master any subject he undertakes. Both his taste and\\ntouch are fully up to the standard ot artists of reputation.\\nAnn Maria, eldest daughter, is an accomplished, high-spirited\\ngirl, and possesses a remarkable vocal talent for which she has been\\nhighly complimented by eminent judges.\\nMary Stuart, Mamie, as she is so called, is a bright, happy\\nhearted, rosy cheeked girl, thoroughly domestic and talented. The\\nthree younger children are most lovable and promising.\\nMALCOLM YEAMAN was born in Hardin County, Kentucky^\\nand became a resident of Henderson in 1863, being then just past his\\ntwenty-first year and havino^ recently married and obtained his law\\nlicense. He at once entered into the practice of law in partnership\\nwith his brother, Harvey Yearaan, who soon afterwards removed to\\nLouisville, Kentucky.\\nMr. Yeaman has resided in Henderson continuously since 1863,\\nand has devoted his life to the study and practice of his chosen pro-\\nfession. If judged by those things that are usually supposed to con-\\nstitute the best of success in professional life faithfulness to those who\\nentrust their affairs to his keeping, a steady adherence and increase of\\nclientage, from which exclusively he has accumulated a moderate estate,\\nthe confidence and esteem of the community in which he has lived\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nthen his career as a lawyer has been an eminent success. Mr. Yeaman\\nhas never been tempted by the allurements of wealth to enter into any\\ncollateral business or speculation, and, although always identified with\\nthe political party having the ascendency in the State, he has never\\nheld or sought public office, but has ever been content with the honors\\nand emoluments brought to him by the legitimate pursuit of his pro\\nfession.\\nHis father, Stephen Minor Yeaman, was a gentleman of educa-\\ntion, culture and refinement, but, dying at rather an early age, he left\\nbut little estate for the support of a large family of children, the oldest\\nof whom had hardly more than reached manhood. His mother, whose", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0670.jp2"}, "671": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 645\\nmaiden name was Lucretia Helm, still survives, approaching her\\neightieth year, and retaining in a remarkable degree, the full vigor of\\na. bright intellect. Upon her Revolved, in a large measure, after the\\ndeath of her husband, the education and rearing of a family of six sons\\nand one daughter John H. Yeaman, who studied for the Baptist minis-\\ntry and in a few years died at the house of his brother Malcolm, soon\\nafter he settled in Henderson George H. Yeaman, who after attain-\\ning to eminence at the bar in Kentucky, served two terms in Congress,\\nwas six years minister to Copenhagen, then settled in New York City,\\nwhere he is now actively engaged in the practice of law; William Pope\\nYeaman, now one of the most influential Baptist Ministers in the State\\nof Missouri; Harvey Yeaman, who practiced law in Henderson, re-\\nmoved to Louisville, and afterwards died in Colorado, where he had\\ngone in search of health, and is still affectionately remembered by the\\npeople of this county; Malcolm Yeaman, the subject of this notice,\\nand Caldwell Yeaman, who studied law with his brother Malcolm, re-\\nmoved to Colorado, where he soon took high rank as a lawyer, en-\\ngaged for several years in a large and lucrative practice, was the effi-\\ncient promoter of some of the most useful and successful enterprizes\\nof his section of the State, and has for several years filled the office\\nof Circuit Judge. Mary Lucretia was the youngest child and only\\ndaughter of the family, who, just as she was blooming into young\\nwomanhood, died of the same disease as that to which her brother had\\nfallen a victim.\\nMalcolm Yeaman married Julia Van Pradells Moore, the daugh-\\nter of Dr. John R. Moore, who was for many years a leading physic-\\nian in Louisville. Dr. Moore removed to Pettis County, Mo., a short\\ntime before the breaking out of the late war, where, amidst the excite-\\nment and turmoil of the civil strife that characterized that region more\\nthan almost any other west of the Alleghanies, Young Yeaman, not\\nyet twenty-one, with his whole estate and prospects represented by a\\nhalf sheet of paper on which was written his law license, was mar-\\nried. To the sterling character, excellent judgment, and accom-\\nplishments of Mrs. Yeaman are due in great measure, the success\\nthat has blessed her husband.\\nUnder their roof, here in Henderson, have been born unto them\\nfive sons and two daughters, John Rochester Yeaman, Marion Van\\nPredells Yeaman, Lelia Triplett Yeaman, Malcolm Hodge Yeaman,\\nHarvey Yeaman, James Moore Yeaman and Julia Moore Yeaman.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0671.jp2"}, "672": {"fulltext": "646 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nPAUL JONES MARKS.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The subject of this sketch, the only\\nson of Samuel R. Marrs, of Virginia, and Rachel Stinson, of Indiana,\\nwas born in Posey County, Indiana, on the twenty-eighth day of Feb-\\nruary, 1838. His father, Samuel R. Marrs, left his place of nativity\\nwhen quite young to seek a fortune in the far West, as hundreds of\\npioneers who had preceded him. He traveled by horse and on foot over\\nmountains of rock and valleys of mud, never once looking back to the\\nhome of his birth, or trembling beneath the dangers that met him at\\nevery turn of an unguarded wild road. Mr. Marrs journey was as suc-\\ncessful as he could wish under the trying circumstances, and after\\nmany days of travel he found, as he regarded, a suitable camping\\nground for life, in what is now known as Posey County, Indiana.\\nHere he settled and went to work in earnest. When in his eighteenth\\nyear, he married Miss Rachel Stinson, a lady remarkable for her per-\\nsonal beauty, fine physique and domestic character. From the union\\nof these two young loving hearts there came into the world two chil-\\ndren, Paul J. and Mary, who in after life married George M. Barnett,\\nof Henderson County. A short time after the birth of their youngest\\nchild, Mr. Marrs died. A few years subsequent to his death, his\\nwidow married Captain Payne Dixon, of Henderson County, and with\\nher two children removed to his home in this county. Here at the\\nage of six years young Marrs found a new home, and there he lived\\nunti l 1850 or 51, when he began life s journey on his own account.\\nHis education was exceedingly limited, the only opportunity afforded\\nhim being that of countv schools in Indiana and Kentuckv, but he im-\\nproved every hour s opportunity allowed him. At the age of thirteen\\nor fourteen, young Marrs removed from his country home into the\\ntown, and commenced his business life as a clerk in the store house of\\nWilson Ingram, at that time one of the leading dry goods firms of\\nthe town. He continued with this firm for three years, when he ac\\ncepted a clerkship with Ira Delano, the then leading druggist of the\\ntown. At the end of two years he left Delano and accepted a clerk-\\nship with George Lyne, druggist. We next find him with L. C. Dal-\\nlam, Dallam Soaper, Allen Hall, and then in business for himself,\\nunder the firm name of Cromwell Marrs.\\nAt the breaking out of the war Mr. Marrs sold his interest in\\nthe drug house of Cromwell Marrs, and during the latter part of\\n1861 enlisted as a private under Colonel Adam Johnson, Confederate\\nArmy. During his army life Captain Marrs was engaged in many\\nskirmishes and several battles. In 1862, he with others, was cap-\\ntured and sent to prison at Evansville from Evansville he was sent", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0672.jp2"}, "673": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 647\\nto Camp Morton, Indiana, where he remained one 3^ear, from thence\\nhe was sent to Johnson s Island, and a short time thereafter to\\nFortress Monroe, where, in 1863, he was exchanged and returned to\\nhis command. During his^term of service. Captain Marrs was pro-\\nmoted to the rank of Captain, and was made quarter master of the\\ncommand. At the close of the war he returned to Henderson, sur-\\nrendered himself to Captain Platter, then in command of the post,\\ntook the oath, and from that day to this has remained loyal to the Gov-\\nernment, and proven one of the most successful of business men.\\nOn the eleventh day of may, 1872, Captain Marrs married Miss\\nJuliet Rankin, granddaughter of Dr. Adam Rankin, one of the early\\npioneer physicians to this part of Kentucky. They have had three\\nchildren, William R., Juliet and Mary, all living, bright and promising.\\nAfter the close of the war he clerked for a time with Holloway\\nHopkins, and subsequently associated himself with Green Marshall\\nCo., m the wharfboat and commission business, including tobacco\\nsales, until 1882. During that time he had charge of the large wharf-\\nboat and transfer of freight to and from the boat and warehouse. In\\n1882 he sold his interest and invested with one or two others in the\\ntelephone enterprise. Under his management this enterprise grew\\nfrom a small beginning to a corporation of wealth and power. He\\nwas one of the organizers of the Great Southern Telegraph and Tele-\\nphone Company, and from 1882 to 1885 was engaged in establishing\\nthe service in Nashville, New Orleans and other Southern cities. He\\nis at this time the owner of twenty-five thousand dollars of stock in\\nthat company, and is its Vice President. In 1882 he located in Nash-\\nville, and there remained until 1885 he returned to Henderson,\\npurchased property and settled down. In July 1885, Captain Marrs\\nwas elected a Director of the Henderson Cotton Mills, and by the\\nDirectory elected Secretary and Treasurer, clothed with full authority\\nto purchase all material for the mill and to sell its produce, a business\\nconfidence most worthily bestowed. In conclusion, it is no over-drawn\\npicture to say, that Captain Marrs has proven himself one of the most\\nenterprising and successful business men of his day and age; to use an\\nevery day expression, he began life s journey flat footed and alone,\\nat the age of thirteen or fourteen years, full of vim, pluck and energy,\\nbut no money. Undaunted by the frowns of a grasping and crushing\\nworld, he has fought his way, till to-day, after thirty- fiv^e years of un-\\ntiring industry, faithful application, integrity and honesty, we find him\\neven more spirited and vigorous than when a young man, and pos-\\nsessed of a competency that has given him a reputation far beyond the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0673.jp2"}, "674": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00bb48 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\nlimits of his State. A far-seeing, far-searching mind, coupled with an\\nunlimited will power, and endeavor, has brought him from the hum-\\nblest of life to the front rank of men of capacity and commercial abil-\\nity. To sum up a poor boy with few friends, scanty education, and\\nno wealth behind him, by his own exertions has produced a self-made\\nman, worthy of all confidence and credit. Captain Marrs, though- a\\nstrong Democrat, has never been an applicant for office. At the in-\\nstance of many of his friends he was elected to his first office, City\\nCouncilman, on Monday, August 8th, 1887. He served a number of\\nyears as wharfmaster. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, but\\nby no means an active participant in its mystic ceremonies. Though\\nthoroughly moral in all he does, entertaining views akin to social or-\\nder and religious teachings, the Captain is not connected with any\\nchurch. His bounty in behalf of those near and dear to hun has\\nknown no limit very few persons aside from himself know the extent\\nof his benefactions.\\nGENERAL THOMAS POSEY.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The subject of this brief his-\\ntory was born in Westmoreland County, Va., July 9th, 1750. He\\nremoved to Botetourt County in 1769 was Quartermaster in Gover-\\nnor Dunmore s army, which made an expedition against the Indians\\nin 1774, and was engaged in the battle at Point Pleasant, October\\n10th. He enlisted early in 1776 in the Revolution, and received his\\ncommission as Captain, March 20th, in the Seventh Virginia Regi-\\n.hent, and, during this year, rendered active service against Lord\\nDunmore at Gwynn s Island. After Dunmore s forces were driven\\nfrom the Island, he was stationed there until late in September, 1776,\\nand then went into winter quarters at Williamsburg. The next\\nJanuarv he was ordered to New Jersey to join the main army under\\nGeneral Washington, and, after some delay, reached Middlebrook on\\nthe twelfth of April, and, on the next day, covered (with his command)\\nthe retreat of General Lincoln from Boundbrook. Shortly after this,\\nMorgan s rifle regiment was organized, officers and men having been\\nselected from a large portion of the army then encamped between the\\nmountains at Middlebrook. He was selected as one of the Captains\\nof this regiment, and from this time was engaged in the most arduous\\nand dangerous duties of the great struggle. In the engagement at\\nPiscataway, New Jersey, following Cornwallis after his evacuation of\\nNew Brunswick, his company bore the brunt of the fight, having been\\nat one time surrounded by the enemy and nearly cut off from his\\nregiment. He at once ordered a well directed fire upon one part of\\nthe opposing line, thus opening a passage through which he made", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0674.jp2"}, "675": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 649\\ngood his retreat. The rifle regiment was soon after annexed to Gate s\\ncommand, and was present at the memorable battles of Bemis\\nHeights or Stillwater, on the nineteenth of September and seventh of\\nOctober, and, ten days later, -\u00c2\u00a7aw the surrender at Saratoga. He now\\nrejoined the forces under Washington, near Germantown, and did\\nconstant duty on the enemy s line until the army quartered at Valley\\nForge and he stationed at Radnor, nearer Philadelphia. In the spring\\nof 1778, he took command of the rifle regiment during Morgan s\\nabsence and was engaged in frequent skirmishes. He was raised to\\nthe rank of Major, and, at the battle of Monmouth, acted under La-\\nFa\\\\ ette, being among the number that led the attack. He next\\nassisted Col. Wm. Butler, of the eleventh Pennsylvania regiment, in\\nrelieving the settlement at Cherry Valley and Schoharie, which had\\nbeen ruthlessly visited by the Indians and Tories. The Indians were\\ndriven far back to the lakes and several of their towns burned. On\\nhis return he was directed to lead the eleventh Virginia regiment to\\nMiddlebrook, where he was given command of all the light infantry\\nthen serving against the enemies lines. At the reduction of Stony\\nPoint, his valor shone out conspicuously, he being the first to scale\\nthe fort and enter the main work, leading the charge upon a battery\\nof two twenty-four pounders, then playinp- on our left column and give\\nthe watchword, The fort s our own upon which the enemy threw\\ndown their arms and cried for mercy, shouting, Spare us, brave\\nAmericans, spare us after which not a man was killed. Gen. Wayne\\nand a gallant French Colonel were awarded medals and swords by\\nCongress, together with a public expression of thanks, and Major\\nPosey was not spoken of until complaint was laid before Gen. Wash-\\nington this led to a second letter from Gen. Wayne, reporting upon\\nthe affair, upon which John Marshall, afterwards Chief Justice, com-\\nmenting, writes Was Gen. Wayne regardless of you he ought, I\\nthink, to have said more for his own sake. He committed an error\\nin omitting you. This he did not attempt to correct till your com-\\nplaints obliged him to do it, and even then he said nothing which he\\ncould possibly avoid. He was present at the siege and surrender of\\nCornwallis at Yorktown, and, on being promoted to Lieutenant\\nColonel, recruited a regiment in Virginia; then, in the winter of 1781\\nand 1782, marched to South Carolina to join Green s forces, thence\\nto Georgia to assist Gen. Wayne. Here he had two successful\\nengagements. After the evacuation of Savannah, he returned to\\nSouth Carolina, and, when the British withdrew from Charleston, was\\nsent into the city to prevent the depredations of the departing troops.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0675.jp2"}, "676": {"fulltext": "650 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nWhen peace came in 1783. he returned to Virginia, married and\\nsettled in Spottsylvania County. He served as Magistrate and County\\nLieutenant of that county. After the death of his wife, he was\\nmarried to Mrs. Thornton {nee Miss Alexander). In 1793 he was\\ncommissioned Brigadier General in the U. S. army and served some\\ntime under Major General Wayne. After his resignation he removed\\nto the State of Kentucky and settled in Henderson County. Here he\\nserved four years as Lieutenant Gov^ernor and Speaker of the State\\nSenate. In 1808 he received his commission of Major General of\\nKentucky State Militia. In 181/H\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00ab- removed a part of his family to\\nthe Opelousas country, in the Louisiana territory. In 1812 he was\\nappointed to represent the newly elected State in the United States\\nSenate, in which capacity he served until 1813, when he was commis-\\nsioned Governor of Indiana Territorv by President Madison. In\\n1^1806^Indiana was made a State, after which Governor Posey was\\nappointed Indian agent and continued in this service until the time\\nof his death, March 18th, 1818. His grave is at Shawneetown, 111.,\\nwhere he died during a visit to his son-in-law, Gen. Joseph M. Street.\\nGen. Posey was a member of the Presbyterian Church and a\\ndevoted Mason. During the latter part of his life he became an\\nefficient member of several Bible Societies and much interested in\\nsupplying the poor and unfortunate with the Holy Scriptures.\\nHe is said to have been a man of remarkable physique and\\nwonderful strength and agility of the body, singularly handsome,\\nerect, tall and commanding in figure, striking suavity of manners,\\nwatchful, patient and diligent in his undertakings, succcessful in his\\nbusiness. He bequeathed to his children an ample fortune, and to\\nhis countrymen an untarnished reputation and a noble example.\\nGen. Posey was the father of nine children, as .follows Major\\nFayette Posey, Lloyd Posey, William Posey, Thornton..!Posey, Thomas\\nPosey, Maria Posey, Alexander Posey, Washington Posey and Sarah\\n^Ann Posey. ctAu-^ ^^i fj l(,^U^C{\\nJOSEPH ADAMS. The gentleman of whom this brief sketch\\ntreats was born on the fifth day of January, 1817, in the town of West\\nCambridge, Mass., near Boston. After having received a liberal educa-\\ntion for those early times, he was seized with the rheumatism, and, at\\nthe advice of his physician, went on a sea voyage, hoping to be bene-\\nfitted thereby. In October, 1838, at the age of nineteen years, he\\nlanded at the City of Havana, Cuba, where he remained for several\\nweeks. He left the Island of Cuba and sailed for New Orleans, where\\nhe resided until hearing of a gentleman who was indebted to him and\\nrv-^\\\\", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0676.jp2"}, "677": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 651\\nwho it was told to him was then living in Evansville, Indiana. In or-\\nder to effect a settlement with the party, Mr. Adams embarked on\\nboard of a steamer and started for that place. Several days after-\\nwards he arrived at Evansville to find that the object of his search\\nwas not to be found. He then shipped as clerk on board of the steam\\nboat William Glasgow, and made one or two trips between New Or-\\nleans and St. Louis, and then New Orleans and Pittsburgh, On his\\nlast trip from New Orleans to St. Louis, the steamer caught fire and\\nburned to the water line. Our subject was the last person to leave\\nthe burning vessel, and it was by dint of the keenest strategy that he\\nsucceeded in gaining the shore unharmed. He then returned to\\nEv nsville, where, unexpectedly, he met Mr. Asa Bement, who had for\\nmany years lived a near neighbor to his home in Massachusetts. The\\ntwo soon became fast friends, and, in after years, transacted a large\\namount of business mutually agreeable.\\nOn the twenty-eighth day of November, 1839, he contracted to\\ncome to Henderson and enter the store house of Dr. Paul Sears, who\\nwas then merchandising in the old frame house known as the Old\\nRouse, and yet standing near the corner of Second and Water\\nStreets. He agreed to remain here only two or three weeks, but, at the\\nexpiration of the time, he had become favorably impressed with the lo-\\ncation and effected a purchase of the entire stock of Dr. Sears. He\\nthen engaged in business in his own name, and was soon drawing a\\nlarge and profitable trade. He first reduced the price of several lead-\\ning articles fully fifty per cent, below what they were then being sold\\nby other merchants, and this liberality brought down upon him the\\nmaledictions of his neighbor merchants. Nevertheless, he had a\\nhead of his own, and conducted his business affairs according to his\\nidea of trade, and, of course, succeeded in drawing to himself in a short\\ntime a very large paying patronage. On the twenty-eighth day of\\nNovember, 1844, in the frame residence now owned and occupied by\\nA. B. Sights, on Center, between Elm and Green Streets, Mr. Adams\\nmarried Miss Eleanor Smallwood Grayson, a lady of marked personal\\nbeauty, and great popularity in social circles. Unto them were\\nborn eight children, five sons and three daughters; only four of this\\nnumber are now living, the others dying when young. Those living\\nare Joseph, William, John and Robert Robert, the youngest, married\\nMiss Mattie Elam, and has one child, Baxter Harrison, handsome\\nand intelligent. The other sons are unmarried. Mr. Adams was\\ndevotedly attached to his family, and the writer knows what a terrible\\nblow the death of his last and only daughter was to him. He spoke", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0677.jp2"}, "678": {"fulltext": "652 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY KY.\\nfrequently of her, even though she had been dead for years, and it\\nreally seemed that the memory of her was continually upon his mind.\\nI have frequently thought that the tenor of his life was completely\\nchanged in her death. In 1844 Mr. Adams purchased the old lot\\non the northeast corner of Main and Second Streets, and built the\\ntwo-story brick yet standing, and used it for years as a grocery store.\\nAt the time of its completion it was the largest store room in the town,\\nand the only one having an open front. In this building he opened\\nthe first and only exclusive grocery ever kept in Henderson up to that\\ntime. He continued in the grocery trade until the year 1854, at which\\ntime he sold out and purchased the tobacco stemmery, situated on\\nUpper Green Street, and built a short time before by David Nunn.\\nTo this, a short time after, he built the large addition fronting on\\nGreen Street, and in partnership with Colonel John Rudy, engaged\\nlargely in the purchase and stemming of tobacco for the foreign mar-\\nkets. This partnership continued to the year 1860, when by mutual\\nconsent it was dissolved, Mr. Adams continuing the business. In\\n186:2 Mr. Adams purchased of Colonel Rudy, his magnificent farm, ly-\\ning one and one-half miles out on the Owensboro Road, and contain-\\ning seven hundred and five acres. This splendid property constitutes\\nnot only one of the most valuable farms in Henderson County, but in\\nthe entire State of Kentucky. During this same year he completed\\nand occupied his magnificent residence, on the corner of Washington\\nand Adams Streets, certainly one of the handsomest and most com-\\nplete buildings to be found in the West. Mr, Adams continued in the\\ntobacco trade up to a few years prior to his death, when he retired, and\\ndevoted the remamder of his life to his farming interest, which was\\nconducted on a large scale, including the large landed esta e of which\\nmention has been made, and Diamond Island.\\nLike all men of this sublunary sphere, Mr. Adams had his ups and\\ndowns, his trials and vexations, yet his entire life was characterized\\nby a becoming modesty, honesty of purpose and a desire to live and\\nlet live. During his life he filled many ofBces of public trust, nota-\\nbly President and Director of the Farmer s Bank for many years, and\\nmember of the City Council for several terms. He was averse to\\noffice holding, yet he never swerved from a duty his constituents\\nchoose to impose upon him, but, on the contrary, accepted and execu-\\nted the trust with fidelity and unflinching devotion, that made him a\\nsuccessful candidate for every ofilice for which he was named. Mr.\\nAdams died on the night of the nineteenth of July, 1884, leaving to\\nhis wife and four sons who survive him a handsome estate.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0678.jp2"}, "679": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 653\\nJOSEPH OSCAR CLORE was born in Pewee Valley, Oldham\\nCounty, Kentucky, on the thirteenth day of May, 1844. At an early\\nage he was sent to the Noble Butler school at Louisville, and subse-\\nquently to Hanov.er College, Indiana. He remained some time at\\nHanover and was then sent to Centre College, Danville, Kentucky,\\nwhere he completed his education in 1866, a member of the senior\\nclass. On the twelfth day of November, 1879, at the home of her\\nstepfather, Captain Sam Steele, in Franklin County, Kentucky, Mr.\\nClore married Miss Emma Pilkington, a lineal descendant of the\\nnoted McDowell family. One child, Mary McDowell, was born unto\\nthem. On January 12th, 1884, Mrs. Clore departed this life.\\nWhile at Danville, in 1866, Mr. Clore attached himself to the\\nPresbyterian Church, and has continued a worthy member in this\\nchurch to this time. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity,\\nhaving taken the degrees in both the Blue Lodge and Chapter. He\\nhas served his people several terms as a member of the City Council,\\nwith credit to himself and to the advancement of the city s interest.\\nHe is a Democrat and an active worker when necessity demands it\\nof him.\\nIn 1870 Mr. Clore established a planing mill the first ever in\\nHenderson on the corner of Green and Fourth Cross Streets, and at\\nthe old frame corner Main and Fourth Cross Streets, where he\\ncarried on an extensive business up to 1876. During that year he\\nremoved his machinery and mill fixtures to his father s saw mill, on\\nthe corner of Sixth and Water Streets, and continued to add new\\nmachinery and other appliances until, at this time, he is at the head\\nof one of the finest establishments to be found in the West. He is\\nengaged with his father and brothers in the general lumber business\\nand controls an immense trade.\\nWILLIAM McAFEE HANNA, M. D., Physician and Surgeon,\\nwas born September 25th, 1837, in Shelby County, Kentucky. His\\nfather, John S. Hanna, was a farmer by pursuit and a man of note m\\nhis county. His mother was Miss Jane King, of Harrodsburg, Ky.,\\nher family being among the early settlers of the place. The Doctor\\ninherits the Scotch-Irish blood, the best blood known to the human\\nrace. Dr Hanna received a fine collegiate education, having\\ngraduated with honor at Centre College, Danville, in 1858. He began\\nthe study of medicine under Dr. A. S. Frederick, at Shelbyville,\\nentered the medical department of University at Louisville, and\\nreceived the degree of M. D. from that institution in 1862. A short\\ntime subsequent, he located in Henderson and began the practice of", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0679.jp2"}, "680": {"fulltext": "654 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nmedicine, but the alluring charms of war were too much for him to\\nwithstand. Being endowed of a spirited, bold and fearless nature\\nand of warm Southern blood, he soon entered the army and served,\\nboth as a soldier and in the medical department, until the close of\\nthe war, participating in many of the great battles.\\nHe served under Col. Adam R. Johnson until his capture in\\nNovember. When exchanged in December following, he was assigned\\nto Col. Basil Duke s regiment, Morgan s brigade, as Assistant Sur\\ngeon and accompanied that distinguished cavalryman in most of his\\nadventurous raids. In the fall of 1865, at the close of the war, he\\nreturned to Henderson and resumed the duties of his profession, in\\nwhich he has proven exceptionally successful, having established a\\nfine practice and taken rank among the foremost physicians of the\\nState. Dr. Hanna has served for several years as a member of the\\nCity Board of Health, and has been prominent in the Henderson and\\ndistrict medical societies, frequently serving as presiding officer. As\\na public spirited and aluable citizen, he stands deservedly high. He\\nis a member of the Presbyterian Church and has held the office of\\nElder for eleven or twelve years. He has ever been actively engaged\\nin furthering the best interests of his church and community. He\\nwas mainly instrumental in the building of the First Church Chapel,\\nlocated on Green Street, in the Third Ward, and is the Superintendent\\nof the Sunday School. He is a member of the Knights Templar, but\\ndevotes the greater part of his unoccupied time to the good of his\\nchurch. He is a man of genial and attractive manners and prepos-\\nsessing person. Dr. Hanna was married in 1865, at Shelbyville, to\\nMiss Mary Matthews, daughter of Rev. W. C. Matthews, a brother of\\nRev. John Matthews, who, at one time, was in charge of the First\\nchurch at this place. He has a happy family, a wife of high social\\naccomplishments and unqualifiedly a superior woman in every sense\\nof the word, and three children, Mary, John and Janie.\\nMAJOR JOHN J. REEVE.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The subject of this sketch, a son\\nof Samuel Reeve and Elizabeth Castrie, was born in Richmond, Vir-\\nginia, on the twenty-first day of February, 1841. His Grandfather\\nReeve was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, and his father a\\nsoldier in the War of 1812. His maternal ancestors were Scotch and\\nlived in Scotland. Major Reeve was highly educated, having grad-\\nuated from the University of Virginia, one of, if not the most, noted\\ncolleges in this great country. Prior to his coming to Henderson, in\\n1868, he earned a livelihood by teaching in his native State. At the\\noutbreaking of the War of the Rebellion he entered the Confederate", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0680.jp2"}, "681": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 655\\narmy, and served with distinction to its surrender. He served in the\\narmy of the Tennessee, under Generals Johnson and Hood, first as\\nCaptain and assistant Adjutant General, and was afterwards promoted\\nto the rank of Major, and served as Major and assistant Adjutant\\nGeneral. He was in all of the engagements of the army of the Ten-\\nnessee, and was captured with General Pemberton s army at the sur-\\nrender of Vicksburg, on the fourth day of July, 1863. Immediately\\nafter his arrival in Henderson, he, in partnership with his brother, D.\\nJ. Burr Reeve, under the firm name of D. J. Burr Reeve Co., en-\\ngaged in the purchase and stemming of tobacco. A short time after-\\nward the firm erected a large stemmery, and have been one of the\\nlargest purchasing firms in the city. There is, perhaps, no firm in the\\ncity that expends an equal amount annually in the purchase of to-\\nbacco. On the fifteenth day of August, 1871, Major Reeve married\\nMrs. Sue. B. D. Powell, daughter of Governor Archibld Dixon, a\\nlady whose excellent traits of character and domestic and social in-\\ntelligence won to her a host of friends. There were four children born\\nunto them, Margaret C, Mary G., John Burr and Kate Maxwell.\\nMrs. Reeve died February 28th, 1884. Kate Maxwell Reeve died\\nAugust 31st, 1884, and John Burr Reeve died October 24th, 1884.\\nMajor Reeve has never been an office seeker, but by appointment\\nserved one or more terms as a member of the Public and High School\\nBoards of the city. Being highly educated himself, he was emi-\\nnently fitted for the position, and earned an enviable record during his\\nterm of service. He is a consistent, iirm, and devoted member of the\\nEpiscopal Church, and has been for several years an active working\\nmember of the vestry. In business matters. Major Reeve is active,\\nprudent, painstaking, geaerous and noble hearted. He is the embodi-\\nment of honesty, high character and fearless manhood.\\nPHILLIP B. MATTHEWS is a native of Prince Edward County,\\nVirginia, and was born on the twenty-seventh day of May, 1804. In\\nhis nineteenth year he came to JCentucky, arriving in Henderson in\\nJanuary, 1823. Here he remained for four years, spending most of his\\ntime, however, in Hopkins County, teaching school. In December,\\n1827, he returned to Virginia, and there remained for fourteen years,\\nduring which time he made frequent visits to Henderson County, com-\\ning as often as twice a year. In 1840, he settled in Henderson, en-\\ngaged in business, and has made this his permanent home from that\\ntime to this. For a number of years Mr. Matthews wus actively en-\\ngaged in the tobacco business with Mr. William Soaper, and when the\\nword actively is used, it is meant in its broadest acceptation. Mr.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0681.jp2"}, "682": {"fulltext": "656 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nMatthews has all of his life proven himself an indefatigable worker,\\ndevoting his whole time and talent to the interest of those with whom\\nhe was engaged, and building lor himself, by economy and prudence a\\ncompetency to comfort him in his old age. His life has been charac-\\nterized by honesty of purpose, strict morality, and a profound respect\\nfor all Christian and social graces. For fifteen or eighteen years he\\nhas engaged as a fiduciary officer, in the management of estates, as\\nadministrator, commissioner, trustee, etc., in all of which he has shown\\nmarked ability and business aptitude. Mr. Mathews was, for a num-\\nber of years, a devoted Mason, but his age now prevents him from giv-\\ning the order that attention he would otherwise love to. He is a mem-\\nber and has been for a number of years\u00e2\u0080\u0094 of the Presbyterian Church.\\nHe has served the city as councilman, and one term, 1867, 68, as\\nMayor, in both instances, with entire credit to himself and to the\\nbuilding up of the city. Mr. Matthews has twice married, first on the\\neighteenth day of July, 1852, to Mrs. Frances Craig, and the second to\\nMiss Fanny J. Poyles, on the first day of February, 1876. He is un,\\ndoubtedly the most active man of his age in this county.\\nHON. MONTGOMERY MERRITT, lawyer and soldier, was\\nborn in Todd County, Kentucky, in October, 1845, and received his\\nearly education from public and private schools of that county, gradu.\\nating at Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, as valedictorian\\nof his class. The father of our subject, Daniel Ross Merritt, a phy-\\nsician and farmer, was born in Williamson County, Tennessee, in the\\nyear 1800, and died in 1887. He was married three times. The\\nmother of our subject was born in Russellville. Logan ,County, Ky.,\\nin the year 1811, and died in Todd County in 1885. She was the\\nthird wife and married in 1836. In May, 1861, under the huzzas of\\nthe South for separation, his hot young blood was kindled into a\\nflame, and, without regard for his tender age, enlisted in the First\\nKentucky Infantry, Confederate service, for one year. At that time\\nhe was only sixteen years of age. He was engaged in many minor\\ncontests, and, in the fall of 1861, was discharged from the service on\\naccount of physical disability. He returned to his home and remained\\nuntil the fall of Fort Donnelson, when he rejoined the ;irmy, this time\\nwith General John H. Morgan. He accompanied Morgan in all of\\nhis raids, and, in a sanguinary engagement at Russellville, was shot\\nby a Minie ball in the shoulder. He was with Morgan on his Indiana\\nand Ohio raid and was captured at Buffington s Island, July 21st,\\n1863. He was sent a prisoner to Camp Douglas, Chicago, and\\nfrom there, in February, 1865, on to Richmond, Virginia, for exchange.\\nHe surrendered at the disbandment in 1865.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0682.jp2"}, "683": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 657\\nOn leaving college, Mr. Merritt immediately entered into the prac-\\ntice of law, and, in 1869, removed to Henderson and formed a co-part-\\nnership with Judge Samuel B. Vance, which continued up to the time of\\nMr. Vance s removal to Evansvtile, Indiana, some years afterward. Mr.\\nMerritt has never sought office, but, in 1877, was nominated and\\nelected to represent Henderson County in the Legislature of 1877 and\\n1878 without any particular effort on his part.\\nMr. Merritt has been twice married first, in 1871, to Miss Mary\\nField Green, of Lebanon, Tennessee, and, secondly, to Miss Eliza\\nAlves, of Henderson, on the twenty-sixth day of December, 1877. In\\nrelio-ion he is a Presbyterian, having been a member of that church\\nfor twenty years. He is a member of the order of the Knights of\\nPythias. He was mainly instrumental in the organization of the\\nPlanters National Bank and has been its President from its begin-\\nning. Always a close observer of men and things, he has ever been\\na shrewd calculator of values in business matters, which fact his\\npresent happy worldly condition amply attests. A man of excellent\\nsocial powers, entertaining and instructive, sensible and dignified,\\nhe has, by his easy and affable manners, drawn about himself a circle\\nof warm, personal friends, without, in the slightest degree, engender-\\ning that undue familiarity which is the ever sure attendant of dimin-\\nished popular appreciation. Courteous, kind and considerate in his\\nbearing towards others, and charitable where charity is deserved, he\\nis, and always has been, in every sense of the word, a worthy, exem-\\nplary citizen. As a practitioner, he stands at the head of the bar,\\nand no better evidence of his legal work can be asked than is attested\\nin his being the advisor and retained attorney for several large and\\nimportant corporations.\\nCAMPBELL HAUSSMAN JOHNSON was born in the City\\nof Henderson on the ninth day of February, 1844. He is the youngest\\nchild of Dr. Thomas J. Johnson and Juliet S. Rankin, and was named\\ntor Mrs. Campbell Haussman, wife of John Haussman, first clerk of\\nHenderson County. Dr. Johnson, father of the subject of our sketch,\\nwas born in Franklin County and came to Henderson in 1819. Juliet\\nS. Rankin, mother of our subject, was a daughter of Dr. Adam\\nRankin, one of the pioneers to this county. By the marriage of Dr.\\nJohnson, eight children were born\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ben, Bettie, Adam R., Thomas\\nJ., William S. and Campbell H. Two died in infancy. The subject\\nof this sketch, in early life, entered the drug store of Ira Delano,\\nwhere he remained until the breaking out of the war, and, at the age\\n42", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0683.jp2"}, "684": {"fulltext": "658 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nof seventeen years, enlisted in the Union army, a member of\\nCaptain Cooper s battery of artillery. Failing to recruit the necessary\\nnumber of men, Captain Cooper s company was merged into Colonel\\nShackelford s Twenty-fifth Kentucky Infantry. Upon the formation\\nof the regiment, young Johnson was made Commissary of Company\\nF, and then Orderly Sergeant of Company D. The Twenty-fifth,\\nafter the battle of Shiloh, was consolidated with the Seventeenth\\nKentucky, Col. John H. McHenry commanding, and young Johnson\\nwas made Second Lieutenant of Company E. About this time he\\nwas stricken by partial paralysis of the left side and was sent back to\\nKentucky. He was placed on detached duty at Park Barracks,\\nLouisville, as Adjutant. He was frequently engaged on special duty\\nin bearing messages and detective service. In August, 1862, finding\\nhis health still impaired, he tendered his resignation, and, for several\\nmonths, filled the position of mail agent on one or the other of the\\nthen Louisville and Henderson mailboats. Returning to Henderson\\nhe entered the grocery and dry goods store of Semonin Tisserand,\\nwhere he remained a short time. He then studied bookkeeping for a\\ntime at the Louisville Commercial College. Returning to Henderson\\nagain, he entered the drug store of Lyne Johnson, where he\\nremained until January, 1865. During that month he accepted a\\nposition in the prescription drug store of Dr. T. G. Chiles, at St.\\nLouis, where he remained until called home by the illness of his\\nfather. On the seventeenth day of July, 1865, he and his brother\\nWilliam formed a copartnership under t?he firm name of W. S. John\\nson Bro., and purchased the stock of F. B. Cromwell.\\nOn the sixteenth day of May, 1867, Mr. Johnson was married to\\nMiss Fannie Lee Evans, third daughter of Thomas Evans and grand-\\ndaughter of Rev. Thomas Evans, a pioneer preacher of the Methodist\\nChurch. Six children have been born unto them, three boys and three\\ngirls. The eldest son died in infancy. There are now living, Camp-\\nbell H., Evans F., Fannie, Henrietta and Bettie R.\\nIn February, 1880, the firm of W. S. Johnson Bro. purchased\\nthe entire stock of books, stationery, etc., owned by B.C. Redford,\\nand, under the fi.m name of C. H. Johnson Bro., added largely\\nthereto and commenced business. Subsequently they purchased a\\ncomplete job printing outfit, and, for several years, carried on an\\nextensive business in that line. On March 18th, 1886, the two\\nbrothers exchanged interests, W. S. Johnson taking the drug store and\\nC. H. Johnson the book store.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0684.jp2"}, "685": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 659\\nMr. Johnson is a member, and, for seventeen years, a Deacon in\\nthe Presbyterian Church, and a zealous Mason. He is a working\\nMason in the best sense of that term. He was initiated into Jerusa-\\nlem Lodge, No. 9, HendersoiiF, in January, 1867, passed in February\\nand raised in March of the same year. He was elected Junior Warden\\nDecember 27th, 1870 elected Worshipful Master December 27th,\\n1872, and re-elected December, 1873. He served on the Committee\\non Lodges under dispensation in the Grand Lodge of 1873, and was\\nappointed Grand Marshal at the same meeting Junior Grand Warden\\nin 1874 and Senior Grand Warden in October, 1875 Deputy Grand\\nMaster in October, 1876, and Most Worshipful Grand Master in Oc-\\ntober, 1877. The Grand Lodge, at this meeting, passed a resolution\\nmaking it the duty of the Grand Master to enforce the payment of the\\nspecial tax levied upon the subordinate Lodges for the benefit of The\\nMasonic Widows and Orphans Home of Kentucky. In the per-\\nformance of this duty imposed by the Grand Lodge, Grand Master\\nJohnson was forced to deal promptly and severely with a number of\\nSubordinate Lodges, and even arrest their charters but, by his\\nprompt and decisive action, insubordination was checked in a very\\nshort time, and, ere the next meeting of the Grand Lodge, almost all\\nof the rebellious Lodges were induced by him to pay the tax and\\nreturn to their allegiance to the Grand Lodge. The Board of Direc.\\ntors of The Home were so much pleased with this happy termina-\\ntion of affairs that they hurried the completion of The Home that\\nGrand Master Johnson should have the pleasure and honor of dedi-\\ncating this noble charity, which he did on the twenty-third day of\\nOctober, 1878, in the presence of several thousand citizens and mem-\\nbers of the fraternity. From a New York Masonic paper the follow-\\ning is taken\\nAs Grand Master, he wielded the gavel with a grace and intelligence\\nthat dignified the position, magnified the office, expedited the business and\\ngave the craft both pleasure and profit. Notwithstanding he is the youngest\\nman who has ever reached the Grand Master s chair in Kentucky, his admin-\\nistration, tuil of difficult and perplexing work, gave general satisfaction, and\\nhe retired from his arduous labors with his cup full to overflowing with con-\\ngratulations upon his successful career as Grand Master. The elegant steel\\nengraving, which is presented with this sketch, was placed in over two\\nthousand copies of the printed proceedings of the Grand Lodge for the year\\n1878 a compliment never before paid a Grand Master.\\nAfter receiving the capitular degrees of Masonry, Mr. Johnson\\nwas anxious to attain to the orders of Knighthood, and as there was\\nno commandery of Knights Templar at Henderson and only three or", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0685.jp2"}, "686": {"fulltext": "660 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY KY.\\nfour Knights, he, nothing daunted, wrote a petition for a dispensation,\\nsecured the signatures of a sufficient number by borrowing names\\nfrom Owensboro, furnished the means necessary to start a Com-\\nmandery, and, in December, 1871, Henderson Commandery, under\\ndispensation, now No. 14, was instituted, and he was the first Knight\\ndubbed and created therein. He was the first Prelate of this Com-\\nmandery, afterward Eminent Commander, and is now the Frelate.\\nHe has also served Henderson R. A. Chapter, No. 65, as High\\nPriest.\\nIn addition to attaining to all the degrees in York Masonry, Mr.\\nJohnson has also attained to all the degrees of the A. and A., Scottish\\nRite, up to and including the thirty-third and last degree, and\\nis now Special Deputy Inspector General for the Southern jurisdiction\\nof Kentucky. He is also a member of the Ancient Arabic Order of\\nNobles of the Mystic Shrine, a social order whose sacred precinct is\\nonly open to Knights Templar or thirty-second degree members of\\nthe Scottish Rite. The sum of Past Grand Master Johnson s Masonic\\nhistory is as follows Past Master, Past High Priest, Past Eminent\\nCommander, Past Grand Master and Honorary Inspector General of,\\nthe Supreme Council, thirty-third degree A. and A., Scottish Rite.\\nIn his business he is diligent he eats no idle bread. During his\\nadministration as Grand Master, a Lodge was established at Pool\\nTown, Ky., and bears his name, Campbell H. Johnson Lodge. No.\\n604.\\nHENRY E. LEWIS.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A history of Henderson County, Ken-\\ntucky, would be incomplete that did not give a sketch of the ten years\\ncitizenship therein of the late Henry E. Lewis.\\nEdward Hutchinson Lewis and Eliza Lewis, his wife, were de-\\ncendants of the same family, both natives of Boston. The Lewis fam-\\nily of Boston were an old and honorable line of Massachusetts, in col-\\nonial times and days of the American Revolution. Their relations\\nnumber some of the good and worthy names of Boston from those\\nearly times to the present. Mr. E. H. Lewis came to Kentucky early\\nin life about the year 1812, and settled in Louisville. In the course\\nof years, he was married to Miss Lewis, a cousin, and returning, came\\nto make their home in the Falls City then the far West, and\\nborder land, too, of the South. The home they made was, first of all,\\npre-eminently a christian one, and there a social centre for many\\ngenial forces which benefitted the town as well as society, they were\\nrespected and beloved by all classes, and her social graces, and chari-\\ntable works satisfied the love her beauty won. On the eighth of", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0686.jp2"}, "687": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 661\\nJanuary, 1822, to such worthy parents were born a son the subject\\nof this sketch, Henry Edmund Lewis. He was an only child, and grew\\nup, good and well trained, arQ.id the happiest circumstances. After\\nhis education was completed, he early engaged in mercantile pursuits.\\nHis father was both a wholesale commission merchant and a banker,\\nand he took charge of his father s business in New Orleans, where he\\nlived between one and two years. Then H. E. Lewis decided to go\\ninto other business and formed the firm of Lewis, Bacon Co.,\\nwholesale grocers and commission merchants, of Louisville. When\\nquite young, Henry E. Lewis was married to Miss Margaret Eleanor\\nClark, daughter of George Wallingford Clark and his wife Emily J,\\nClark, residents of Louisville, but form.erly from Baltimore. After\\nthe period of Mr. Lewis marriage he disolved the firm of Lewis, Ba-\\ncon Co., and entered into a new business, in which his father\\nwas always his principal partner. This business was importing and\\nwholesaling queensware, china, and glass. For a period of over twenty\\nyears the firm of H. E. Lewis Co., Louisville, Kentucky, was one\\nof established reputation for honor, and transacted a leading and ac-\\ntive business on Main Street, in Louisville. Mr. Lewis s father was a\\nbanker for many years, engaged long ago in some active manner with\\nthe Northern Bank of Kentucky, then President or Cashier of the\\nFranklin Bank of Kentucky, then retiring from the latter, a new\\nbank was formed called the Jefferson s Savings Institute of Louis-\\nville, Kentucky. Edmund H. Lewis was President of this bank for\\nmany years In 1860 came the war; E. FI. Lewis and H. E. Lewis\\nwere both Union men, but both were identified with Louisville and\\nKentucky. In politics the father was a Whig in old times; in the\\nwar a Democrat, if of any political party then. H. E. Lewis was a life-\\nlong Democrat. Discharging all duties of citizenship faithfully, they\\ncame through the war Union men on principal, but Southern in tem-\\nperament and affection. H. E. Lewis was a prime mover in getting up\\nthe First National Bank of Louisville, Ky., in lieu of the Jefferson s\\nSavings Institute. Edmund H. Lewis was made its President. This\\nwas, perhaps, the first National Bank organized and established in the\\nState of Kentucky. H. E. Lewis Co. sold their importing queens-\\nware business in 1864; some years prior to this time, H. E.Lewis had\\npurchased tracts of land in Henderson County, on, and contiguous to\\nGreen River other tracts, inland lying thirteen miles from Hender-\\nson, in the oldest settled part of the county. These lands were in the\\nunbroken forests, except one hundred and thirty-five acres bought\\nafterwards. About 1857 or 58, Henry E. Lewis became a member", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0687.jp2"}, "688": {"fulltext": "662 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nof the Masonic order he was an ardent Mason, and achieved a bril-\\nliant reputation in the conferring of those ancient and sublime orders.\\nHe was Master, High Priest of the Royal Arch Chapter in Louisville,\\nand a shining and educated Knights Templar. He filled many offices\\nand possessed many titles, not understanded of the people outside of\\nthe order. He had taken up to and including the twenty-second de-\\ngree in the ancient and accepted Scottish Rite, an order of which\\nAlbert Pike and General John C. Breckenridge were distinguished\\nmembers. Near the end of the war, the Masonic Savings Bank was\\nincorporated in Louisville. In this project, Mr. Lewis was an active\\nand influential mover previous to this time Mr. Lewis became an in-\\nvalid, resigned the Presidency of the First National Bank, and remved\\nin October, 1865, with his family to his beautiful place in Henderson\\nCounty. He thus gratified a fancy, by beginning with land in the woods,\\nupon an estate which he had opened for a farm in 1860, and now con-\\nsists of four hundred and eighty acres, lying in one body. These lands\\noriginally belonged to Mrs. H. E. Lewis maternal ancestors, the\\nHughes family of Maryland. William Hughes, father of Mrs. Lewis, was\\nof the early settlers of Henderson County. This beautiful home, now one\\nof the handsomest natural sites in the State, was named by Mr.\\nand Mrs. Lewis Haven-Wood.\\nMr. Lewis had prospecting made for oil lands in different local-\\nities in Kentucky. In the season of 1865 and ^6, in Henderson\\nCounty, there was lubricating oil struck by the Alvasia Oil Com-\\npany one of Mr. Lewis companies, working in Henderson County.\\nThe name of this company was original with him, given in compli-\\nment of Mr. William L. Alves, the manager of that work, and an asso-\\nciate of Mr. Lewis in leasing oil lands. The Alvasia works were\\nlocated on the farm of Mr. Elisha Williams, near his homestead, on\\nthe Owensboru Road, about ten miles from Henderson. Previously\\nMr. Lewis had gotten several charters from the Legislature of Ken-\\ntucky, and controlled two oil companies, of which he was the princi-\\npal incorporator. When the enterprise promised success in Hender-\\nson County, stock was in demand; but the petroleum, when found,\\nafter months of toil and a steady outlay of capital, proved not to have\\nbeen struck in paying quantities. The oil developed proved to be the\\nbest lubricating petroleum, experts, and influential persons in Pitts-\\nburgh, Pa., giving a favorable opinion of the richness and body of the\\ncrude oil. An unwillingness on the part of the stockholders to go on\\nand bore other wells to find a flowing well, decided Mr. Lewis and\\nMr. Alves to desigt from the work as theirs had been the largest part,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0688.jp2"}, "689": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\n663\\nand no benefit was reaped by them or the stockholders. But the re\\ncord has been made\u00e2\u0080\u0094 petroleum has been found in Henderson County.\\nBy his experience Mr. Lewis was content to hold his oil property, and\\nleases in statu qmr as they Temain, though oil men from time\\nto time have offered inducements for prospecting. H. E. Lewis then\\ngave his whole attention to his place, having orchards set out contam-\\ntng several thousand trees of the choicest varieties of the standard\\nfruits of our climate. One experiment, which was only successful for a\\nfew years, was a vineyard of Catawba grapes, bought from Mr. N.\\nLongworth. of Cincinnati, and cultivated by his system but that\\nmethod is not suited to this section, the land, climate, nor labor. In\\n1869 Mr. Lewis erected a steam grist mill, with capacity for four run\\nof burrs, for both wheat and corn, and a good custom was at once es-\\ntablished with four counties. At th t time there were but three or four\\nmills in Henderson County. A need for a store came about, and one\\nwith a good stock was established by Mr. Lewis. Mr. WilUam L. Al-\\nves, son-in-law of Mr. Lewis, was associated with him in business. They\\nalso farmed, and raised and bought live stock and tobacco, and the\\nname of Lewis Mills was given to the business point. The topography\\nof the estate could hardly be improved by an accomplished civil en-\\ncrineer for beauty and convenience Lewis Mills is in a level val-\\ntey, the homestead on a hili near by, with the open farm and wood-\\nland surrounding all. A coal mine was opened and worked for more\\nthan a year in 1870 and 7L The coal was solely mined for fuel for\\nthe mill. The coal was good bituminous coal. About 1871 H. E.\\nLewis wrote and had printed a circular, addressed to manufac-\\nturers, corporators and capitalists, which, if there was space, would be\\ninteresting to quote here-it ante-dated Henderson and Henderson\\nCounty s present spirit of progress, and in a quiet business view but\\nother business intervened, and his family thought he ought not to en-\\nter into new and added cares, so Mr. Lewis held that matter in obey-\\nance In this retrospect many subjects come to mind of interest, but\\nspace must be considered. In 1873 or 74 Mr. Lewis stopped his mill,\\nand only opened the store occasionally, concluding that such an ac-\\ntive business of so manv kinds was really depriving him of the leisure\\nhe had retired from citv life and come to his new home, far from the\\nmaddening crowd, to enjov. He could not review his labors as a citi-\\nzen of Henderson County but with satisfaction. He had done much\\nmore for the public good than make two blades of grass grow where\\no-rewlDut one he had circulated thousands of dollars of his capital\\nhere, and had done all in his power to benefit his fellowmen in many\\nways.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0689.jp2"}, "690": {"fulltext": "664 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\nLooking back, it seems it was a prophetic feeling which made\\nhim taKe a space of quiet repose and existence simply at home. In\\nthe spring of 1875 Mr. Lewis was quite sick, but recovered, as was\\nsupposed he. had always in his life been perfectly well. But his re-\\ncovery was not a real one, and he was taken sick in July, and died on\\nthe eighth of October, 1875. He died a member of Christ, and in the\\ncommunion of the church.\\nIt is not fitting to say more here, than to mention that two obitu-\\naries of Henry E. Lewis were voluntarily written by friends one sent\\nfrom Henderson, and published in the Southern Churchman, and\\none written and published in Louisville. But it must be recorded feel-\\ningly, that his Companion Knights Templar of Henderson paid\\nMasonic honors at his grave, after the holy services of the church\\nwere pertormed. It may be permitted a filial hand to trace the fact\\nthat his faults were few, and the world better for his having lived\\namong men. His record shines with the lustre of many virtues. Ac-\\ncording to the wishes of Mr. Lewis, his family continued his home\\nand plans; and for eight years, all activities here have been kept up\\nand revived and enlarged at Lewis Mills, Henderson County, Ken-\\ntucky, where William L. Alves farms, handles live stock, and in ad-\\ndition to the flouring mill and store, has built up a saw mill and lum-\\nber business, all in active operation at the present time. In the flush\\nof the prosperity and progress of Henderson and Henderson County,\\nin this year of grace, 1883, it is pleasant for Henry E. Lewis family\\nto remember that he foresaw such an era here, for he was convinced\\nthat success and wealth would reward the pioneersin the development\\nof our city and county and this favored section of the land-of-our-\\nlove will prove rich in treasure under the works of man, in mines and\\nmanufactures, and agriculture and horticulture, as it is blessed with the\\nriches of nature in climate, minerals, and soil, by the power of the\\nCreator. Since the foregoing was written, Mr. and Mrs. Alves and\\nMrs. Lewis, widow of our subject, have removed from their lovely\\ncounty home to another, just beyond the city limits, on Lower Main\\nStreet.\\nPAUL ALEXANDER BLACKWELL.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The genealogy of the\\ngentleman whose name heads this article, and of whose life and kin-\\ndred the following is but a brief and imperfect sketch, taken ab iniiio^\\npresents a lineage distinguished for high character, honorable bearing\\nand aristocratic surroundings. Our subject s paternal grandfather was\\none of three brothers who sailed from England many years ago for\\nAmerica. Arriving iri this country,, they separated, one of them", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0690.jp2"}, "691": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 665\\nsettling on Blackwell s Island, from whom the Island derived its name,\\nanother settled in North Carolina and became the acknowledged head\\nof the world-renowned Durham tobacco manufacturers, the third, Robert\\nBlackwell settled in. Virginia. From the latter, the subject of this sketch\\ndescended. Robert Blackwell, the paternal grandfather, served as a\\nMagistrate under King George III, and died in the year 1788. The\\nmaternal grandfather was James Jeffries, who lived in Virginia and\\ndeparted this life in that State in the year 1831 subsequent to the\\nDeclaration of Independence, he served as a magistrate. The maternal\\ngrandmother, Nancy Hogan, was born in Virginia and lived there dur-\\ning her natural life. She died during the year 1848 at the good and\\nrather remarkable old age of eighty years.\\nChapman Blackwell, the father of our subject, was born in Lunen-\\nburg County, Virginia, in the year 1785; he was married to Miss Pru-\\ndence Russell Jeffries, who was born in Lunenburg County\\nin 1796. Seven children resulted from this union, Mary, James,\\nNancy, Jane, Paul A., Branch and Francis. Chapman Blackwell was\\nfrom boyhood a farmer devotedly attached to that life. Hearing of\\nthe fertile soils of the far West child of old Virginia, its almost limit-\\nless productiveness, he determined to immigrate, and, to effect that pur-\\npose, disposed of such of his property as he deemed best and set out\\nwith his family, overland for Kentucky, in the year 1832. The com-\\nparative wilds of the route to be traveled, the ruggedness of the roads,\\nthe privations that immigrants fell heir to, were obstacles to be sure\\nbut, with a firm and fixed purpose, a sound and unflinching spirit mov-\\ning him, he plodded along over mountains and through valleys, recog-\\nnizing the tediousness of the journey and its lonely surroundings,\\nnever once hesitating or brooding over a determination to better his\\ncondition in life. Thus he continued on slowly, but surely, through\\nVirginia, then Kentucky, until he reached Henderson County, where\\nhe settled on a track of land near Zion,\\nHere, in the woods, he built him a rude log cabin in which to\\nshelter his family, and here he toiled, clearing the forest and tilling\\nthe soil up to the day of his death, that sad event occurring in the\\nyear 1851. His devoted wife survived him, and in this there appears\\na coincidence preternatural in its occurrence. In the year 1873,\\ntwenty-two years afterwards, in the same month and on the same day\\nof the month, the good wife and mother followed her husband in death.\\nPaul A. Blackwell, the subject of this sketch, was born in Lunen-\\nburg County, Virginia, April 22d, 1826, therefore he was only six\\nyears of age when he accompanied his father from his place of nativ-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0691.jp2"}, "692": {"fulltext": "666 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nity over the mountains into Kentucky. Arriving at school age, he\\nwas sent to the neighboring country school, and it was there that he\\ngained his first knowledge of the limitless worth of the alphabet and\\nthe multiplication table. When he had become more advanced in\\nspelling, reading and arithmetic, he was placed under the tutorage of\\nHon. Philip B. Matthews, now of this city, and who at that time was\\nregarded not only the most capable, but the most reliable instructor of\\nthe youth of his neighborhood.\\nMr, Blackwell matriculated at this school in 1841, and his subse-\\nquent life furnishes a pleasing testimony of how well he learned and\\nhow closely he applied himself. This was the last school he ever at-\\ntended. At the age of twenty-two years he returned to Virginia and\\nwhile there, on the fourteenth day of June, 1848, in Lunenburg County,\\nmarried Miss Martha S. Crymes^ a native of the same county. He,\\nwith his wife, returned to Kentucky a short time afterwards, and set-\\ntled down to farming in the neighborhood of his father. Unto Mr.\\nand Mrs. B ackwell have been born six children William, Mary,\\nEmma, Ada, Alva and another that died in infancy. Of this number\\nonly three are living, William, Emma and Alva. Mr. Blackwell fol-\\nlowed farming up to 1855, when he moved into the town and formed\\na co-partnership wiih James E. Ricketts, under the firm name of\\nRicketts Blackwell, and embarked in the private banking business\\nin a small frame building that stood then near where George Lyne\\nSon s drug store now stands. At that time the Farmers Bank was\\ndoing business in the building now occupied by the First National,\\nand were building for a banking house the house now owned by the\\nPresbyterian Church on the corner of Elm and Second Cross streets.\\nUpon the completion of this house, the books, furniture and funds of\\nthe bank were removed to the new building, and Ricketts Blackwell,\\nby purchase of Dr. Owen Glass, became the purchasers of the house\\nvacated by the Farmers Bank. In this house the firm conducted\\na lucrative business up to 186i^, when the subject of this sketch read\\nin the war clouds wreck and ruin to all business located on the south\\nside of the Ohio, and immediately sold his interest in the bank to\\nRicketts, who continued the business a few years, and died. Mr. Black-\\nwell then purchased a farm, and operated it for six or seven years,\\nthough he never surrendered his citizenship in the town. In 1869,\\nwhen his eldest son, William, had arrived at an age to justify him, he\\nopened in Henderson a produce house, and was three years engaged in\\nthis business, and at the end of that time he sold his interest to Thomas\\nS. Knight. Since that time he and his son have been largely engaged", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0692.jp2"}, "693": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 667\\nin the hardware and agricultural business, carrying at all seasons a\\nvery extensive and varied stock, and enjoying, as they deserve to en-\\njoy, a very large and prosperous patronage. Mr. Black well has\\ntraveled in all of the principal Slates of the Union, not alone for\\npleasure, but with an eye to business, and in this his experience has\\namply rewarded him. In politics, he is a Democrat of the purest ray\\nserene a Jacksonian in religious faith, a Christadelphian, or better\\nknown as a Thomasite. He is perhaps better known as an influential,\\nenthusiastic member abroad, than any other one of the county whose\\nname appears upon the church roll. Mr. Blackwell was never an office-\\nseeker, yet he has been called upon to serve his constituents in more\\nofficial positions than one. He served his district as Magistrate dur-\\ning the year 1860, and his town as Police Judge during the years 1861\\nand 62. He has held a commission as Notary Public for a number\\nof years, and in every position has given unqualified satisfaction. He\\nhas often been called upon to take charge of estates and trust funds,\\nand wherever he chose to be obliging, he has discharged his duties\\nwith marked ability\u00e2\u0080\u0094 notably the estate of James E. Ricketts, which\\noccupied a great range and required executive and business ability of\\nundoubted skill. Judge Blackwell has never enjoyed perfect health,\\nfar from it, his life has been shadowed by a harrassing disease that\\nhas kept him continuously in remembrance of it. Yet, notwithstand-\\ning this fact, he has applied himself with such intelligence and such\\nenergy as his diseased frame would admit of, that he has acquired a\\nhandsome competency, enough to enable him to take front rank\\namong the commercial men of his city. He enjoys a handsome, quiet\\nhome and takes the world as a philosopher should.\\nWALTER W. CUMNOCK.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The subject of this sketch is one\\nof a larg:e progeny, there having been born unto his parents twelve\\nchildren. Of that number, eleven are living at this time, eight boys\\nand three girls. To say that he sprang from a parentage gifted in the\\nsuccessful handling of intricate machinery in all of its multiplied work-\\nings and movements, is only to tell that he, too, has inherited, in a\\nfull measure, of that blessing so liberally showered upon those who\\nhave gone before him.\\nWalter W. Cumnock first saw the dawn of light in Scotland, in\\nthe year 1846, nd before he Jiad attained to the age of two years,\\nwas, with a doting father and mother, upon the bosom of the dark\\nblue sea, en route to this free land America. His father s name was\\nRobert L. Cumnock his mother s maiden name, Margaret Goodlet,\\nboth Scotch born. The grandfather, on the paternal side, was an", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0693.jp2"}, "694": {"fulltext": "668 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nofificer in the British army, as was also a brother of Robert L. Cum-\\nnc5ck. The grandfather on the maternal side was a mill mechanic\\nand worked in a mill. The grandmother on the maternal side was an\\nEnglish woman and died when she was quite young. The parents\\nof our subject worked in a mill in Scotland, the father being both a\\nmill boss and mule spinner.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Upon the arrival of the Cumnock family in this country, they\\nlocated in Lowell, Massachusetts, and engaged in the mill business.\\nWalter W. Cumnock was educated in Mason, New Hampshire, and\\nLowell, Massachusetts. His education was not confined to books\\nalone, but he was instructed in the art of cotton spinning, and from\\nclose application and intelligent determination, has risen from an\\napprentice to a master of .mill machinery and cotton spinning. He\\nhas traveled in this country, Canada, and Europe, and wherever a\\npoint could be gained, he made it a study, to his advantage, so that to-\\nday he is justly ranked among the foremost cotton mill Superintendents\\nof America. Our subject is one of a family of experts in the manu-\\nfacture ot textile fabrics. There are five brothers, all cotton mill\\nmanagers, and hold under charge, nine thousand operators, and\\neleven thousand looms more operatives and looms, than are con-\\ntrolled by any other family of kinsmen in this or perhaps any other\\ncountry. Robert L. Cumnock, Jr., who is a graduate of Middleton\\nUniversity, Connecticut, and Professor of Elocution and English\\nLiterature at Evanston, Illinois, Northwestern University, is also a\\nbrother. During the year 1880, and at the age of thirty-four years,\\nMr. Cumnock was given charge as Superintendent of the Evansville\\nIndiana Cotton Mills, and while there, married Miss Lizzie Priest,\\nOctober 26th, 1882. The result of that union has been two children\\nthe eldest, a boy, died at three months of age. Mrs. Cumnock is a\\ndaughter of Hon. and Mrs. George M. Priest, and granddaughter of\\nRev. and Mrs. Joel Lambert\\nMr. Cumnock was too young even though he had desired at\\nthe outbreak of the late war, to take part as a soldier. He has\\navoided politics, from the fact that he has no liking for that kind of\\nexcitement he was never an office holder, and was never an applicant\\nfor office. In church faith he is a strict Presbyterian. During the year\\n1883 he visited Henderson with a view pi engaging her capatalists in\\na cotton mill enterprise, of which they knew but little, but of which he\\nwas thoroughly posted in every detail. He secured an audience and\\nmade known his plans; how well he succeeded, stands to-day a mon-\\nument to his intelligence, his far reaching judgement, and daring", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0694.jp2"}, "695": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 669\\nspirit. -Cast your eye to the east, and there see that grand three-story\\nbrick structure, with its accompanying outbuildings, setting on a hill,\\na town of itself. From the ground floor to the roof, this great build-\\ning contains its hundreds of machines, doing their work with more\\nprecision and niceness than man can do, however so well he be edu-\\ncated in the art of working textile fabrics. We refer to the cotton\\nmill, built at an outlay of a few thousand dollars less than a half mil-\\nlion. Walter W. Cumnock has been the head and front, the wheel\\nwithin a wheel of this great and eminently successful enterprise, and\\nto-day, he treads the aisles, and superintends the movements of one\\nof the most magnificent and promising cotton mills to be found on\\nthe American Continent.\\nEZRA CALHOON WARD was born in Hardin Countv, Ken-\\ntucky, March 13th, 1854. His father was a Cumberland Presbyterian\\npreacher, but resided upon his farm, about eight miles southwest of\\nElizabethtown, and upon this farm the subject of this sketch spent the\\nmost of his time until 1871. He was left without parents at an un-\\nusually tender age, his mother having died October 17th, 1855, and\\nhis father following July 10th, 1864. He was then left in the custody\\nand care of a sister, whose husband was a farmer, and with whom he\\nremained until her death, which occurred in September, 1871. Until\\nthis time our subject s life had been spent in doing the ordinary farm\\nwork during the farming season, and attending the district schools\\nduring the winter months. He continued to do farm labor until\\nAugust, 1873, when he came to Henderson, Kentucky, and took up\\nhis abode with his brother, Thomas E. Ward, an attorney at law, with\\nwhom he remained for several years. The parents of our subject be-\\ning in but moderate circumstances, and leaving a family of eight chil-\\ndren, he of course was dependent upon his own exertions for a liveli-\\nhood, and it was with the greatest difficulty that he succeeded in\\nmaintaining himself in the Henderson Public and High Schools until\\nhis course was completed, which was done in June, 1875. But, by\\nshutting himself up from society, and living economically, and devo-\\nting his vacations and the whole of his leisure time in the employment\\nof some one who was able and willing to pay him for his services, he suc-\\nceeded in securing for himself the advantages of a good English edu-\\ncation. In September, 1875, he assumed the duties and responsibil-\\nities of a teacher, beginning the practice of this profession in one of\\nthe district schools of the county, and continuing the same success-\\nfully and efficiently until June, 1880. During the time he was teach-\\ning school, he was also engaged in the study of law, and his summer", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0695.jp2"}, "696": {"fulltext": "670 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nvacation was spent in the law otifice of his brother, under the tutor-\\nage of his brother and the Hon. S. B. Vance. I herefore, in Septem-\\nber, 1879, he was admitted to the bar, as a practicing attorney of this\\nCommonweahh.\\nIn October, 1880, he was selected as commissioner of schools for\\nthe County of Henderson, and was twice elected to this office, which\\nposition he filled with credit to himself and profit to the public. On\\nthe second day of December, 1880, he was married to Miss Florence\\nWalker, daughter of Hal. B. Walker, and settled down to the prac-\\ntice of law in the City of Henderson, Kentucky; one child, a daugh-\\nter, has been born of this marriage. In August, 1883, he was elected\\nto the office of Judge of the Henderson City Court, which position he\\nnow holds.\\nIn August, 1884, his father-in-law, Hal. B. Walker, departed this\\nlife, leaving a large and extensive livery business, of which our sub-\\nject, in partnership with (J. K. Walker, an uncle of his wife, became\\nthe purchasers. He is yet engaged in the livery business, and is re-\\nceiving a liberal share of patronage. Judge Ward is a simon pure\\nDemocrat, and has never been defeated for an office for which he was\\nan announced candidate.\\nNATHANIEL A. KITCHELL, M. D., physician and surgeon,\\nwas born at Lewisburg, Muhlenburg County, Kentucky, on the twen-\\nty-first day of June, 1835. He was educated in Brown County,\\nIllinois, and, when at the age of twenty-two years, returned to Ken-\\ntucky and settled at Souih Carrolton, on Green River. He had\\nevinced a very decided preference for the profession of medicine, and,\\ntherefore, soon after arriving at South Carrolton, commenced to study\\nunder the instruction of Dr. C. C. Forbes, of that place. Soon\\nafterwards he attended lectures at St. Louis, Mo. In April, 1860, he\\nbegan the practice of his profession with Dr. Rufus Linthicum, of\\nHenderson County, and continued with him to the fall of 1861, when,\\nled by all his sympathies to side with the people of the South, he\\nentered the Confederate army and went to war. He enlisted with\\nCol. Adam Johnson and was with that distinguished commander in\\nmost of his engagements with the enemy, notably the terrible battle\\nnear Owensboro. He was with Morgan in his Indiana and Ohio\\nraid in the summer of 1863, and was captured in Ohio. After his\\ncapture, the Doctor was sent a prisoner to Fort Delaware, where he\\nwas confined until the seventeenth day of the following November,\\nwhen he and other physicians of Morgan s command were sent to\\nCity Point, on James River, Virginia, and there exchanged for an equal", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0696.jp2"}, "697": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 671\\nnumber of Federal surgeons. Upon reaching Richmond, Dr. Kitchell\\nwas detailed by the Surgeon General to take charge of the Federal\\nsick in Hospital No. 21. During the winter he availed himself of the\\nopportunity offered, attended the Richmond Medical College, and was\\nawarded a Confederate diploma. In March, 1864, he rejoined the\\nremnant of his command, but was soon after taken sick, and, in May,\\nhis health being so much impaired, he returned to Kentucky and again\\ncommenced the practice of his profession at Robards Station, Hen-\\nderson County. During the winter of 1873 and 1874, he attended\\nBellevue College, New York, and in the spring received his second\\ndiploma. He then returned to Robards Station and continued to\\npractice until September, 1878, when, owing to continued ill-health,\\nhe abandoned the profession altogether. A few years subsequent he\\ntook up his residence in the city of Henderson, and, in partnership\\nwith his old and long-time friend, J. D. Robards, engaged in the pur-\\nchase of tobacco, and also in the manufacture of plug, twist and\\nsmoking tobaccos.\\nOn the nineteenth day of June, 1884, the Doctor married Miss\\nFrances Ellen Triplett, of Henderson County, and a son, N. A.\\nKitchell, Jr., born July 18th, 1885, is the issue of this union. The\\nhappy success and honors Dr. Kitchell has won are due largely to his\\nenergy and perseverance. With a kind disposition and unswerving\\nintegrity, he has won the respect and esteem, not only of his com-\\nmunity, but of the members of his profession generally, to whom his\\nname and labors are well known. During this summer, 1887, the\\nfirm of Robards Kitchell was dissolved, the doctor retiring. Since\\nthat time he has purchased the tobacco stemmery of Thomas Evans\\nand is now engaged in purchasing in his own right and name.\\nCLARENCE CHRISTIAN GIVENS, editor and publisher,\\nwas born in Providence, Hopkins County, on the ninth day of Novem-\\nber, 1865, and educated in the common schools of his county. He is\\na son of Matthew C. Givens, present Judge of this judicial circuit.\\nIn his young life he evinced a fondness for newspaper work, and, at\\nthe age of seventeen vears, commenced the publication of the Sebree\\nSunbea?7i, a three-column folio, at Sebree, Kentucky. He spent one\\nyear in this enterprise, then sold out and came to Henderson in the\\nemploy of Thomas L. Cannon, who, at that time, was publishing the\\nSentinel. He remained with the Sentinel but a short time, when he\\nremoved to Providence and commenced the publication of the Gleaner\\nHe soon succeeded in building up a large circulation, and, at the end", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0697.jp2"}, "698": {"fulltext": "672 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nof six months, desiring to go into a larger and more extended field,\\nremoved to Madisonville and commenced the publication of the\\nHopkins County Gleaner^ seven columns. Here he sought patronage\\nin opposition to the Times, an old established paper published by\\nZeno F. Young, one of the most popular and deserving publishers in\\nthe State. Nothing daunted, young Givens took off his coat, and, by\\nworking night and day, soon gained a large patronage and drew\\naround himself a host of friqnds. His paper was soon after enlarged\\nto an eight-column folio^ then to a nine-column with steam power added.\\nBy determined industry and square dealing, he i:egistered the largest\\nnumber of subscribers ever claimed by any paper in the county.\\nTwelve months had scarcely rolled by, when he purchased the Tijties and\\nconsolidated it with the Gleaner. Not satisfied, but determined to go\\ninto a yet larger territory of newspaper usefulness, in July, 1885, he\\nremoved to Henderson and commenced the publication of the Hen-\\nderson Gleaner, a nine-column weekly. By dint of personal persever-\\nance and unlimited effort, Mr, Givens has secured a circulation never\\nattained by any paper heretofore published in Henderson. He is a\\nbundle of nerves and each nerve is the embodiment of energv. Work\\nis his motto, and work it is with him from morn till night. It is\\ncreditably asserted that his paper now has a circulation of five thous-\\nand. His advertising, as well as job work patronage, is proportionally\\nlarge.\\nIn the month of August, 1885, Mr. Givens married Miss Emma\\nM. Sloan, of Madisonville, and unto them on the twenty-fifth day of\\nAugust, 1886, was born a daughter Lizzie May. In politics he is a\\nDemocrat, in religion a Baptist. This young editor and publisher is\\na living example of what can be accompUshed by intelligence and\\nsystematized hard work. Recently a one-third interest in the Gleaner\\nhas been sold to Professor Haag, of South Carrolton, Kentucky, for\\ntwo thousand dollars. The firm is now Givens Haag.\\nCOLONEL ROBERT SMITH was born m Westmoreland\\nCounty, Pennsylvania, on the nineteenth day of August, 1784, from\\nwhich place his father moved to Monongahela County, Virginia,\\nwhere the family lived until the year 1796. During this year, Mr.\\nSmith, unmindful of the great difficulties attending a journey to the\\nfar West, removed with his family, to Henderson County, and settled al-\\nmost directly opposite Evansville, Indiana. After remaining here but a\\nshort time, he found to his great discomfiture, that the river bottoms were\\nextremely unhealthy, and thereupon determined to remove in search\\nof a healthier location. He again broke up home and settled near what", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0698.jp2"}, "699": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 673\\nis now known as Smith s Mills, on the farm at present owned by B.\\nF. Martin, where he continued to live up to the time of his death.\\nWhen Colonel Smith, then a lad of fourteen years of ag^, and his\\nfather passed through Henderson, there were but three or four log\\ncabins to be seen, and the county nothing more than a vast wilderness.\\nHe was strong, healthy and full of natural fire and energy, and in this\\nwild country he had realized his fondest backwoods dreams, for the\\nforests were filled with game of all kinds known to the western wilds,\\nincluding buffalo, bear, deer, and thousands of turkeys, squirrel and\\nsmall game. The only drawback to a youth of his temperament was\\nthe lack of educational facilities; there were no schools, and, although\\ndeprived of even what is termed an ordinary common school educa-\\ntion, he yet so managed with such books ss he could lay his hands\\nupon, to gather for himself a fair understanding of the most important\\nEnglish branches. At the age of nineteen, in the year 1803, Colonel\\nSmith intermarried with Miss Seltsey Rollesson, a lady of strong mind\\nand in every way fitted to make home cheerful and happy. No two\\never lived more happily together. When the memorable campaign of\\nHarrison against the Indians was agitating the country. Colonel Smith,\\nbeing a man of ardent patriotic temperament and ready to resent a\\nwrong done his country at any time, volunteered as a private and went\\nunder General Samuel Hopkins into the then Indian territory, beyond\\nTerre Haute, Indiana, but was too late for the battle of Tippecanoe.\\nWhen the Kentucky troops were disbanded, he returned to his home\\nand assumed once more the arduous duties of making a livelihood in\\nthe yet wilds of Kentucky. Later, when the British were threatening\\nNew Orleans, his noble spirit rallied to the call of his country, and at\\nthe head of a company organized in this and adjoining counties, em-\\nbarked on a flatboat or barge for New Orleans, to join General Jack-\\nson s army. He arrived with his company on the evening of the fourth\\nof January, 1815, and only received his arms and amunition the night\\nbefore the great battle. On this memorable eighth day of January,\\nColonel Smith and his men distinguished themselves for gallantry,\\ndaring, indomitable courage, and will-power. They were during the\\nwhole engagement in the thickest of the fight, in the centre and im-\\nmediately opposite the spot where the renowned General Packenhara\\nwas killed. In May, he, with his company, returned home, and ever\\nafter that time it was his custom to celebrate the 8th day of January.\\nAfter this war Colonel Smith settled down upon his farm, and\\nyet, while devotedly attached to his life s profession, he was neverthe-\\nless an active participant in all matters of interest to his adopted\\n43", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0699.jp2"}, "700": {"fulltext": "674 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\ncounty. He served as magistrate during the years 1816, 17, 18, 19\\n20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 35, 36, 37,\\n38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, and as sheriff of the county two terms,\\n1827 and 28 and 1845 and 46. In the year 1816 his wife died, and\\nthis to him was by far the hardest blow of his life ;by this wife he had\\nfi\\\\e children, Hosea, Eliza, Cynthia, Sarah and Matilda, two of whom\\nare yet living, Hosea and Eliza. Hosea Smith is now in his seventy-\\nninth year, and lives where he was born and raised near Smith s\\nMills Eliza married Littleberry Weaver, and is still living with her\\nson, Albert B. Weaver, near the City of Henderson. In the year\\n1817, Colonel Smith married his second wife, Elizabeth Carrington\\nc)\\nwith whom he lived in conjugal happiness to March the 5th, 1858,\\nwhen he died upon the same place he had settled sixty four years be-\\nfore. By his last marriage there were seven children, Elizabeth,\\nFrancis, Thomas S., Robert, George W., Mary Ann, and Margaret,\\nonly three of whom are now living George W., Mary Ann, and Mar-\\ngaret. On the ninth day of February, 1862, George W, married Miss\\nAdelia Cotton, unto whom there were born four children, Minnie, Ella,\\nMaud and George. Mrs. Smith died several* years ago, and on the\\nninth day of February, 1887, Mr. Smith married Mrs. Martha L. But-\\nler. It will be observed that he was partial to the ninth day of Feb-\\nruary, as both marriages were solmenized on that day. Margaret\\nSmith, on the twenty-third day of December, 1857, married B. F.\\nMartin, by whom she has had two children, Sallie B., who married Dr.\\nLev. Royster, and Fannie. Mary A.Smith, on the twenty sixth day\\nof November, 1857, married Samuel L. Cooper, by whom she has had\\nfour daughters, namely, Maggie, Lizzie, Katie and George.\\nDecember 18th, 1821, by an act of the General Assembly of\\nKentucky, Colonel Smith was appointed in behalf of Henderson\\nCounty, together with Reuben Berry, of Union County, and Daniel\\nTalbott, Surveyor of Henderson, to run and establish the boundary\\nline between Henderson and Union Counties. Smith s Mill s Post\\nOffice, one of the first established in Henderson County, and the\\npretty little village called by the same name, derived their appellation\\nfrom an old horse mill, erected by Colonel Smith near the spot where\\nthe residence of B. F. Martin now stands. No man took a more ac-\\ntive interest in the development of Henderson County, than did Col-\\nonel Smith. From 1803 to within a few vears of his death, his name\\nwas intimately associated with every public enterprise. He was in-\\nstrumental in building more than one house of religious worship, and\\nwas never known to fail with his means when called upon for any like", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0700.jp2"}, "701": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 675\\npurpose. He was a Whig in politics, and a recognized leader of his\\nparty. Since the foregoing was written Rosea Smith and Mrs. Eliza\\nWeaver have both died.\\nWILLIAM HENRY WEBSTER, farmer and magistrate, was\\nborn in Fleming County, Kentucky, on the seventeenth day of Sep-\\ntember, 1822. His father, Henry F. Webster, was born in Virginia\\non the twenty-fourth day of March, 1785. His mother, Sarah M.\\nHoward, was born in Maryland June 4th, 1787. They were married\\nin Virginia December 31st, 1811. Mr. and Mrs. Webster came to\\nKentucky in the year 1816, and settled in Fleming County where both\\nof them died, the father on May 22d, 1860, the mother on May 20th,\\n1856. The subject of this sketch was educated in the common\\nschools of his county, and, arriving at the age of twenty-four years, he\\nmarried Miss Margaret H. Manzey, of Fleming County, on the twen-\\nty-sixth day of February, 1846. She died, without issue, May 28th,\\n1853. On the fifth day of March, 1854, he married Mrs. Catharine\\nTriplett Boise, of the same county. She died without issue November\\n27th, 1854. August 5th, 1856, he married Miss Susan M. Triplett,\\nof the same county, and she died February 21st, 1868, leaving four\\nchildren, namely, Mary E, Webster, born September 12th, 1857\\nAnnie E. Webster, born March 22d, 1862 Sarah E. Webster, born\\nSeptember 1st, 1865, and Susan B., born February 13th, 1868. Mr.\\nWebster served his native county as Magistrate for sixteen years, and\\non the first day of April, 1868, removed to Henderson County. On\\nthe sixth day of January, 1869, he married Miss Annie M. Samuel,\\nof Hopkins County. She is yet living, and is the mother of six\\nchildren, four sons and two daughters Robert J., born October 2d,\\n1869 Wm. H., born October 19th, 1871 Emma F., born Septem-\\nber 25th, 1873; John Edward, born February 17th, 1876: Acsah\\nBell, born April 7th, 1878, and Radford Dunn, born January 29th,\\n188L Since Mr. Webster s coming to this county, he has served as\\nMagistrate thirteen years, and was recently elected to serve four more\\nyears, beginning January 1st, 1887. He is a member of Holloway\\nLodge, A. Y. M., No. 153 was initiated in 1855, in Fleming County.\\nHe is also a Chapter Mason, having been exalted to the Royal Arch.\\nMr. Webster, in addition to his magisterial duties, is engaged in farm-\\ning near Niagara.\\nMARION DUNCAN.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The subject of this sketch was born in\\nthe Southern portion of Henderson County, near the Union County\\nline, on the sixth day of December, 1838. He was next youngest of\\na family of six children, of whom there were four girls and two boys.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0701.jp2"}, "702": {"fulltext": "676 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nHis father was Nathan Benjamin Duncan, of Virginia his mother,\\nMartha Tyree, of Caswell County, North Carolina. They were mar-\\nried in North Carolina and came to Kentucky at an early day. Mrs.\\nDuncan died in 1879, aged seventy years. Mr. Duncan s grandfather,\\nNathan Duncan, of Virginia, immigrated to Henderson County, and\\ndied near Corydon. When our subject was less than two years of age,\\nhis father died, leaving a widow and children in a badly embarassed\\nfinancial condition. She had no means to educate her children, and\\nthere were no public schools at that time. Young Marion was hired\\nat hard labor before he was large enough to hold a plow handle, and\\nthis life was continued until he arrived at the age of twenty. His\\nwages, amounting from two to thirteen dollars per month, were paid to\\nhis mother for her and his sisters support. At the age of twenty, his\\nsisters having all married and his mother giving up house-keeping,\\nyoung Duncan started out into the world to seek his own fortune.\\nHow well he has performed that duty we shall see before this brief\\nsketch closes. Yes, he started out into this merciless world, without a\\ndollar, influence or education. Health, energy and a determined will\\nwas his entire stock in trade. Having grown up as a farmer, and\\nhaving gained a reputation for industry, integrity and great capacity\\nfor directing and controlling labor, he was sought for by men of means\\nto take charge of large plantations. The first two or three years he\\nexercised the most rigid economy, saving every dollar he was not\\nnecessarily compelled to part with. This he did for a wise purpose;\\nhe had now found out the value of an education, and though twenty-\\nthree years of age, determined at all hazards to educate himself. To\\nthis end, therefore, he entered school at Corydon, and studied through-\\nout two ten months sessions. During this time he spent no idle time,\\nbut applied himself with an assiduity of purpose that brought to him a\\ngood common school English education nor was this all, during va-\\ncation he studied at night and worked during the day, in order to earn\\nsomething to assist in paying his board and tuition His money fast\\nevaporating in necessary expenses, and not having the means to take a\\ncollegiate course, in order to fit him for professional life, he determined\\nto return to that occupation his early condition in life had forced upon\\nhim. In January, 1863, he was employed to take charge of the farm\\nand laborers of John W. Alves. He remained two years with Mr. Al\\nves at a good salary. During the years 1866, 67 and 68 he was in\\ncharge of William McClain s lands and business in the Horse-shoe\\nBend, at a salary of $600, $700 and $800 per year. In 1869 he was\\nemployed by Mr. George Atkinson, in charge of his Union County", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0702.jp2"}, "703": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 677\\nfarm, opposite Shawneetown, Illinois, at a salary of 51 ^00. At the\\nbeginning of 1870 he was employed by Mr. Joseph Adams, to take\\ncharge of Diamond Island, which he did. He remained in the employ\\nof Mr. Adams for eight years at annual salaries ranging from $1,600\\nto $1,800. The highest price ever paid a manager was paid the sub-\\nject of this sketch. Mr. Duncan then determined to work no longer\\nfor others, but to launch out on his own hook. During the entire four-\\nteen years he managed for others, h had never an unpleasant word\\nwith any of the gentlemen for whom he did business, and so success-\\nful was he, it was only a question of salary who would or could secure\\nhis services. Furthermore, during the fourteen years, he never de-\\nmanded a price for his services that was not paid him willingly. At\\nthe close of 1877 Mr. Duncan formed a co-partnership with A. S.\\nNunn, of Henderson, and purchased Slim Island, lying in the Ohio\\nRiver, in the upper or northwest corner of Union County, and con-\\ntaining four hundred and seventy-five acres of very fine land. For\\nthis Island they paid the sum of $14,000 cash. Since that time they\\nhave purchased about eleven hundred acres of land near Henderson,\\nand are working from fortv to sixtv-five laborers.\\nOn the nineteenth day of April, 1871, Mr. Duncan was married\\nto Miss Julia Elizabeth Mullen, in Henderson, Rev. Dr. Talbiid of\\nthe Baptist Church officiating. Mrs Duncan was born on the twelfth\\nday of December, 1846, and is a woman of many most excellent traits.\\nMr. Duncan and his wife are both members of the Episcopal Church.\\nHe is a s :eadfast Mason, and one of great influence. He lias filled\\nnearly every chair in the three lodges. He was twice elected Wor-\\nshipful Master of the Blue Lodge, and declined. He has served as\\nHigh Priest of his Chapter, and twice Eminent Commander of his\\nCommandery, Knights Te;nplar. He is also a Knight of Pythias.\\nMr. Duncan is a large grower of tobacco, corn and wheat, and a large\\nbuyer and raiser of cattle. His life, though a hard one, has been\\ncrowned by a success few men under similar circumstances have ever\\nattained.\\nWYATT H. INGRAM.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The subject of this sketch was born\\nin Orange County, Virginia, in 1783. His father, William Ingram\\nimmigrated to Fayette County, Kentucky, and from thence to Hender-\\nson County in 1803. Dying in the spring of 1806, with his property\\nencumbered by debt, the burden of rearing and supporting the family\\nof six children fell on young Wyatt, who, by unflagging industry, soon\\npaid his father s debts and divided the property equally between the\\nchildren, his brothers and sisters. The expenses of their education\\nbe bore himself, thus proving both brother and father.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0703.jp2"}, "704": {"fulltext": "678 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY KY.\\nOn the eighth day of December, 1813, Mr. Ingram married Miss\\nJane McGready, daughter of Rev, Jas. McGready, the great Presby-\\nterian revivalist of 1800. Soon after his marriage he became exten-\\nsively engaged in boating produce to New Orleans. Boat building in\\nthose days was attended with many difficulties. Mr. Ingram would go\\nup Green River with a sufficient number of men, and, with the old\\nfashioned whip-saw, get out the necessary lumber for building his\\nboats, put it together, and then float down to Henderson, where he\\nwould load with produce of all kinds for the Southern markets. He\\nwould then float down to New Orleans and there sell his entire stock,\\nincluding the boat or boats. With the proceeds securely belted about\\nhim, he would commence his journey homeward on foot. In the\\ncourse of his life, he walked from New Orleans to Henderson\\nthirteen times. To-day such an undertaking would deter most men,\\nbut, with the dangers attending such a trip at that early day, it must\\nhave taken courage and resolution -of high order. During his mer-\\ncantile life, Mr. Ingram purchased goods from Philadelphia mer-\\nchants. These were carried in wagons to Pittsburgh and from thence\\ndown the river to Henderson. Several times, in returning from New\\nOrleans, he made the trip to Philadelphia by water. On one occasion\\nhe sold his produce for S))anish doubloons, and, having no better\\nplace to put them, packed them securely in his trunk. On arriv-\\ning at Philadelphia, he was astonished, on opening the trunk, to find\\nthat the gold had played havoc with his clothing, especially some\\nextra fine rufiled shirts then in his trunk. Mr. Ingram s high char-\\nacter for integrity is well known by the older people now living. The\\ngood he did was of the practical sort. Several of Henderson s once\\nprominent citizens owe, in a large measure, their start in life to him.\\nWhen Jean Spidel, with his family, arrived in New York from the old\\ncountry, he hadn t the means to pay the full amount of passage\\nmoney. Under the custom at that time, he sold his son John to the\\nCaptain of the vessel until he could be redeemed. It so happened\\nthat Mr. Ingram was in New York at the time, and, by some means,\\nSpidel found it out and sought an interview with him. He asked\\nhelp in so far as to release his son from bondage. Without hesitation\\nMr. Ingram paid the amount due and then brought with him the\\nentire family to Henderson. A short time afterwards he established\\nSpidel in the butcher business, and, in less time than eighteen months\\nMr. Ingram was repaid in full with interest. Our subject was ever\\nready to lend a helping hand to the deserving, and to assist those who\\nwere anxious to assist themselves. Thus his charity was of the nobles", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0704.jp2"}, "705": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\n679\\nkind. He died December IStli, 1850, calmly and peacefully, and a\\nplain, marble slab marks his resting place in Fernwood Cemetery.\\nIf I have done good, said he, it will be found out; no need to\\nemblazon it at my grave.\\nMr. Ingram was one of the most influential men of his day he\\nwas a leader in all public enterprises and gave liberally of his means.\\nHe was for years one of the trustees of the town and was one of the\\noriginal trustees of the old Henderson Seminary. He left a large\\nand valuable estate, consisting of lands and town lots mostly. Seven\\nchildren were born unto him, Frank, Emily, Louisa, William, Wyatt,\\nJames and Jane. Frank died when young; Emily married Dr. Robt.\\nLetcher and died several years sfter; Louisa married Hon. John W.\\nCrockett and died twelve or fifteen years since, leaving one son,\\nWyatt Ingram, now grown and married; William, now City Clerk of\\nLouisville and very highly esteemed Wyatt, farming in this county\\nJames, who organized a company, and, in command, fought in the\\nConfederate war, since died, and Jane, wife of Dr. Ben Letcher.\\nROBERT DIXON, son of Robert Dixon and Mary Ann Clay,\\nwas born in Henderson County on the thirteenth day of October,\\n1843. His father was a successful farmer until a few years prior to\\nhis death, he removed into the city and embarked in the tobacco\\nbusiness on Lower Main Street. Subsequent to this, a few years, the\\nfather purchased the lot, corner of First and Kim Streets, and built\\nthe large three-story brick livery stable with two stores attached, and\\ncommenced the livery business on a large scale. He caused the third\\nstory of this immense building to be elegantly floored, and opened\\ntherein the f^rst roller skating rink in Henderson. Mr. Dixon soon\\nafter died and the subject of this sketch succeeded to his business.\\nMr. Dixon was a man of great influence, fine intelligence and wonder-\\nful firmness of character. The maternal ancestors of our subject were\\nWilliam Clay and Amelia Townes. His paternal ancestors were\\nCaptain Hal Dixon and Mary Johnston. They were pioneers to this\\npart of Kentucky and reared large families of children. Our subject\\nwas educated at the Sayer Institute at Frankfort, Ky., and at the\\nUniversity of Toronto, Canada. On the first day of December, 1864,\\nMr. Dixon married Miss Alice Young, daughter of Judge Milton\\nYoung, a strong-minded, noble woman. Unto them six children have\\nbeen born, Nannie, Maria, Alice, Mary, Emma and Robert. Nannie\\nmarried Hon. John L. Dorsey.\\nMr. Dixon has served, and is now serving, as a member of the\\nBoard of Trustees of the Public and High School Boards of the city.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0705.jp2"}, "706": {"fulltext": "680 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\nFor a number of years he has been annually elected a member of the\\nBoard of Directors of the Henderson Fair Company and has done\\nmore, perhaps, than anyone else to build up that institution Cer-\\ntainly he has contributed more to the raising of fine stock in the\\ncounty than any one citizen of it. He has expended a large amount\\nof his means in this direction, and is to-day the owner of some of the\\nfinest blooded horseflesh in the entire State. He is the owner of the\\nlargest livery and sales stable in the citv and gives his whole time and\\nattention to that particular business. He is of that class who attends\\nstrictly to his own business and none other is a hard worker and\\nenjoys a liberal patronage. He is a Democrat, and, when the spirit\\nmoves him, is a to-be-feared factor in politics. He was raised a\\nPresbyterian but was never much of a churchman. He was never\\nmuch of an admirer of secret societies, consequently has never joined\\nanv Lodsre.\\nTHE EAKINS FAMH.Y.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The paternal head of the Eakins\\nfamily, as regards Henderson County, was a man of thrift, energy and\\ngreat agricultural enterprise. He was a most successful farmer, long\\nheaded, far seeing and a hard worker.\\nJohn Eakin?, of whom we speak, was born in Rutherford (bounty,\\nNorth Carolina, on the seventeenth day of November, 1789. At the\\nage of eighteen years he emigrated to the wilds of Kentucky, and set-\\ntled in Henderson County, upon a piece of land purchased by him in\\nwhat is, or was known as the Horse Shoe Bend, above and opposite\\nthe City of Evansville, Indiana. At that time that territory was a\\ndense cane-brake, inhabited by wild animals, including the bear. He\\nhad not been here long before he became enamored of Miss Sally\\nKing, a resident of the same territory, whom he married. Miss King\\nwas a daughter of Esq. Elijah King, a leading pioneer, a highly\\nrespected and deserving citizen of the new country, and one whose\\nadvice was most frequently sought and most willingly given. The\\ndaughter was born in Washington County, Kentucky, on the second\\nday of August, 1795, and with her parents came to this, county. Mr.\\nEakins was a farmer all of his life, and as before said, a very success.\\nful one. He never held an office, from the fact he was never an\\napplicant for one. He was always in political faith a Democrat, firm\\nand unflinching, and never throughout his life voted contrary to his\\nfaith. By the marriage of Mr, Eakins and Miss King, there were\\ntwelve children born, five of whom are living at this time. Mr. Ea-\\nkins ancestors were born in Ireland, and were buried on Morris\\nIsland in front of Charlestown, South Carolina. John Eakins died", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0706.jp2"}, "707": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 681\\nMarch 26th, 1868. Mrs. Eakins parents were English people. She\\ndied July 13th, 1880.\\nFelix G. Eakins, son of ^ohn and Sallie (King) Eakins, was born\\nin Henderson County on the tenth day of April, 1829. He was\\nraised on a farm, and for twenty years worked with unflinching\\nzeal for the parental head. At the end of that time, the young man,\\nembued with a noble ambition, backed by a solid education, deter-\\nmined to stare the world in the face and fight life s battles on his\\nown hook. To this end, therefore, he emigrated to the Lone Star\\nState, and there engaged in surveying, having secured a deputyship in\\nRobertson Land District, whic n embraced at that time all of the\\nState of Texas lying west of the Trinity River. He remained there\\nuntil the year 1851, when he returned to his home and was married\\nto Miss Matilda D. Weaver, daughter of Littleberry and Eliza\\nWeaver, then living in the Town of Henderson. He returned the\\nsame year to Texas, and followed his chosen profession, surveying,\\nuntil 1853, when he again returned to Kentucky. He began farming,\\ncoupling with it surveying, serving as deputy to D. N. Walden and\\nRobert S. Eastin, both of whom during his deputyship were County\\nSurveyors, elected and qualified. This he continued up to and in-\\ncluding a part of the year 1862. The hounds of war had been turned\\nloose, the tocsin had sounded its solemn to-arms, and, being a south-\\nerner to the manor born, he felt it his duty to go. So in the month of\\nAugust of that vear Mr. Eakins was sworn in a Confederate soldier,\\nand was elected First Lieutenant of Company G., Tenth Regiment,\\nKentucky Cavalry. He soon, thereafter, participated gallantly in\\nengagements had at Madisonville, Owensboro and Uniontown.\\nIn October, 1862, he was wounded in a skirmish at West\\nFranklin, Indiana; was captured, and confined in a hospital\\nat Henderson until April, 1863. He was then sent to Johnson s\\nIsland, Lake Erie, where he was detained only a few weeks and was\\nsent on exchange. He was exchanged at City Point, Virginia, and\\nfrom there went by the way of Richmond and Lynchburg, on to Chat-\\ntanooga, Tennessee, from thence via Tullahoma and McMinnville to\\nSalt Lick Bend, on the Cumberland River, where he rejoined his regi-\\nment. His regiment was a part of the Second Brigade, attached to\\nMorgan s forces, and was commanded by Colonel Adam R, Johnson.\\nThere was no rest for the weary, for no sooner had he rejoined his\\nregiment than the bugle called each man to his saddle. Kentucky\\nwas invaded, via Glasgow and Columbia, and at the latter place a\\nconsiderabje skirmish was had with the old veteran, Colonel Frank", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0707.jp2"}, "708": {"fulltext": "682 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nWoolford, in which Woolford was worsted. Morgan pushed ahead in\\nthe direction of Green River, to a point known as Green River bridge,\\nand arrived there on the fourth day of July, 1863. This place was\\nguarded by one thousand veteran Union soldiers, a strong stockade\\nand two line of breastworks, under command of Colonel Moore a flag\\nof truce from Morgan was sent to Moore demanding a surrender, but\\nthis Moore declined, giving ^is his reason, that it was a day too dear\\nto the hearts of his countrymen\u00e2\u0080\u0094 it was the anniversary of the Decla-\\nration of Independence and to entertain such a demand at that time,\\nwould be to turn his back completely upon his country. Call some\\nother day, gentlemen, and I will be pleased to talk with you, was his\\nreply. This, then, was the signal for a bloody assault, and a bloody\\none it was too. The Second Brigade of which our subject was a sol-\\ndier, was ordered to charge; the charge was made, and the Unionist\\nwere driven from their line of intrenchments back into the stockade.\\nHere they made a determined stand, and owing to the rough and rug-\\nged surroundings, obstacles and all else operating against the attack-\\n.ing party, there was a quick slaughter of not less than seventy-five men.\\nThe Confederates then withdrew, and crossed Green Riuer about one\\nand a half miles below the bridge. The command then passed on to\\nLebanon, where it encountered General Manson and about three\\nhundred Federals, who gave battle from sunrise in the morning until\\nthree o clock in the afternoon, fighting from houses and whatever else\\ncould be found in the way of protection, but finally Manson surrendered.\\nFrom Lebanon Morgan passed through the State, striking the Ohio\\nRiver at Brandenburg, Mead County. Here two steamers were cap-\\ntured and the troops transported across the Ohio River onto Indiana\\nsoil. This crossing was effected July, 8th, 1863, Company G. being\\nthe last company put over, and this after midnight. This was Morgan s\\ncelebrated raid through Indiana and Ohio. After crossing the Ohio\\nand all things in readiness, the line of march was taken up at daylight,\\nthe Second or Johnson s Brigade bringing up the rear of the command,\\nand Company G. bringing up the rear of the brigade. Between three\\nand four o clock that afternoon the command came in sight of Corydon\\nIndiana, a small place defended by some four thousand militia and\\nsoldiers, protected by rifle pits, and hurriedly made breast works.\\nCompany G. of the Tenth Kentucky, Lieutenant Eakins, was ordered\\nfrom the rear to make the attack, which they did in fine style, beating\\nthe enemy in about fifteen minutes. From there Morgan passed un-\\nmolested through the State and entered the State of Ohio at a point\\ncalled Harrison. Cincinnati was given the go by, only a short distance", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0708.jp2"}, "709": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 683\\nto the right. That night the command rode one hundred miles on to\\nVernon, where there was had a skirmish with General Manson. Mor-\\ngan drew off, and proceeded^on until the evening of July 26th, until\\nthe Ohio River was reached at Cheshire, where he hoped to cross into\\nVirginia. Here an attack was made by General Shackelford, in com-\\nmand of a large force of Federals, whom the Confederates fought un-\\ntil about dark. Being entirely out of ammunition, and not hearing from\\nthe Commanding General, who had left some time before on ar-other\\nexpedition, the little band to which Lieutenant Eakins was then at-\\ntached, sent in a flag of truce, proposing to surrender. Seven hundred\\nand twenty men surrendered, and were taken by boat to Cincinnati,\\nwhere they were kept in prison for three or four days. One hundred\\nand eighteen officers, including Lieutenant Eakins, were then for-\\nwarded to Johnson s Island, a place familiar to the Lieutenant,\\nwho had been there before. Lieutenant Eakins remained upon the\\nIsland until August, when he was sent with others to the Western\\nPenitentiary, Alleghany City, Pa., where he remained until March\\n1864, when he with others was sent to Point Lookout Maryland,\\nwhere he remained until July, when he was sent to Fort Delaware, an\\nIsland in Delaware River, between the States of Delaware and New\\nJersey. August 1st, 1864, Lieutenant Eakins with six hundred others\\nwas taken from Fort Delaware and sent to Morris Island, in front of\\nCharleston, South Carolina, and placed in a stockade, between Fort\\nWaggoner and Battery Gregg, under the cover of the Federal guns.\\nThe stockade in which he was confined contained just one acre\\nof ground. He and his co-prisoners remained there under the fire of\\nthe Confederate guns for forty days fortunately none of the shells\\nstruck inside of the inclosure. While none of the prisoners were\\nwounded by friendly guns, some of them were struck from the guns of\\nthe guard, which was composed of a Massachusetts Negro regiment.\\nLieutenant Eakins and his friends were given a dainty diet for in-\\nstance, one hardtack a cracker about two inches square, half inch\\nthick, one ounce of meat, not of the best, and a half pint of bean soup\\ntwice a day. He remained at this place forty days and was then sent\\ndown to Fort Pulaski, on one of the Tyber Islands, in the Savanah\\nRiver, with no change of rations until January 1st, 1865, at which\\ntime he was given ten ounces of unsifted meal once a day. On that\\nhe lived from the first of January to February 1st, at which time there\\ncame an order for his immediate exchange with others, and for them\\nto be put on full army rations. On the fifth of March, he was taken\\non board of a vessel and sent to Norfolk, Virginia. From that place,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0709.jp2"}, "710": {"fulltext": "684 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nand for some unaccountable reason, he was sent again to Fort Dela-\\nware. Lieutenant Eakins and his comrades were nothing more than\\nskeletons, and as sad a story as it may seem, fully three hundred died\\nof starvation during their incarceration in Federal prisons, although\\nthe story goes, that Uncle Sam fed well his enemies as he did his\\nfriends. Lieutenant Eakins was at Fort Delaware at the time of the\\nsurrender and was held a prisoner until June, 1865, when he andfour\\nhundred and twenty-five others were released after having taken an\\niron-clad oath. He arrived home on the se^enteenth day of June,\\n1865, since which time he has rested in the bosom of a happy family,\\nfollowing farming and surveying for a livelihood.\\nJoseph William Eakins, son of John and Sally King Eakins,\\nwas born in the year 1840, in the County of Henderson, and was edu-\\ncated in the schools of Henderson and at Franklin College, near Nash,\\nville, Tennessee. His life has been devoted to agricultural pursuits,\\nand to-day he is the possessor of one of the best regulated farms in\\nthe county, lying a mile or more below Geneva, on the Smith s Mills\\nRoad. He grows tobacco, corn, wheat and grass, and deals largely\\nin stock. He is strictly a business man, bringing to bear at all times\\na well defined and well matured system of thought and action, that\\nenable him not only to meet the demands made upon him, but to lay\\nbv a handsome interest for the so-called rainv dav. He is a reader,\\nfond of books, and as a writer, is well known by local writers as one\\nwell up in all he undertakes. On the twenty-fifth day of June, 1867,\\nMr. Eakins married Miss Sallie Powell, of this county, a most estima-\\nble and loving wife, who gave to him as the fruits of that union six\\nchilflren, Willie King, Sallie, Bettie, Joe Barnett, and Mary, daugh-\\nters, and Robert Donald, a son. Mary, the youngest daughter, died\\nwhen she was only four months old. His is a happy household, a\\nbright blooming family of children, shedding a halo of sunshine around\\nthe parental head. Mr. Eakins joined the Confederate army when\\nquite young at Camp Coleman, Uniontown. He was captured at\\nMorganfield, Union County, October 21s|:, 1862, brought a prisoner\\nto Henderson, and there released. He is a man of positive character,\\nbut liberal in his views, and humane in disposition. His attachments\\nare strong, yet, he is firm in the right as he holds it, and nothing can\\nswerve him. He is personally popular in his neighborhood, so much\\nso that he has been called upon oftentimes to serve his precinct in\\nthe capacity of magistrate. This he has done simply as a duty he felt\\nhe owed as a citizen, and not as an office seeker. As an official he\\nhas always been looked upon and regarded as one of the safest and", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0710.jp2"}, "711": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 685\\nmost painstaking. His term of service dates from 1879, and continues\\nto this day. He was never a member of the church, yet he holds to\\nthe faith handed down bv the Saints. He is a member of the Inde-\\npendent Order of- Odd Fellows, and also of the Knights of Pythias.\\nJOHN FRANCIS LOCKETT. The young gentleman and\\nofficial, whose name heads this article, was born in Henderson County\\non the fifth day of December, 1856. He is the eldest son of Rev. P.\\nH. Lockett, who was born in this county June 21st, 1832. His mother\\nis Ella Eakins, daughter of John Eakins, an early comer to Henderson\\nCounty. She was born May 5th, 1834.\\nThe father of our subject studied law when quite young, and,\\nupon bemg licensed to practice, was regarded by those who knew him\\nbest among the most brilliant young attorneys of his day. He was a\\nWhig in politics and followed the changes of that great old party up\\nto the war, when he cast anchor with the Democratic party and has\\nremained faithful ever since. In the exciting political days, a few\\nyears prior to the war, he took an active interest, and, upon more\\nthan one occasion, met, upon the rostrum, the great speakers of the\\nopposing party. Met them, yea, more, successfully, and to the great\\ndelight of his hundreds of friends who flocked around him to give him\\ncheer. In the year 1866 he was elected Judge of his county, and this\\noffice he held for three successive terms, up to and including a part\\nof the year 1882. During the latter years of official life, he devoted\\na great part of his leisure time to the study of theology and frequently\\npreached. He was always a pleasing speaker, an intelligent thinker\\nand reasoner, and, in all, a most lovable man. Upon his defeat for\\na re-election in 1882, he went to the pulpit, and it was not long before\\nhe was called to the pastorate of the Baptist Church at Trenton, Ky.,\\nwhere he yet resides with a loving family and is beloved by all Chris-\\ntian people,\\nThe paternal grandfather of our subject was Captain Francis\\nLockett, one of the noted men of this part of Kentucky Captain\\nLockett was a native of Mecklenburg County, Virginia, and, at one\\ntime, wrote a popular treatise on the Culture of Tobacco. He immi-\\ngrated to Henderson County when this was scarcely more than a\\nhowling wilderness. Once here, he soon became a leader of men,\\nand his counsel and good advice most frequently sought by his neigh-\\nbors and those who knew him only by reputation. He was a Captain\\nof militia in Virginia a Captain of men in social and business\\nlife in Kentucky. He represented, during the years 1815, T6 and\\n17, the Counties of Henderson, Hopkins and McLean, in the Lower", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0711.jp2"}, "712": {"fulltext": "686 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nHouse of the Legislature. He was then. elected State Senator and\\nserved till 1819, and was succeeded by the late Go\\\\ernor Archibald\\nDixon. The maternal grandfather was John Eakins, whose biography\\nwill be found elsewhere in this history.\\nJohn Francis Lockett, the subject of this sketch, was a pupil of\\nthe Henderson Public and High Schools during the superintendency\\nof that finished teacher and disciplinarian, Prof. Maurice Kirby. To\\nknow that the young man was a persevering student, guided by a\\nmaster mind, is to know that he gained an education worthy of himself.\\nThis is all true few young men have started upon life s journey\\nbetter equipped fundamentally At an early age he determined to\\nmake law a study and then to make his living practicing it. To this\\nend, therefore, he assiduously applied himself, and, in the due course\\nof time, was licensed to practice. Like his father, he proved a\\ngraceful, pleasing speaker. He, too, has fought and won political\\nbattles on and off of the rostrum. His \\\\oice has been often heard\\nnot alone in the prosecution of or the defense of his client s rights^\\nbut oftentimes in behalf of the Chiistian religion and its blessed ally,\\ntemperance. In every field he has proven his metal, tempered with\\nthat of his opponent. For three years up to and including August,\\n1886, he served his city as Prosecuting Attorney. In August, he was\\nelected County Judge and has entered upon the discharge of his\\nofficial duties. That he will prove himself a most excellent official\\nthe writer has no doubt.\\nOn the fourteenth day of April, 1881, in the City of Henderson,\\nJudge Lockett married Miss Minnie Jones, a highly accomplished\\nlady, one, in every way, deserving her husband s love. Three chil-\\ndren have resulted from this union John, Alvin and Hickman. The\\neldest, John, a bright, promising child, was stricken with diptheria\\nand died at the age of three years. The maternal great-grandfather\\nof Mrs. Lockett was Augustine Eastin, a Baptist preacher, who came\\nfrom Virginia to Kentucky at the time Boonesborough and Bryant s\\nStation were established by the very early pioneers At one time he\\nwas arrested and confined in the Richmond, Virginia, Jail for preaching\\nto the British Soldiers, and, for persisting in speaking the word of\\nGod to those men, was threatened to be shot. Her maternal grand-\\nfather was General Zachariah Eastin, who was born in Virginia\\nJanuary 11th, 1777. General Eastin enlisted as a Colonel in the War\\nof 1812, and fought at Tippecanoe and River Rasin, in fact, was\\nthroughout the campaign with Generals Shelby, Medcalf and Desha\\nand Colonel Richard M. Johnson, of Tecumseh fame. While engaged", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0712.jp2"}, "713": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 687\\nin this campaign, he was commissioned Brigadier General, which\\nposition he held up to 1824, when he resigned on account of some\\nmisunderstanding between himself and General Dasha. General\\nEastin came to Henderson in f843, settled and died here some years\\nafterwards.\\nJohn Francis Lockett, the subject of this sketch, in politics has\\nalways been recognized as a warm, unflinching Democrat. In religion\\na firm, consistent Baptist from his thirteenth year, at which time he\\nwas baptised and received into the church. He is a member of Ivy\\nLodge, Knights of Pythias, made one in 1885.\\nJOHN THOMAS RUBY was born in Henderson County Octo-\\nber 19th, 1846, and was educated from the Common Schools of the\\nState. The place of his birth is now in Webster, that county having\\nbeen formed in 1860 from a portion of Henderson, Hopkins and\\nUnion. Mr. Ruby s paternal grandfather, John B. Ruby, was one of the\\nearliest settlers in the Green River country. His maternal grand\\nfather was Joseph Fuquay, also one of the earliest settlers, and in\\nvery early times, well known in the town of Henderson, he being, for\\na long time, the proprietor of the leading hotel here. His father was\\nB. S. Ruby, born in what is now Webster County, in the year 18( 9.\\nHis mother, Lockey Fuquay, born in the same county in the year\\n1814. They were married in the year 1837 and four children were\\nborn unto them Mary, Judith, Delia and John T., our subject. All\\nfour of the children are living and married. The father of our subject\\nfollowed farming all of his life. The subject of this sketch was raised\\nto a farmer s life, but, upon attaining to his majority, engaged in\\nmerchandising at Vandersburg, Webster County, and pursued that\\ncalling for ten years. On the twenty-second day of July, 1869, he\\nmarried Miss Alice Orr, of Webster, and four children live to bless\\nthe parental household, Maude, a young lady of great beauty and\\npersonal charms, Ed. Bayne, Clint, and Ashby. In October, 1877,\\nMr. Ruby removed with his family to Henderson and embarked\\nlargely in the purchase and sale of stoves, tinware and general house\\nhold goods. His trade has increased, and additions have been made\\nto his stock until to-day his great three-story Main Street emporium\\nresolves itself into a miniature exposition, being literally packed with\\nnecessary household goods and fancy articles charming to the eye.\\nIn addition to a varied assortment of stoves of all designs and make,\\nhe manufactures largely tin, sheet iron and copper ware.\\nBy dint of industry and close application, Mr. Ruby has built for\\nhimself a large trade, one of which he is justly proud. In religion he", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0713.jp2"}, "714": {"fulltext": "688 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nis a member of the Christian or Reformed Church, having attached\\nhimself to that denomination in 1874. He is a Prohibitionist of\\nthe strictest type, and is an indefatigable worker in the temperance\\ncause, not that he fears for himself, but that he may benefit his race.\\nIn this Mr. Ruby is sincere he is no croaker, no radical he feels\\nfor the frailties of man, and, in place of dealing in abuse, he deals\\no-ently, encouraging the unfortunate to better ways and a happier life.\\nHe is guided by sympathy alone. In politics he holds it a right to\\nvote as he chooses, at all times selecting, as his judgment dictates,\\nthe best man. He is an open, frank, Christian gentleman. He is\\npopular with every one, and wields an influence second to none when\\nhe chooses to exercise that power. There are few better posted men\\nand few that can defeat him in any enterprise, political or otherwise,\\nwhen he takes a part to win. He was never an office seeker himself,\\nalthough he has done magnificent work in behalf of seveial of his\\nfriends. He has served, with credit to himself, as Trustee of the\\nPublic School, but only for a short term.\\nGEORGE EDWARD BELT..-- There are few ^en living, per-\\nhaps, whose lives have been so varied and yet around whose name\\nand character clusters more evidences of the well done, good and\\nfaithful, than are to be found associated with that of the subject of\\nthis sketch. Few men have gone out into the world, scantily equipped\\nas he was, to meet its frowns and face its arrogant demands, who can\\nsit down, at his age, in a comfortable home, surrounded by a happy\\nfamily, and know that he is the possessor of a sufficiency, not only to\\nkeep the wolf from his door, but know that he is assured against that\\nsame world in his old, old age. George Edward Bell was born in\\nBaltimore County, Maryland, on the second day of August, 1822. His\\nfather was William Bell, a cooper by trade and a farmer. He was a\\nsoldier in the War of 1812 and 14, under General Strieker, and\\nearned an honorable distinction in offering himself a living sacrifice\\nin defense of his country. William Bell married, in Baltimore County,\\nAchsah Smith, unto whom were born eleven children, namely Hannah,\\nMary, George E., William, Abraham and Isaac, (twins), James (who\\ndied in infancy), Joseph, Emry, Kenneth and Caleb. Of this number,\\nonly two are living at this writing, the subject of this sketch being\\none of that number. The paternal grandfather was Edward Bell, a\\nScotch-Irishman by birth. His maternal grandfather was Adam\\nSmith, of German origin. Both of these gentlemen were farmers in\\nMaryland and both of them died and were buried in that State.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0714.jp2"}, "715": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 689\\nGeorge E. Bell, the subject of this sketch, received what might\\nbe termed a fair country school education a man of his natural turn\\nmight have attained to a fair education without the aid of the country\\npettifogger, who pretends to form minds. His mind, at this day\\nwhat it may have been in his N outh, we do not know is broad, com-\\nprehensive, capable of grasping any subject. He is a great reader of\\nthe literature of the day, and digests it, as few men can. However,\\nwe are a getting away from the object in view. His life alternated\\nsometimes he lived in the City of Baltimore, sometimes out in the\\ncounty, but, all the time, improving his limited opportunities. By\\nnature and choice, he favored the life of a carpenter, and, to accom-\\nplish this purpose, gave himself studiously to the work before him.\\nBy the aid of a clear, quick, mathematical head, a keen eye and an\\nearnest desire to learn, he soon mastered and has stood in the front\\nrank of woodworkers since. On the twenty-sixth day of June, 1848,\\nhe was married to Miss Elizabeth Shipley, of Baltimore Ccunty, and\\nby that marriage, seven children have been born unto them, to-wit\\nMary, Frank, x\\\\nnie, Rosa, Joseph, William and Walter, all now\\nliving except Frank.\\nA few years after his marriage Mr. Bell was engaged at work in\\na car shop, and, while operating a circular saw, was struck by a flying\\npiece of timber and killed for the time being. He recovered con-\\nsciousness some time after, but was unable, for several days, to\\nresume his work again. In the winter of 1853 or 54, he went to York\\nCounty, Pennsylvania, and engaged in farming for the period of one\\nyear. At the end of that time he gave up his farm and returned to\\nMarylan I, where he worked on a farm for five years. During that\\ntime he made two trips West to Richmond, Indiana, working at his\\ntrade there one entire winter. In the fall of 1862, while in Maryland,\\nhe was drafted into the army. Not h...i g a military turn, and\\ncertainly no disposition to kill or be killed, he left the State and\\nimmigrated to Indiana, locating at Princeton. He worked at that\\nplace during the winter, and from thence went to Evansville, where\\nhe was appointed foreman in building United States hospitals. In\\nAugust, 1863, he came to Henderson and remained until August,\\n1864, when he again returned to Indiana, locating at Fort Branch,\\nwhere he remained until 1865. He then returned to Henderson and\\nhas lived here since, enjoying his share of contracting and building.\\nAt the age of nineteen, Mr. Bell connected himself with the\\nMethodist Church, and has ever been consistent and devoted to its\\ntenets. At this time he is Superintendent of the Sunday School. He\\n44", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0715.jp2"}, "716": {"fulltext": "690 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\njoined Friendship Lodge, I. O. O. F., Baltimore, 1847, and has had\\nhis membership transferred to the Lodge at this place. He has three\\nmarried children Annie, married Robert Brashear, now living in St.\\nLouis, has four children, George, Lizzie, Luther and Harry Rosa\\nmarried George McMuUin and has two living children, Walter and\\nBenjamin William recently married Miss Ida Quinn.\\nMr. Bell, in addition to his city interests, owns two hundred\\nacres of valuable farming lands in that section of the county known\\nas Frog Island.\\nEDWARD MANION was born in the City of New Albany, on\\nthe second day of September, 1850. His father, James Manion, was\\nborn in County Longford, Ireland, in the year 1810. His mother,\\nKatharine Nowland, was born in the same country and county in the\\nyear 1822. The father and mother were married in Ireland in 1834,\\nand a short time after the father sailed alone for America, landing at\\nthe Port of New Orleans. A short time after his arrival in this coun-\\ntry he shipped as mate on one of the Mississippi and Ohio River\\nsteamers, plying between New Orleans and Louisville. He then sent\\na message to his wife to come to America, which she did soon after,\\nlanding at the port of New York. Mr. Manion met her and returned\\nto New Orleans, where he made his home for two years or more, when\\nhe transferred his residence to Louisville. Soon after his arrival at\\nLouisville he engaged as superintending boss of a large pork house,\\nand continued in this capacity up to the year 1848, when he removed\\nto New Albany, Indiana, and engaged in railroad contracting. He\\nbuilt the road bed of the New Albany and Salem Railroad, besides\\ndoing other heavy contract work. In April, 1851, Mrs. Manion died,\\nleaving him with quite a family of young children to care for, our sub-\\nject being one of the number. Life became a burden to him; the love\\nhe bore his little ones and their well being, preyed upon his mind,\\nuntil he determined to marry, provided he could find one in his opin-\\nion suited for wife and mother. He was not long in finding a lady\\nwhom he looked upon as one in every way fitted to fill the specifica-\\ntions. He woed and won, and in September, 1851 was united in\\nmarriage to Miss Mary Shearn. at her home in New Albany. Six\\nmonths after, Mr. Manion, with his family, removed to Cannelton,\\nIndiana, and there opened a grocery store. He remained there but\\na short time, when he removed to Cloverport and engaged in the\\ngrocery business and hotel keeping. Fortune smiled upon him and\\nhe continued to do business there till the fall of 1858, when he removed\\nwith his family to Henderson. About the time of his arrival here", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0716.jp2"}, "717": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 691\\nthere was a large amount of street improvement, grading, graveling,\\nguttering and curbing advertised to be let at contract. Mr. Manion,\\naided by past experience, becagie a formidable and successful bidder,\\nand was awarded a iarge amount of street work, which he completed,\\nand for which he was well and sufficiently paid. He built and suc-\\ncessfully condug:ed the two-story hotel on the southwest corner of\\nElm and First Street, the building in which his son, the subject of this\\nsketch, is now a half owner and carrying on a grocery business. Mr.\\nManion was a successful farmer, and, altogether, a thrifty money mak-\\ning man.\\nEdward Manion, the subject of this sketch, was educated from\\nprivate schools taught in Henderson. Arriving at his majority he en-\\ngaged soon thereafter in the grocery business, and has followed that\\noccupation to this day. On the sixteenth of June, 1880, he married Miss\\nEliza Carroll, and three children have been born to them James and\\nKatie born twins, and Mary and Dora. Katie died in infancy. In poli-\\ntics Mr Manion has always been known as a Democrat, in religion\\nCatholic born and raised. He is a member of the Catholic Knights\\nof America, and a devoted lover of Old Ireland and her people. He\\nis now serving his third term of two years as a member of the City\\nCouncil, having each time been elected over a strong opposition. His\\ninterest, manifested by the display of energy and sound judgment upon\\nall matters appertaining to the city s weal, has made him popular in\\nhis ward, and, therefore, likely to retain him in the city s service so\\nlong as he chooses to divide his time with his own personal affairs and\\nthat of the public.\\nKONRAD GEIBEL. Konrad Geibel, the parental head of the\\nfamily of whom^his sketcb relates, was born in Wachenheim, Bavaria,\\non the eighth day of September, 1815. His father, Peter Geibel, with\\nwhom he lived until he arrived at the age of twenty-one years, was a\\nshoemaker by education and profession, and under his guidance, our\\nsubject, at the age of fourteen years, became one of the most expert\\nworkmen in his native town. Under the rules of that country social,\\nif not governmental, every child was required to attend Sabbath\\nSchool up to his or her eighteenth year, and at the age of fourteen to\\nbe examined in church studies,and, if upon examination, the child was\\nfound proficient, he or she was then taken to the church for confirma-\\ntion and given the first Sacrament. It was made the duty for every\\none to attend church service in the forenoon, and of all children to\\nattend Sunday School in the afternoon. The services and mode of\\nteaching was the same as that adopted by the Presbyterian Church of", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0717.jp2"}, "718": {"fulltext": "692 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nthis country. Mr. Geibel went through all of the required forms and\\ngraduated in the church with credit to himself. In the year 1838, he\\nmarried Miss Annie M. Keller, of his native place, and with her and\\nhis eldest son, Konrad, who was born in Bavaria, he set sail for\\nAmerica in the year 1840. The family embarked in a two-masted ves-\\nsel at Havre, and was thirty-two days to the day upon the ocean,\\nwhen the vessel landed at the port of New York. His object was to\\njoin some friends then living in the neighborhood of Evansville, Ind.,\\nand, after having recruited fully from his sea voyage, he started on his\\nWestward journey, going by canal boat from New York to Buffalo,\\nthence by lake to Cleveland, thence by canal to Portsmouth, Ohio, on\\nthe Ohio River, and thence by steamboat to Evansville, landing there\\nin precisely thirty-two days after leaving New York, and the identical\\nnumber spent in crossing the ocean.\\nMr. Geibel remained in Evansville only fourteen days, owing to\\nthe low price of wages, and it is not necessary to say that he was home-\\nsick and disappointed. About that time he hired to come to Hender-\\nson, and he did so, entering the shoeshop of John Boiler, then estab-\\nlished in a miserable old log shanty on the southeast corner of Main\\nand Second Streets. This house was known as the old Henderson\\nBank, and in the garret was a box or two filled with old and worthless\\nbank notes. The building was twenty-five or thirty feet long, with a\\nclabboard roof. At that time Evansville was a larger place than Hen-\\nderson, but better inducements were offered mechanics here. Upon\\nthe arrival of our subject at Henderson great difficulty was exper-\\nienced in getting a house in which to shelter his family. Governor\\nDixon at the time occupied two rooms in the brick on Main Street,\\nrecently torn down by Mann Brothers; the front room he used for his\\noffice, the rear room for consultation. He had taken quite a fancy to\\nthe newcomer, and, in the goodness of his heart, offered him the use\\nof the rear room until better provision could be made. This kind\\noffer was accepted, and into this room the little family lived for some\\ntime afterward.\\nIn the year 1841, our subject formed a co-partnership with John\\nDelker, under the firm name of Delker Geibel, and purchased the\\nstock of John Burke, then carrying on the shoemaking trade in a little\\nframe building that stood near where the Planters Bank is now sit-\\nuated. This firm was one year in business, and paid five dollars for\\nthe rent of the house. At the end of this time Mr. Geibel embarked\\nin the shoemaking business on his own account, and, by energy, in-\\ndustry and honest effort, soon built up a large and paying trade. He", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0718.jp2"}, "719": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 693\\nwas very popular with all classes, particularly, those persons best able\\nto pay him well for his work. So well did he keeo his promises, so\\nhonest was he in all his dealings, that this large patronage stood by\\nhim up to the time his health failed, and he was forced to quit work.\\nEconomy and prudent management brought him a handsome compe-\\ntency to comfort him and his faithful life partner in their old age. They\\nhave living five boys, Konrad, George, Peter, John VV. and Frederick,\\nall remarkable for their native intellect and fine business character.\\nMr. Geibel has ever lived one of Henderson s best and most enterpris-\\ning citizens, and the writer is proud to say that no man to-day enjoys\\nthe confidence and esteem of the community to a greater deg^ree than\\ndoes he\\nJohn W. Geibel was born in the Towm of Henderson on the\\nsixteenth day of June, 1853. He was educated from the private schools\\nof the town, and at the age of fifteen, August, 1868, entered the drug\\nstore of W. S. Johnson Bro. as a clerk. Here he remained, apply-\\ning himself with an assiduity and intelligence that soon won for him\\nthe unqualified confidence of his employers, until the winter of 1874\\nand 75, when he went to Philadelphia and entered Philadelphia Col\\nlege of Pharmacy. He remained in this college during the term of\\n1875, and then returned to Henderson. A short time after his return\\nhome, he accepted a position in the drug house of Hon. T. C. Brid-\\nwell, at Evansville, Ind. A few months thereafter he went to St.\\nLouis, and formed a co-partnership with Dr. King, of Madisonville,\\nKy., and opened a drug store. For reasons best known to himself,\\none month after the organization of the firm, he sold out his interest\\nto his partner, and accepted a clerkship in the drug house of Ed. N.\\nHarris, St. Louis, where he remained seven months. At the end of\\nthat time he returned to Henderson, and a few weeks afterwards ac-\\ncepted a position wi h Dr. Kinkead, at Paducah, Kentucky. He\\nremained with Dr. Kinkead just one month and a half, and then re-\\nturned again to his home in Henderson. A short time after this\\nreturn, he re-entered the employ of W. S. Johnson Bro., where he\\nremained up to June, 1884, when a co-partnership was formed between\\nhimself and Charles F. Kleiderer, an experienced druggist, under the\\nfirm name of Kleiderer Geibel. This firm immediately opened the\\nelegant Post Office Drug Store, on Second Street, in Odd Fellow s\\nbuilding. These young men were complimented by a large patronage\\nfrom the first day their doors were opened to the public, but so\\nsteadily, and surely did it increase, that in August, 1886, in order to\\namplify the influence and patronage of the firm, a lot was purchased", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0719.jp2"}, "720": {"fulltext": "694 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\non the corner of Green and Center Streets, opposite the public school,\\nand a very handsome two-story brick store house erected thereon.\\nThis new house is, perhaps, the handsomest in its interior finish to be\\nfound in Henderson. The subject of this sketch has charge of Lhe\\nnew store while his partner holds the reins over the parent stem, or\\nSecond Street store. Mr. Geibel is the owner of several nice tene-\\nment houses in addition to his drug store property, and is continually\\nadding to his already well earned little fortune. His life is a living\\nexample of what can be accomplished by regular habits, prudent liv-\\ning, assiduous work and thoughtful judgment. He is on the high road\\nto prosperity undisputed, and none deserves it more than he. It is not\\nluck with him, but the outcome of good, sound, native and acquired\\nsense.\\nNINO MITCHUSON.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The subject of this sketch is one of\\nthose peculiarly good, big-hearted men whom all men respect, and\\nwho, in return, lets his light so shine, that he is universally beliked\\nby all with whom he is acquainted. If the writer may be permitted\\nto advance a remark, without being accused of soothing, by praise, he\\nwill say that there cannot, perhaps, be found in this land a man em-\\nbodying more of the characteristics of a philosopher. He is, to a great\\ndegree, a student of moral and intellectual science, and certainly no man\\ntakes the trials incident to life more calmly than does he. Well, to\\nmake, what could be made with truth, a long story come within the\\nscope of a biographical work of this magnitude, we will say that Mr.\\nMitchuson, whose name appears at the head of this article, is a son of\\nCol. James F. Mitchuson and Elizabeth Young, native Kentuckians.\\nHis grandfather Mitchuson fought with other gallant Kentuckians at\\nthe battle of New Orleans, and was one among the distinguished..\\nOur subject was born at Princeton, Kentucky, on the twenty-ninth\\nday of Aucrust, 1832, and was educated at Cumberland College. In\\n1861 he married Miss Maria A, Rudy, at her home in Lyon County,\\nKentucky, Mrs. Mitchuson is a daughter of Wm. Rudy, an early\\ncitizen of Henderson, and a granddaughter of James Alves, one of the\\nearliest comers here, and great-granddaughter of Walter Alves, one of\\nthe partners in the Henderson grant. Her birthright dates back to 1797\\nand no better stock is to be found in Kentucky. These two good\\npeople have had born unto them four children, Charles, Mary Alves,\\nBessie and Maggie Rudy, all living. There is a no more happy home\\nSunshine around the hearth at all seasons. Mr. Mitchuson followed\\nfarming in Caldwell County, after arriving at his majority, up to the\\nyear 1862, when be came to Henderson, Since his life here, he has", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0720.jp2"}, "721": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 695\\nfollowed farming, occasionally indulging in a harmless speculation\\nthat could in no wise cripple, even though it resulted contrary to his\\nwish. He has never held an office and was never a candidate for\\none, though, upon. a number of occasions, he has been an active\\nparticipant in the interest of his friends. He is a loyal Democrat.\\nMany years ago he was baptised in the Baptist faith and connected\\nhimself with the Blue Spring Church, of Caldwell County. Since\\nhis residence in this county, latterly, at least, he has shown himself\\nmore of a latitudinarian than one wedded to any one religious sect.\\nHe is liberal in his church views and gives, as he has often said,\\nevery man a chance for his white alley.\\nCharles Mitchuson, the eldest child of Ning Mitchuson and\\nMaria A. Rudy, was born at Princeton, Kentucky, on the twenty-sev-\\nenth day of May, 1863. He received a liberal education, and has ever\\nbeen highly esteemed for his social qualities. On the twenty-fourth\\nday of November, 1886, he married Miss Laura Barnett, of Hender-\\nson, a niece of the late Esquire John E. McCallister, and a young\\nlady combining all of the graces of gentle womanhood necessary to\\nmake her husband s home and life all that this poor world can give.\\nThey are happily mated, and the writer hopes that their lives may be\\nuninterrupted by a single jar. Mr. Mitchuson, a year or more ago,\\nembarked in the merchant tailoring business, and is to-day at the\\nhead of one of the largest establishments, carrying a well assorted\\nand various stock of goods in his line. Life shines brightly before\\nhim and mav he realize it.\\nFREDERICK KLEIDERER was born in Alsace, a German\\nDistrict, which was reunited to that country in 1871, after two cen-\\nturies possession by France. His birth occurred on the eleventh day\\nof September, 1835, at Woerth, on the Sauer, the place where General\\nMcMahon fought his great battle of the Franco-Prussian War, August\\n6th, 1870, and, at an early age, was sent to the public schools, where he\\nwas instructed in both the German and French languages. His father?\\nFrederick Kleiderer, is living and enjoying fine health. His mother s\\nmaiden name was Salome Dobbleman. She departed this life Febru-\\nary, 1885, just five months after our subject had crossed the deep\\nblue sea from a visit to her. Mr. Kleiderer s paternal ancestors were\\nSwiss; his maternal ancestors were natives of Wurtemberg. The\\nfather of our subject served seven years in the French army as a\\nmember of the Thirty-eighth Infantry, during the reign of Charles X.\\nand Louis Phillipe. In October, 1853, Mr. K. came to America, and\\nin August, the following year, moved out West and settled in the town\\nof Caseyville, Union County, and there opened a merchant tailoring\\nestablishment.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0721.jp2"}, "722": {"fulltext": "696 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nMr. Kleiderer was in the tailoring business but a short time when\\nhe accepted a position as Superintendent of a wharf boat at Weston,\\nKentucky, in the employ of Captain Richard Foard. He remained\\nat Weston until 1855, when he returned to Caseyville and again em-\\nbarked in the tailoring trade. On the eleventh day of July, 1856, he\\nmarried, in Henderson, Miss Louisa Geibel, sister of Konrad Geibel,\\na highly esteemed citizen, and reiurned to Caseyville. They have had\\nsix children, five of whom are living, Charles F., Louis Phillipe, Kon-\\nrad, William S., and Phillipe. The eldest child, Louisa, died, when\\ntwo and a half years of age, at Caseyville.\\nDuring the year 1864, Mr. Kleiderer, with his family, removed to\\nHenderson and has since resided here. In September, 1862, during\\nthe War of the Rebellion, he enlisted in the Eighth Kentucky Cavalry,\\nCaptain Hillman s Company, Colonel J. M. Schackelford s Regiment,\\nbut, owing to an overplus of volunteers, the company was disbanded.\\nIn January, 1864, our subject was elected and commissioned Captain\\nof Company A, Second Battalion, One Hundred and Third Regiment.\\nKentucky Militia, by Governor Thomas E. Bramlett.\\nSince the war, and up to a year ago, he has successfully carried\\non the merchant tailoring trade and has enjoyed a lucrative patron-\\nage. He has served the city in a number of official capacities, in no\\nsingle instance falling short of the confidence imposed in him by his\\npeople. Two terms, of nearly five years, he served as Councilman,\\nand, during that time, was a recognized leader. This was owing to\\nhis high sense of honor, his excellent judgment and his far seeing\\nintellioence upon all matters of public moment. Five years ago, he\\nwas elected Secretary and Treasurer of the Board of Water Com-\\nmissioners, and is serving in that capacity at this writing.\\nMr. Kleiderer was raised and educated in the Evangelical Lu-\\ntheran Church faith and possesses an intelligent understanding of\\nthe doctrine as is taught by his church. He is a member of Stranger s\\nRest Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 13, and has been seated and presided\\nin all of the chairs.\\nHe is also a member of the Grand Lodge and was made District\\nDeputy for Henderson County by the Grand Master in 1870. Mr.\\nKleiderer is an enthusiastic member of the order and has done a great\\ndeal of work in its interest. He has ever been a warm friend of the\\nFire Department of the city, and one time was one of its most active\\nmembers. All in all, the subject of this sketch has proven himself a\\nvaluable citizen certainly, in all truth and sincerity, it can be said of\\nhim and his good wife, that they are the parents of five of the most", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0722.jp2"}, "723": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 697\\npromising, energetic and high toned young men that are to be found\\nin all this broad land of ours.\\nMILTON YOUNG. Thgre is no name associated with the his-\\ntory of Henderson County, so remarkable in all of its fortunate sur-\\nroundings, as that of Milton Young, The eventful life of this young\\nman has been marked by a success unparalleled in the history of most\\ncounties of the country, and has been frequently attributed to what is\\ncommonly denominated luck this opinion, however, arises from a\\nwant of knowledge of the man. His luck, as it is called, was the\\noutcropping of a splendid mind, evenly balanced in the art of money\\nmaking, and remarkably strong in cogent powers, necessary to direct\\nand govern a most successful business life. Governed by the highest\\nprinciples of social and business order, modest and unassuming, even\\nin the zenith of his successes, non-communicative in matters important\\nto himself, strictly temperate and sober in all of the phases of life,\\nliberal and accommodating in friendship, and a brother in fact and deed,\\nhe has thus won for himself in the race for life a name, national in\\nitself, a name as honorable as it is national. Milton Young was born\\nin Union County, Ky., on the first day of January, 1851, and is the\\nfifth soii of Judge Milton Young and Maria Thompson. Jud ^e Young\\nmoved to Henderson when the subject of this sketch was eight years\\nof age. His school days were spent here, and by close application\\nto his studies, under the guidance of two or more competent teachers,\\nhe qualified himself for life s journey.\\nIn 1867, when only sixteen years of age, he borrowed the neces-\\nsary amount to enable him to open a very small tobacco and cigar\\nstore, in an eight by six foot store room, adjoining the old drug house\\nof George Lvne, on MaiYi Street. To this business the young man\\napplied himself, and soon gained a lucrative trade. In October, 1869\\ntwo years after, he sold his stock and went to Hopkinsville, where h*\\nengaged in the same business, in an old building on Main Street, ad-\\njoining what was then known as the Ford House. During this time,\\nhe was appointed on the Hopkinsville police force, and served in that\\ncapacity to the time of a difficulty between himself and the Marshal,\\nsome six months after. An unpleasantness had existed for some time\\nbetween him and A. M. Laub, City Marshal, which finally resulted in\\na shooting scrape, wherein Mr. Young was shot twice Laub and his\\nfriend, Ed. Gerhart, met Young in front of the Court House door\\nabout nine o clock on the morning of August, 1869, and thereupon\\nrenewed the old fued. In the melee pistols were fired by both par\\nties, and the wonder is that the gallant policeman lived to tell the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0723.jp2"}, "724": {"fulltext": "698 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nStory of the rencounter. The determination of Laub and Gerhart was\\nevidently to take his life, but a kind providence and a bold and fear-\\nless spirit manifested on the part of Mr. Young, protected him from a\\nliterally mangling of flesh and bones. He received, however, two\\nshots, one in the abdomen and one under the shoulder blade, passing\\nunder the skin, and coming out at the neck. Both parties fired on\\nhim. From the effect of these wounds he was confined to his room\\nabout six weeks. About a year afterwards he returned to Henderson,\\nand again embarked in the tobacco and cigar trade, in an old frame\\nbuilding on Main Street, where now stands a handsome row of bricks\\nbuilt for retail stores. By economy, he had saved enough to enable\\nhim to purchase the three little old frames then standing, one of which\\nhe occupied himself. He continued in business one and one-half\\nyears and then sold out. For some months after this, he amused\\nhimself in a leisure way, spending, perhaps, the most of his time on the\\nRichland farm with his sister, Mrs. Buckman. In January, 1876, he\\norganized the firm of Norris Young, and opened a large hardware\\nand agricultural house on Main Street, between Second and Third.\\nWhile Mr. Young exercised a supervisory care over the business of\\nthe firm, Mr. Norris was yet the active partner, and was intrusted with\\nthe management and conduct of the business. During this partner\\nship Mr. Young purchased at Nashville two race horses, Old Joe\\nRhodes and Duncan F. Kenner this was in the fall of 1878. In the\\nspring of 79 he commenced his turf life at Louisville, and at this\\nmeeting won two races with Joe Rhodes. Kenner started once, was\\ndefeated and afterwards sold. Joe Rhodes was taken to the St. Louis\\nmeeting following, and was there sold. In this spring he purchased of\\nGeneral Harding, of Belle Meade NashviJle, Boot Jack, one year\\nold Manitou, one vear old, and Boswell, two vears old. In the month\\nof May, he purchased of J. J. Merrill, Louisville^ Bancroft, a two year\\nold. In the fall, he purchased of Douglas Co. Beatitude, a three\\nyear old. The aggregate cost of the five racers amounted to $2,455.\\nThese horses were brought to Henderson and wintered, and in the\\nspring of 1880 shipped to Louisville. This spring his stable, consist-\\ning of the above named horses, made its debut at Nashville, running\\nBancroft, Beatitude and Boot Jack, and all winning. From Nashville,\\nthe stable was taken to Louisville, where Beatitude alone won. From\\nLouisville the stable was taken to St. Louis, and here all three won.\\nBeatitude won three races, Bancroft won the Missouri Derby, and\\nBoot Jack won his race. From St. Louis to Chicago, here, Bancroft\\nwon three stakes and Beatitude three purse races, one of which was", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0724.jp2"}, "725": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 699\\nthe three best in five, mile heats, to which was added $2,500, the\\nlargest purse ever run for in a three in five race. She also won one\\nstake race m the very remarkal^Je time of 2.Sj4 and 1^ miles. At\\nDetroit Bancroft won the Michigan Derby, and a mile heat stake for\\nthree year olds. He was the only starter from Mr. Young s stable at\\nthat meeting. From Detroit the stable was taken to Saratoga, New\\nYork, and at that meeting Beatitude and Boot Jack both won a purse\\nrace each. From Saratoga, the stable wjs returned to the fall meet-\\ning, held at Louisville, where Beatitude failed in her fore legs and\\nwas withdrawn from the turf. Boot Jack won the two year old stake.\\nAt Nashville, the next week Boot Jack started and was second to\\nLelex Bancroft won the Cumberland stakes, two miles for three\\nyear olds. This ended the racing season of 1880, and Mr. Young s\\nwinnings, when calculated, showed the large sum of $19,600. During\\nthis year, Manitou and Boswell were sold, and such horses added to\\nhis stable as Lost Cause, Boatman, Getawav, and Beatrice.\\nAt the beginning of the spring 1881 races, Mr. Young s stable\\nwas much stronger than it was the previoxis year. He started at\\nNashville, with his stable, and at the meeting Boot Jack won the\\nBelle Meade stake 1^ miles Bancroft won the 1^ mile, Rail-\\nroad Stakes at Louisville, just afterwards, Bancroft won the In-\\naugural rush 1^ miles, defeating the famous Checkmate. He also\\nwon the Louisville Cup, 2^ miles, beating Checkmate and Mendel-\\nsohn. For this race Mr. Young had Bancroft heavily backed in the\\nbooks, and as a veritable consequence won what is called in turf par-\\nlance, S^ barrel of 1710 ?iey.^ At Cincinnati, the following week, Critic,\\nand Monogram were purchased of Captain Wm. Cottrell. This stable,\\ncomprising Boot Jack, Bancroft, Getaway, Beatrice, Monogram and\\nCritic, was entered in six races, and ran without defeat, winning the\\nentire six, in which the horses were entered. At St. Louis, the follow-\\ning week, Boatman and Critic each won a race, Getaway ran and won\\nthe best 1^ mile heat race on record; Bancroft won two races, one of\\nwhich was the Brewers Cup, 2)^ miles. In this race, as at Louisville,\\nMr. Young had Bancroft heavily backed. At Chicago the following\\nweek Getaway won the best 2 mile heat race ever run by a three year\\nold. Lost Cause won his debutant effort. At Saratoga, Getaway and\\nBoot Jack won six races each. It was here Getaway was matched\\nagainst Eole for $2,500 and suffered defeat. At this meeting Mr.\\nYoung purchased Perplex and Patti. Perplex won four races, Patti\\nwon one. From Saratoga the stable was brought to the fall meeting\\nat Lexington. Here Getaway won the Viley Stakes, Lost Cause, the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0725.jp2"}, "726": {"fulltext": "700 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\ntwo colt Stakes, and Boot Jack, two purse races. In the Station stake\\nGetawav broke down in his fore legs, and was afterwards sold Patti\\nwon the Inaugural Rush. At Louisville, Lost Cause won both the\\ntwo year old events Boot Jack won four races, one being the Great\\nAmerican Stallion stake, the other the Turf stake Perplex won two\\nraces out of three starts. At Nashville, the last meeting of the year\\n1881, and after having run at the same place in the spring, subse-\\nquently at Louisville, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago, Saratoga, Lex-\\nington and again at Louisville the renowned Boot Jack won here\\ntwo races on the same day, and the following day won the Cumber-\\nland stakes, mile heats for three year olds Lost Cause won the two\\nyear old stake. This closed the year 1881, and upon an accurate cal-\\ncuiation Mr. Young s purse and stake winnings aggregated the round\\nsum of $37,700, nearly double that of 1880. During 1881, Mr. Young\\nadded to his stable Bondholder and Ascender, and the spring of 1882\\nfound his string of flyers omposed as follows, Bondholder, Boot\\nJack, Bancroft, Perplex, Lost Cause, Monogram, Patti, Ascender,\\nBoatman, Glen Arm and several others not worthy of mention. This\\nspring found the Young stable in elegant form for the year s work.\\nThe spring of 82 racing, so far as this stable was concerned, com-\\nmenced at Louisville, and here as a successful starter. Monogram won\\nthe one mile dash, and the mile heat race for three year olds; Bancroft\\nwon the mile dash in 1.42^ It was here that Bondholder defeated\\nthe celebrated Punster, and several others for the Runnymeade\\nstakes for two year olds. At St. Louis, Monogram won the Missouri\\nDerby, and a mile dash Bancroft won two races, one l}i and 1^\\nmiles Boot Jack won three races, 1^ miles, Ij^ miles and mile heats\\nAscender won the mile and 1 mile, for two year olds Perplex won\\nthe of a mile Lost Cause won the 1^ mile dash, and Glen Arm\\nJ^ mile dash. At this meeting Mr. Young won the first day s pro-\\ngramme, consisting of four races, with four horses as follows Mono-\\ngram, Missouri Derby, Boot Jack, mile heats, Ascender, mile\\ndash, Bancroft, 1}^ miles. Such unprecedented fortune was never\\nknown to fall to the lot of a turfman before in the historv of racing.\\nAt Chicago, Boatman made his first appearance for the year, winning\\na mile race for three year olds Ascender won two valuable two year\\nold stakes, and 1 mile Boot Jack won two races, one at a mile anfl\\none at two miles, the longest race ever run by that horse. At Sara-\\ntoga Bancroft let down, and was started in a selling race, which he\\nwon he was sold for one thousand dollars. Boot Jack won several\\nraces, the best of which was a cash handicap l}i miles, in the fast", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0726.jp2"}, "727": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 701\\ntime of 1.54^^ his stable companion, Boatman ran second. Boatman\\nwon four races, two of them the Kenna, and the Sequel stakes,\\nperhaps the most prominent and important races ran during the meet-\\ning. Ascender ran four times, and was defeated only once. Patti\\nwon one race Monogram won two. At this meeting Mr. Young sold\\nBoot Jack, Lost Cause and Perplex to the Dwyer Bros., of New York.\\nHere he purchased Vera, a most promising young race mare.\\nFrom Saratoga the Young stable was brought again to the fall\\n(1882) meeting at Lexington here Ascender w on the two year old\\nstake here Square Dance was jjurchased.\\nAt Louisville, the following week, Ascender won the mile stake\\nfor two-year olds Vera the mile stake for two-year old fillies Boat-\\nman won the great American stallion stake. This stake has been\\nin existence since the organization of the Louisville Race Course,\\nand Mr. Young is the only turfman who has won ihe stake two con-\\nsecutive years. Square Dance won, at this meeting, two races. At\\nthis meeting, Mr. Young s racing career was brought to a close, he\\nhaving determined to abandon it for the more pleasant and agreeable\\nlife of breeding for the turf. To this end, at the Louisville meeting,\\nhe sold o R. C. Pate, of St. Louis, Boatman, Monogram, Bondholder,\\nAscender, Tangent, Longway, Emperor, Rex, Embargo, Empire, En-\\nvoy and Endymion, absolutely. He also sold the running qualities\\nfor the racing season for which they were entered, the following\\nfillies: Vera, Nannie D., Maria D., Tattoo, Trophy and Trinket. He\\nreserved Patti and Square Dance, This sale was made for the hand-\\nsome sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, cash in hand paid. In\\nsumming up the year s business, it was found that the winnings from\\nstake and purse races, amounted to $30,300. Thus, it will be seen,\\nthat the star of fortune had never before stuck so closely to a young man,\\nin so risky a business, as it did to Mr. Young. His turf life began in\\nthe spring of 1879 with two broken down racers and a limited purse,\\nand ended in the fall of 1882 with a stable of magnificent runners and a\\nbarrel of money to carry out any plan he might choose to undertake.\\nFor some time he had set his soul upon being the owner of McGrath-\\niana, perhaps the finest blue grass farm in ail the State of Kentucky.\\nOn September 14th, 1882, McGrathiana, the magnificent home of\\nPrice McGrath, the renowned owner of Tom Bowling, was offered for\\nsale at commissioner s sale, and Milton Young, being the highest\\nbidder, became the purchaser for the sum of $47,000. The farm\\ncomprises four hundred and seventeen acres of land, a beautiful brick\\nand stone residence, elegant outbuildings and superior stables and\\nbreeding improvements. It is located three miles from Lexington,\\non the Newtown pike.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0727.jp2"}, "728": {"fulltext": "702 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nIt is Mr. Young s intention to make McGrathiana still more\\nnoted in turf annals, and, to this end, he has selected the purest\\nblooded racing stock to be found in America. He now has in his\\nMcGrathiana stud, the celebrated stallion, Onendaga (full brother to\\nSensation), by Leamington, dam Susan Bean. Duke of Montrose, six\\nyears old, by Waverly, dam Kelpie by imported Bonnie Scotland.\\nThese two stallions have no superior in this country. He has in his\\nharem forty-seven mares, which cost him on an average of one thou-\\nsand dollars each. Among the number we note, Beatitude, Bliss and\\nBeatrice, full sisters Fonwitch, full sister to Fonso; Kelpie, dam of\\nJeannette Gladiola, sister to Glidelia; Black Maria, sister to Ban-\\ncroft Perhaps, dam of Perplex Skylight, sister to Vandlelight\\nOlivia, dam Olitipa. Of the forty-seven mares in the harem, eight of\\nthem are by Imported Bonnie Scotland four by Imported Aus-\\ntralian four by Imported Leamington. Twenty-seven of these mares\\nfoaled last spring, by such stallions as King Alphonso, Longfellow,\\nKing Ban and Imported Mortimer. Mr. Young sold, last spring, four\\ncolts: one out of Beatitude, by King Alphonso; one out of Nelly\\nBooker, by Harper s Tenbroeck one out of Perhaps, by St. Martin,\\nand one by Fellowcraft, dam an Enquirer mare. A majority of his\\nmares were bred last spring to Onandago, and a few to the Duke of\\nMontrose. Annual sales of vearlinsrs will be one of the main features\\nof McGrathiana from this time on.\\nIn conclusion During Mr. Young s turf career he has won one\\nhundred and twenty-one races, been second fifty-nine times, and\\nwinning the sum total, in public money, of $80,100. Mr. Young\\nalways backed his horses, and his winnings, outside of stakes and\\npurses, it is confidently said, have amounted to $200,000. Mr. Young\\nhas been a close observer, always keeping a watchful eye over his\\nhorses and never shooting at high game unless he had good guns and\\nfirst-class ammunition.\\nThe following compliment, taken from the Courier-Journal, I\\nheartily endorse The present proprietor of McGrathiana is not\\nunlike that of the celebrated Captain Machell, of England. Neither\\nof them has ever owned a sensational horse, nor won the greatest\\nprize contended for in their respective countries but each of them\\nhas had many good ones, has managed them with rare tact and judg-\\nment, and has gained a deserving reputation for shrewdness and abil-\\nity the fact is Mr. Young is the Machell of the American turf.\\nNow, after a life of success unparalleled in the history of this\\ncounty, we come to the finale, wherein he crowns it all with a queenly", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0728.jp2"}, "729": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 703\\nornament the result of a taste in keeping with his splendid business\\njudgment. To complete the victory and renown he so hurriedly builded\\nall by himself, he has displayed a degree of sense surpassmg even\\nthe brightest of his turf life. On December the 14, 1882, he was\\nmarried to Miss Lucie Spalding, the handsome, and highly cultured\\ndaughter of Hon. and Mrs. I. A. Spalding, of Morganfield Ky. A\\ntruly brilliant and happy event in the life of him whose young life had\\nbeen filled with successful prolific blessings. She meets the stranger\\nwith an ease and grace which have a peculiar charm, showing that she\\nhas been accustomed to the highest circles of society, and in her\\npresence he at once feels at home. Mr. Young, while on the turf,\\nwon 121 races, but his last victory, when he captured Mrs. Young,\\nwas by long odds the greatest prize and a fitting crown to his retire-\\nment.\\nIn conclusion, allow me to say, on behalf of Mr. and Mrs. Young,\\nthat they are well settled down, and nothing will afford them more\\npleasure than to receive calls from friends and strangers, having both\\nthe ability and inclination to entertain them in true old Kentucky\\nstyle in other words, the latch-string at McGrathiana always hangs\\non the outside.\\nHON. OLLIE B. STEELE. (Sketch by the Hon. John A.\\nSmith, Secretary Louisiana State Senate.) The subject of this sketch\\nwas born at Henderson, Kentucky, on December 2d, 1844, and was\\neducated at the City Academy, taught by Prof. Warner Craig. At\\nthe age of twelve he became a member of the Ionian Debating So-\\nciety, a literary institution of that time, numbering many of the best\\nand brightest young men of the town.\\nIn 1857 the Sabbath Schools of Henderson held a joint Fourth\\nof July celebration, choosing orators for the occasion from among the\\nmembers of the debating society. Young Steele appeared for the\\nChristian School. The lamented Governor, L. W. Powell, was pres-\\nent, and honored the boy orators, by introducing each to the vast\\nconcourse of people assembled in Alves Grove, the place of cele\\nbration. In 1858 Steele was awarded the first prize for horseman-\\nship at the Henderson Fair. Of the then students of Henderson\\nAcademy, those who survive will remember him as being usually hon-\\nored in its weekly debates, with first place, he being an active partic-\\nipant. From being a frequent observer of the drills and parades of\\nthe Kentucky State Guards, he conceived a love for military profes-\\nsion, and induced the professor of the Academy to establish a mili-\\ntary company composed of the older students. At an election of offi-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0729.jp2"}, "730": {"fulltext": "704 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\ncers, he was chosen Captain of the company, which post he held until\\nhe enlisted in the Confederate Army, being several times re elected.\\nThe boy soldiers were known as The Academy Blues, their uniform\\nconsisting of blue jacket and grey pantaloons. Their drill be-\\ncame so excellent, that the boy company soon eclipsed both Home\\nand State Guards. In 18G0 they gave a drill on the fair grounds, win-\\nning applause from the thousands of people present. In the spring\\nof 1861, the famous Eleventh Indiana Zouaves, commanded by\\nGeneral, then Colonel Lew ,Vallace, were encamped at Evansville,\\nand the Academy Blues paid them a visit. The company were\\nwelcomed by Colonel Wallace in a neat speech, which was responded\\nto by Captain Steele, who then put the Blues through their drill\\nin the presence of the Zouaves, winning the admiration of the regi-\\nment. In August, 1861, when not yet seventeen years old, he en-\\ntered the Confederate army, enlisting in Captain James Ingram s com-\\npany of the Fourth Kentucky Infantry, but did not go into active ser-\\nvice until the following October, when Henderson was occupied by a\\nFederal regiment under Colonel Cruft. While Cruft s regiment was\\non dress parade, Steele, Major Ed Rankin and others, stole out of\\nthe city on their way to join General Buckner at Bowling Green. On\\nthe following morning, the party breakfasted at Madisonville, forty\\nmiles distant. Arriving at Bowling Green, Steele attached himself to\\nthe Issaqueena Artillery, afterwards known as the famous Graves\\nBattery, of which Major Rice Graves was the first Captain. Because\\nof his small stature and tender age, Ollie was made bugler of the com-\\npany. Owing to his knowledge of infantry tactics, he was also em-\\nployed as drill master, at the same time acting as clerk to Major T.\\nR. Hotchkiss, who had charge of the ordinance stores and of the\\nmounting of the heavy guns in the several forts around Bowling\\nGreen. Now the terrible realities of civil strife became vividly im-\\npressed upon his mind. His battery participated in the four days\\nfight at Fort Donelson, where many Henderson boys were engaged on\\neither side.\\nFriend fought friend, and brother fought brother, the blue and\\nthe grey of Henderson immediately confronted each other in the last\\nday s battle. Stretched upon the field, with a mortal wound in his\\nbreast, Steele saw his brother Cyrus, who had joined the Union army.\\nHere, Dudley, seeing a Federal officer lying, wrapped in a blanket, at\\nthe foot of a large tree, seemingly fatally wounded, and, thinking his\\nend near, remarked He ought to be killed. The officer replied\\nI am Colonel Logan, of the Illinois regiment, and have but a", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0730.jp2"}, "731": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0731.jp2"}, "732": {"fulltext": "CAPT. O. B. STEEL.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0732.jp2"}, "733": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 705\\nshort time to live. The Colonel recovered, was afterwards promoted\\nto Major General, and, subsequent to the war, served as United States\\nSenator from Illinois up to his death.\\nAfter the capture of Donelson, many of the Henderson boys, who\\nhad espoused the cause of the blue,, visited Graves Battery and talked\\nof by-gone days. This company, among others, were sent prisoners\\nto Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Indiana, where they remained until\\nthe following September, when they were sent to Cairo, and from\\nthence, by way of the river, to Vicksburg, where they were exchanged.\\nFrom Vicksburg, the company were marched to Jackson, and, after\\nhalting there a few days, were hurried forward to Knoxville to join\\nGeneral J. C. Breckenridge, who was organizing a command to enter\\nKentucky and reinforce Bragg. During Breckenridge s advance to\\nCumberland Gap, and subsequent return to Chattanooga and Mur-\\nfreesboro, Steele, by his activity and close attention to details, was\\npromoted to Corporal and Sergeant in rapid succession. He was by\\nfar the best drilled officer in Graves Battery, and, for this reason, was\\nmost frequently detailed to drill duty. He fought with this battery at\\nHarisville, where two thousand Federals were captured.\\nAt Murfreesboro, owing to the wounding of many officers of the\\nbattery, Steele was given command of one section. During the Winter\\nof 1863, he was tendered the office of First Lieutenant of the Fourth\\nKentucky, Ingram s Company, and accepted. With this regiment he\\nserved in the Joe Johnston campaign for the reliet of Vicksburg, and\\nfought at the battle of Jackson. Major Rice Graves recommended\\nhim to General Breckenridge for promotion in the ordinance service,\\nbut this was declined on account of his age. At Chickamauga, during\\nthe second day s fight, the Fourth Kentucky captured a section of\\nFederal artillery, which, but for the skill and indomitable watchfulness\\nof Steele, would have been recaptured. This valued prize he turned\\nover to General Forrest in person.\\nWhile on the field of battle, General Breckenridge rode up to\\nSteele and ordered him to report to Cobb s Battery, Major Graves\\nhaving been mortally wounded. While the army lay in front of Chat-\\ntanooga, Steele became Acting Adjutant of Artillery of Breckenridge s\\nDivision, and subsequently Acting Adjutant for the corps, which\\nposition he filled with signal ability until the battle of Missionary\\nRidge.\\nBreckenridge s Division went into winter quarters at Kingston,\\nGeorgia, and, during that time, Steele obtained a leave of absence for\\nthirty days, during which time he visited Henderson, his native home.\\n45", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0733.jp2"}, "734": {"fulltext": "706 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nHe made the journey from Princeton to Henderson, a distance of\\nseventy miles, in one day, upon the back of a mule. His leave of\\nabsence having expired, he rejoined his command and remained with\\nthe Fourth Kentucky until near the close of the Atlanta campaign,\\nwhen he resigned. He went to Tupelo, and there asked authority of\\nGeneral Forrest to enter Kentucky and recruit a company for artil-\\nlery service. His application was granted and General Abe Buford\\nissued to him all necessary papers. In August, 1864, he struck the\\nTennessee River and proceeded down that stream in a canoe. He\\nthen crossed to the Cumberland and made his way to Henderson.\\nHaving recruited near eighty men, he started on his return South, via\\nEddyville, on the Cumberland, arriving there on the night of Septem-\\nber 9th. Observing a lot of men standing at a street corner, Steele,\\nsupposing them to be citizens, halted his command on the bank and\\nthen rode into the town to inquire concerning some boats he had\\nlearned were there. Much to his surprise, instead of citizens, he\\nfound himself in the hands of a squad of Federal soldiers, to whom\\nhe was compelled to surrender. Two of his men were captured^\\nbut the others made good their escape. Steele was relieved of his\\npocket change and papers, but, by strategy, managed to save\\nhis Watch. A short time after his arms were pinioned behind him\\nand he started on horseback, under guard, for Princeton. Arriving\\nthere about midnight, he and his two men were confined in the\\nCourt House, where they found a dozen or fifteen of Colonel Adam\\nJohnston s men prisoners. A few days after, Steele and thirteen\\nmen were returned to Eddyville for transportation to Louisville. On\\nthe thirteenth day of September, they were marched aboard the\\nsteamer Mattie Cabler, in charge of a sergeant and seven guards.\\nArriving that same evening at Smithland, on the Ohio River, the\\nprisoners were transferred from the Cabler to the steamer CoUossus,\\nwhere a Lieutenant was placed in charge of the guard. Captain\\nSteele was very kindly treated by the Captain of the boat, who\\nclaimed to be a Southern man. The Lieutenant was also very\\npolite, but all of his kindly overtures were declined, because Steele\\nhad fully made up his mind to capture the boat and liberate himself\\nand men. Steele and the other prisoners were placed on the hurri-\\ncane roof of the boat, and, after the Lieutenant had retired, two of the\\nprisoners and two of the guards amused themselves by playing cards\\nby moonlight.\\nAt the suggestion of Steele, the prisoners all slept close together,\\nspoon fashion, so that opportunity could be given to explain his plan", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0734.jp2"}, "735": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 707\\nfor escape, which he had not, until then, imparted to them. At early\\ndawn, the sleepless prisoners being chilled cold from the night dews,\\ngathered about the smokestacks;-, nervous with excitement as to the\\nresult of the forthcoming struggle Steele had notified them that his\\nsignal for action would be the buttoning up of his coat. Placing\\nhimself at a point between the Federal watch and the smokestacks,\\nhe, seeing a suitable opportunity, commenced to button up, when\\nseveral of his men moved to the opposite side of the boat and\\nconcealed themselves under the eaves of the skylights. Thinking\\nthe opportunity lost, he began to upbraid them for their cowardice,\\nwhen Elliott and Johnson walked up to him, tapped him on the\\nshoulder, and said Captain, we will die by you. At the same\\nmoment, seeing McClure, Dr. Arnett and the Crider brothers also ready\\nfor action, Steele again commenced hastily to button his coat, and, as\\nthe last button slipped through its hole, he, in the twinkling of an eye,\\ndisarmed the guard nearest to him, and Elliot and Johnson, at the same\\ntime, disarmed the guards nearest to them. Steele and Johnson then\\nturned upon the Sergeant of the Guard, who lay asleep upon the\\ndeck, and, not wishing to kill him, pricked him up with a bayonet,\\ndemanding his surrender. He arose, drawing a pistol as he did so,\\nand fired, saying Surrender, hell The shot passed over their\\nheads. He was then thrust through the body with a bayonet, shot\\nand instantly killed. As he fell he threw his pistol into the river.\\nSteele next turned upon the guard at the bell, who, throwing up his\\nhmds, surrendered his gun and pistol. In a moment he was pursu-\\ning another, when the man he had first disarmed, having recovered\\nfrom his surprise, struck him behind the ear with his fist, almost\\nknocking him down, at the same time seizing his gun by the muzzle.\\nRecovering himself, Steele tried to wrench the muzzle round to the\\nother s breast to shoot him, but the man held it firmly under his left\\narm, and, in that position, struck Steele blow after blow with his right\\nfist. At this instant a pistol ball from Elliott felled him, but he rose\\nand came again, when Steele knocked him down with his gun. Still\\nunconquered, he returned to the attack a third time, when he was shot\\nthrough the heart and killed on the spot. By this time two of the\\nguards had been killed, two others wounded and taken prisoners, and\\nthe others disarmed, while Steele and his men had not suffered a\\nscratch, except the pounding the Captain himself received.\\nA ridiculous incident now occurred that created merriment,\\ndespite the gravity of the situation. A green Irishman, a raw recruit,\\nevidently a recent importation, being summoned to surrender, and|", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0735.jp2"}, "736": {"fulltext": "708 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nnot knowing how to do so, started on a run around the pilot house,\\nmaking the circuit of it twice and receiving several prods from bayo-\\nnets, before he could be made to understand what was required of\\nhim. Pat being captured, the remainder of the guards, who had fled\\nto the pilot house, descended and gave themselves up. All were\\nordered aft, and, in their turn, placed under guard.\\nThe roof was now in Steele s possession, but not a moment too\\nsoon, for, at this juncture, the Lieutenant was discovered attempting\\nto climb upon it from the cabin railing. Captain Steele charged him,\\nwhen he hastily fell back. Turning to the hatchway to descend in\\npursuit of the Lieutenant, Steele met the entire boat crew, fifteen or\\ntwenty in number, at the head of the stairway, coming up. He\\ncharged them with his bayonet, when the foremost man fell backward\\nupon his companions, who, in their hurry to retreat, rolled pellmell\\nover each other to the bottom and fled to the hold of the boat for\\nrefuge. Captain Steele now instructed the pilot to head the boat for\\nWeston, Kentucky, the nearest good landing place, and then, arming\\nhimself with a pistol and taking with him one of his men, went below\\nto secure the Lieutenant and the boat s crew, none of whom had arms.\\nReaching the cabin, he directed the boat s officers to produce the\\nLieutenant, who, however, could not be found. Captain Steele him-\\nself then started in search, and discovered the gallant Lieutenant in\\nthe chambermaid s quarters, hidden away under her bed.\\nSteele ordering him out, the Lieutenant presented himself with\\nhands uplifted, begging for quarter. Being assured no harm would\\nbe done him, he was marched to the front. The crew were next or-\\ndered to form in line across the forecastle, which they did, hats off and\\ntrembling with fear, in which position they remained until released.\\nThe pilot, engineer and fireman, all remained at their posts until the\\nboat was landed. Owing to the kindness of the boat s Captain, Steele\\nabandoned the idea of burning her, and scuttling her barges which he\\nhad at first contemplated. Nor did he confiscate the funds in her safe,\\nbut left the good Captain in full posession of his property. Arriving\\nat the landing, all, by invitation of the boat s Captain, took a drink to-\\ngether, and shook hands on parting. The Lieutenant accompanied\\nCaptain Steele to the foot of the stairs,- assured him he had no com-\\nplaints to make, that the capture of the boat was a brave and daring\\nact, well conceived and brilliantly executed, and the subsequent treat-\\nment of himself and men had been kind and considerate. As Steele\\nstepped ashore, the Captain of the boat said Good bye, God bless\\nyou, I wish you all success in the world. In a few days the little band", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0736.jp2"}, "737": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 709\\nwere all mounted, and Captain Steele began again to collect the re-\\ncruits who had scattered after his capture. On September 25th, he\\nwith twenty-five men intercepted a body of sixty colored Federal\\nttoops near the Lisle place on the Madisonville Road, six miles out\\nfrom Henderson, intending to capture them, but the negroes took to\\nthe woods and effected their escape. In October, he captured the steam-\\nboat R B. Speed on Green River, and placed a guard on her with the\\nintention of running through the locks at Spottsville, and capturing\\nthe small gunboat, which was guarding them, while the rest of the\\ncommand proceeded by land. This plan he abandoned, because he\\nlearned that the Federals had become aware of his presence in the\\nneighborhood. Hearing that in Hardin County there were some one\\nhundred recruits desiring to make their way south, and wishing to join\\nthem with his men, for greater safety, Steele, taking two of his com-\\nmand, set out to find them, intending to arrange with them a place of\\nrendezvous and then return for his own men. In passing through Har-\\ndensburg with Captain Carroll and twenty men, they were fired upon\\nby Home Guards and Carroll killed, and several men wounded. This\\ndetermined Captain Steele to return to Green River for safer quarters.\\nA short time after this, Steele, with what men he had with him, joined\\nColonel Chenoworth with his company enroute South. They arrived\\n^on the Tennessee River in time to take part with General Forest in\\nhis attack on Johnsonville, where four gunboats, ten steamboats and\\ntwenty-seven barges were captured and destroyed. Steele retired to\\nParis, Tenn., and wao here given a battery as a reward for gallantry.\\nHe was then sent to McLemoresville, and placed in command of the\\npost and department ordinance stores. Early in December, he was\\nplaced in charge of surplus stores, cannon, etc., for transportation to\\nJackson, Tenn. He then joined General H. B. Lyon, and again\\ncrossed the Tennessee River. The command then marched to Cum-\\nberland City, where the steamers Thomas Tutt, Echo and Ben South,\\nladen with army supplies for the Federals, were captured. They used\\nthese boats in crossing the Cumberland, and then burned them.\\nDecember 12th, Hopkinsville was occupied and Steele appointed\\nProvost Marshal. On the sixteenth day of December, Chenoworth s\\ncommand was engaged near Hopkinsville, by General McCook, of\\nthe Federal army, and lost his entire artillery. Steele then rejoined\\nLyon at Charleston, Kentucky. The disastrous defeat of Hood at\\nNashville, placed Lyon in a critical shape, compelling him to retreat\\non Alabama. Passing through Madisonville December 18th, Lyon\\nburned the Court House and passed on to Green River, hotly pursued", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0737.jp2"}, "738": {"fulltext": "710 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nby the Federals. December 10th, 1864, a special order was issued by\\nGeneral Lyon to Captain Steele, directing him to recruit and organize\\na company for light artillery service, and to this end he was directed\\nto enforce the conscript law, collect all stragglers, and to impress\\nhorses for artillery purposes. Steele came into Henderson County,\\nand, when posting orders in the Town of Corydon, was fired upon by a\\ncompany of colored troops. On the following morning, when the ne-\\ngroes were crossing into Union County, Steele, accompanied by three\\nmen dashed on their flank, fired into them with pistols, wounding, sev-\\neral and then disappeared in the timber before the negroes could\\nrecover from their panic. On February 8th, learning that Captain\\nSam Allen, with a force of Federals, was on the Madisonville Road,\\nhe marched hurriedly to meet him, but was disappointed. He then\\ncrossed from the Madisonville to the Corydon Road, striking at the\\nAlves ford below the fair grounds. Here they built a fence across the\\nroad, in a hollow opposite the ford, making a strong pen, leaving the\\nside towards Henderson open. Dismounting his men, Steele pi ced\\nthem in fence corners with orders not to fire until the word of com-\\nmand was given, or the Federals had passed into the trap prepared\\nfor them. Lieutenant Spalding, with ten mounted men, was posted\\nin ambush some distance to the front and immediately opposite a gap\\nin the fence which had been left down for him to pass through and\\ntake the expected enemy in the rear. Two men were then ordered\\nto ride into the city, fire on any Federal who came in sight, and then\\nretreat, with a view of inducing the Federals to pursue them into the\\ntrap. In this they were successful, being hotly pursued by Captain\\nSam. Allen and twelve men, who would all have been captured but\\nfor George Gibson, one of the Cenfederates, who, in the excitement\\nof the moment, forgot the order not to fire until the word was given,\\nand blazed away as soon as the Federals came opposite to him. This\\nshot brought Allen to a halt as he had lost sight of the two men he\\nwas pursuing, they having passed through the gap and joined Spald-\\ning. A few more of the company now opened fire contrary to orders,\\non which Allen wheeled, and, under whip and spur, beat a rapid re-\\ntreat, closely pursued by Spalding and his guard. Allen and part of\\nhis men passed the gap before Spalding could reach it, but was pur.\\nsued into the precincts of the town. Six prisoners and a lot of arms\\nwere the fruit of this little victory. The prisoners were taken to\\nUnion County, and released on parole. On February 10th, Captain\\nWright occupied Morganfield with about one hundred colored Federal\\ntroops, and on the following day, leaving Lieutenant Wirt, with forty", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0738.jp2"}, "739": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 711\\nmen to hold the town, started with sixty on a raid into the county.\\nSteele, Spalding and about thirty men started in pursuit of Wright,\\nwho was followed for several hours. Steele then changed his plan,\\nand taking Spalding and fourteen men marched on Morganfield with\\nthe intention of cutting Wright off and capturing the town. The re-\\nmainder were ordered to continue in pursuit. Arriving at the sub-\\nurbs of the town, Steele posted his men so as to watch both roads\\nleading south. In this position he waited until near night, when,\\nhearing nothing of Wright, he determined to try and capture the town,\\nand Wirt s force by a ruse. He ordered his men to march about con-\\ntinually so as to attract the attention of the Federals and lead them to\\nbelieve they were threatened by a large force Then Spalding was\\nsent under a flag of truce, with a communication from Captain Steele\\nto Wirt, announcing that Wright s detachment had been made prison-\\ners and demanding his surrender. To this Wirt agreed, and Steele\\nwas about to send Spalding back into town, with ten men, to receive\\nhis capitulation, when at this moment, a courier rode up and an-\\nnounced that Wright was approaching. Dispatching ten men to hold\\nWright in check, Steele and Spalding accompanied by two men, rode\\ninto town to receive the prisoners who were marched into the street,\\nwhere they stacked arms. At this juncture the rattle of musketry was\\nheard over behind the hill, and Wirt realizing that he nad been duped,\\nordered his men to resume their arms. As they rushed for them,\\nSteele and his companions beat a hurried retreat, followed by a shower\\nof bullets. In five minutes more, Wirt s command would have been\\nprisoners, and on his return, Wright would have found the town in\\nthe hands of Steele and his men, waiting to give him a warm recep-\\ntion.\\nThe following night Wright evaded Spalding, who was watching\\nthe road, and retreated to Uniontown. Steele s command wa en-\\ngaged in several skirmishes after this. At one time he entered Hen-\\nderson at one o clock at night, intending to assault and capture the\\ncolored troops who occupied some breastworks on the river front\\nabove the wharf landing. Becoming aware of his movement, they fled\\naboard a gunboat or to some other point of safety. The Confederates\\nhad now evacuated Richmond, and Sherman had cut the Confederacy\\nin two by his march to the sea, while Confederate troops were surren-\\ndering at all points. Nothing, therefore, was left Steele, but to disband\\nhis command and seek concealment, or to surrender. He chose the\\nlatter course, laying down his arms at his old home, where he had four\\nyears before first taken them up, after having passed through many", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0739.jp2"}, "740": {"fulltext": "712 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\ndangers and participated in many battles, without having during these\\nyears ot service received a scratch, except the pounding administered\\nto him by the fist of the Federal soldier, whom he had disarmed in\\ncapturing the steamboat Colossus In January, 1866, Captain Steele\\nremoved to Morehouse Parish, in the northern part of the State of\\nLouisiana, entering into mercantile life with Major T. R. Hotchkiss.\\nHe went, in 1869, to New Orleans, taking a situation in the wholesale\\ndry goods establishment of John Sauche, where he had charge of the\\noffice. Returning to North Louisiana in December of the same year,\\nhe took up his residence in Ouachita City, Union Parish, his present\\nhome. Captain Steele married in May, 1871, Miss Juliet M. Parks,\\ndausrhter of Mr. William Parks, the fruit of which union has been two\\nsons and two daughters. Since that period he has engaged in exten-\\nsive farming and mercantile enterprise in the parishes of Union^\\nMorehouse and Ouachita, where he at present owns several large and\\nvaluable cotton plantations. In 1876, he first entered politics, being\\nchosen as a delegate from Union Parish to the Democratic State nom-\\ninating convention, held at Baton Rouge. Steele took an active part\\nin the memorable election campaign of that year, contributing not a\\nlittle to the overthrow and destruction of Republican rule in Louis-\\niana. At this election he was chosen to represent his parish in the\\nGeneral Assembly of the State, and, subsequently, 1878, was re-\\nelected. The latter, immediately upon assembling, passed an act or.\\ndering an election for delegates to a convention to frame a new State\\nconstitution.\\nIn 1879, at an election for the ratification of this constitution, Steele\\nwas chosen to represent the Twenty-Second Senatorial District in the\\nState Senate. Governor Wiltz dying in 1 881, Lieutenant Governor Mc-\\nEnery succeeded him, leaving the president/; tem. of the Senate to pre-\\nside over that body, and placing him next in succession to the Governor-\\nship. The party now divided into two wings, one faction under the lead-\\nership of Senator Walton made war on Senator Robertson, the then Pres-\\nident// iem,^ and ousted him from the place. Walton was chosen by his\\nfriends to succeed Robertson, when a bitter fight ensued, which came\\nnear disrupting the party. At this juncture moderate men of both wings\\nseeing the danger, proposed to avert it by requesting both Robertson\\nand Walton to withdraw their claims, and unite in electing a President\\npro tem. acceptable to all. Had this arrangement been consummated,\\nthe choice would have fallen on Senator Steele, but, through some\\nhitch, the plan was abandoned. From his first entry into political life\\nCaptain Steele has ranked among the ablest members of the Genera^", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0740.jp2"}, "741": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 713\\nAssembly. Quite courteous and unobtrusive in manner, he posesses\\na clear intellect, and his opinions are listened to by his colleagues\\nwith marked attention and respect. A consistent Democrat, his views\\non public affairs are. broad and^ liberal. Already thoughtful conser-\\nvative men through the State are beginning to turn their eyes upon\\nhim as a suitable man to place at the head of Louisiana affairs. Young,\\nvigorous, a thorough man of business, he is fully acquainted with the\\npeople s need, and it is highly probable he may soon be elevated to the\\nhighest place in their gift.\\nNote. Since the foregoing was written, Captain Steele has been\\nelected Auditor of Louisiana, and yet holds that most important and\\nresponsible office. Ed.\\nGENERAL ADAM RANKIN JOHNSON.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The distinguished\\nman whose name heads this article was born in the Towm of Hender-\\nson, on February 8th, 1834. He is the son of Dr. Thomas Jefferson\\nJohnson and Juliet Spencer Rankin, daughter of Dr. Adam Rankin,\\nwho settled in Henderson County during the early part of the year\\n1800. Dr. Johnson came from Frankfort, and settled in Henderson\\nin 1823, and four years thereafter, to-wit on the fifteenth day of\\nFebruary, 1827, was married to Miss Rankin, Rev. Thomas Evans\\nofficiating. Dr. Johnson was a man of strong mind and positive char-\\nacter, and, during his early life, enjoyed a prominence few young\\nphysicians ot his day ever attained. Mrs. Johnson was one of the\\nnoblest women, and was universally beloved by every one who knew\\nher. Dr. and Mrs. Johnson lived to a ripe old age, and raised a large\\nand prosperous family. While the schools of the town at that time\\nwere not the best the country afforded, they were yet sufficient to im-\\npart a good education in the primary and intermediate branches.\\nGeneral Johnson was kept at one of these schools until he arrived at\\nthe age of twehe years, when he was placed with Ira Delano, an exper-\\nienced druggist, to leain the art of compounding and otherwise to qual-\\nify himself for a life of usefulness. There he remained until sixteen\\nyears of age, at which time he entered the tobacco stemmery of Bur-\\nbank Barret. In this business he remained until he was twenty\\nyears of age, when he bade adieu to Kentucky, and went to the Lone\\nStar State, settling in Burnett County, known at that time as Hamilton\\nVallev. This at that time was an extreme frontier settlement. Very\\nsoon after his arrival he associated himself with a surveying party,\\nand was so well pleased he then and there adopted surveying as a pro-\\nfession peculiar to himself. In those days and in that country, In-\\ndians were to be found in large numbers, and in numerous rencoun-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0741.jp2"}, "742": {"fulltext": "714 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nters with them in the years 1855 to 1861, he was compelled to exer-\\ncise unceasing care, precaution and strategy to preserve not only the\\nsafety of his companions, but his own life. The keenest vigilance,\\nwhich he found absolutely necessary, soon became a second nature\\nwith him, and it was in this school that he learned the lesson which in\\nthe days of the great war between the States, proved so valuable to\\nhim while acting in the capacity of a scout or partisan. His entire\\nfrontier life up to and including a part of the war, was filled with wild\\nadventure that no one but a man of unquestioned nerve and intelli-\\ngence could have so successfully contended with. The war coming\\non, General Johnson was not long in deciding with whom he should\\nfight. He visited Kentucky, and, for a time, his old home in Hen-\\nderson, where he was gladly welcomed, although the entire family\\nwere strong for the Union of the States. During his brief stay in\\nHenderson, the town was occupied by Federal soldiers, and yet it\\nwas not known that he was a Confederate scout. Becoming a little\\nuneasy of his position, Johnson determined to return South, and, to\\nthis end, started on foot, hoping to cross Canoe Creek below the fair\\ngrounds and make his way to Mrs. Jordan s, on the Madisonville road,\\nwhere he had a horse. Reaching the creek, it was found to be at\\nflood height from back water from the Ohio River and impassible.\\nThinking he had passed the Federal pickets, he pushed on down the\\nstream in search of a drift pile or fallen tree, and, as he reached the\\nsummit of a hill, to his amazement, only a few yards away from him,\\nthere stood the advanced outposts, who saw him about as soon as he\\nsaw them. He was heavily armed, and this was evidence against him.\\nHe determined, as quick as thought, to retrace his steps, and did so,\\nbut was pursued by one of the soldiers on foot. He hurried on to the\\nroots of a great tree that had fallen down, thinking there he could\\nsecrete himself, or perhaps the pursuit would be given up. Hardly had\\nhe gotten behind this ambush, when he observed the soldier, with has-\\ntened tread, following on. There was but one question then, life or\\ndeath, and, as the soldier approached the tree, Johnson fired, and the\\nsoldier fell dead in his tracks and rolled over the bank into the creek.\\nJohnson then returned to the town and remained but a day or two,\\nwhen he made another and successful effort to reach the Confederate\\nlines. Two days afterwards he reached Hopkinsville.\\nSubsequent to the battles of Fort Donelson and Corinth, Johnson\\nreturned to Kentucky, and his first military venture in Henderson Coun-\\nty was the capture of U. S. Surgeon Kimbly, of Owensboro, near Heb-\\nardsville. His next adventure was in company with Colonel Robert", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0742.jp2"}, "743": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 715\\nA. Martin and Amphius Owen in an attack at night upon a company\\nof Federal provost guards stationed in tlie two-story brick opposite\\nJohn H. Barret Co. s tobacco stemniery, on Main Street, then known\\nas the National Hotel. The attack was made about ten o clock\\non Sunday night in the latter part of June, 1862. Johnson, Martin and\\nOwen went, unnoticed, to the lot adjoining Barret s factory and se-\\ncreted themselves among the stave piles. They were also protected by\\na high plank fence between them and the street.\\nCaptain Daly and a number of his soldiers were sitting on the\\npavement in front of headquarters, laughing and talking, when, at a\\nsignal, Johnson, Martin and Owen fired the first volley from their shot\\nguns, and then, in quick succession, the second. The scene quickly\\nchanged from one of laughing to one of groans of dying and wounded\\nmen, and the flight of those who had escaped unhurt. The doors of\\nthe house were immediately barred, and, as soon as could be, the\\nthree Confederates appeared in the cemetery, immediately in the rear\\nof headquarters, and fired another volley. This done, they retreated\\nto their horses and departed from the town. Lieutenant Taylor was\\nkilled, and ten or more men, including Captain Daley, were more or\\nless seriously wounded.\\nExcitement in the town became intense. A citizens meeting was\\nheld in Barret s factory, at which resolutions, strongly condemn ttory\\nof the course of Johnson, c., were passed. A short time after this, and\\nwhen Colonel Johnson had formed a nucleus of a regiment, he took\\npossession of Henderson, and, by his words and orders, very greatly\\nrelieved the anxiety of the people, especially those politically opposed\\nto him. It was at this time he planned his Newburg campaign\\nColonel Johnson and Martin, with perhaps twenty-three men,\\nleft Henderson late in the evening and camped for the night upon\\nthe farm of Wm. Soaper, near the city. Early next morning they were\\nen route for Newburg and were not long in arriving in front of that\\nloyal town. The Evans ville Journal having declared that the people\\nof Indiana would not allow that territory to be invaded for a moment,\\nJohnson and Martin determined to test their courage. To this end,\\ntherefore, they set about disposing of their horses and an old wagon,\\nthat was near by, in such a way as to represent a large cavalry and\\nartillery force. All ready, Martin, with some twenty men, crossed\\nover about a half mile above the town. Johnson, with two men in a\\nskiff, crossed immediately opposite the town. At this place Johnson\\nperformed perhaps the most reckless, and yet the most successful,\\nmilitary master stroke achieved by any commander of high or low\\nauthority, in either army during the war.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0743.jp2"}, "744": {"fulltext": "716 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nJohnson s information was that in Union Bethell s storehouse, on\\nthe river front, was stored all of the arms and ammunition supplied\\nby the State and Government; therefore, he landed his skiff as near\\nas possible to that building and made directly for it, unnoticed, as the\\ncrossing of Martin and his men had attracted general attention. John-\\nson found the arsenal unguarded, open, and a large number of guns\\nstacked in it. He ordered the two men with him to barricade the\\ndoors and windows, and hold the building until Martin s arrival. In\\nthe meantime, Johnson walked up to the hotel, where he saw a num-\\nber of Federals retreating into the hotel. Believing they were unarmed\\nhe entered the door alone and stood, electrified, in the presence of\\neighty men with cocked guns presented. As quick as thought, he\\nknew that retreat was certain death that the least hesitation would\\nprove fatal that immediate daring was absolutely necessary then,\\nwithout the quiver of a lip, or neivous twitch of a muscle, or change\\nof facial features, he boldly advanced to the front line, demanding an\\nimmediate surrender, at the same time throwing up the muzzles of\\nseveral guns with the one he held in his hands. He announced, in\\nunmistakable and most positive language, that if a single cap was\\nfired, the last man to whom he was addressing himself, would be mas\\nsacred, and that on short notice, and, as unpalatable as the sequel\\nmay be, it is yet true that the whole command obeyed his order,\\nstacked their guns and retired to a large dining room in the building.\\nAt this juncture a great burley Orderly Sergeant dashed in and\\ncalled out, What are you doing where in the hell are your guns\\nTo this Johnson replied, by leveling his double-barreled gun upon the\\nSergeant, and telling him, Move another step, and I will riddle you\\nwith bullets. The Sergeant surrendered with the others. Soon after\\nMartin came up with a portion of his men, the others having been de-\\ntailed to guard the streets. Johnson, fearing an attack, set imme-\\ndiately to work paroling his prisoners, and securing wagons and teams\\nto remove the captured property, guns, ammunition, etc. When the\\nlast ferry load had been safely crossed to the Kentucky side, Johnson\\nleisurely walked to his skiff, seated himself and directed his two oars-\\nmen to pull for life. He had gotten not more than half way across\\nwhen the yells of the Home Guard Company were heard entering the\\ntown. They failed to fire at him however, from the fact leading citizens\\nhad been notified by Johnson, that if a gun was fired, he would shell\\nthe town. Johnson s battery consisted of an old two-horse wagon, with\\na black log extending from the end of it, and it was this that terrified\\nthe Newburghers. General Johnson, subsequent to this time, was in", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0744.jp2"}, "745": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 717\\nmany severe contests and close places, notably at Green River bridge,\\non that ever memorable fourth day of July, where he was repulsed by\\nColonel Moore, and then with l^organ on his Ohio raid. He was one\\namong the few who escaped capture. Upon his return to his Ken-\\ntucky department, he heard for the first time of the killing of his\\nuncle, James E. Rankin, and immediately set to work to effect the\\narrest of his murderers. A few days afterward two men were brought\\nto him charged with the crime, and were immediately sent to Hender-\\nson and turned over to the civil authorities. General Johnson was\\nrapidly organizing four regiments, and it was found necessary to drive\\nhim out of the State before he had succeeded in doing so. Therefore,\\nGeneral Burbridge sent General Hobson with a large detachment of\\ncavalry in pursuit of him. General Johnson determined to cross the\\nCumberland River, and, if possible, draw Hobson in pursuit. Before,\\nor just about the time he reached Cumberland River, he engaged a\\nforce of Federals at what was called Grubb s Cross-roads. He sur-\\nrounded the camp and had captured twenty-five or more Federals.\\nWhite flags were seen flying, and upon this General Johnson rode\\nback and ordered the firing ceased. Another part of the Confederate\\ncommand came up about this time, and without knowing the situation,\\nor their own friends, commenced firing indiscriminately, and, during\\nthe shooting. General Johnson, their commander, was shot, instantly\\ndestroying both of his eyes. He was thereupon taken to the home of\\nMr. Garland Simms, where every attention was given him by\\nMr. and Mrs. Simms, and their son, Richard. Wm. S. Johnson, his\\nbrother, hearing of his sad condition, went to his bedside and remained\\nwith him until he was able to be removed to Henderson, his native\\nhome. He remained here at his father s house but a short time, when\\nhe was sent a prisoner to Fort Warren. He remained in prison sev-\\neral months, and was then sent on for exchange and arrived in Rich-\\nmond on the twenty-sixth day of May, 1865. After the surrender, he\\nwas very active in having his men, who were under indictment, and\\nother prosecutions against them in the Courts of Kentucky, released\\nfrom custody. His entire willingness to assume all responsibility for\\nthe impressment of horses and such like caused the dismissal of all re-\\nmaining prosecutions. General Johnson returned to his home in\\nTexas, to find his personal property wasted, and himself terribly in\\ndebt. Though sightless, he embarked in the real estate business, and\\nhis success remains to this time unparalleled. He is at this time the\\nfather of a large family, and the possessor of a handsome competency.\\nAlthough deprived of his sight, he is justly regarded one of the leading\\nbusiness men of his country and his success in life has proven it.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0745.jp2"}, "746": {"fulltext": "718 HISTORY OF HENDRRSON COUNTY, KY.\\nDOCTOR PINCKNEY THOMPSON.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 \\\\mong the most dis-\\ntinguished of native Kentuckians, and most useful in their day and\\ngeneration in the field of science and philanthropy, is the subject o^\\nthis sketch, Dr. Pinckney Thompson. He was born in Livingston\\nCounty, on the fifteenth day of April, 1828, in an humble sphere of\\nlife, having no advantages except such as may accompany poverty and\\nutter obscurity. His parents were both natives of North Carolina,\\nand his mother s maiden name was Thompson. Her family settled in\\nLivingston County in the year 1796. His paternal grandfather immi-\\ngrated to Kentucky and settled in the same county, before Kentucky\\nwas admitted as one of the States of the Union. His father was\\napprenticed to a farmer, and on reaching his majority, volunteered in\\nCaptain Barbour s company, which assembled at Henderson, and\\nmarched overland through the cane-breaks to join General Samuel\\nHopkins army, then stationed at Vincennes, Indiana The command\\narrived too late for the battle of Tippecanoe, and after a few days\\nrest, returned to Kentucky. He made several trading trips to New-\\nOrleans, and while there was pressed into the army service by order\\nof General Jackson, and after a short service returned home, and set-\\ntled down to hard work on a farm. In 1823, he married, and in Sep-\\ntember, 1871, died at the residence of his son. Dr. Thompson, in this\\ncity. His wife, with whom his life had been so happily spent, survived\\nhim about four months, she departing this life in January, 1872. Dr.\\nThompson worked on his father s farm until his twentieth year, and\\nduring that time obtained from the ordinary county schools such\\nan English education as they afforded. There was developed in him\\nduring his boyhood days a taste for the practice of medicine. He was\\na most excellent nurse, was apt in catching directions for administer-\\ning medicines, and was expert at detecting the various fevers. His\\nneighbors, and those who knew him best, frequently reminded him\\nthat he ought to make a doctor of himself These frequent reminders\\nhad as much to do perhaps with moulding his life as his natural inclin-\\nations, and his mind being made up, in January 1849, he removed to\\nSmithland^ the county seat of Livingston, where he entered upon\\nthe study of medicine under Dr. D. B. Saunders, a very distinguished\\nphysician of that day. He continued in Dr. Saunders office until\\nMay, 1851, at the end of which time he had grown restless from the\\nwant of advantages Dr. Saunders was unable to supply, and induced\\nhis father to permit him to go to Lousiville, Ky. He went to Louisville\\nand placed himself under the preceptorship of Dr. T. G. Richardson,\\nwho was, at that time, Demonstrator of Anatomy in the Medical De-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0746.jp2"}, "747": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 719\\npartment of the University of Louisville afterwards, and is now\\nProfessor of Surgery in the Medical Department of Louisiana Uni-\\nversity, in the City of Ne^w Orleans, having succeeded Dr.\\nWarren Stone, one of the most distinguished physicians and surgeons\\nof the time. He continued to study under Dr. Richardson, at the\\nsame time serving in the City Hospital up to March 1st, 1853. On\\nMarch 4th, of the same year, he graduated. He then returned to his\\nold home, where he remained but a short time, and then came to Hen*\\nderson, where he located on the fifteenth day of April and commenced\\nthe practice of his profession, without money and without an acquaint-\\nance beyond that of three persons. The following physicians were\\nestablished in practice upon his arrival R. A. Armistead, R. P.\\nLetcher, A. J. Morrison, L. F. Jones, W. A. Offutt, W. A. Norwood,\\nJohn Young, William Brewster and Richard Garland.\\nDr. Thompson was not long in obtaining a large and lucrative\\npractice, and has ever been held as one of the most successful prac-\\ntitioners in the profession. He has operated in tracheotomy three\\ntimes, twice successfully; has operated in lithotomy three times suc-\\ncessfully performed two successful operations for cancer in the\\nbreast, besides a large number of minor, yet difficult operations.\\nNovember 26th, 1857, he was wedded to Nannie S., eldest\\ndaughter of William S. and Mary Holloway. They have two children,\\nboth sons and young men of promise. He was one of the first and\\nmost active Trustees of the Henderson Public School. He was the\\nauthor of the law creating a colored School, and has continued\\nthe President of the Board from the day of its organization to this\\ntime. He has served as President of the Henderson Medical Club\\nPresident of the McDowell Society, and President of the Kentucky\\nState Board of Health from its organization. A number of years ago,\\nin 1869, he conceived the idea of building a Mission Sunday School,\\npeculiarly for the benefit of those children who, for various reasons,\\nwere unable to attend the schools of the city. He carried this plan\\ninto successful operation by building, mostly at his own expense, a\\nhouse of sufficient capacity in the vicinity of his residence, and, tor a\\nnumber of years, supported this school mostly at his own expense. He\\nhas always served as its Superintendent. The doctor has a large\\nschool, and there is nothing in which he prides himself more than his\\nfamily of Sunday school children. He has served as Elder in the\\nPresbyterian Church since 1862. He is a Master and Royal Arch\\nMason. As President of the State Board of Health, he visited Hick\\nman, Kentucky, during the yellow fever epidemic, and, upon his", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0747.jp2"}, "748": {"fulltext": "720 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\nreturn, made an able report to the board was present at the meeting\\nof the Sanitary Council of the Mississippi Valley, at Memphis,\\nApril, 1879, whce he was elected Vice President. In 1880, he was\\nre-elected, but, finding it impossible to attend meetings regularly. Dr.\\nWirt Johnson, of Mississippi, was elected in his stead. He has always\\ntaken great interest in sanitary matters has attended four meetings\\nof the National Health Board, and was two years a member of the\\nAdvisory Committee of the American Public Health Association. He\\ndid more, perhaps^ than any other one man, to secure from the Legis-\\nlature an act incorporating, and establishing upon a sound and\\nsensible basis, the present State Board of Health. At one time, when\\nthe State appropriation was inadequate for the purposes of the Board,\\nhe visited Washington and was successful in securing from the\\nNational Board sufficient help to guarantee a successful fight against\\ndangerous epidemics. \\\\v\\\\ 1860 he built the handsome residence on\\nMain Street, now owned by G. G. Ellis, and, in 1867, built his present\\nresidence. He has been identified largely with every movement\\nlooking to the impro\\\\emcnt of Henderson, taking an active part in its\\neducational, social and other leading interests, and has been for over\\na quarter of a century, not only a most active and successful prac-\\ntitioner in his profession, but also one of the most earnest and valuable\\nmembers of society. He has served for a number of years as Presi-\\ndent of the Henderson County Bible Society and has annually received\\na re-election without opposition.\\nREV. D. OWEN UAVIES, D. D., Pastor of the Presbyterian\\nChurch. Mr. Davies began his ministry in the City of Baltimore,\\ntaking charge, while yet a student in the Princeton Theological Sem-\\ninary, of the Old Duncan Church, as it was called, during the pro-\\ntracted illness of its pastor. It was this church that called Dr. Stuart\\nRobinson, from Kentucky, to his brilliant Baltimore pastorate. Mr. Da\\nvies next ministered to the Central Church of St.Louis(now Dr.Branks\\nwhile the pastor. Rev. S. J. P. Anderson, D. D., made an extended\\nEuropean tour. After a winter in the South and a summer in the\\nNorth, seeking restoration of health, which had become critical, Mr.\\nDavies was induced to take charge of a church in Cincinnati.\\nIn the spring of 1863, he was settled over the church at Paris,\\nBourbon County, and, while there, was married to a daughter of Governor\\nRichard Hawes, and there his first child was born. From Paris Mr.\\nDavies went to Clarksville, Tenn., in 1868, where he did a good\\nwork in restoring to prosperity one of the best churches in that State,\\nand in saving to the church and county Stewart College, now the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0748.jp2"}, "749": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 721\\nSouthwestern University, already doing so well and promising so\\nmuch for the higher education of Southern youth. Thence Mr. Davies\\ncame to Henderson, taking charge of the church in this city June,\\n1871. Since that time he has continued to minister to his Henderson\\nflock with an ability and anxiety of purpose that causes him to be\\nmore beloved by his people as each year rolls by.\\nThe work of this eminent and hard working divine is here to\\nshow for itself. The additions to his church each year have been\\nvery large, and, as a result, the old church now has a second church\\nof large seating capacity, one of the handsomest buildings in the\\nState, and a large and growing congregation. Verily, Mr. Davies has\\nperformed a great and good work. The fruits of his unceasing labors\\nwill follow after him.\\nJOSEPH ANTHONY HODGE, M. D., was born in Salem,\\nLivingston County, Kentucky, February 2d, 1829. His father, Edwin\\nHodge, a farmer, born in the same locality in the year 1805, was a\\nson of Robert Hodge, who, some years previous, had emigrated from\\nNorth Carolina to that county. The grandfather of Robert Hodge,\\nwith two brothers, Henry and Anthony, came from England to this\\ncountry in colonial times, one of them settling in Virginia, one in\\nMaryland, and the other in North Carolina. The family name was\\noriginally Hodges, and one of these brothers, Anthony, for whom\\nthe subject of this sketch was named, always bore the name of\\nHodges, as do his descendants to this day.\\nThe maiden name of the mother of Joseph A. Hodge was Nancy\\nSelissa Hughes, a daughter of Joseph Hughes. It maybe remarked,\\nthat the County of Livingston was divided in the year 1842 into two\\ncounties, Livingston and Crittenden. The Hughes family lived in\\nthe latter section of the old county, and it was in the latter also that\\nthe subject of this sketch was reared. After the death of his father,\\nwhen he was but eight years old, his mother married Doctor John S.\\nGilliam, a Virginian by birth, but at that time a resident of the same\\nneighborhood with herself. In many respects he was quite a remark-\\nable man, and proved to be a most kind and indulgent step father. It\\nwas th -ough his instrumentality that his step-son began the study of\\nmedici le in his eighteenth year, graduating from the medical depart-\\nment of the Louisville University in 1850, when he was just twenty-one\\nyears old. From the time of graduation until the spring of 1863, he\\nwas engaged in practice in Marion, Crittenden County, Ky., removing\\nfrom there to Henderson in April of that year. He arrived in the\\nlatter place on the twenty-eight of the month.\\n46", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0749.jp2"}, "750": {"fulltext": "72-J HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nOn December the fourth, 1851, he married Miss Susan A.,\\ndaughter of Doctor Rufus Linthicum, of the County of Muhlenberg,\\nKv., having made her acquaintance four years previous, when she was\\na school girl at St. Vincent Academy, in Union County, Ky. This\\ntransaction has never caused a moment s regret, and has ever been\\nresrarded as the chief event of his life.\\nDr. Hodge is a member of the Henderson Medical Club, Mc-\\nDowell Medical Society, Kentucky State Medical Society and the\\nAmerican Medical Association. He is also a member of the Board\\nof Medical Examiners of the Third Judicial District of Kentucky, and\\nhas been such from its establishment, over eight years ago. He was\\nPresident of the Kentucky State Society from 1875 to 1876, and has\\nacted in the same capacity for the Medical Club. He is a man of\\nvery strong character and eminently fitted for the arduous duties of\\nhis chosen profession.\\nDr. and Mrs. Hodge, in their marital union, have been blessed\\nby a family of seven children, two bovs and five daughters, all of\\nwhom are yet living, and of whom it can be said, seven more promis-\\ning children were never born. Of the five daughters it has frequently\\nbeen asserted, by competent judges, that they possess a charm of\\npersonal beauty and brightness of life unsurpassed by any similar\\nnumber reared in Kentucky.\\nWILLIAM EVANS BENNEIT.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The subject of this brief\\nsketch was born on the twenty-seventh day of January, 1814, on the\\nplace he spent his life. He was a son of Evans Bennett and Eliza-\\nbeth Morris, natives of Virginia and North Carolina. Mr. Bennett\\nwas educated at the country schools of his neighborhood. The school\\nhouse where he was taught was a rude log hut with one door and a\\nlarge dirt chimney. I have often heard him say that when his teacher,\\nfor any cause, proposed to apply the rod to him, his first object was\\nto get between him and the chimney, and then make his escape by\\nthat outlet, which was almost as easy as going out of the door. Mr.\\nBennett was all his life a farmer, and, by close application and hard\\nwork, possessed himself of a competency sufficient to raise a\\nlarge family of children and keep him and those who lived with him\\nin his old age in comfortable circumstances. For very many years he\\nserved his county as magistrate and was one of the most highly\\nrespected upon the bench. He was a plain, unassuming, Christiaii\\ngentieman, full of life and humor, honest and temperate in all things.\\nHe bore no man malice was a kind, congenial neighbor, and as\\ngreatly respected as any man who has lived in the county. Mr.\\nBennett died several years since, leaving a large family of children.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0750.jp2"}, "751": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 723\\nLUTHER FERDINAND WISE.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The subject of this sketch\\nwas born in Ohio County, and is a son of William Bradford Wise,\\nwho was born in 1805, and I^ene Blevins, born 1810. Both his\\npaternal and maternal ancestors were native Virginians.\\nIn 1861, at the beginning of the War of the Rebellion, the father\\nof our subject enlisted in the Union army at Calhoun, Ky., under\\nCaptain J. R. Wise, Company I, Colonel Hawkins Eleventh Ken-\\ntucky Infantry. He participated in all of the battles and skirmishes\\nin which his regiment was engaged, notably Shiloh and Stone River,\\nand was mustered out of the service, near the close of the war, at\\nLouisville. He was a farmer before and after the war, and owned\\nwhat was known as the handsomest place between Hartford and\\nParadise, Ohio County. The father died in 1875, leaving nine children,\\nthree boys and six girls, all of whom are living at this time.\\nLuther Ferdinand Wise was born on the ninth day of September,\\n1848, and, when arriving at school age, was sent to a private school\\nat Hartford, where he, by industry and close application, gained for\\nhimself a good country education. He commenced business as a\\nclerk in a store at Rochester, Ky., and, in 1869, removed to Hender-\\nson and accepted a clerkship with W. H. Lewis, then engaged in the\\nboot and shoe business. On the twenty-sixth day of July, 1876, he\\nmarried Mrs. Sarah A. Griffin {nee Hatchitt), daughter of James\\nHatchitt, for many years a leading and influential citizen of this\\ncounty. As a result of that marriage, one child has been born unto\\nthem, Hatchitt L., born May 15th, 1877.\\nMr. Wise remained with W. H. Lewis for eight years and then\\naccepted a deputyship under William Hatchitt, Sheriff of Henderson\\nCounty, an office he filled with signal ability up to the spring of 1882.\\nOn the twelth day of March of that year, he embarked in the grocery\\nbusiness, opening in the two-story brick, southwest corner of First\\nand Elm Streets. Upon the completion of the new Opera House, a\\nfew years since, he removed his stock into one of the handsome stores\\nof that building, where he is now doing a handsome and paying trade\\nIn politics Mr. Wise is an unswerving Democrat in religion a\\nfirm and consistent Baptist. He is a member of the Knights of\\nPythias. Altogether he is a modest, unassuming gentleman, attending\\nas he has ever done, strictly to bis business, and, by this mode of life,\\nhas accumulated a nice little estate. He has lately purchased the\\nstorehouse he originaally occupied, and, in due course of time, will\\nre-occupy it.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0751.jp2"}, "752": {"fulltext": "724 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nANDREW TATE CALLENDER was born in Henderson\\nCounty, on the eighteenth day of January, 1842. His schooling was\\nlimited to a period not exceeding six months, and this fact makes his\\nsuccess as a business man all the more wonderful. Mr. Callender is\\nwell known as a man of commercial capacity few have ever attained\\nto with the start he had in life. He is a son of Thomas Jefferson\\nCallender and Martha Chiles Harris, both native Kentuckians, and\\nboth early comers to this county. It is not necessary to say that our\\nsubject is a Democrat, the Thomas Jefferson attaching to the paternal\\nhead will guarantee that fact.\\nThe parents of the subject of this sketch, on coming to this\\ncounty, settled on a farm near Spottsville, on Green River. During\\nthe building of the locks and dam at that place, T. J. Callender was\\none of the most faithful employees. Andrew Tate Callender was\\nborn in Henderson County on the eighteenth day of January, 1842, as\\nbefore stated, and knew nothing but hard work during his boyhood.\\nJudge Warden P. Churchill, now of Louisville, but who, at one time,\\nresided in Henderson, instructed him in about all the studies he was\\never fortunate enough to receive an opportunity of knowing anything\\nabout.\\nOn the nineteenth day of February, 1868, after having earned for\\nhimself a wifely competency, he married Miss Mary K. Eargood, and,as\\na result of that marriage, there have been born unto him and his faithful\\nlife partner, three children, now living, Lila, Andrew T. and Millard\\nNorman. Lila, the elde st, married, September, 1885, Charles\\nMcAhan, and they have one son, recently born.\\nOur subject has been a hard working farmer the greater part of\\nhis life, three years of which time was spent with his father in\\nWebster County, the remainder, up to 1870, in Henderson County.\\nDuring the year 1870, he came to the city and purchased what was\\nthen known as Stapp Sheffer s steam mill grocery on the corner of\\nFourth and Green Streets. In 1872, he purchased the grocery stock\\nof K. Geibel, Jr., diagonally across from his then place of business,\\nand consolidated the two stores. He yet carries on the grocery\\nbusiness at the same stand, southeast corner of Fifth and Elm Streets,\\nand is doing a lucrative trade.\\nTo use a rather uncommon phrase, Mr. Callender has exhibited\\nmore spread out than most men, and, as an evidence of it, he pur-\\nchased of George Able, in 1882, a frame store building in the Third\\nWard, corner of Adams and Clay Street seeing far enough ahead to\\nknow that that stand, if not then, would ultimately become a good", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0752.jp2"}, "753": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 725\\none. A short time after this purchase, this house burned, and he im-\\nmediately erected for that locaHty, a commodious brick, and installed\\nhis brother as manager of a large and varied stock of groceries and\\nnecessary householdgoods. In this, as in all other enterprises willed\\nby him, he has been successful, and to-day, beholds himself the pos-\\nsessor of a competency amply sufficient for any purpose he may wish.\\nMr. Callender has never attached himself to any religious denomina-\\ntion, yet he inherits the Baptist fai^h from the paternal, and Metho-\\ndist from the maternal parental heads. He has never joined a\\nLodge of any kind. He is a member of the Public and High School\\nBoards.\\nWYNN GLASS DIXON is a young farmer, living upon, and op-\\nerating one hundred and fifty acres of fine farming land, which he\\nowns, and upon which he successfully grows tobacco, wheat, corn and\\nhay. He is a gentleman rather more professional looking in appear-\\nance than is usually the case with planters and cultivators of the soil.\\nHe comes from a family, both sides representing a worthy profess-\\nional lineage in several instances, in fact, unsurpassed for legal learn-\\ning and governmental polity. He is a son of Charles Cornelius Dixon,\\nwho was a highly influential and worthy citizen of this county, and Isa-\\nbella Pauline Clay, a second cousin of Henry Clay. Mr. Dixon was\\nborn in Henderson County, on the 24th day of March, 1855, and re-\\nceived his primary education from the county schools. Sub ^equent\\nto that time, he matriculated at one of the best educational institu-\\ntions at Mt. Vernon Indiana. At this place he graduated, and since\\nthat time, has been engaged in farming. On the seventeenth day of\\nDecember, 1878, he was married to iMiss Mattie Randolph of this\\ncounty, and two children. Ruby Dixon, and Roger Sherman, now bless\\nthat happy union. In politics, our subject is a Democrat in relig-\\nious opinion and training, a Cumberland Presbyterian. He has ne\\\\er\\njoined a Lodge of any kind, but stays quietly at his home, surrounded\\nby a loving household, where the moonlight of connubial felicity\\nshines upon him, without going elsewhere to seek pleasures in the so-\\nciety of men. The father of our subject died in the year 1881, aged\\nsixty-two years.\\nWILLIAM SAMUEL GRADY. The gentleman whose name\\nheads this sketch, a farmer by occupation and a good one, too, is the son\\nof Brock man B. Grady and Jane Powers, natives of Shelby County, Ken-\\ntucky. William Samuel, was born near Shelbyville, Shelby County, on\\nthe third day of September, 1841, and on the twenty-first day of January,\\n1869, immigrated to Henderson County. His life s occupation, aside", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0753.jp2"}, "754": {"fulltext": "726 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\nfrom the time he gave his chosen country, fighting for the Confederacy,\\nhas been that of a farmer. Two years after coming to Henderson County,\\nto-wit on the twenty-seventh day of December, 1871, he was united in\\nmarriage with Miss Mary Butler, a highly connected young lady,and one\\nwhom the writer of this is pleased to remember as one eminently qualified\\nto assume the duties of mother and housekeeper. Two children have\\nbeen born to Mr. and Mrs. Grady Henry and Furman Harvey the\\nlatter now dead, having been the victim of an accident at Colonel\\nJackson McClain s home farm several years ago. Our subject was\\na gallant soldier of General John H. Morgan s command, and with his\\nGeneral, was captured in the Morgan raid through Ohio. He was\\nconfined in Camp Chase, near Columbus, and, subsequently, with\\none or two comrades, effected his escape and footed it to Cincinnati,\\nwhere he boarded a steamer and landed at Louisville without being\\nmolested or even suspicioned. As he was a good soldier, ever doing\\nhis duty, he is a charitable, open hearted, good citizen, loving his\\nfriends, and doing unto his neighbor as he would have done unto\\nhimself.\\nWILLIAM EDWARD LABREY was born at New Albany,\\nIndiana, June 9th, 1844, and was educated from the city schools of\\nthat place. He is a son of Edward Labrey and Theresa Palmer. His\\npaternal grandfather, Anthony Labrey, died in Pans, France his\\nmaternal grandfather, R. J. Palmer, who was the first President of\\nthe Iron Mountain Railroad and grocery merchant, died in 1865, at\\nHanover, now Crystal City, Missouri.\\nOur subject has always manifested a taste for active life and from\\nthat disposition, before his majority, engaged in trading in stock and\\nfollowing teaming for a livelihood. He was one of the first to volun-\\nteer his services to the support of the Union at the breaking out of\\nthe late war, and was mustered into the Thirty-eighth Indiana Regi-\\nment at New Albany, on the seventeenth day of June, 1861. His\\nregiment was assigned to Scribner s Brigade, General Rousseau s\\nDivision, Army of the Cumberland. At the noted and terrible battle\\nof Perryville, Mr. Labrey served as Ordinance Master and was placed\\nin charge of an ordinance train. While there, in the discharge of his\\nduty, he was wounded in the left side and was given a six months\\nleave of absence. He afterwards was appointed Wagon Master of\\nthe Fourteenth Army Corps, General Walcott commanding. Prior to\\nWalcott, the Fourteenth Corps was commanded by General George\\nH. Thomas, so distinguished for his fighting pluck and splendid mili-\\ntary judgment. Mr. Labrey participated in many battles and skir-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0754.jp2"}, "755": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 727\\nmishes, notably Perryville, Chickamauga and Kennesaw Mountain.\\nAt Chickamauga he was the second time wounded while trying to\\nrally a wagon train. For all thi^ the Government has recognized his\\nservices by placing his name upon the pension rolls\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a recognition\\nworthily bestowed. Three months after the close of the war in 1865\\nMr. Labr y was in charge of one of the largest Government Wagon\\nPosts.\\nJune 15th, 1865, at New Albany, he was married to Miss Minnie\\nGilchrist, and this union has been blessed by the birth of seven\\nchildren, Maude, Effie, Bert, Kate, Annie, Minnie and Wilbur. In\\n1867, our subject with, his then little family, came to Henderson,\\nwhere he has been engaged, up to this writing, in teaming, contract-\\ning and carrying on a livery business. It is due to say of him that, by\\nenergy and industry, knowing no limit, he has proven his metal,\\ngained a snug property and lives happily in the society of a loving\\nfamily and a host of friends.\\nOur subject was raised a Catholic, but, several years ago, united\\nwith the Baptist Church. He is a member of the Masonic and Odd\\nFellow fraternities, as he is also a member of the Iron Hall Insurance\\nBenefit and the Grand Army of the Republic Societies. He is a member\\nof the Henderson Fire Department, having, during his membership,\\nfilled all of the chairs, and performed upon numerous occasions, a noble\\nduty, for which he is held in high esteem.\\nPETER CHARLES KYLE.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 To write a full, complete, and de-\\nserving detailed review of the incidents and interesting surroundings,\\nassociated with the ancestral family and individual life of the o-entle-\\nman whose name appears at the head of this article, would require\\na book of itself, but limit calls a halt in a work of this magnitude, and\\nwe must therefore ask pardon for the brevity exercised in his case\\nnevertheless, we shall endeavor to give to those who follow after him,\\na sketch, full enough to leave them in no doubt as to his whereabouts\\nfrom his birth up to this writing. Peter Charles Kyle is a native of\\nSaarlouis of Rhenish, Prussia, four or five miles from the frontier of\\nFrance, long in the possession of that country, and was fortified bv\\nVauban in the reign of Louis XIV. The Congress of Vienna gave it\\nto Prussia in 1815. The date of his birth was on the eleventh of Novem-\\nber, 1839. His f ither sname was Christian Kyle, his mother s maiden\\nname Gertrude Herring. The father was born in Berlin in 1794, and\\nserved as Second Lieutenant on the guard of the King of Prussia, dur-\\ning the War of 1812. The mother was born at Saarlouis in the year\\n1796. In November, 1840, when our subject was only one year old,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0755.jp2"}, "756": {"fulltext": "728 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTV, KY.\\nhis father and mother and what children they had at that time, sailed\\nfor America in a sailing vessel and were ninety days on the ocean\\nfrom Havre to New Orleans. They remained there some time, and\\nthen journeyed on up the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers to Madison,\\nIndiana, where the old man engaged in the stone masonry business.\\nIn this he continued for four years, when an accidental fall produced\\nconjestion of the lungs, and death ensued. The wife and widowed\\nmother was thus left with five children to care for, the eldest ten years,\\nthe youngest, six weeks. The subject of this sketch was at that time\\nonly five years of age. The mother, by her own labor and the exercise\\nof motherly economy, successfully cared for her little ones, until they\\narrived at an age that justified calling them to her assistance. The\\nchildren were blessed with an intelligent energy that relieved the\\nmother, and since 1870, she has found a welcome, comfortable home\\nwith her son, the subject of this sketch. On the 28th day of Decem-\\nber, 1886, Mrs, Kyle departed this life at the advanced age of ninety\\nyears, and it is comforting to know that in giving up a long, well spent\\nlife to take on one more full of sunshine, all was peace and fearless\\nsubmission.\\nMr. Kvle, the subject of this sketch, was educated at the Madison,\\nIndiana, public schools, and, during his life in that city, learned the art\\nof bricklaying. During the year 1857, he went South and settled in\\nBayou La Fourche Parish, Louisiana, and there followed his trade up\\nto the twentieth of May, 1860, when he joined the Louisiana Army an i\\nwas made Lieutenant of the Assumption Blues. Soon after he was\\nsent with his command to the mouth of Bayou La Fourche River and\\nthere built, or assisted in building, a fort. At the completion of this\\nwork he received si discharge from the State and immediately set to\\nwork recruiting a company for the Confederate Service. He was not\\nlong in doing this, and with his troops joined the Eighth Louisiana Reg-\\ngiment and was sent to Virginia. From Virginia he was permitted and\\ndirected to return to his home and recruit and reorganize a company\\nof cavalry. This company was recruited to its full number in a short\\nwhile, and under the command of Captain Albert Cage, was assigned\\nto Gen. Wirt Adams command. Subsequent to this, he was placed\\non detached duty in the Signal Service Corps and assigned to the\\ncommands of Generals Pemberton and Bowen, at Grand Gulf and\\nVicksburg, Mississippi.\\nHe surrendered, with Pemberton s command, to General U. S.\\nGrant on the fourth day of July, 1864, and in the following September\\nwas exchanged. He again re-entered active service and was assigned", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0756.jp2"}, "757": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY 729\\nto the cavalry under General Wirt Adams. His daring disposition\\nlead him, with two comrades, to make a night raid into Natchez, and,\\nas a result, all three of them ^ere taken prisoners, and sent to\\nCamp Morton, Indianapolis, Indiana, where they arrived Christmas\\nday, 1864. Mr. Kyle was held a prisoner of war until May 14th,\\n1865, when hj was set at liberty. The war having terminated, he\\nleft the prison walls and settled in Thorntown, Indiana, where he\\nremained until February, 1867, when he removed to Henderson.\\nOn August 5th, 1865, he married, at Thorntown, Miss Phoebe\\nAnn Thompson, granddaughter of Captain Phil. Thompson, who\\nfought with the Harrison Guards at the battle of Tippecanoe, and\\nafterwards settled near Stockwell Indiana. By this marriage there\\nwere five children, four of whom are now living, John W Louisa, Pe-\\nter C. and Edward. The eldest child, Jacob, met a tragic and most\\ndistressing death. He was quite a child, and while out driving on the\\nroad, the horses became frightened, ran away, and little Jake was\\nkilled. On the twenty-third day of October, 1873, Mrs. Kyle, whose\\nlife had been devoted to her husband and children, departed this life,\\nand thus the bereaved husband was left with four children to care for\\nand bring up in the world. Faithfully he performed this duty until\\nthe twentieth day of January, 1880, when he took unto himself a\\nsecond wife. Miss Louise Thompsoti, sister of his first wite, who has\\nperformed the duties of maternal head of the family most satisfactorily\\nfrom the date of her marriage up to this writing.\\nMr. Kyle is a contractor of bricU and stone work, doing a large\\nbusiness, and enjoys the confidence of the entire community. He\\nserved a term of years as Superintendent of the screets of the city, and\\nit is said by knowing ones that the position was never before or since\\nso well filled. He was at all times watchful, diligent and active, and\\nall of his work was done with an eye to permanency and not slushed\\nover as is so often the case. In politics he recognizes no party, but\\nholds himself aloof to vote and think as his own conscience dictates.\\nIn religion, he was born a Catholic, but has never affiliated with the\\nchurch in fact, he is not much of a churchman in any sense of the\\nword. Yet, he is liberal to a fault, open hearted, willing at all times\\nto do unto others as he would be done by, loves his friends and has a\\nhost of them. He is a leading member of the Independent Order of\\nOdd Fellows and of the Knights of Pythias, and has represented his\\nlodges in the grand bodies of the State.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0757.jp2"}, "758": {"fulltext": "730 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nGEORGE WASHINGTON McCLURE.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The subject of this\\nsketch was born in Union County, seven miles east of Morganfield,\\non the seventeenth day of April, 1833, and was the only child of Alex-\\nander McClure, of Rockbridge County, Virginia, a comer to Kentucky\\nin 1812. His early education was obtained from the ordinary schools\\nof his county, until at the age of fourteen years he was sent to New\\nAlbany, Indiana, and placed under the tutorage of Prof. John B. An-\\nderson. He remained three years at New Albany, and then entered\\nCentre College, Danville, where he completed his education. He\\nthen returned to Union County, and commenced farming upon a large\\nand successful scale. At the age of twenty-six, and in January, 1859,\\nMr. McClure was married to Miss Mary H. Dixon, daughter of Cap-\\ntain Henry Dixon, and granddaughter of Capt Hal Dixon. On Janu-\\nary 1st, 1870, he removed with his family to Henderson County, and\\non the first day of January, 1872, occupied his new and handsome\\nresidence in the town of Corydon, whciC he has since continued to\\nreside.\\nMr. McClure has served a number of terms as Trustee of the\\nPublic School of the town of Corydon, and twice or more times hon-\\nored in his appointment as Chairman. For five years or more he has\\nbeen appointed by the County Court, Trustee of the Henderson High\\nSchool. In every position ot trust he has evinced marked ability and\\ngood, reliable judgment. Mr. McClure is a man of large means and\\nis regarded one of the staunchest men of the county. His home is\\none of the happiest and handsomest. Mrs. McClure is a most excel-\\nlent lady, of fine judgment, and to her, perhaps, a great share of credit\\nis due her husband s success in life. They have three children. The\\neldest, Miss Anna, married several years since, Mr. L. E. Hearne, of\\nBoyle County. Henry is a brilliant young man, and will eventually\\nmake his mark in the world. Within the last twelve months, Mr. Mc-\\nClure has built in Corydon a magnificent flouring mill of large capacity\\nand capable oi turning out the best brands of flour known to the trade-\\nJAMES NATHANIEL POWELL, M. D.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dr. Powell, son of\\nNathaniel B. Powell and grandson of Col. James Powell, one of the\\nearly pioneers, was born in Henderson County, near Corydon, on the\\nfirst day of June, 1837. He received his early training from the\\nneighborhood schools until 1856, when he matriculated at Bethel\\nCollege, Russellville, Ky., where he remained two years Subse-\\nquently he studied medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. Dunham,\\nof Uniontown, and Dr. John N. Dorsey, of Corydon. He attended\\nthe Louisville Medical University, receiving two courses of lectures", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0758.jp2"}, "759": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 731\\nduring the erms of 1860, 61 and 62. He then returned to Corydon\\nand commenced the practice of his profession.\\nOn the fifth dav of Mav, 1868, Dr. Powell married Miss Bettie,\\ndaughter of Dr. John N. Dorsev, and has several children. Dr. Powell\\nis a physician of prominence in the profession, enjoys a large practice\\nand has been remarkably successful in the treatment of diseases.\\nHe is a gentleman of excellent habits and deservedly popular. He\\nhas served as Trustee of the town of Corydon and of the Public\\nSchool at that place.\\nHON. JOSEPH VALENTINE OWEN.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The subject of this\\nsketch was born in Columbus, Kentucky, on the twenty-seventh day\\nof July, 1851. When at the age of one year, his father removed to\\nPaducah, and there remained up to his death, at which time young\\nJoseph was fourteen years of age. He was then taken by his uncle,\\nDr. Owen, to Hopkins County, where he remained one year, when he\\nconcluded to locate in Corydon. To this end, therefore, he packed\\nhis wordly goods in a hand satchel and footed it overland. Mr. Owen\\ninherited nothing save a strong mind and ample energy to back it.\\nHis education was limited, yet every spare moment was devoted to\\nthe improvement of his mind. Arriving at Corydon, he was soon\\ngiven a situation with T. C. Hart, and, during this time, attended\\nas best he could, a private school. He soon after went to King s\\nMills and taught school there then engaged in the mercantile busi-\\nness. In 1871 he returned to Corydon and entered into the dry goods\\nbusiness with H. A. Powell. In 1873 the firm changed to Thos. W.\\nPowell and himself. During the summer of 1875, Mr. Owen sold out\\nto Green W. Pritchett, and, at the earnest solicitation of friends,\\nmade the race for Representative, as an Independent, against Isham\\nCottingham, and was elected by a majority of 1.080 votes. He served\\nduring the term of 1875 and 76, and, during the time, introduced\\nseveral important bills, among the number one regulating the election\\nof constables, greatly simplifing matters and saving a large and un-\\nnecessary expense. In 1876, Mr. Owen was again a candidate, but\\nwas defeated by the Hon. M. Merritt. He then purchased the stock\\nof H. A. Powell, May 6th, 1876 A year or two afterwards he built\\na large two-story business house, the second story, 35x60, being set\\napart for a town hall.\\nOn the sixteenth day of October, 1877, Mr. Owen married Miss\\nTina Powell, daughter of H. A. Powell and granddaughter of James\\nW. Gibson. They have had several children. On the tenth day of\\nMarch, 1884, a fire swept Corydon, and Mr. Owen was one of the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0759.jp2"}, "760": {"fulltext": "732 HISTORY OF HENDKRSON COUNTY, KY.\\nlargest losers, his storehouse and hall being consumed. Nothing\\ndaunted, he rebuilt, providing himself with a larger and far better\\nhouse. The second house was of brick and thought to be fireproof,\\nbut, on the ninth day of April, 1887, another and still larger fire\\nswept Corydon, and Mr. Owen was again burned out, house, stock\\nand all. For the third time he has builded again. There is no limit\\nto his industry and enterprise.\\nThe grandfather of Mr. Owen, Joseph Owen, was one of the first\\nMagistrates in Union County, and, at one time, owned the Saline Salt\\nWorks in Illinois. His great uncle, Abraham Owen, was killed at\\nthe battle of Tippecanoe, and his name is inscribed upon the Soldiers\\nMonument at Frankfort. He was a Colonel, commanding a regiment\\nof Kentucky troops.\\nMr. Owen has served as Trustee of the town and Public School,\\nand has been a liberal contributor to every public enterprise. He is\\nan enterprising, thrifty merchant.\\nHON. HENRY FIELDING TURNER was born on the\\ntwenty-ninth day of April, 1829, in Fa3^ette County. Kentucky. He\\nwas the fourth son of Judge Fielding Lewis Turner, who immigrated to\\nFavette Countv with his father, Lewis E. Turner, from Loudon\\nCounty, Virginia, in the year 1786.\\nHenry F. Turner graduated in the Law Department of the Tran-\\nsylvania University, Lexington, at the age of nineteen years, and was\\nadmitted to the bar in Lexington during the same year. On the twenty-\\neighth day of February, 1(S49, the Legislature passed an act relieving\\nhim of the disabilities of minority; and thus he was fully authorized to\\npractice his chosen profession. This was, perhaps, the first special\\nact of the kind ever passed in the State, the General Law requiring\\nthe applicant to be twenty-one years of age. Mr. Turner has been a\\nclose student of his profession from that day to the present time.\\nOn the eighth day of May, 1850, he was married to Miss Lucinda,\\nthe only daughter of Doctor John Slavens, of Harrodsburg. They re-\\nmoved to Henderson County in the year 185.^ and settled the place\\nwhere they now reside. Having been born and raised upon a farm,\\nMr. Turner has always loved the pursuit of agriculture, which he now\\ncarries on to a considerable extent, in addition to the practice of law.\\nHe was a large owner of slaves, and took the world easy, having\\naround him all of the old-time luxuries Kentucky gentlemen were so\\nwont to have in ante bellum days. His hospitable house was a home\\nindeed where every caller was made to feel that he or she were at a\\nsecond home. Nor has any of the old-time hospitality departed from", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0760.jp2"}, "761": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0761.jp2"}, "762": {"fulltext": "W. W. SHELBY S RESIDENCE.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0762.jp2"}, "763": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 733\\nthis place the latch string still hangs on the outside, and the same\\nhabits are indulged in living and manners, as were the custom in the\\ngood old times long passed away. Mrs Turner is a lady of model\\nintelligence and domestic virtues, and has been a life partner worthy\\nthe love bestowed upon her by her devoted husband. They have\\nraised a family of brilliant children, four of whom are now living\\nMrs. Josie Allen, of Chicago; Fielding L., of Ballard County; Mrs.W.W.\\nShelby, and Miss Lucie, now living in Henderson. These ladies oc-\\ncupy the highest social positions, and are eminently fitted to adorn any\\nstation in life. Mr. Turner came to Henderson at a time when its\\nbar was one of the strongest in the State, but, by close application\\nand watchfulness, he soon rose to the front, and has held that position\\nto the present time. As a lawyer, he has been exceptionally success-\\nful, has made a fine record, and stands deservedly high at the bar.\\nAs a skillful and far-seeing business man, he has few equals in Hen-\\nderson has refused, with one exception, all offers to engage in polit-\\nical turmoil, confining himself, with all his energy to his own business\\ninterests, and to a lively participation in the business and social pros-\\nperity of his city and county. He has accumulated a handsome es-\\ntate and enjoys life in the home of a happy and loving family. Mr.\\nTurner has frequently served his city as Council advisor, and for a\\nnumber of years has served as director of the Farmers Bank is a lib-\\neral contributor to every worthy public enterprise. He is a member\\nof the Masonic Fraternity, having attained to the sublime degree of\\nKnights Templar.\\nWILLIAM W. SHELBY was born in the Point, opposite New-\\nburgh, on the twenty-seventh day of August, 1836. His father being a\\nman of more than ordinary means,and a well-to-do f armer,was enabled to\\ngive his son a liberal collegiate education. His early training was\\nhad in the private schools of Newburgh, Indiana, and from thence to\\nPrinceton College, Kentucky, where he remained three years. At\\nthe age of eighteen, he was sent to Hanover College, Indiana, where\\nhe remained two years. He then entered Georgetown, Kentucky, Col-\\nlege, but, owing to the political complexion of the country, he became\\ndissatisfied at the end of six weeks, and was granted an examination,\\nand permitted to graduate. Mr. Shelby, then returned to his father s\\nfarm in the Point, and undertook a farmer s life. In 1856 his father\\nremoved to Owensboro, and young Shelby took control of the farm.\\nHe was a large grower of corn and tobacco up to 1866, and usually\\nshipped his tobacco to European markets. In 1861 Mr. Shelby\\nformed a partership with his uncle, John S. McCormick, and built a", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0763.jp2"}, "764": {"fulltext": "734 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nlarge tobacco stemmery at Scuffletown. In 1868, they built a large\\nstore room, and for many years, did a very large grocery, dry goods,\\nand notion trade. In 1867, through the instrumentality of Mr.\\nShelbv, the Post Office Department at Washington was induced to\\nestablish an office at Scuffletown, and John Folden was appointed\\nPostmaster. Mr. Shelby really was Postmaster, as he alone attended\\nto all postal matters up to 1881. Shelby McCormick did an im-\\nmense business, and with very gratifying results. In addition to\\ntheir tobacco stemmery and store, they built and operated a grist\\nmill and blacksmith shop. They put up in strips for the European\\nmarket, as high as five hundred hogsheads and one hundred hogs-\\nheads of leaf. Their usual average was from three to four hundred\\nhogsheads.\\nThe mercantile interest averaged, in annual sales, thirty thousand\\ndollars. Mr. Shelby was, during the partnership, the active partner,\\nand gave his entire attention to its affairs. Prior to the time he com-\\nmenced buying tobacco there was not much of a crop grown in the\\nPoint, but in 1877, there was 1,100,000 lbs. grown, and he became the\\npurchaser of nearly the entire crop. This was the largest crop ever\\ngrown in the Point Precinct. Mr Shelby was a heavy grower of corn\\nand tobacco, his crops frequently a\\\\ eraging from ten to fifteen thous-\\nand bushels of corn, and from fifty to one hundred thousand pounds of\\ntobacco. During the early part of 1881, Mr. Shelby sold his store to\\nFulner Allen, and in June came to Henderson to reside. On the\\ntwentv-fourth dav of October, 1877, he married Miss Marv E. Turner,\\nthird daughter of Hon. H. F. Turner, a lady of high social character\\nand very handsome. As a result of this union, two children have\\nbeen bom, Lucie and Georgia, two as bright jewels as are to be\\nfound\u00c2\u00abin the entire human family. Prior to his coming to Henderson,\\nMr. Shelby, and his uncle, John S. McCormick, purchased the Dun-\\nlop tobacco stemmery on lower Main Street in the City of Henderson.\\nFor several years the firm purchased tobacco, but in September, 1882,\\nhe became, by purchase, the sole owner of the entire property. On\\nthe first day of July, 1882, having leased the lower saw mill, and laid\\nin a large supply of logs, Mr. Shelby commenced sawing lumber for\\nthe trade. He carried on a very large business, but owing to the in-\\ncompleteness of the mill and the heavy running expense attaching on\\nthat account, he abandoned the lumber business. During the sum-\\nmer of 1882, a copartnership, consisting of W. W. Shelby, Fielding B.\\nTurner and William Soaper, was formed, and, in September, the\\nbuilding of a hominy mill was begun. This mill, a large, three-story", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0764.jp2"}, "765": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 735\\nframe, with roomy cribs, warerooms and other rfecessary appendages,\\nwas soon completed and fully equipped with the best and latest\\nmachines and machinery known to the manufacturing trade. On the\\nfirst day of January, 1883, the machinery was started. Two years\\nafterwards Messrs. Shelby and Soaper purchased Turner s interest,\\nand, from that time, Mr. Shelby has had entire control, and a splendid\\nsuccess he has made of it.\\nIn addition to the large business, demanding the almost exclusive\\nattention of Mr. Shelby, in 1882, 83, he was a large buyer of wheat\\nand walnut logs. In everything he has undertaken he has proven a\\nsuccess, until to-day he is justly regarded of superior business tact and\\nfar seeing judgment.\\nMr. Shelby, having gone from the schoolroom to hard and end-\\nless work, had so overtaxed himself that recreation was positively\\nneeded; therefore, he visited Europe in 1875, and spent the greater\\npart of the year traveling in that country. Returning home again, he\\ntook up the thread of his multiplied business and has devoted himself\\nwith an assiduity of purpose that has placed him among the foremost\\nmen of his State. As a citizen, Mr. Shelby is enterprising and public\\nspirited, contributing freely of his time, means and ability. As a man,\\nhe is fearless, open, frank, sincere, not only sagacious, biit prudent,\\nmethodical and indefatigable, broad in his plans, keenly alive to the\\ndetails in their execution and faithful under all circumstances to his\\nengagements.\\nIn 1883, 84, Mr. Shelby built his present magnificent residence,\\ncertainly the handsomest in the city and much handsomer than very\\nmany metropolitan homes costing twice as much. From 1860 to 1875\\nMr. Shelby served the people of the Point District as Magistrate, and\\nit is a fact, was never elected but once. The confidence imposed in\\nhim was unlimited. He also served as Postmaster from 1867 to 1881.\\nHe has never attached himself to a church or lod^e.\\nSAMUEL E KING. This gentleman was born in Marion\\nCounty, Kentucky, on the thirteenth day of October, 1827, and came\\nwith his father, George W. King, to Henderson County when at the\\nage of one year and settled in what is now known as the Pooltown\\nneighborhood, some fourteen or fifteen miles out on the Madisonville\\nroad. At eight years of age, his father removed with his family onto\\nthe Ohio River at a point opposite Evansville. In the spring of 1846,\\nwhen young King was nineteen years of age, his father again changed\\nlocations, settling this time near where Samuel E. King now lives.\\nHe lived with his father up to the day of his death, which occurred on\\nthe eighth day of November, 1854.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0765.jp2"}, "766": {"fulltext": "736 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nOn the twenty-eighth of September, 1854, the subject of this\\nsketch married Miss Elizabeth White, daughter of Larkin White, and,\\nafter his father s death, purchased lands and began life in search of a\\nfortune for himself and family, and, from a small beginning has accu\\nmulated until now he is regarded as one of the monied men of his\\nsection of the country.\\nMrs. King is the mother of eight children, and she and her faith\\nful husband yet live in the full enjoyment of good health. Mr. King\\nhas led an active farmer s life, and, unlike most men, has given his\\nundivided time, in a most modest and unpretentious way to his own\\naffairs, leaving others to do likewise.\\nB. F. MARTIN, son of Stephen Martin, one of the first settlers\\nof the Smith s Mills neighborhood, was born near Smith s Mills on the\\ntwenty-sixth day of July, 18ii9. In his youthful days, there were no\\nregular schools, and the greater part of his education was gained from\\nitinerant teachers. Near his father s house was Colonel Robert\\nSmith s old sweep mill, the only one in the country around, and a part\\nof work allotted to him, was the bolting of flour in an old fashioned\\nhand bolter for the family use. This flour, when bolted, was, perhaps,\\nas course as bran, yet it was so highly regarded as a luxury the little\\nones were only treated to cakes made of it once a week, on Sunday\\nmorning; another luxury to which he, with the other children was\\nsometimes treated, was mush and milk for supper, supplied in a large\\nbowl set before them, and each child permitted to dip for himself.\\nSuch a comfort or convenience as a pair of pants was not known until\\nthe boy had grown large enough to handle a plow. His usual dress\\nconsisted of a long coarse cotton garment, cool and airy particularly\\nin the winter time with a button at the neck. All of the cloth, in-\\ncluding cotton for the boys and linsey for the girls, was made at home\\non a hand loom. Thus the subject of this sketch grew up, and yet he\\nlost no time in learning the ways of the world, and fitting himself for\\nuseful citizenship At the age of twenty-seven, on the twenty-third\\nday of December, 1856, he married Miss Margaret, daughter of Col\\nonel Robert Smith. They have two daughters living, one the wife of\\nDr. L. C. Royster, a oromising young physician, the other yet un\\nmarried. Mr. Martin is the owner of a fine body of land, and is one\\nof Henderson s most successful farmers. He is an influential man,\\nand was the first constable of his district elected after the adoption of\\nthe new Constitution, in which office he served during the years 1851,\\n52, 53, 55, 56. He also served his district as Magistrate during\\nthe years 1857, 58, 59, and 60.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0766.jp2"}, "767": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 737\\nREV. A. HATCHITT is a son of Rev. Wm. Hatchitt he was\\nborn in Lunenburg County, Virginia, on the twenty-third day of July,\\n1817, and came with his parents to Kentucky in 1828. His father\\nsettled in Henderson County, onPthe road leading from Henderson to\\nOwensboro, about eight miles from Henderson. His father and\\nmother being earnest Christian people, Mr. Hatchitt had most excel-\\nlent moral training in his early raising, but he grew out from under\\nparental control, and became wild, and loved to associate with the\\nfast young men of the day. But, becoming deeply impressed on\\nthe subject of religion, he at once quit his wild ways, and became a\\ndevoted Christian man. He was baptized by Rev. R. G. Garnett, and\\nbecame a member of Grave Creek Church in 1838. Soon after this\\nhe procured a letter from that church, and joined Bethel Church,\\nwhere he has remained an honored member ever since.\\nHe began preaching in the year 1844, and was ordained at Bethel\\nChurch September 7th, 1845, Elders K. G. Hay, Wm. Whayne and\\nJoseph Board, officiating. He has been Pastor of Bethel, Zion, Cash\\nCreek, Grave Creek and Cherry Hill Churches. He has been a very\\nsuccessful preacher, both as pastor and evangelist. The matter of\\nhis preaching has always been good. His modesty has prevented him\\nfrom being more widely, known, and he never sought to be noticed.\\nWe are indebted for these notes to a friend of his. He has done more\\npreaching for less pay, so far as this world s goods are concerned,\\nthan any other minister in Henderson County. He has, perhaps, mar-\\nried twice as many people as any preacher now living in the county.\\nSeveral years ago, he had the misfortune to lose the wife of his early\\nmanhood, since which time his life has seemed lonely but his labors\\nhave not abated, and with a life of good work behind him, he is\\nreadv for the reward just before him, and there are none to doubt that\\nthe reward will be full.\\nWILKINS N. ROYSTER was born in Henderson County,\\ntwelve miles south of Henderson and one mile and a half west of\\nRobards Station, on the twenty-eighth day of April, 1830. His\\nfather, T. W. Royster, was one of the earlier settlers of that section\\nof the county, and, with him, young Wilkins toiled until he was twen-\\nty-one years of age. During his youthful days, he attended the first\\nschool at George Rudy s old school house, and, by industry and hard\\nstudy, managed to provide himself with a respectable understanding\\nof the primary and some of the intermediate branches of study. Ar-\\nriving at the age of twenty-one, he pursued his studies and added\\n47", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0767.jp2"}, "768": {"fulltext": "738 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\no-reallv to what he had learned while attending the neighborhood\\nschool. In the year 1S51, he purchased himself a little home of one\\nhundred acres, one mile south of his father s, and settled down in the\\nwoods to hard work, clearing his land and arranging for crop raising.\\nOn the twenty-fourth day of February, 1853, he married Miss\\nJane Spencer, eldest daughter of Enoch Spencer, who has proven a\\nfaithful helpmate. Since his marriage, Mr. Royster, by economy,\\nexcellent judgment and unceasing labor, has accumulated, until his\\nfarm numbers now three hundred and forty acres of the finest farming\\nland in Henderson County, and is in a most excellent state of cultiva-\\ntion. He has raised a family of four boys and two girls, and is legarded\\nas one of the most substantial men, and certainly one of, if not the\\nbest, growers of tobacco in the county. In 1S61 he was made a Mason,\\na member of Cairo Lodge, and, though livino^ a great distance away,\\nhas faithfully served his lodge in the capacity of Senior Deacon and\\nSenior Warden. He is justly held in high esteem for his many shin-\\ning traits of social and religious worth, and, though often importuned,,\\nhas steadfastly refused political preferment.\\nLARKIN WHITE, JR., was born on the twenty-ninth day of\\nSeptember, 1820, on the Pamphlin place near Zion. He attended the\\nZion school, and at that time there was no other building at Zion, which\\nwas taught first by Rev. William Hatchett and then by Henry Poole.\\nThis school, unlike most of the educational institutions of the county,\\nwas taught throughout the whole year, and from this he gained a good\\nEnglish education. At the age of twenty he came to Henderson and\\nentered into the employ of A. B. Barret, with whom he lived and con-\\ntinued to do business for eighteen years. In the year of 1857 he pur-\\nchased of Dr. H. H Farmer the farm on which he now lives, and from\\nthat time to this has been actively engaged in agricultural pursuits.\\nOn the seventeenth day of March, 1856, Mr. White and Mrs. Lucy\\nWatson were married. On the twenty-first day of June, 1863, this union\\nwas broken by the death of his wife. On the twenty-sixth day of\\nSeptember, 1865, he married his second wife, Miss Lucy Hicks, daugh-\\nter of old Uncle Ben Hicks, of Hebardsville, with whom he lived in\\nmarital feilicity until the twenty-third day of January, 1883, when she\\ndied. By this marriage Mr. White has four children living, one\\ndaughter and three sons. His daughter, Miss Larkie, bids fair to be-\\ncome a most brilliant woman, while his young sons are bright and\\npromising. Mr. White has never held a political ofifice and never was\\na candidate for one. Since the organization of the Henderson Fair\\nCompany in 1857, he has been one of its most active supporters, a", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0768.jp2"}, "769": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 739\\ngreater part of the time serving as director. During the year 1868,\\n69, 70 and 71 he was a Trustee of the old Seminary fund. No man\\nhas ever lived in Henderson County more res pected than the subject\\nof this sketch, starting life posses sed of a very limited capital, by hard\\nwork and the exercise of fine mental faculties, he has justly won a\\nplace among the recognized monied men of the county. There is but\\nlittle of the demonstrative about Mr. White, but there is an abundance\\nof the milk of human kindness, of which those who know him best in\\nthe business walks of life can truthfully testify. He is a man of warm\\nimpulses, and as true as steel, truthful, honest, courageous. He is one\\nof the best farmers in the county and deservedly influential.\\nSince the foregoing was written, Miss Larkie married Robert\\nMallory, of Henderson, and has one son.\\nJOHN O BYRNE, the subject of this sketch, is a son of Thos.\\nO Byrne, a native of Ireland, and was born in the City of Buffalo, New\\nYork, on the twenty-second day of March, 1834. He traveled the\\ncountry with his father, living first here and there until he arrived at\\nan age that justified him in learning a trade for himself. He had re-\\nceived a good English education, and was blessed with a mind capable\\nof embracing with ease any amount of information. He learned the\\ntrade of a brick mason under his father, and by the time he was ready\\nto launch out upon the great sea of life on his own account, had gained\\na knowledge of the profession unsurpassed by any western mechanic.\\nHe was a frequent visitor to Henderson, and claimed Henderson and\\nEvansville alternately as his home. He made frequent visits to the\\nlower Mississippi River during the winter months, up to the breaking\\nout of the war. In the summer of 1856 he came to Henderson and\\nworked with Captain W. B. Vanzandt, who was engaged at that time\\nin building the Farmers Bank, now the Presbyterian Parsonage, on\\nthe corner of Elm and Second streets. Since 1861 Mr. O Byrne has\\nmade this place his permanent home. He has been married twice,\\nfirst in the Town of Carlisle, Indiana, secondly in the City of Evans-\\nville. Starting on a pittance of this life s goods, he has, by industry,\\neconomy and fine business tact, secured himself and family a beautiful\\nhome and a competency outside to comfort and cheer them in their\\nold age. Mr. O Byrne enjoys the high prerogative of being the head\\nof a family consisting of a devoted and accomplished wife and three\\nhandsome children, two daughters and one son. In the year 1875\\nhe formed a co-partnership with Joseph Hicks, under the firm name\\nof O Byrne Hicks, and ever since recognized as one of the leading\\nfirms of the West. He has served his ward in the City Council and", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0769.jp2"}, "770": {"fulltext": "740 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTV, KY.\\ncould do so again, but persistently declines the honor. He has fre-\\nquently received the appointment of Supervisor of Tax Books, a com-\\npliment gracefully accorded his honesty and superior judgment. Upon\\nthe organization of the Building and Loan Association, he was elected\\na director and has so continued to this day. Upon the recent organ-\\nization of the Planters Bank, he was elected a Director.\\nJOHN G. HOLLOWAY was the eldest son of John Holloway, of\\nVirginia, a soldier of the Revolutionary \\\\V ar, and who, subsequent to\\nthat time, removed to Henderson County, where he owned a large\\nbody of fine land. Mr. Holloway was a large grower of tobacco^\\nand for many years up to 1820 was a successful grower of cotton. He\\nmarried in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, Anne, eldest daughter of\\nWilliam Starling and Susanna Lyne. Mrs. Holloway was a woman\\ndistinguished for her great prudence and excellent sense. At the\\ndeath of her husband, she was left with a large family and an en-\\ncumbered estate, but, by her energy and fine management, she freed\\nthe estate and became flourishing and prosperous. She directed all\\nthings until John G., the subject of this sketch, was enabled to relieve\\nher of such cares. It is said of Mrs. Holloway, that no woman ever\\nlived or died in Henderson County more universally loved and re-\\nspected.\\nJohn G. Holloway was born on the second day of September,\\n1802, and was educated in Transylvania University at Lexington, Ky.\\nIn early life he took an active inteiiest in political affairs, and was a\\npopular and effective speaker; but he preferred the peaceful field of\\nagriculture to the turbulent pool of politics, and, therefore, turned his\\nattention to the management and improvement of an extensive landed\\nestate, and becoming a very large slave owner, was a successful planter\\nand thrifty farmer. While in politics, however, he represented his\\ncounty several times in the Lower House of the Legislature and his\\ndistrict in the Senate. He was a man of strong convictions, yet one\\nof the noblest hearted of the human kind. During the Rebellion he\\nwas a pronounced Union man and become so obnoxious to the rebels\\nand guerrillas that his life was frequently threatened. He was a heavy\\nlooser by the war, yet he maintained his adherence to the Union a\\nman of decided views and positive character, weilding great influence\\nin his county, and, in fact, wherever known. He was greatly respected\\nfor his integrity of character, and was always sought after for places\\nof trust and responsibility such as trustee of funds and guardian of\\nestates, requiring honesty, judgment and capacity. Mr. Holloway was\\ntwice married, first, to Miss Sarah R. Terry, on April 1st, 1830; she", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0770.jp2"}, "771": {"fulltext": "JOHN G. HOLLOW AY.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0771.jp2"}, "772": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0772.jp2"}, "773": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 741\\ndied February 10th, 1831, without issue. September 4th, 1838, he,\\nmarried Miss Laura M. Smith unto them have been born eleven\\nchildren, seven of whom are living. Peter Smith, William Starling,\\nNannie R., Edmund Starling, Louisa Anderson, Mary Turpen, and\\nRobert Anderson. William Starling married Miss Mary Williams, a\\nbright, handsome woman of fine domestic traits of character Nannie\\nR. married F. B. Cromwell, and has a large family of children; Ed-\\nmund Starling married Miss Mollie Mayo, of Daviess County, a lady\\nof rare domestic qualities and greatly beloved by all who know her.\\nThey have four children. Louisa Anderson married Judge L. P.\\nLittle, of the Owensboro Circuit, a lawyer of ability and man of strong\\nmind she has children. Mary Turpin married Judge Joe McCarroll,\\nof Hopkinsville, a man of fine business character, and has children.\\nThe other children are yet unmarried. John, Jr., was a distinguished\\nofficer in the Union Army, and one of the brightest men of his age ever\\nborn in the county. He died at Russellville after his return from the\\nMorgan raid in September, 1863. Mrs. Holloway is one of the most\\nlovable of women. Her life has been as pure as an angel s whisper,\\nand her noble, true, good heart, has been continuously wrapped up in\\nher jewels, her children. Mr. Holloway died suddenly of heart disease\\non the evening of the eighteenth of January 1871, leaving a very large\\nestate. Of his life, a friend who knew him intimately, has furnished\\nthe following tribute:\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2John G. Holloway was fortunate in his parentage. His father\\nwas of robust integrity, firm adherence to correct principles, indepen-\\ndent spirit and inflexible in his views of right. These qualities did\\nnot protect him from the exhibition of a spirit that may be called\\narbitrary on occasion, but preserved him clean from the temptation of\\nimmoralitv.\\nOf his mother I can hardly write and escape the use of language\\nthat may be deemed extravagant panegyric. She was a modest wo\\nman. Her modest, unpretending disposition, and all her womanly vir-\\ntues were balanced by her spirit of independence and devotion to duty.\\nShe was industrious and frugal, yet these qualities were crowned by a\\ngentle and bountiful charity. There is no doubt her son, John, for the\\nmost part owed his success and position in life to her counsel and\\nexample. When Major Holloway died she found herself with a large\\nfarni and a number of slaves to manage. John was young, and as his\\nschool days had left but little time for farm work, was wholly inexperi-\\nenced. But with the help, encouragement and advice of his mother-\\nhe conducted the business successfully, and the Holloway residence", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0773.jp2"}, "774": {"fulltext": "742 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\n\u00c2\u00bbwas noted for order, hospitality and good living. He continued on\\nthe old farm all his life, never engaged in dangerous speculation, kept\\nup the reputation of the old home, and it is noted to day, long after\\nhis death, under the management of his widow and her children, for\\nthe same order, hospitality and good living.\\nAs John Holloway was of fair education for his time and place,\\npossessed a clear and vigorous mind, it was natural that a man of his\\nposition would take interest in public affairs. Identified with the\\nWhigs, he became a force in the Whig party, and contributed lo its pop-\\nularity and success in Henderson, until it was shattered in the impend-\\ning conflict on the slavery question. He represented Henderson in\\nthe Legislature and the district, of which Henderson was a part, in the\\nState Senate. He acted well his part in both positions and never lost\\nthe confidence and respect of his constituents. In the presidential\\ncontest preceding the Rebellion, he supported Bell and Everett, as he\\nconsidered this the safest and most conservative ticket, in the troubled\\nand exciting times immediately before the bloody revolution, which\\nfew foresaw, but which was stirring then in the heated, social and po-\\nlitical elements. At the opening of the Rebellion, he espoused the\\ncause of the Union, and gave his strong mind and will for the preser\\\\a-\\nation of the nation in its grand integrity, and gave his blessirg to one\\nof his boys who enlisted under the stars and stripes. That he may have\\nopposed and severely criticized many things done in the conduct of\\nthe war for the Union the writer of this will admit, but the honor,\\nwhich will never grow dim, may be claimed for him, that he was a\\nbrave Union man. He died suddenly, and, as we hope, a painless\\ndeath, and, by his prudence and fostering care, left ample provision\\nfor his faithful wife and children. While it may be said all men have\\ntheir imperfections, yet it may be said that the dominant qualities in\\nthe character of John G. Holloway, only tend to good society and pro-\\nmote the public welfare.\\nSince the foregoing sketch of Mr. Hollowav was written, Mrs.\\nLouisa Little has departed this life, leaving a devoted husband and\\nfive children to mourn her loss. She was a noble woman, possessed\\nof many marked traits of character, and very much beloved by her\\nfriends as well as family.\\nCOLONEL JAMES HILLYER HOLLOWAY.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The subject\\nof this brief biographical sketch, so well known in Henderson County,\\nand so universally esteemed for his purity of character and many\\nsocial qualities, was born in the then town of Henderson the first day\\nof February, 1835, His eyes first beheld the light of the world in the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0774.jp2"}, "775": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 743\\nold frame building yet standing on the corner of Fourth and Main\\nstreets. At the time of his birth his father, William S. Holloway,\\nwas associated with Samuel Stites as merchant in the general drv\\ngoods bnsiness. When at the age of two years his father purchased\\nwhat is now known as the Adams farm, one mile west of the Owens-\\nboro road, and adjoining the farms of William S. and Samuel Elam.\\nWhile on-this farm, and before he was large enough, or old enough to\\ndo labor, it became a part of his daily duties to martial the young\\nnegroes, and, with them, drive a large flock of turkeys to the tobacco\\nfield, for the purpose of destroying the army of worms which prey with\\nsuch wanton gluttonness upon the broad leaves of that valuable plant.\\nIt was here, while marching and counter-marching the little negroes,\\nand moving the turkeys by the right and left flank, charging the worms\\nin one section of the field, and then in another, that he first inherited\\na taste to command This taste grew upon him, as we shall see, until\\nit eventuated in producing a most worthy and brave commander in\\ndefense of his country during the war between the North and the\\nSouth. While a small boy upon his father s farm, he first learned the\\nvalue of the alphabet and multiplication table. His aunt. Miss Eliza\\nHillyer, who possessed a strong taste for teaching and a peculiar\\ncharm of imparting knowledge to the young, organized a country\\nschool in a rude log cabin upon this farm, and was patronized by the\\nsurrounding neighborhood, numbering at that time only three or four\\nfamilies. He continued under the educational guidance of his aunt\\nfor a year, when his father, observing his rapid progress, brought him\\ninto the town that he might receive advantages beyond those offered\\nat a small country school. He was placed to board at the residence\\nof his .Hint, Mrs. Lucy Ann Gayle, then living in the old two-story log\\nbuilding on the corner of Elm and Third streets, know n as Blackberry\\nHall, where he remained during the school week, going home Friday\\nevenings and returning to town Monday mornings. At Mrs. Gayle s\\nhe roomed with John and William J. Marshall and William and\\nCharles T, Starling, all boys, his senior in years. His education was\\nplaced under the supervising care of Rev. John McCullagh, who was\\nat that time teaching in the old town Seminary, a small one and one-\\nhalf story brick building, located on the Seminary lot, opposite the\\nCumberland Presbyterian Church, on Fourth street. After boarding\\nin town for a year, his father concluded to test his power of guiding a\\nmule, so he placed at his disposal a favorite animal, which he was\\nappointed to ride into town each morning and to return in the even-\\ning. Many a time the young soldier was dumped on the roadside,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0775.jp2"}, "776": {"fulltext": "744 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nand almost as frequently thrown into a mud-puddle fortunately, at no\\ntime, however, was he ever disabled. He, like almost all boys, was\\nfond at times of riding fast, and, upon more than two or three occa-\\nsions, while in a sweeping gallop, his mule was known to stop, hump\\nhis back and stand to witness young Holloway s passage through mid\\nair and final lodgment upon term firma. Young Holloway continued\\nto live with his father upon the farm until he had arrived at the age of\\nthirteen years, riding to town during school days and working on\\nSaturday in the tobacco patch.\\nMr. Samuel Stites, his father s former partner, having been a most\\nsuccessful merchant, and having amassed a large fortune for those\\ndays, sold his entire interest in the dry goods business to the father of\\nyoung Holloway. Mr. Holloway then sold his farm and removed to\\ntown, taking charge of his new purchase. He continued his son at\\nschool until he was eighteen years of age, when he was taken as a\\nclerk in the firm now composed of Thomas Evans and Wm. S. Hol-\\nloway, under the firm name of Evans Holloway. He continued to\\nclerk for this firm for five years, when he resigned to accept a similar\\nposition in the book and stationary business with his uncle, Philo H.\\nHillyer. January, 1860, the firm of Evans Holloway was dissolved,\\nThomas Evans retiring. Mr. Holloway thereupon proffered Wm. A.\\nHopkins, a young man of splendid business capacity and high moral\\nculture, and who had been in the employ of the old firm for several\\nyears, and his son, James, the subject of this sketch, a partnership.\\nThe proposition was accepted, and the new firm organized under the\\nname and style of Wm. S. Holloway Co. In 1860, under and by\\nthe authority of an Act of the Kentucky Legislature, a State Guard\\nor military organization was established in Kentucky, to be under the\\ncommand of General Simon Boliver Buckner. Just why this organi-\\nzation was brought to life at that time, what were the necessities for\\nit, and what the oDJects to be obtained, is a matter of historical con-\\njecture. It is enough to know, that, that inflated military ardour and\\nlove for brass buttons and gold lace, which so attracts the variety of\\nyoung men, broke out with violence of a prairie fire in many places in\\nthe State, and none more so than Hendeison. January 15th of this\\nyear, a company of State Guards was organized in Henderson, with\\nWm. P. Fisher, an old soldier of the Mexican War, and a man of\\nhandsome appearance and military bearing. Captain Hon. Ed. G.\\nHall, First Lieutenant, and Hon. Robert T. Glass, Second Lieuten-\\nant. Colonel Holloway, who was now twenty five years of age, found\\nhis first opportunity to indulge his military taste, and was one among", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0776.jp2"}, "777": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 745\\nthe first to enroll his name as member of this compan3^ In a very\\nshort time the company was regularly equipped with splendid guns\\nand accoutrements and uniformed in cadet gray.\\nIn the fall of 1860, owing to some irregularity, Captain W. P.\\nFisher resigned his office, whereupon at a company meeting First\\nLieutenant Ed. G. Hall was promoted to Captain, Second Lieutenant\\nRobert T. Glass promoted to First Lieutenant, and the subject of this\\nsketch elected Second Lieutenant. From the beginning there was a\\nsecret dissatisfaction manifest in the company and, ultimately, and not\\na very long time after its organization, upon the second election, a\\nlarge number of the men in line resigned. In the early spring of 1861\\nit was apparent to all thinking men, that the breach between the\\nNorth and South could not be healed, and that war was to be the in-\\nevitable result. Then it was that a division of opinion manifested\\nitself on unmistakable utterances in the rank and file of the Hender-\\nson company. Some denied the right of the Federal Government to\\ncall upon Kentucky for her enrolled soldiery to aid in suppressing the\\nrebellion brought on by the Confederate States, while others accorded\\nto the Government that right. Lieutenant Holloway was among the\\nlatter number who believed in the Government s right to suppress the\\nRebellion, and if necessary to that end, to call upon Kentucky for her\\nenrolled militia, in order to hold the Union of States in tact. He be-\\nlieved the South should seek redress for her grievances if she had\\nany) in the Union and not out of it by the force of arms. This divis-\\nion of sentiment grew stronger day by day, when a number of those\\nwho held loyalty to the Government finding themselves outnumbered,\\nwithdrew from the company. Lieutenant Holloway tendered his resig-\\nnation as third officer of the company, and, on the eleventh day of\\nJune, 1861, the same was accepted by General Simon Bolivar Buck-\\nner. Immediately upon the reception of his resignation. Lieutenant\\nHolloway commenced recruiting what was then styled a Home\\nGuard company, and so successful was he that, on the twenty-fourth\\nday of June, only thirteen days, a company with a full complement of\\nmen was organized, with James H. Holloway as Captain Louis W.\\nDanforth, First Lieutenant Willi m R, Lancaster, Second Lieuten-\\nant, and Andy Rowdin, Third Lieutenant.\\nAt that time there was great difficulty in procuring arms from the\\nState. A great many people of Kentucky believed that there was a\\nsecret determination on the part of the Governor and other Kentucky\\nofficials to place the arms in possession of the State in some way, so\\nthat they could be seized at the proper time by the Confederates, and", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0777.jp2"}, "778": {"fulltext": "746 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nnot let them cut to what was vulgarly styled the Home Guards, a\\nrecognized Union organization. Be this as it may, the writer was de-\\ntailed, and appointed to visit the Governor, not in the interest of Cap-\\ntain Holloway s company particularly, but to secure arms for a com-\\npany organized prior to Holloway s. Arriving at Frankfort, an earlv\\ninterview was had with his excellency and others, and the matter\\nbrought to their attention. Ludicrous as it mav seem, this delegate\\nwas informed that in order to protect the arms of the State from seiz-\\nure by the Confederate authorities, they had all been safely packed\\nand shipped to Paducah/^r safe keeping but, if there was a suffic-\\niency to equip two companies, and no requisitions held precedence,\\nthen the arms would be issued to the Henderson companies. Subse-\\nquently a requisition was issued to the officer in charge at Paducah, to\\ndeliver what arms Henderson had applied for, and as soon as possible\\nafter this, Mr. William S. Johnson, a member of the company organ-\\nized prior to the one commanded by Captain Holloway, was detailed\\nto go to Paducah, present the requisition and return with the\\narms. Upon his arrival, he found to his astonishment that the State\\narms had been removed to Mayfield, in the interior of the State,\\nand the heart of rebeldom for safe keeping^ He proceeded to May-\\nfield, and there learned that only a few days before Kentucky s arms\\nsent for safe keeping had simply passed through the towm on to Dix-\\nie s land. It was the day of the first battle of Bull Run, and this\\nplace selected too, as a safe repository for the arms of the State, was\\npolitically as hot as a pepper box with all of the heat on the sunny\\nside. It was so w arm that a Home Guard took his medicine with\\nice in it, and thus kept cool. Mr. Johnson returned without any arms.\\nCaptain Holloway determined not to be outdone, and, through his in-\\ndomitable energy, a full complement of guns and accouirements were\\nobtained from General Lovell H. Rouseau, then recruiting a regiment\\nfor the Government service at Jeffersonville, Indiana. Captain Hol-\\nloway drilled his company on the streets of Henderson night after\\nnight. His men being un-uniformed, presented a sorry appearance\\nto the glittering epauletted squad of the Buckner State Guards.\\nSeptember 20th, 1861, he received, through General James S. Jackson,\\nwho was then recruiting a regiment of cavalry at Owensboro, from\\nthe State Military Board at Frankfort, an order to proceed with fifty\\nmen to lock and dam No. 1 at Spottsville, on Green River, and protect\\nthe same, the order stating that lock Nos. 3 and 4 had been destroyed,\\nand Nos. 1 and 2 were threatened. In obedience to this order he,\\nwith a detail of about forty men of his own company, and Company", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0778.jp2"}, "779": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 747\\nA, Lieutenant Charles T. Starling commanding, left Henderson\\nlate in the afternoon, marching over rough roads through a heavy\\nsleet and rain, arriving at the l-@ck about ten o clock in the night.\\nHere the command remained until October 5th, 1861, when it was\\nrelieved by a detachment of Federal troops sent up from Evansville.\\nCaptain Holloway returned to Henderson and commenced recruiting\\na company for the Federal service. On the fifteenth day of October,\\nhe established Camp Holloway, on the grounds of the Henderson\\nFair Company, where General James M. Shackelford and General\\nBen. H. Bristow were engaged recruiting the Twenty-fifth Kentucky\\nInfantry Regiment. On November the twenty-fifth, 1861, Captain\\nHolloway and company were regularly mustered into the United\\nStates service at Ashbysburg, on Green River. The company was\\nmustered into the Twenty-fifth Regiment, and was lettered K.\\nShortly after this the Twenty-fifth Regiment was assigned to General\\nThomas L. Crittenden s division, then organizing at Calhoon, on\\nGreen River, and brigaded under the command of Colonel Charles\\nCruft, of the Thirty-first Indiana Regiment, acting Brigadier General.\\nOn the second of December, 1861, the Twenty-fifth Regiment\\nwas attached to General Thomas L. Crittenden s Division, then at\\nCalhoun, on Green River, and assigned to General Charles Cruft s\\nBrigade. On the ninth day of February,1862,General Cruft,under orders,\\nembarked his division on board a fleet of transports and proceeded\\ndown Green and the Ohio Rivers to Paducah, where he received\\norders to proceed to Fort Henry, on the Tennessee River. Arriving\\nth^re, it was soon found that the fort had surrendered ^o General Grant.\\nGeneral Cruft was then directed to return to Paducah, which he\\nimmediately did, and there received orders to proceed to Fort Don-\\nnelson and reinforce Grant. The brigade was hurried up Cumberland\\nRiver and disembarked a few miles below the fort and assigned to\\nGeneral Lew VVallace s Division. Captain Holloway and his company\\nfought nobly at the battle of Donelson and, to his credit, be it said\\nmade the regimental report of the part taken by the regiment to his\\nBrigade Commander. He was then sent to Fort Henry, and from\\nthence to Shiloh, where he was taken ill with typhoid fever, and re-\\nturned home under sick furlough. During his illness, the great battle\\nof Shiloh was fought, and after the fight his regiment was consoli-\\ndated with the Seventeenth Kentucky, Colonel John H. McHenry,\\ncommanding. Captain Holloway, although offered promotion, de-\\nclined and tendered his resignation, which was accepted. At Donel-\\nson, Cyrus Steele, a brother of Captain O. B. Steele, of the Confed-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0779.jp2"}, "780": {"fulltext": "748 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\nerate Army, and who was engaged in the same fight, was mortally\\nwounded. Lieutenant John G. HoUoway was also severely wounded\\nin fact, his company and regiment were literally cut to pieces. On\\nthe twenty-sixth day of July, 1862, Captain Holloway received a\\ncommission as First Major of the Eighth Kentucky Cavalry, then\\norganizing at Henderson by Colonel James M Shackelford and\\nLieutenant Colonel Benjamin H. Bristow. Twenty days afterwards,\\nMajor Holloway had in camp nine hundred men, when he received\\norders to recruit no more, and to consolidate his men into companies\\nof one hundred and four men each. During this time he was con-\\nstantly engaged in scouting the country and was engaged a number of\\ntimes with the rebels. It was upon one of his raids into Union\\nCounty that Owen Glass, a Confederate and native of Henderson, was\\nkilled. He frequently met, in combat, his old friend and school mate,\\nColonel Adam Johnson his old friend and one time commander.\\nColonel Ed. G. Hall, and Bob Martin, whose name was a terror\\nthroughout the country. On November 4th, 1862, he was ordered\\nwith his command, to Bowling Green. This trip he made overland,\\nand, at Summer s store, in McLean County, was attacked by Captain\\nFowler s company, of Johnson s Command. Fowler was repulsed by\\nLieutenant I^eter P. Brown, now of Cairo, and Fowler killed.\\nMajor Holloway was then actively engaged in scouring the\\ncountry from Russellville to the Cumberland River, where he removed\\nan immense pile of rock from the channel of the river that had been\\nplaced there by the Confederates. He was, for a long time, engaged\\nin gathering and forwarding supplies to Rosencranz s Army, at Nash-\\nville. On the first day of May, 1863, Major Holloway was mustered\\nin as Lieutenant Colonel of the Eighth Kentucky, to date from Janu-\\nary 1st, 1863. June 27th he was ordered forward to Burksville, to\\nintercept General John H Morgan, who was at that time moving into\\nKentucky. Morgan had crossed the river ahead of him, and then it\\nwas a whip and spur race to the Ohio at Brandenburg, where Morgan\\ncrossed into Indiana. Major Holloway was along in all of that terrible\\nchase. At Bufifington s Island he overtook and charged a portion of\\nMorgan s men, capturing three hundred and ninety seven prisoners.\\nAfter several days spent in the locality of Buffington Island, his\\nregiment was ordered back to Russellville, via Louisville.\\nThe chase after Morgan was a terrible one, the soldiers remain-\\ning in their saddles most of the time from June 27th to July 22d.\\nSeptember 23d, Colonel Holloway s term of enlistment having expired,\\nhe was mustered out of the service, and, although tendered a regiment,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0780.jp2"}, "781": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 749\\nrespectfully declined the offer. After being mustered out, he remained\\nwith his cousin, Lieutenant John G. Holloway, who was suffering from\\nan aggravated attack of typhoid fever, and from which he died on the\\ntwenty-seventh day of SeptembeT, 1863.\\nApril 19th, 1864, Colonel Holloway married, in Fayette County,\\nMiss Mollie E. Williams, the accomplished daughter of General John\\nS. Williams, of the Confederate Army, and who, in the War with\\nMexico, earned the sobriquet of Cerro Gordo, for distinguished\\nservices, in storming and capturing the Mexican heights bearing that\\nname. General Williams served as United States Senator from Ken-\\ntucky.\\nMrs. Holloway was born in Clark County, July 24th, 1843, and\\nis the mother of five children, Mary Ann Holloway, born- in Hender\\nson Pattie Harrison, Lizzie Hillyer, John Williams and James\\nHillyer Holloway, born in Clark County. Here the Colonel has\\nfollowed farming, raising Shorthorn and high grade cattle, horses,\\nmules, and other stock, besides cultivating all of the cereals and\\nhemp until January, 1878, when he removed to Winchester, the county\\nseat, and engaged in the general grocery and hardware business, and\\nhas so continued up to the present time. He has frequently been\\nimportuned to offer for political office, but has steadfastly declined,\\npreferring the peace and comforts of the home circle to the turbulent\\nuncertainties and vexations of official political life. Since 1868 he\\nhas held the honorable position of Elder in the Presbyterian Church.\\nHe is also, at this time, President of the Clark Bourbon Turnpike\\nRoad Company a member of the Winchester City Council a director\\nof the Grange Mutual Benefit Insurance Company, Georgetown,\\nKentucky. The Colonel is greatly esteemed by all who know him,\\nand he enjoys life with his charming wife and family to its fullest\\nlatitude.\\nCAPTAIN CHARLES G. PERKINS, the subject of this sketch,\\nwas born in the City of Zenia, Green County, Ohio, on the sixteenth\\nday of March, 1837. His education was obtained from the Public\\nand High Schools of Cincinnati, Ohio. During his boyhood days he\\nentered a hardware store as clerk, and continued in this line of busi-\\nness for perhaps two years. This life was not exciting enough for him\\nhis quick, active mind needed more lattitude, something more stim-\\nulating, more comprehensive, more outstretching, therefore, the re-\\nmainder of his life to the beginning of the Rebellion, was devoted to\\nrailroading and steamboating. During the year 1861, having gained\\nan exoerience in river navigation that entitled him to a first position", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0781.jp2"}, "782": {"fulltext": "750 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\namong men of marine life, he enlisted in the U. S. Navy, and was\\nsoon after appointed Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Commander, with\\nthe rank of Captain, in the army, and placed in command of the U.\\nS. Gunboat Brilliant. The Brilliant was actively engaged in\\nthe service of the government up to April, 1865, patrolling the Ohio,\\nCumberland, Tennessee and Mississippi Rivers. She was frequently\\nanchored in front of Henderson, and, no doubt was the means\\nof saving the town from the incursions of prowling bands of\\nthieves and plundering combinations of irresponsible men. Cap-\\ntain Perkins held frequent interviews with the better people\\nof Henderson, and, so conservative was he in the construc-\\ntion of Naval orders and official duties, he soon won the con-\\nfidence of the people, who were glad to have his protection at all times*\\nand were equally chagrined when he was removed to other fields of\\nservice. His effort was to respect and protect, not to suspect and\\ndestroy. He was mainly instrumental in capturing and returning\\nmany runaway slaves, and by this conservative, honest course, he\\nmade a friend of every man in the town. Much of Captain Perkin s\\nwar history will be found elsewhere in this volume.\\nOn the seventeenth day of November, 1863, at the family resi-\\ndence, in the Town of Henderson, Captain Perkins was married to\\nMiss Annie Terry, daughter of Nathaniel D. and Sarah Terry, and\\ngranddaughter of Captain Robert Terry, a noted pioneer of this\\ncounty. The fruits of this union have been seven children, J. Rov,\\nSarah, Lizzie, Ella, Charlie, Mamie and Eddie, all of whom are now\\nliving except the eldest son J. Roy, who was lost in the explosion and\\nsinking of the steamer La Mascott in the Mississippi River, below\\nSt. Louis, October 5th, 1886. This young man, one of the most prom-\\nising known to the business and social circles of home, had just at-\\ntained to his majority, and but a few weeks prior to his loss, had ac-\\ncepted the first clerkship of the ill-fated steamer. His death came\\nlike a cyclone, crushing hearts with a relentless fury that knows\\nno limit. Father, mother, sisters, relatives and friends stood\\naghast at the dreadful reality. He was the idol of the household, the\\nfirst born, and his taking away was like the tearing asunder of every\\naffectionate chord that makes love doubly pure and sweet. He fought\\nmanfully for his life, but to no purpose, the cold, cruel waters claimed\\nhim as its victim, and thus perished a noble, brave, accomplished\\nyoung man entering the zenith of his life. In 1866, Captain Perkins\\npurchased the Steamer News Boy, and ran her in the Henderson\\nand Evansville Packet trade for a year or more, when he sold her and", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0782.jp2"}, "783": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 751\\npurchased the Mollie Norton. In 1868 he formed a partnership\\nwith Captain A. O. Durland, of Evansville, under the firm name of\\nDurland Perkins, and a short time afterwards entered into contract\\nwith the St. Louis South Eastern Railway Company, for transferring\\ntheir cars between Henderson and Evansville. In 1869, they sold the\\nMollie Norton and purchased the towboat Le Clare No. 2, and\\ntwo railway barges. During the winter of 1869, the Le Clare was\\nlost in the ice, and they then purchased the Belmont. In August,\\n1884, this boat was caught in a hurricane at the head of Henderson*\\nIsland and capsized. An account of this terrible disaster will be found\\nelsewhere. They purchased the Maggie Smith, and she was lost in\\nthe ice. They then purchased the Jennie Campbell and Iron Cliff.\\nThe Cliff was sold, the Campbell is still running. The firm\\nbuilt the La Mascott for the St. Louis and Cape Girardeau trade,\\nand she was lost October 5th, 1886. They then built the New South,\\na large, handsome and fast boat for the St. Louis Ohio River trade.\\nShe is now running between St. Lonis and Paducah, having made her\\nfirst trip July 4th, 1887. The firm is also the owner of the Steamer\\nFrank Stein, running between Evansville and Cannelton, Indiana.\\nCaptain Perkins, in addition to what has been enumerated, is largely\\ninterested in several large and paying enterprises, notably, a whole-\\nsale drug house in Grand Rapids, Michigan; Withers, Dade Co.,\\nTen Barrel Sour Mash Distillery, and the Henderson Buggy Co., of\\nwhich he is President. In 1883 he built his magnificent residence on\\nGreen street. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and has\\nserved as Eminent Commander of his Commandery. He is a mem-\\nber of the Presbyterian Church. Captain Perkins is a staunch advo-\\ncate of morality, a man of fine morals, open-handed benovelence and\\ngreat breadth of charity. He is in the prime of life and the friend and\\npatron of every worthy social and business movement a man of fine\\nphysique, commanding respect everywhere, and is one of the few-\\nest number of men brainy enough to deport himself in wealth as\\nhe did in indegent circumstances. Captain Perkins enjoys his wealthy\\nhonestly gained, in a home surrounded by a happy, loving, bright, in-\\ntelligent family.\\nLUCAS VVILLIAJVl TRAFTON was born in Evansville, April\\n9th, 1837, and here his childhood was spent. He was the only son\\nof Dr. William Trafton, a noted physician of that early time. Dr.\\nTrafton was born near the village of Lewiston, Maine, in the year\\n179-, and received the title of M. D. from the Dartmouth Medical\\nCollege, New Hampshire, in 1819, The same year he immigrated to", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0783.jp2"}, "784": {"fulltext": "752 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nEvansville, Indiana, and commenced the practice of medicine. Here\\nhe continued to practice until his death, in 1847. Dr. Trafton was\\ntwice married. His last wife was Miss America Butler, of Hender-\\nson County, a sister of Harbison Butler, a most affectionate wife,\\nmother, and neighbor. By this marriage there was but one child,\\nLucas William, the subject of this sketch. Dr. Trafton died when his\\nson was only ten years of age, leaving him and his mother with limited\\nmeans.\\nAs a child, young Trafton was impressed with the necessity of\\nfitting himself for the business of life, and, in boyhood, chose law as a\\nprofession. At the age of fourteen he was sent to Wabash College,\\nIndiana, where he remained two years. His father, prior to his death,\\nhaving determined to have his son learn the German language, sent\\nhim, when quite young, to a German school, and thus began his\\nknowledge of that language and his friendship for that race. At the\\nage of sixteen, being at home from college and on a visit to relatives\\nin Kentucky, he met with an accident that caused the loss of his left\\narm. He was hunting, and, in raising his gun from the ground to his\\nhorse, it was accidentally exploded, shattering his left arm near the\\nshoulder. The courageous young man seized the bridle reins in his\\nteeth, and, holding his wounded arm with his right hand, galloped for\\nseveral miles to his aunt s, Mrs. Annie McClain, where his mother\\nwas visiting. He was taken from his horse in a fainting condition,\\nand Dr. P. Thompson, then a young physician in Henderson, speedily\\nsummoned. Dr. Thompson amputated the arm. At one time his\\nlife was despaired of, but he recovered in due course of time. He then\\nleft school and came to Henderson, where he entered the Clerk s\\noffice, under William D. Allison, with- whom he remained for nearly\\nten years, at the same time applying himself diligently to the study of\\nlaw. He was one of the very best of clerks, and, as a draughtsman,\\nknew no superior. Although deprived of the use of one arm, he was\\nnevertheless as expert in handling books and papers as most men\\npossessed of both limbs. At the age of twenty-one he commenced\\nthe practice of law, and, at the age of twenty-two, was elected County\\nJudge.\\nDuring the summer of 1862, he joined the Confederate Army,\\nand was with General Morgan at his capture, near Buffington Island,\\nOhio, in 1863. He was sent on a prisoner, and, after fourteen\\nmonths prison life, was exchanged from Fort Delaware. After his\\nexchange he received a shot which confined him to his bed for several\\nweeks, but such kindly nursing as he received from Mrs. Mary Spald", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0784.jp2"}, "785": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 753\\ning, one of the kindest hearted and most cultured ladies of Georgia,\\nhe recovered and again entered the army and remained to the sur-\\nrender. Returning home, he again commenced the practice of law.\\nGn the twenty-third day of T Jovember, 1865, he married Miss\\nHelen Gibbs. a cultured little lady, who proved her love by her\\ndevotion to him during his life. Unto them was born one son, whom\\nhe named for his friend, Mrs. Spalding, of Georgia. Spalding is now\\na clerk in the Farmers Bank.\\nIn 1869 Mr. Trafton made the race for the Legislature, opposed\\nby Hon. R. T. Glass. The canvass was a terribly heated one, owing\\nto the action of both gentlemen in the matter of a public school\\ncharter before the Kentucky Legislature. Mr. Glass was elected by\\na small majority. In 1871 Mr. Trafton was again a candidate and\\nwas elected without opposition. While a member of that body, he\\nwas appointed Chairman of the Committee on County Courts, and\\nalso one of seventeen to revise the Statutes. He died August 6th,\\n1877, leaving a widow and one son.\\nJudge Trafton, for a number of years, was associated as partner\\nwith Hon. H. F. Turner, and it is not flattery to say it was one of the\\nstrongest and largest patronized firms at the bar. Judge Trafton\\nhimself was an exceptionable fine lawyer, and man of sound judgment.\\nEver from his boyhood days he was an impressive speaker, command-\\ning attention, not so much on account of his oratory as for his sound\\nlogic. In social life, he was a favorite, a fine talker and full of humor.\\nROBERT SCROGGIN EASTIN, Master Commissioner of the\\nHenderson Circuit Court, is a son of Edward Franklin Eastin and\\nAmanda Collins Scroggin. His father was born August 25th, 1806,\\nin Bourbon County, Ky., lived in that county until his marriage in\\nJune, 1833, and soon thereafter removed to Missouri, where he re-\\nmained one year. He then returned to Kentucky, and resided in\\nBourbon, Woodford and Harrison Counties, where he engaged in the\\nmanufacture of bagging and rope till his coming to Henderson County\\nin 1846, where he died in 1869. Mrs. Eastin was born in Bourbon\\nCounty January 12th, 1808, and is still living in.,Henderson, aged\\nseventy-nine years. Our subject s paternai^ grandfather was Rev.\\nAugustin Eastin, a Baptist preacher in Virginia during the latter\\npart of the colonial period, and during the Revolutionary War. He\\nmarried the first couple north of the Kentucky River. He was one\\nof the preachers who was confined in jail for preaching to the British\\nsoldiers during the Revolution. He removed to Kentucky in 1784,\\n48", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0785.jp2"}, "786": {"fulltext": "754 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nand during the great religious excitement of 1804, became a Univer-\\nsalist, dving in that faith in 1833, in Bourbon County. The paternal\\no-randfather was General Zachariah Eastin, born in Virginia in 1777,\\nJanuary 11th. He was a Colonel in the War of 1812; was at the bat-\\ntle of Tippecanoe and River Raisin, and was promoted to Brigadier\\nGeneral, which position he held until 1824, when he resigned. The\\nfollowing named, who died in Henderson County, were soldiers with\\nGeneral Eastin Captains Bowen, Cox, Negley and John Baskett;\\nthey all lived near Hebardsville. General Eastin removed to Hen-\\nderson County in 1844, and died here in 1852. He was the father\\nof Henry J., Robert, Thomas and William A. Eastin, all civil en-\\no-ineers, Henry J. being one of the first engineers in the employ of\\nthe State auring the days of Internal Improvements. Henry, Thomas\\nand William A. located at Spottsville, and erected in 1840, a saw and\\no-rist water mill, using the water power occasioned by the dam,\\nacross Green River at that point. Our subject s grandmother was\\nJ^Jancy Durbin, a native of Maryland, She married General Eastin in\\n1799, and died in Henderson in 1852. Our subject s maternal great-\\no-randfather Scroggin, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War; was a\\nnative of Delaware, but removed after the war to Maryland. The\\nmaternal grandfather, Robert Scroggin, was a native of Maryland,\\nmarried in Virginia, Marcissa Mills, and came to Kentucky at an early\\ndate. He was a Lieutenant in Colonel Richard Johnson s celebrated\\nreo^iment of mounted men, that took such a conspicuous part at the\\nbattle of the Thames, in the War of 1812. He with four men pur-\\nsued the British General Proctor, so closely, that the General aban-\\ndoned his carriage, unloosed one of the horses and escaped on horse-\\nback. Lieutenant Scroggin captured the other horse, the General s\\nfield glass, papers and baggage. Lieutenant Scroggin died in Bour-\\nbon County in 1836. Robert Scroggin Eastin, subject of this sketch,\\ntaught school for a number of years, and has served as County Sur-\\nveyor for a number of terms. He is now Master in Chancery of the\\nHenderson Circuit Court, and, by the exercise of fine judgment, is\\nmaking an exceptionally good officer.\\nPIRANT P. JOHNSON, son of Archibald and Henrietta Wal-\\ndon Johnson, was born in Botetourt County, Virginia, on the twelfth\\nday of December, 1842. His paternal and maternal ancestors were\\nViro-inians. His parents came to Kentucky in 1854, and settled in\\nHenry County. The mother of Mr. Johnson is living in Louisville,\\nand is now eighty-one years of age. Our subject was educated almost\\nentirely at private schools during his residence in Kentucky. In 1862,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0786.jp2"}, "787": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\n16B\\nat the age of twenty years, he came to Henderson and engaged in\\ncarpentering, and has continued that profession to the present time.\\nBy industry and close application he has accumulated a handsome\\nlittle estate. On the thirtieth day of April, 1865, Mr. Johnson mar-\\nried Miss Annie Fowler, and unto them have been born five children,\\nfour of whom are living, Joseph, James, Stewart and Margaret.\\nHarry died October 19th, 1875. His children are all bright and\\npromising. Mr. Johnson is serving his third term of two years each,\\nas Councilman of the city, and during his entire official life has been\\no-uided bv an honest effort to do his duty, with credit to himself and\\nprofit to the l^ust imposed. He is a member of the Methodist Church\\nand Masonic and Knights of Pythias fraternities.\\nHON. JACOB PETER was born at Wachenheim, Palatinate, on\\nthe River Rhine, May 22d, 1842. In 1854, at the age of twelve years,\\nhe immigrated to America with his parents and settled in this city.\\nHis education was limited, yet his quick, discerning mind eagerly\\no-rasped every opportunity to learn, and, as a result, he left school bet-\\nter up in his studies perhaps than very many of those who had super-\\nior advantages afforded them. He learned the English language\\nrapidly and soon became as ready in conversation as any of the native\\nborn. Mr. Peter was of an imperious temperament, more of a leader\\nthan otherwise, and this, coupled with his most excellent judgment\\nand sound information upon all matters of moment, gave to his opin-\\nions an attention worthy of the man and subject. On the seventeenth\\nday of November, 1866, he married Miss Louisa Held, eldest daughter\\nof Hon. Jacob Held, and unto them were born five sons, William J.,\\nCarl H., George, Harry D. and Edward W. The two eldest sons,\\nWilliam J. and Carl H., are young men of much promise and great as-\\nsistance to their widowed mother. The other children the writer is\\nnot acquainted with, but is informed that they too are quite promising.\\nIn early life Mr. Peter learned the jeweler s trade with his brother-in-\\nlaw, Jacob Reutlinger, and subsequently became, by purchase, the sole\\nowner He built the handsome brick on Main street, and up to the\\nday of his death conducted the jewelry business on a large scale. For\\na short time he was enlisted in the Federal service during the war,\\nbut was never regularly mustered in. Mr. Peter was a devoted Mason,\\nand rose to the sublime degree of Knight Templar. He served the\\nBlue Lodge and Chapter as presiding officer and in several subordi-\\nnate capacities. He served as Councilman in 1873, 74, and as Trustee\\nof the Public and High School during the years 1875, 76, 77, 78,\\n79 and 83. He was elected Mayor in 1881, and served one term of", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0787.jp2"}, "788": {"fulltext": "756 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\ntwo years, and could have been re-elected, but declined the honor. Mr.\\nPeter was elected Mayor to succeed Hon. F. M. English, whose reign\\nhad about paralyzed the city. The race was an exciting one and\\nbitterly fougly from end to end. Upon his inauguration Mayor Peter\\ndelivered an address to the Council worthy of the man. It was full\\nof wise, conservative counsel, and, before his term of office expired,\\na very marked change in affairs was peculiarly noticeable. The city\\nhad regained its former activity, and confidence was fully restored.\\nThe delinquent list became smaller, and, in fact, every department was\\nbrio-ht and cheerful. Mr. Peter left the office, having accomplished\\nmuch good and received the plaudits of the people. His health hav-\\ning become impaired, he started to the Arkansas Hot Springs, hoping\\nto be benefited, but died enroute, suddenly, on the twenty-ninth day of\\nApril, 1884. His remains were brought to Henderson and interred in\\nFernwood. Mrs. Peter, a lady of excellent judgment and business\\ncapacity, still carries on the jewelry business at the old stand on Main\\nstreet, assisted by her two eldest sons.\\nPROF. J. MAUPvICE BACH was born near Interlacken, Swit-\\nzerland, in the vear 1854, and, when quite young, came to America\\nwith his parents and settled in Ohio. A writer has said of him\\nHis musical instinct, especially for the piano forte, betrayed itself\\nfrom his early childhood. His parents were ever ready with willing\\nhands and open heart to assist him, and immediately secured the best\\nobtainable teachers that could be found. His progress at once was so\\nmarvelous that, at twelve years of age, he assisted at charitable con-\\ncerts for home institutions, etc. After some years of arduous study\\nand a successful provincial concert tour, his young heart yearned for\\na higher plane upon which he could develop his musical powers. He,\\nin consequence, returned to Europe, where he entered the Stern Con-\\nservatory of Music at Berlin, also receiving private tuition from the\\ncelebrated teachers, Jean Voght and Ehrlich, thence under the perso-\\nnal tuition of Riedel and Reinecke at Leipzig. In 1873, 74, he made\\nsuccessful concert tours alone, and also in connection with other com-\\npanies, through the southern parts of Germany and his native coun-\\ntry, Switzerland, receiving general plaudits everywhere. He again\\nresumed his studies at Leipzig, but finally came to America, where he\\ngave many piano recitals of extraordinary merit, especially in his own\\nState. He has on many occasions been associated with concert com-\\npanies. Organized the Tiffin Philharmonic Society (vocal), of which\\nhe was musical director for four years. Of late years his chief success\\nhas been in the vocation of teaching the art of piano-forte playing. It", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0788.jp2"}, "789": {"fulltext": "J. M. BACH.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0789.jp2"}, "790": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0790.jp2"}, "791": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 757\\nmay be added here that he is an admirable organist and has always\\ncommanded a good position in that capacity. During the year 1883\\nProf. Bach removed to and settled in Henderson, having accepted the\\nposition of organist of the Firsf Presbyterian Church. He soon be-\\ncame identified with the musical interest of the city, and was not long\\nin impressing his eminent qualifications as teacher and artist upon the\\nlovers of music with whom he came in contact. He here met his life s\\nfate in the person of Miss M. Henrietta Stoltz. a lady of the highest\\nculture, and rare teacher of vocal and instrumental music, whom he\\nmarried in 1884. Mrs. Bach was educated under Dr. F, Ziegfeld, of\\nChicago and L. A. Phelps; pupil of Garcia, in Paris, and Lamperti?\\nMilan, Italy. She has been signally successful in her teaching and\\nhas shown herself a master of her chosen profession. How happily\\nblended those two lives are and what a pleasing co-incident that they\\nshould have met in Henderson. Truly it can be said of them Two\\nsouls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one. Prof.\\nBach, since September, 1886, has been Professor and Director of the\\nMusical Department of the Henderson Female Seminary, and, by his\\nstrict attention to duty and rapid development of his pupils, has secured\\na large and remunerative patronage. He is assisted by his wife, and\\nthe two together are unsurpassed in the art of teaching.\\nJOSHUA GUNN STAPLES, son of Joshua Staples andElmira\\nJ. Jeffries, both of Virginia, was born March 27th, 1840, in Henderson\\nCounty. He received his education from the common schools of the\\ncounty, and, at an early age, entered a printing office to learn the art\\nof type-setting. He followed this life with an assiduity of purpose that\\nsoon brought him ample means for his own support. Several years after-\\nwards,he, in connection with A. J. Speidel, purchased the Henderson Re-\\nporter and became its publishers and editors for fifteen years. The Re-\\nporterw2iS a leading Democratic paper and took a lively and active part\\nin all of the political campaigns anterior to and during the war. So Demo-\\ncratic was it, that, at one time during the war, its publishers were com.\\npelled to cease publication for a time, but it again blossomed out in the\\nfullness of its former glory, and became a power. Mr. Staples was a\\nhard-working, painstaking man of business, and, by economy and close\\napplication to his work, laid up a very snug little bank account. In\\n1877 or 78, he sold his interest to William A. Miller, purchased him-\\nself a farm, and removed to the country. March, 1866, he married\\nMiss Harriet E. Grigsby, by whom he had four children, two of whom\\nare living. Mrs. Staples died in 1873. In March 1876, Mr. Staples\\nmarried his second wife, Miss Lizzie Lockett, daughter of David P.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0791.jp2"}, "792": {"fulltext": "758 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\nand Lucinda Lockett, and unto them have been born five children,\\ntwo of whom are dead. Mrs. Staples is a lady of high character, and\\nthoroughly domestic. For twenty-five years Mr. Staples has been\\na member of the Baptist Church, and for perhaps that number of\\nyears a member of the Masonic Fraternity. He is the owner of one\\nhundred and twenty-five acres of the finest Henderson County land,\\nand is a remarkably successful farmer. He recently sold his interest\\nin the saddlery and harness business in this city, to his]brother-in-law,\\nJoseph K. Lockett, and is now devoting himself to his farming inter-\\nest and making money.\\nJOSEPH CLORE, the subject of this sketch, was born in\\nPewee Valley, Oldham County, Kentucky, on the tenth day of June,\\n1806. His parents were both Virginians and came to Kentucky prior\\nto or about 1800. They both died in Kentucky, the father in 1814,\\nthe mother in 1859. Mrs. Clore, mother of our subject, was Miss Mat-\\ntie Fields, daughter of Daniel Fields, and was born near Danville, in\\n1814, She and Mr. Clore married January 27th, 1830, and have had\\nthirteen children, ten of whom are living. Josephine Rebecca married\\nJoel Yeager Bettie married, first, James E. Ricketts, and, secondly, N.\\nS. Glore F. Lafayette married Miss Mattie Shirley, Lillie married\\nT. E. Fields, J. O. Clore married Miss Emma Pilkington, Anna mar-\\nried Samuel Posey, Donna married Chas. Nosworthy, Ella and W.\\nHall are unmarried. Those M ho have departed this life are Miller\u00c2\u00bb\\nMaggie and Kate. For a number of years Mr. Clore, in addition to\\nfarming, operated a saw mill at Pewee Valley. In 1856, in partner-\\nship with a Mr. Shrader, he built a large saw mill in Henderson, and\\nin the fall of 1857 removed with his family to this place. A short time\\nsubsequent to his removal, he purchased Mr. Shrader s interest and\\nbecame the sole owner of the mill. A few years after coming to Hen-\\nderson, he built his present handsome residence, and has continued to\\nreside therein to this day. Mr. Clore, during his entire life in Hen-\\nderson, has been an untiring worker, and has carried on his large\\nbusiness with less ostentation than most men not half so busily em-\\nployed. He is a remarkably quiet man, and no one outside of his\\nimmediate family would ever know of what he has done and is doing,\\nunless by chance they should see for themselves or engage him at his\\nplace of business in conversation. He is seldom seen from his mill^\\nand while there, in conjunction with his boys, is more or less engaged\\nin pushing his business. For years past he had been a heavy con-\\nsumer of logs, and, perhaps, one of the largest handlers of lumber in the\\nWest. His mill is one of the largest and best, being supplied with", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0792.jp2"}, "793": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 759\\nthe latest and finest machinery. Several years ago he associated with\\nhimself in the business his three sons, L. F., J. O. and W. H. Clore,\\nunder the firm name of Joseph Clore Sons. They have at this time\\nseven acres of ground stacked -s ith valuable lumber. In addition to\\nthe mill, is a planing mill of large capacity, and capable of doing all\\nkinds of wood work. Thus, then, after many years of hard toil the old\\ngentleman finds himself the possessor of a handsome fortune, a large\\nand paying business and a family of happy children and grandchildren\\nsurrounding him to comfort his old age. For fifty years Mr. Clore\\nhas been a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church, yet at this\\ntime, owing to his age and defective hearing, he seldom attends services.\\nHis faithful help-mate through life is yet living, and is one of the no-\\nblest of women, devotedly attached to her home, her children and her\\nchurch.\\nJOHN DAVID ROBARDS was born in Henderson County, on\\nthe second day of November, 1831, on a farm five miles southeast of\\nRobards Station. The difficulties attending an education, which the\\nearly settlers found in that particular section of the county still\\nexisted, for no schools were to be foun 1 nearer than from five to ten\\nmiles from the homestead. In the year 1840, a school was established\\nat Pleasant Valley, a few miles off, which his sisters attended. Dur-\\ning this time, his father, George Robards, had become the head of a\\nlarge family of children, and was necessarily compelled to exert every\\nenergy possessed by himself and sons to secure, an annual income suf-\\nficient for their support, and to meet the necessary expenses incident\\nto farming and opening up a wild country. Mr. Robards was an in-\\ndulgent parent, yet he recognized the necessity of hard work, and\\nlamented the situation which surrounded him. He wanted to do for\\nhis children, but his pecuniary condition, coupled with- the primitive\\nand comparative advantageless surroundings, rendered it necessary for\\nhim to exercise the most rigid self-denials, which he regretted more\\nthan anyone else. The subject of this sketch was required to work\\nin the fields during the spring and summer months, and to handle the\\nax in clearing up new ground in the fall, w inter and early spring\\nmonths. So determined was he upon acquiring a foresight into the\\nprimary branches, he studied with his sisters during leisure hours and\\nmost frequently in the cornfield while his horse was resting, he would\\nsit down and ponder over his arithmetic, and disputes often arose be-\\ntween himself and brothers while ploughing alongside, as to the cor-\\nrect solution of some arithmetical sum. and then and there they would\\nhalt until the difficulty was correctly and satisfactorily determined", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0793.jp2"}, "794": {"fulltext": "760 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\nIn this way he became quite proficient in primary, and even interme-\\ndiate mathematics. His thirst for information grew as he learned,\\nand continued to seek knowledge from his sisters, and by his own\\nexertions he qualified himself to enter school. At the age of twenty-\\nfour years, his father gave him a horse, which he sold for one hundred\\ndollars, and with this pitiful sum went to Madisonville and entered\\nProfessor Boring s school, where he applied himself with an earnest-\\nness which soon won the sympathy and favor of his teacher. He had\\nbut the sum of one hundred and sixty dollars. Professor Boring was\\nparticularly kind to him, extending to him credit for the tuition and\\nother pecuniary credits necessary during the scholastic year. He bent\\nevery energy, studying day and night, and during the term ot six\\nmonths mastered arithmetic, gained a good understanding of algebra,\\ntrigonometry, surveying, and English grammar. Returning to his\\nhome, he soon organized a small neighborhood school, studying him-\\nself all the time with more earnestness than any pupil under him, and\\ncontinued teaching and studying until 1856, when he was appointed\\nby D. N. Walden, Surveyor of Henderson County, deputy surveyor.\\nHe continued in office under Walden to the time he resigned in 1859,\\nand then served under Charles Dixon, until his death in I860, when\\nhe was appointed surveyor of the county until an election could be\\nheld. An election being ordered, Mr. Robards became a candidate\\non the Democratic ticket against Robert S. Eastin, who had announced\\nhimself a candidate of the opposition party. The election resulted\\nin Eastin s being elec!ed. Mr. Robards then gave up official life and\\nsettled on a farm near Robards Station. During his deputyship, by\\nthe exercise of the closest economy, and the keenest foresight in land\\nspeculation, he amassed a competency sufficient to serve hmi in enter-\\ning into active business. No young man was ever more industrious,\\npersevering, studious, or accumulating than was he, and as an evi-\\ndence of it, we shall see before this brief biography is concluded. On\\nthe twenty-first day of June, 1857, Mr. Robards married Mrs. JuHa A.\\nHart, nee Walker, daughter of Alonzo Walker, a highly respected and\\nintelligent farmer. She died August, 1883, leaving iwo children,\\nFrank Hart and Edwin T. Robards. In 1867, with the same keen\\nforesight, he built the first frame store house (in fact the first house\\nbuilt), at what is known as Robards Station. In this building he\\ncarried on a general merchandising business, selling annually from\\ntwenty to forty thousand dollars worth of goods. In 1868 he built\\nthe first tobacco stemmery at Robard Station this was a rough and\\nhurriedly built affair of small capacity, and built along side of the rail-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0794.jp2"}, "795": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 761\\nroad track. In 1873 he tore down this building and replaced it by\\nanother, a better and more commodious house, one hundred and twenty\\nfeet long, by seventy feet wide, three stories high. A co-partnership\\nwas formed with R. W. Boding and Dr. N, A. Kitchell, which con-\\ntinued up to the year 1878, when it was dissolved by mutual consent.\\nThis firm did an annual business from fifty to ninety thousand dollars.\\nOn the eleventh of June, 1874, a hurricane passed over Robards\\nStation, leveling to the ground his large fine tobacco stemmery, con-\\ntaining at the time from one hundred and sixtv to two hundred hogs-\\nheads of tobacco. Fortunatelv the tobacco was in loose order and\\nvery little of it was damaged on the contrary, it was secured from the\\ndebris, rehandled and brought the firm more money, and clear profit,\\nthan any crop handled during the partnership. The building was\\nerected again on the same foundation, and occupied during the same\\nyear, 1874. In 1872 Mr. Robards moved into the City of Hender-\\nson and soon purchased the handsome residence he yet owns on Sec-\\nond Street. In early life he joined the Christian Church, and has ever\\nbeen a conservative, active and working layman. To him and one\\nor two others, is due, perhaps, the honor of remodeling, and the com-\\npletion of the beautiful church edifice, which now stands on the\\ncorner of Green and Washington, a monument to denominational lib-\\nerality. In 1882 he was mainly instrumental in the organization of\\nthe Henderson, Zion and Hebardsville Gravel Road Company, and at\\nits organization was elected President, which office he held for some\\ntime with credit to himself and good to the company. During the\\nearly part of this year he, assisted by his means in the organization of\\nthe Planter s National Bank, and at the first election by the stock-\\nholders, was made a director. During the fall of 1882, a large tobacco\\nstemmery, owned by him, and located on Alvasia Street, near Fern-\\nwood Cemetery was burned since that time, to-wit on the twenty-\\nsecond day of January, 1883, he and Dr. N. A. Kitchell filed articles\\nof incorporation and organized the Robards-Kitchell Manufacturing\\nCompany, with a paid up capital of fifteen thousand dollars. On the\\nfifth day of February, 1884, Mr. Robards married, in the City of Lou-\\nisville. Mrs. Marv Stewart, a ladv of hisfh character and noble chris-\\ntian graces. They take life easy in their cozy home, their cup of hap-\\npiness being as full as the heart could wish.\\nRICHARD DIGMAN was born in the City of Louisville, April\\n1st, 1835. After having received a good education for young men of\\nthat time, and, enjoying the advantages of city life, he entered, as\\napprentice to Milton Calehan, for three years in the stemmery^depart", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0795.jp2"}, "796": {"fulltext": "762 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nment of a cigar and chewing tobacco manufactory. At the age of\\nseventeen, his term of apprentice having expired, he fancied he would\\nlike the trade of brick mason and placed himself under an artisan\\nboth competeijt and willing to assist him. It was not long before he\\nreceived journeyman wages, and, in the summer of 1854, came to\\nHenderson to assist Mr. Weaver in building Von Kaff s tobacco stem-\\nmery in the Town of Cairo. Upon the completion of this factory, he\\nreturned to Louisville, where he remained until the spring of 1858\\nwhen he again came to Henderson, and, during that year and 1859\\nand 1860, alternated between Henderson and Louisville. In 1861 he\\njoined the Kentucky State Guards, and, in September of that year, in\\ncompany with the National Blues, went into camp at Glascow, Ken-\\ntucky. After camping there three weeks, the company moved to Cave\\nCity, where, by unanimous consent, it was attached to Colonel Joe\\nLewis Confederate Regiment. A short time after this, sixty-five or\\nseventy men, of which number Mr. Digman was one, representing\\ntwenty-one different counties, organized what was known as Buckner s\\nbodyguard. This company was taken by Buckner to Fort Donelson,\\nand, before the surrender, made its escape with General N. B. Forrest.\\nIt then became a part of General A. S. Johnson s command, and, at\\nthe battle of Shiloh, acted as escort to General Hardee, and, during\\nthe engagement, in company with a regiment of Texas Rangers, made\\none of the most desperate charges known to have been made during\\nthe whole war. This company was composed of the best men of the\\narmy, and, as an evidence of it, when the company roll was called at\\nShiloh, only one man out of the seventy failed to respond to his name,\\nand he because he had no horse. At the evacuation of Corinth, this\\ncommand fell back to Tupello, Mississippi, and was there transferred\\nto John Morgan s command came into Kentucky as the vanguard\\nof Kirby Smith fought several battles, and, in the fight at Richmond,\\nhad the honor of taking in Metcalf s Cavalry, a most magnificently\\nmounted and finely equipped body of men. At Lexington they joined\\nGeneral Morgan and fell back with him to Knoxville, where they\\nreported to Buckner, who had been exchanged, and who gave them an\\nhonorable discharge from the service, and this was the last of the\\nBuckner Guards.\\nAfter spending a few days with relatives at Wartrace, Tennessee,\\nMr. Digman joined Colonel D. Howard Smith s Regiment, of\\nMorgan s (Command, marched through Kentucky, crossed the Ohio\\non the Morgan raid, and was captured by the Home Guards at Ew-\\nington, forty miles beyond Portsmouth, Ohio, He was taken from", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0796.jp2"}, "797": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KV.\\n763\\nthere to Camp Morton, and from there to Camp Douglass, Chicago,\\nwhere he remained for eighteen long months. On the tenth day of\\nMarch, 1865, near the close of the war, he was sent on to Richmond\\nfor exchange, was placed in a p^ ole camp at Amherst Court House,\\nand was there at the time of General Lee s surrender. After the sur\\nrender he walked from there to Knoxville, Tennessee, where he was\\nfortunate in getting railroad transportation to Chattanooga and Nash-\\nville. At Nashville he met a company of Louisville Federal soldiers,\\nin whose ranks were a number of his old-time friends. They laid\\naside all past differences, received him as of old, dressed him up in an\\nelegant suit, furnished him with all the money he wanted, purchased\\na fi ^st-class ticket to Louisville for him and sent him on as a gentle-\\nman. He went to work at his trade and remained in Louisville up to\\nthe fourth day of July, 1\u00c2\u00ab66, when he came to Henderson and settled\\ndown.\\nOn the fourteenth day of July, 1870, Mr. Digman married Miss\\nMollie B. Jeff ries,a very handsome and intelligent young lady,half sister\\nof Major J. Shannon and Richard Blackwell, with whom he has lived in\\nmarital felicity to this day. They have two beautiful daughters to add\\nto the brightness and cheerfulness of their happy home, A prouder\\nor more noble soul than Dick Digman does not live. His friendship\\nis as true as his courage, and that characteristic is indisputable. Mr.\\nDigman has taken all of the Masonic degrees, including the Knights\\nTemplar.\\nSince the above was written, Mrs. Digman and one daughter\\nhave departed this life.\\nCOLONEL ELI AS D. POWELL is the son of Captain Lazarus\\nPowell, who removed from North Carolina to Kentucky in 1800, settling\\nin a part of Logan, now Simpson County, where he remained two\\nyears. In 1803 he removed to Henderson County, and at once settled on\\na part of the beautiful farm known as Meadow Hill, one mile this side\\nof Smith Mills. The old homestead originally composed one-half of\\nMeadow Hill, of five hundred and eleven acres. Captain Powell, in\\naddition to this valuable body of land, purchased large tracts contain-\\ning many thousands of acres in the lower part of the county, known\\nasValnut Bottom, where he had large negro quarters and great num-\\nbers of hogs and cattle. He prided himself upon his fine stock and\\nwas known to own the best blooded horses in Kentucky at that time.\\nCaptain Powell married four times and raised a large number of\\nchildren. Governor L. W. Powell being among the oldest; the sub-\\nject of this sketch being the youngest. Colonel Powell was born Feb-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0797.jp2"}, "798": {"fulltext": "764 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nruary 1st, 1837, at Meadow Hill. His early education was gained in\\nHenderson, and afterwards was a student of St. Joseph s Academy,\\nBardstown, During the year 1855 he attended Transylvania College,\\nLexington, where he studied law in a class with Judge Mike Owsley,\\nlate a candidate for the office of Governor, and other celebrities. Col.\\nPowell, at the death of his father, April, 1869, inherited the old home-\\nstead as a portion of his share of the estate, and since that time has\\nadded to it two hundred and fifty acres of land equally as valuable.\\nOn the twenty-fourth day of October, 1861, he married Miss Bettie\\nBeverly, a great belle of Henderson society and a lady of many social\\ngraces. The fruits of this marriage is two children, Miss Bessie, a\\nbright and handsome daughter, and Beverly, a promising young man.\\nAt the close of the war Colonel Powell was worried in mind as to how\\nhe should utilize his large landed estate. He was not willing to give up\\nhis old home, and still unwilling to wear himself out growing crops\\nwith the uncertain labor then at the command of the farmer. He first\\nput down several hundred acres of Meadow Hill in the grasses, and\\nbaled hay, grazed, fed and shipped cattle. During this time he con-\\ntracted rheumatism to such an alarming extent as to compel him to\\ngive up that life.\\nColonel Powell had always a great taste for horticulture, and had\\nread many very valuable works on that interesting branch, and the more\\nhe saw and studied the more he became convinced that this climate,\\ntemperature and condition was eminently suited for successfully cul-\\ntivating the leading fruits of the country. He determined to under-\\ntake it at all hazards, and, in 1869, planted an orchard of the Red\\nCrab. Every year since he has added to it, as he could arrange his\\nland, and as a result he has to-day one hundred acres of land devoted\\nto apple trees and interspersed wiih the Wild Goose Plum, certainly\\none of the finest varieties known to fruit growers. In addition to,\\nthis, he has endless numbers of pear, peach, apricot and nectarine\\nwhich bear handsomely every year. Colonel Powell can now sit in his\\nhome, located upon a most beautiful hill of imposing prominence, and\\nat one sight take in hundreds of acres of trees freighted with the most\\nlucious and taste-tempting fruits known to fruit growers. He is culti.\\nvating several hundred pecan trees in what he calls his black flats,\\nseveral hundred black walnut, and as many black locusts, the latter\\nof which he intends using for posts. The Colonel, even at this early\\ndate, has an abundance of pecans and walnuts for his family use, and\\nm the course of a few years will gather a sufficiency to supply the\\ncounty. The success attending Colonel Powell s venture has been won-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0798.jp2"}, "799": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 765\\nderful. In 1882, as a result of his labor, he sold in St. Louis, Chicago,\\nLouisville and Cincinnati four hundred barrels of crab cider, fourteen\\nhundred barrels of apples and not less than one thousand dollars\\nworth of plums. His cider netted him ten dollars per barrel,\\namounting to $4,000; thus the net profits of his crop sold out-\\nside of Henderson County, netted him the round sum of six thous-\\nand three hundred dollars. Colonel Powell now prides himself upon\\nbeing the owner and the proprietor of the largest, handsomest, and\\nfinest improved fruit farm in the State of Kentucky. His fruit is\\nknown in all the markets, and is much sought after. No one is more\\npleased to know the happy and solid condition of the Colonel than\\nthe writer. He deserves all that he has won. He is a man of noble\\nimpulses, true as steel, a friend to mankind, and unflinchingly coura-\\ngeous in all the grand and enobling characteristics of life.\\nJAMES HENRY POWELL was born in Henderson County on\\nthe eighth day of April, 1839, and is the eldest son of Senator Laza-\\nrus W. Powell, deceased. Mr. Powell was sent to the best private\\nschools of Henderson, and then to the Sayer Institute, at Frankfort,\\nwhere he remained for five years. He was then sent to the Univer-\\nsity of Virginia, where he remained three years, and, in 1869, grad-\\nuated. Returning to his home, he commenced the study of law in his\\nfather s office, and very soon thereafter stood a successful examination\\nand received a license to practice. On the twenty-first day of Octo-\\nber, 1862, he married Miss Mary Ann Alves, second daughter of\\nRobert A. and Mary (Gayle) Alves, a thoroughly domestic and highly\\nesteemed lady, and unto them have been born six children Robert\\nA., Lazarus W., Henry J., John Stevenson, Hattie Jennings and Wil-\\nliam Gayle. Lazarus W. married two years since Miss Kittie Wal-\\nbridge, of Henderson, and they have one child. A few years subse-\\nquent to his marriage, the subject of this sketch entered the lecture\\nfield, at first confining himself to the subject of temperance, and win-\\nning golden opinions wherever he lectured. Subsequently he enlarged\\nhis field, and added to his repertoire several themes of literary merit,\\nas well as others of decided humor. Mr. Powell lectured in a great\\npart of the United States and Canada, and received most favorable\\nnotice from the leading newspapers of both countries. He closed his\\nlecture life as agent of the Lee Monument Association, under the\\nauthority of the Governor of Virginia. Mr, Powell, upon his return\\nhome, again applied himself to the law. He served two terms as Citv\\nProsecuting Attorney, and was then elected County Attorney, serving\\ntwo terms. In 1880 he was elected Commonwealth Attorney, and, at", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0799.jp2"}, "800": {"fulltext": "760 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nthe end of the term, was re-elected without opposition. Mr. Powell is\\nan uncompromising Democrat, and has done his party great service\\nin the past. As a stump speaker, he ranks with the best in the State,\\nand, as a^successful canvasser, is matchless. He has never known\\ndefeat, and, notwithstanding the frequent unpopular duties he is\\nnecessarily compelled to perform as Commonwealth Attorney, he is\\nto-day more popular with the masses than when first elected. This is\\nall owing to the purity and sincerity of the man. There is no guile\\nabout him he is simply a plain, straight forward, out-spokeni^ honest,\\nintelligent man and friend, and for that reason his constituency will\\nstand by him almost to a man. He is a candidate to succeed the\\npresent member of Congress from this, the Second District, and I feel\\nno hesitancy in predicting his election by a large majority. Mr. Pow-\\nell is both a Mason and Odd Fellow, but has never attached him-\\nself to any church.\\nJOHN HENRY BARRET, a native of Louisa County, Virginia,\\nwas born on the fourth day of February, 1818. His father, Peter\\nStraghan Barret, and his mother, Matilda (Winston) Barret, were born\\nin Louisa County. His paternal grandfather, John Barret, and\\nmaternal grandfather, Henry Pendleton, were both natives of Vir-\\nginia, and both died and were buried in that State. John H. Barret\\nwas educated from the country schools of his native county. His\\nfather was a farmer and required his son to plow furrow by furrow,\\nalongside others more muscular than himself, and this he did year in\\nand year out. Another innocent amusement afforded him on the farm,\\nwas that of ox driving, one thing of all others calculated to make a boy\\nforget his Sunday school dialect and indulge in the conventional talk\\nof the more advanced student of oxology. However, in every calling\\nhe was at home in energy, thougthfulness and sound judgment. At\\nthe age of seventeen years, he left his parental home and set out for\\nKentucky to join his brother, Alexander, who had preceded him just\\ntwo years In December, 1835, Mr. Barret landed in Henderson and\\nimmediately accepted a position in the employ ot his brother, who was\\nlargely engaged in the purchase and stemming of tobacco and general\\nmerchandising. Our subject applied himself diligently to the work\\nassigned him, and this, coupled with a keen, quick perception of\\nmatters pertaining to the trade, soon made him a* most valuable\\nassistant to his brother. Four years after his arrival in Henderson\\nCounty, to wit December, 1839, Mr. Barret was joined in marriage\\nwith Miss Susan D. Rankin, whom the writer loves to remember for\\nher even-tempered and affectionate disposition, her strong, good", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0800.jp2"}, "801": {"fulltext": "^._A^^.A^ A\\nc", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0801.jp2"}, "802": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0802.jp2"}, "803": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDER^Oisr COUNTY, KY. ?6?\\nsense, active benevolence and earnest piety. There are three living\\nchildren, the result of this union, John H., James R. and Susan.\\nJohn H. married Miss Henrietta Offutt, of Shelby County, and has\\ntwo children, Mary and Augusta Mary married Dr. James Heddins,\\nof St. Joseph, Missouri James R. married Miss Lucie Frances Stites,\\nand has two children, Henry P. and Susie R. Susan married James E.\\nRankin, and has two children, Susie and James Ewing. Shortly after\\nmarriage, Mr. Barret severed his connection with his brother and\\nformed a copartnership with his brother-in-law, James E. Rankin,\\nunder the firm name of Rankin Barret, and, with him, continued in\\nthe dry goods business to 1851, eleven years, when, by mutual consent,\\nthe firm was dissolved. During the year 1851, Mrs. Barret died,\\nleaving a grief stricken husband and three small children. In 1852 Mr.\\nBarret accepted a proffered partnership with his elder brother, in the\\ntobacco business, and was actively engaged with him to the day of his\\ndeath, in 1861. On the fourteenth day of September, 1852, our subject\\nmarried, at Smithland, Ky., his second wife, Miss Mary Augusta Had\\ndock, a most estimable Christian lady,who, during their thirty-six years of\\nmarried life, has proven herself a loving wife, devoted to his comfort and\\nhappiness. By this marriage, four children were born, three died in\\ninfancy little Mary, the youngest of them all, died at the age of eight\\nyears, and,- in her death, the sunshine of the household was laid away\\ndeep in the mists of sorrow that knows no ending.\\nAlexainder B. Barret, the elder brother, at his death, left an estate\\naggregating between three and four millions of dollars, the largest\\nestate known to the record books of Kentucky. This immense\\nproperty consisted of lands in various parts of the United States,\\nstocks, bonds, notes, partnerships, unsettled accounts, and heredita\\nments of every conceivable character. By the terms of his testa-\\nmentary will, John H. Barret, our subject, was made executor, and\\nthe entire estate unreservedly intrusted to his hands without security,\\na monument to his fidelity and high integrity of character that the\\nworld can never destroy. Seven years were given by the will in which\\nto settle this enormous estate. Ten years have been consumed by\\neminent financiers in settling much smaller ones, yet, at the end of\\nfive years, the estate was settled to the last cent, the hundreds of\\nlegacies paid off, accounts sCitled, the books balanced and the estate\\ndivided without a jar. To his quick and clear perception, his\\nretentive memory, his sound, unerring judgment, is due this one\\namong the most brilliant and successful financial and business achiev-\\nments known to the business world.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0803.jp2"}, "804": {"fulltext": "768 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nThe death of Alexander B. Barrett, while it naturally destroyed\\nthe partnership between himself and his brother,nevertheless did not put\\na stop to the great stemming interest carried on prior to that untimely\\nevent. The subject of this sketch continued doing business as\\nsurviving partner, and, as his sons arrived at majority, each one was\\nnven an interest and associated with him first, John H., Jr., then\\nJames R., and, upon the marriage of his daughter to James F. Rankin,\\nhe, too, was associated in the firm, for several years past known as\\nJohn H. Barret Co. and composed of John H. Barret, John H.\\nBarret, Jr., James R. Barret and James E. Rankin. While our subject\\nof late years has withdrawn from active participancy in the details of\\nthe business, he is, nevertheless, the acknowledged head, and his advice\\nand wise counsel is sought and acted upon in all matters affecting the\\npartnership. During the building of the Evansville, Henderson\\nNashville Railroad, Mr. Barret was a member of the Board of\\nDirectors, and was at all times active in assisting to its early com-\\npletion. The Citv of Henderson subscribed three hundred thousand\\ndollars of her bonds to aid in the work, and, by a unanimous vote of\\nthe City Council, those bonds were directed to be placed in the hands\\nof John H. Barret as custodian without security. Thus, it will be seen,\\nin what high esteem he was held by the legislative branch of his city.\\nThe first locomotive known as the Pony, and yet in. use in the\\ndepot yards at Henderson\u00e2\u0080\u0094 was purchased by Mr. Barret of the\\nBaldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, and paid for out of his own\\nprivate means. Soon after being appointed custodian of the city s\\nbonds, he was directed to dispose of the same by sale, or otherwise,\\nand report his acts. He went East, and, although money matters\\nwere tight at the time, succeeded in negotiating a sale of a number of\\nthem, while a great number were taken by home capitalists. A press\\nof private business required him to relinquish the trust, which he did\\nbefore all of the bonds had been sold. Mr. Barret served as Director\\nup to the sale of the road to the Louisville Nashville Company.\\nHe manifested, by his works and means, an active interest in the\\norsanization of a National Bank, and, as a result, the First National\\nwas organized November, 1865, and commenced business January\\n1st, 1866, on a capital of one hundred thousand dollars increased\\nSeptember 20th, 1870, to one hundred and seventy thousand, and on\\nJuly 2d, 1872, to two hundred thousand. He was one of the origina-\\ntors of and largest stockholders in the second telegraph line connecting\\nHenderson and Evansville. it was mainly through his instrumentality\\nthat Henderson now claims one of the largest and most complete", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0804.jp2"}, "805": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 769\\nwoollen mills in the West, the largest cotton mill in the State, and\\none of the largest in the South. But for the liberality and far seeino-\\ncapacity of our subject, the writer verily believes that neither of these\\ngrand manufacturieswould to-day be standing and operated in Hen-\\nderson. Mr. Barret holds fifteen thousand dollars stock in the cotton\\nmill and five thousand in the woollen mill. In addition to his very\\nlarge stock and bonded interests, he is the owner of seven hundred\\nacres of valuable river bottom lands, lying between the City of Hen-\\nderson and the City of Evansville, on the Ohio River one thousand\\nand thirty-three acres of hill lands, all of which, with the exception of\\nhis Tom Lockett place, he causes to be cultivated in his own name\\nand behalf. He is a large grower of corn, wheat, grass and stock.\\nIn the Counties of Hopkins and Breckenridge, Kentucky, and in the\\nCounty of Delta, Texas, he is the owner of lands aggregating four\\nthousand and eight hundred and fifty acres. A great part of his\\nTexas lands he causes to be cultivated in cotton and corn, and, in\\naddition, is largely engaged in stock raising.\\nRecently, in connection with his sons, under the firm name of\\nJohn H. Barret Co., he has had erected in the Town of Uniontown,\\nUnion County, a large and commodious tobacco stemmery, of seven\\nhundred hogshead capacity annually, and will this winter at that point\\nenter largely into the purchase and handling of tobacco. He is\\nlargely interested in stemming at Owensboro, having associated with\\nhimself, John W. Matthews, formerly of Henderson. His stemmery\\nat Owensboro is one of the largest in that city, and the firm one among\\nthe heaviest buyers. Mr. Barret is a very large holder of tobacco in\\nEuropean warehouses, and his immense capital and credit gives him\\nall the advantages to be gained by holding on a low market when\\nvery many others are forced to sell.\\nIn politics Mr. Barret was a Whig during the days of that party,\\nbut since the war has afhliated with the Democratic party. In relig-\\nious pursuasion he was raised a Christian or Reformer, and, while\\nnever uniting with the church in membership, he feels a deep and\\nabiding interest in its Welfare, and is among its most liberal monied\\nsupporters. To use a common expression, he is by no means hide-\\nbound contrarily, he gives liberally when solicited to all denomina-\\ntions and charities. For very many years he has been a member of\\nthe Masonic order, but seldom attends the lodge.\\nMr. Barret was never in his life an office seeker, or politician, and\\nso far as the writer is informed, was never a candidate for an office.\\nHe was once elected and then against his will\u00e2\u0080\u0094 to the office of\\n49", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0805.jp2"}, "806": {"fulltext": "770 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nCity Councilman from his ward, and, but for the urgent solicitation of\\nhis friends, would have declined to serve. He did serve, however,\\nand. as in all business acts of his life, made a most excellent Council-\\nman. Mr. Barret is a man of unflinching rectitude, never swerving\\nfrom what he deems right, either in public or private life, and, while\\nnot a professed Christian, is yet too good, too true, to pass the golden\\nffates unnoticed. There is no place in his heart for the narrowness of\\nbigotry or intolerance his genial, attractive qualities forbid it and\\nmake him friends wherever he may go. He is a man of warm attach-\\nments, giving graciously and unreservedly to all charities and in places\\nwhere the world knows nothing of. He never lets his right hand know\\nwhat his left doeth all his good works are sacred with himself and\\nthe recipients of his bounty. When he dies, grateful hearts will weep-,\\nwhile the business world, and Henderson, particularly, will sadly miss\\nhim.\\nWILLIAM SOAPER was born in Loudon County, Virginia,\\nApril 28th, 1795, and received his education from the ordinary schools\\nof that State and Maryland, where he removed some years subsequent\\nto his birth. During the year 1820, with limited means, Mr. Soaper\\ncame West and settled in Henderson. For several years he engaged\\nin the saddlery business, frequently traveling through the country,\\nbut subsequently entered into partnership with Judge Thomas Towles,\\nand engaged in the purchase and stemming of tobacco. This partner-\\nship continued for a number of years when, by mutual consent, it was\\ndissolved. His business life was one marked by success, and the\\nstar of fortune clung to him even to the day of his death. His entire\\nbusiness life was characterized by an honesty of purpose, and strict\\nintegrity that won him the confidence of the entire community. While\\nhe claimed and demanded all that was due him, he held himself ready\\nat all times to do unto his neighbor as he would be done by. In\\nmatters of charity, he was liberal, and his benefactions by no means\\nfew, or infrequent, were distributed with a cheerful, frank spirit, that\\nwas characteristic of his noble manhood. Freely and unostentatiously\\nhe gave of his means, without letting those nearest to him know\\nof it. His charity was not for the applause of the world, but was the\\nnatural flow of a warm and sympathising heart. On the second day\\nof November, 1830, ne married Miss Susan Fannie Henderson, Rev.\\nThomas Evans officiating. Miss Henderson was born on the ninth\\nday of May, 1813, upon what was, and is yet, known as the Bluff, a\\nfew miles below the city. Her father, Richard Henderson, was a\\nnephew of Richard Henderson, for whom the County and City of", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0806.jp2"}, "807": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 771\\nHenderson were named. He married in North Carolina on the twenty-\\nixth day of March, 1807, Miss Annie Alves, and came to Henderson\\nin 1812. Mrs. Soaper was baptized in infancy by Rev. Daniel Com-\\nfort, of the Presbyterian Church, and became a member of the Epis-\\ncopal Church in 1835, at the age of twenty-two years. During her\\nentire church life, she has proven a devoted Christian and fondly at-\\ntached to her church. Mr. and Mrs. Soaper have had born unto them\\ntwelve children, ten of whom are living\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Elizabeth, Richard Hender-\\nson, Thomas, William, Mariana, Catharine, Harry, Robert, Maria\\nand Susan.\\nElizabeth married L. C. Dallam, President of the Henderson\\nNational Bank, January 17th, 1855. They have five children, Susan,\\nClarence, Charlie, Elizabeth and Sallie Susan married Hon. Henry\\nC. Burnett, of Paducah, and they have two children, Marie and\\nElizabeth.\\nThomas married Miss Cora Cook, October 23d, 1862; they have\\ntwo children, Elizabeth and Susan.\\nMariana married Stephen K. Sneed, Vice President and\\nCashier of the Henderson National Bank, May 10th, 1871; they have\\nsix children, Susan, Lucy, Catharine, Mariana, William and Stephen\\nWilliam married Miss Sophy Turner, January 17th, 1872 they\\nhave three children, Henry Turner, Susan Soaper and Lucile.\\nRobert married Miss Annie E. Pringle, November 18th, 1873\\nthey have four children, Jane, Willie, Annie and Frances.\\nCatharine married Malcom Caruthers, of Chicago, October 20th\\n1875; they have two children, Elizabeth and Frances.\\nMaria married A. M. Gazlay, of Louisville, now of Chicago, Mav\\n10th, 1876; they have one child, William Soaper.\\nSusan married Hayden M. Young, of Louisville, now of Kansas\\nCity, Mo., January 29th, 1884; they have no children.\\nRichard H. and Harry are unmarried.\\nMr. William Soaper, subject of this sketch, after having lived a\\nmost successful business life, died January 3d, 1881, leaving a very\\nlarge estate. Mr. Soaper was for many years an active Mason, being\\na member of the Blue Lodge and Chapter. Although for many years\\na regular attendant upon church worship, he was never a member.\\nRICHARD. HENDERSON SOAPER, named for his maternal\\ngrandfather, Richard Henderson, who was a nephew of Richard Hen-\\nderson, President of the Henderson Grant Company, was born in\\nHenderson County on the seventh day of February, 1836, and is the\\neldest son of William Soaper and Susan Fannie Henderson. He was", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0807.jp2"}, "808": {"fulltext": "772 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\neducated from the very best private schools of Henderson, Shelby\\nCollege, Shelbyville, Ky., and, during the years 1854 and 55, was a\\nstudent at Kenyon College, Ohio. No means were spared by his\\nfather to -ive him a first-class collegiate education. Upon his return\\nfrom colle^^e, Mr. Soaper was given a position in his father s tobjicco\\nstemmery, and, in the course of a few years, mastered the art of hand-\\nling the weed and was 2:iven a partnership. This partnership contin-\\nued up to his father s death in 1881. Since that time, in connection\\nwith his brother, the stemming business has been carried on as before.\\nIn 1868 Mr. Soaper caused to be built in the town of Uniontown\u00c2\u00bb\\nUnion County, a handsome, finely arranged tobacco stemmery with a\\ncapacity of handling five hundred hogsheads annually. This, with his\\nHenderson house, he has operated year by year, buying, receiving and\\nshipping large quantities of the staple of this section of the country.\\nIn addition to his large tobacco interest in this country and Europe,\\nhe is the owner of four hundred and eighty-eight acres of the best\\nriver bottom land of Henderson County, land noted for its great pro-\\nductiveness of both corn and tobacco. His annual crops are large,\\nand so well systematized are all of his farming plans, that nothing\\nbut an overflow or unprecedented drouth can keep him from reaping\\na handsome income year after year.\\nWilliam Soaper, the father of the subject of this sketch, died\\npossessed of a large and varied estate, and, upon his death, our sub-\\nject qualified as executor of the will. The will included lands, houses\\nand lots, monies, bonds, stocks, and other posessions, to be divided\\namono- nine devisees. The difficulty of the undertaking can be seen\\nat a ^lance, yet Mr. Soaper settled this great estate without a murniur\\nfrom anyone, and strange to say without a lawsuit. This, then, goes\\nto show that he is notably one of the most successful business men of\\nthe times. His career has been characterized by great energy, pru-\\ndence and liberality, controlled by a superior judgment and marked\\nthroughout by undoubted integrity. Mr. Soaper has traveled over the\\nprincipal part of the United States and Canada, and, during the sum-\\nmer of 1865, spent his time in Europe on business and sight-seeing.\\nHe loves his friends, has a big warm heart, enjoys social life to\\nits highest degree, but has never married. There isn t a time-\\nkeeper in the city that is more regular in telling the hours, than he\\nis in his habits. Thoroughly domestic, he varies perhaps not ex-\\nceeding five minutes in an entire week, in passing to and from\\nhis office to his boarding house. He is strictly a business man\\nand a remarkably successful one. Mr. Soaper was raised a Whig,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0808.jp2"}, "809": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY 77%\\nand since the downfall of that party, has never recognized the\\nclaims of any particular political organization. In religious faith he\\nwas raised an Episcopalian, but seldom attends any church. He has\\nno fancy for office, holding, aTid wouldn t accept one if tendered\\nhim by the unanimous voice of the pejple. He was never a member\\nof any lodge, he dispenses his charities with his own liberal hand, but\\nunostentatiously, telling no one, but keeping his good works sacredly\\nto himself. No better man than Richard Henderson Soaper lives.\\nTHOMAS SOAFER is the second son of William Soaper and\\nSusan Fannie Henderson, and was born on the twentieth day of Jan-\\nuary, 1838. As in the case of his elder brother, he was given every ad-\\nvantage of an education that wealth could afford. He was sent to the\\nbest private schools, and, in 1854 and a part of 1855, was a student\\nat Kenyon College, Ohio. In 1855 he entered Hanover College,\\nIndiana, and remained there throughout 1856. Shortly after his re-\\nturn home from college, he entered the dry goods store of L. C. Dal-\\nlam, and, in the year 1859, purchased an interest, became a partner,\\nand engaged in business under the old and well-known firm name of\\nDallam Soaper, the senior member being his brother-in-law, Mr. L.\\nC. Dallam. On the twenty-third day of October, 1862, Mr. Soaper\\nmarried Miss Cora Cook, daughter of Dr. John B. Cook, founder of\\nthe Henderson and McDowell Medical Societies. Unto them two chil-\\ndren have been born, Bettie Cook and Sudie Henderson, two charm-\\ning: voun 2: ladies and universal society favorites Mrs. Soaper is a\\nlady of many fascinating domestic and social qualities, and a devoted\\nhelp-mate to her husband. At the beginning of 1875, after a pleasant\\nand lucrative partnership of sixteen years, Mr. Soaper purchased the\\ninterest of his partner, Mr. L. C. Dallam, and, from that time to this,\\nthe business of the old house has been conducted under the name of\\nThomas Soaper.\\nOur subject has been one ot Henderson s most successful mer-\\nchants, from the fact he never jests, never exaggerates, always sincere\\nand honest, and whatever his convictions in any line of life, he carries\\nthem out without reference to the world. On no serious subject has\\nhe anv half-formed notions. In his friendship, he is exceedingly warm,\\nyet not demonstrative in domestic relations, gentle and tender, a\\ngenial companion, a devoted father and husband. He grew up in the\\nEpiscopal Church faith, and, in 1860, was confirmed by the Bishop.\\nFor thirty years he has been a member of the church vestry, has served\\nas Treasurer for a number of years, has served as Junior and Senior", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0809.jp2"}, "810": {"fulltext": "774 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nWarden and is the Senior Warden of the church at this writing. He\\nhas represented his church a number of times in the General Conven-\\ntion of the Diocese, and, throughout his entire church life, has been\\none of the foremost in all matters of interest to the congregation and\\nparish. For many years he filled the position of Superintendent of the\\nSunday School. In 1879 he was elected President of the Henderson\\nMinino- and Manufacturing Company, and has continued as such to\\nthis dav. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Henderson\\nNational Bank, one of the strongest monied institutions in the city.\\nHe is a member of the Masonic order, and in politics a Democrat. In\\naddition to his large interest in the city, including a handsome resi-\\ndence he is the owner of one hundred and ninety-one acres of the\\nfinest Henderson County river bottom lands, which he operates\\nthrouo-h employes under the direction of a competent superintendent\\nor overseer. His crops are usually good and bring him a handsome in-\\ncome.\\nWILLIAM SOAPER, JR. The subjectof this sketch, who bears\\nthe honored name of his father, is the third son of William Soaper\\nand Susan Fannie Henderson, and, as in the case of his elder broth-\\ners, was given a collegiate education. He received his early training\\nat the best schools of Henderson, and entered Union College, Schen-\\nectady, New York, where he would have graduated in 1864, but for\\nthe interference of the War of the Rebellion. William Soaper was born\\nin Henderson County, on the tenth day of April, 1843, and in his form\\nand build is the exact counterpart of his father, when at his age in\\nlife. Returning home from college Mr. Soaper engaged himself with\\nhis father and brother Richard, in the tobacco stemming business, ap-\\nplying himself with an earnestness, that in a few years placed him in\\nthe front rank of stemming men. He was given an interest in the\\nbusiness, and since his father s death has been associated in the same\\nline with his brother Richard. On the seventeenth day of January,\\n1872, he was married to Miss Sophy Turner, a highly accomplished\\ndaughter of Judge Henry F. Turner, of Henderson. As a result of\\nthat union, three children were born, Henry Turner, Susan Soaper,\\nLucile, all bright, promising children. Never a cloud of pain or sor-\\nrow hovered over his happy household, until October 21st, 1883, when\\nthe angel of death laid his cold hands upon the devoted wife, and car-\\nried her away to Heaven, leaving a disconsolate husband and children.\\nIn 1883 Mr. Soaper manifested an active interest in the organ-\\nization of the gravel road companies of this county, and to show his\\nfaith, subscribed liberally to the stock of the Henderson andZion, and", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0810.jp2"}, "811": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 775\\nCorydon and Geneva\u00c2\u00abcompanies. He has served a term as President\\nof the Henderson, Corydon and Geneva Company, and is now Pres-\\nident of the Henderson and Zion Company. For several years he was\\na member of the Board of Directors of the Henderson Fair Company,\\nand the writer can say that no officer of the association was more ac-\\ntive, faithful and deeply interested in the work before him. He is a\\nmember of the Masonic order in high standing, having presided as\\nMaster, High Priest and Eminent Commander, and had he urged him-\\nself as many have done, he would have presided before this over the\\nGrand Lodge of the State. Mr. Soaper is a half-owner of the Hender-\\nson Hominy Mill, one of the largest manufactories of hominy, gritz\\nc., in the West, and is doing a daily business commensurate with its\\ngreat capacity and yet unable to supply all of its orders. His partner,\\nW. W. Shelby, manages the mill while he gives the bulk of his\\ntime to his tobacco interest. In addition to what we have mentioned,\\nour subject is the own r of a magnificent Henderson County river bot-\\ntom farm of two hundred and forty acres, growing annually thousands\\nof bushels of corn.\\nMr. Soaper, in political faith, was raised a Whig, but since the war\\nhas affiliated with the Democratic party. He was never an office\\nholder and never a candidate for one. In church doctrine, he is an\\nEpiscopalian, and for twenty-five years has served his church as ves-\\ntryman. For several years he has he^d the office of Treasurer of the\\nchurch, and so well has he performed the duties of the office, the ves-\\ntry refuse to give him up by re-electing him annually. To find a man\\nof indomitable will and unquestioned courage, sincere in his convic-\\ntions, a warm and generous friend of the noblest impulses, of the high\\nest business character, is to 1 ly your eye and hand upon William\\nSoaper.\\nHARRY SOAPER, the fourth son of William Soaper and\\nSusan Fannie Henderson, was born in Henderson County on the\\nseventh day of August, 1844, and educated from the best schools of\\nthe town and county, and the University of Toronto, Canada, where\\nhe would have graduated but for the effects of the war. In 1867,\\nafter his return from college, he took charge of his brother Richard s\\ntobacco stemmery at Uniontown, and lived there during the stemming\\nse:ison of each year up to 1881, the year of his father s death. Since\\nthat time he has had charge of the home farm (where all of the chil-\\ndren were born), near the city. He still retains one-fourth interest in\\nthe stemming business at Uniontown, In addition to his interest at", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0811.jp2"}, "812": {"fulltext": "776 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KV.\\nthat place, and the home farm, he operates his l\u00c2\u00abwer bend place, con-\\nsisting of one hundred and seventy-five acres of magnificent\\nHenderson County river bottom land. All of this bottom land is\\nalluvial, and, therefore, highly productive. As is the case with his\\nbrothers, of whom we have written, he is a most successful business\\nman, and satisfactorily requires every turn to count in his interest.\\nHe has given a great deal of attention to the raising of fine stock,\\nand, to that end, and to better provide food for winter feeding, he\\nthoroughly investigated the Silo system, as adopted by cattle raisers\\nin many States of the country, and is, perhaps, the first farmer in\\nKentucky to introduce one into this State. At a large expense he\\nhas caused one to be built at the home farm, and is highly pleased\\nwith it. This, then, goes to show that our subject is a wide awake\\nfarmer, looking ahead, keeping ahead. He is not the kind to await the\\ncoming of events, but he thinks for himself, and his plans are alwavs\\nintelligently founded, and, most generally, result as he would have\\nthem.\\nMr. Soaper has never married; there is very little poetry about\\nhim. He is rather a recluse, inclined more to enjoy a quiet, bachelor\\nlife, than hugging to his booom what he regards a fancied vision.\\nIt may be said of him, however, that he is not selfish on the\\ncontrary, there is no one more open hearted. He is fond of society\\nbut his natural diffidence is constantly speaking to him, and he\\ncontinually listening to it. He is a man of benevolence, devoting\\na portion of his ample means to every good cause presenting itself\\nin the community. He makes no display of his good deeds, is large\\nhearted, exceedingly open and frank in all of his dealings and stands\\ndeservedly high as a gentleman and business man. Mr. Soaper was\\nraised in the Episcopal Church faith, but has never connected himself\\nwith the church. He never believed in secret societies, therefore has\\nnever joined a lodge or secret order of any character whatever. He\\nwas raised a Whig. At this time he claims to belong to no party,\\nbut the prerogative to vote when and as he pleases.\\nJOHN D. ANDERSON was born in Virginia and came to Hen-\\nderson in very early times. His father, Turner Anderso.n, and his\\nwife, Susan Roan Daniel, were both natives of Louisa County, Vi^--\\nginia. Turner Anderson had two sisters, one of whom married Wm.\\nH. Crawford, of Georgia, and was burned in a theater. Mr. and\\nMrs. Anderson immigrated to Kentucky in the year 1805, bringing\\nwith thern their six children, Nathan, Nelson, Sus ^n, Nathaniel, John,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0812.jp2"}, "813": {"fulltext": "kiSTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 777\\ni\\nMary and Weston, A paper Mr. Anderson brought with him, and\\none in which he took great pride, was a certificate from Day Lodge,\\nNo. 58, Masonic, certifying to his having been elected and installed\\nMaster of that Lodge. Among^the members of Day Lodge were\\nGeorge Washington, Lafayette and Rev. R. S. Barrett, lately of Hen-\\nderspn Nathan Anderson married Miss Milly Bell, and had two chil-\\ndren, Richard and Susan Richard married Miss Kara Alexander, an\\naunt of Dr. J. B. Alexander, formerly of this city. They had six chil-\\ndren. Dr. Turner Anderson, a distinguished physician, now of Louis-\\nville, being one of them.\\nSusan Anderson was the second wife of Dr. Adam Rankin, of\\nHenderson, and the grandmother of John H., James R. Barret and\\nSamuel, J. Ed., Alex and Wardlow Rankin. Nathaniel Spottswood\\nAnderson was killed in a duel on the twenty-third day of May, 1806,\\nbv Thomas Yateman, at Nashville, Tenn. John D. Anderson, the\\nsubject of this sketch, married on the ninth day of May, 1833, Miss\\nTabitha C. Marshall, and unto them was born only one child, Susan\\nDaniel, who married February 12th, 1854, Walter A. Towles, son of\\nJudge Thomas Towles. They have had seven children, Elizabeth\\nAlves, Sue Starling, Walter Alves, Thomas, Lillia, Marie Lucie and\\nTherrit Rankin. Weston Anderson married Miss Christy, and unto\\nthem were born two children, the late Mrs. Peter D. Green, of Union\\nCounty, and the late Weston Anderson, of Henderson. Mary Ander-\\nson first married Miller Flemming. of Glasgow, Scotland, who, together\\nwith his brother-in-law, the subject of this sketch, exported cotton to\\nhis native place they had one child, the late Mrs. Mary F. Alves,\\nwife of Walter Alves. John D. Anderson was a man of fine business\\ncharacter, and accumulated a handsome estate. He was one of the\\nfirst Directors of the Farmers Bank, one of the organizers of the\\nEpiscopal Church, and instrumental in many other worthy enterprises.\\nHe was universally popular, and his opinion upon all matters of busi-\\nness much sought after, He was, for many years prior to his death,\\na member of the Masonic fraternity.\\nDR. JOHN N. DORSEY was born in Jefferson County, Ken-\\ntucky, on the thirty-first day of December, 1811, and, at the age of\\nseven years, came with his father, Noah Dorsey, to Henderson Coun-\\nty, and settled on what is known as the Strong Water farm, then\\nowned by General Samuel Hopkins. Three months after he removed\\nthree miles beloW the present site of Corydon, and there remained\\nuntil he arrived at the age of thirteen or fourteen. He then returned\\nto Jefferson County and was there educated. In 1834 he went to", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0813.jp2"}, "814": {"fulltext": "778 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nHardin County and did business for an uncle, at the same time apply-\\ning his leisure moments to the study of medicine. Not long after this\\nhe graduated from the Louisville Medical Institute, and went to West\\nPoint to practice his profession. The Doctor tarried but a short time\\nat West Point, and then removed to Daviess County, where he resided\\nfor seven years. He then came to Henderson and located at Corydon,\\nwhere he has continued to reside to the present time. In the month\\nof April, 1841, in Daviess County, Doctor Dorsey married Miss Patsy\\nR. Atcherson, and unto them seven children were born, five of whom\\nare now living, Bettie, Belle, Emma, Anna and John L. Bettie mar-\\nried Dr. J. N. Powell; Belle married Dr. Wesley Powell; Emma mar-\\nried Walter Cannon, proprietor of the Barret House, Henderson, and\\nJohn L. married Miss Nannie Dixon. John L. Dorsey, the only son,\\nrepresented his countv one term in the Kentucky Legislature; is now\\nCouncil Advisor of the city, a prominent Knight of Pythias and Odd\\nFellow, and a leading attorney at the bar. Dr. Dorsey was the first\\nPostmaster at Corydon, and his wife had the honor of giving the office\\nand village its name. He built, in 1848, the first house, a log cabin;\\nalso, in connection with his brother, established the first store at the\\nplace. The territory that the Doctor then practiced over has now\\nfourteen or fifteen physicians, and all of them claiming a liberal prac-\\ntice. Dr. Dorsey s first wife having died many years ago, he again\\nmarried, selecting for his second wife Mrs. Isabella Phillips, of this\\ncounty. He is in comfortable circumstances, and takes life easy in\\nhis old age, greatly beloved by all who know him.\\nWILLIAM W. BLACKWELL was born in Henderson on the\\nfifth day of April, 1849, and was educated at the best private schools\\nin the town. In early life he engaged, with his father, in merchandis-\\ning, and soon displayed remarkable business capacity. There are few\\nmen his superior in business intelligence and far seeing judgment,\\nSeveral years ago he was given a partnership with his father in the\\nhardwa.re business, and the success of the firm testifies to his eminent\\nqualifications as a cool, clear headed, calculating man.\\nShortly after the institution of Ivy Lodge, No. 21, Knights of\\nPythias, in 1873, Mr. Blackwell became a member, and, from his\\ninitiation, evinced a great interest in the order. By a close study of\\nits laws and mystic aims,he soon became one of the best posted members\\nand his opinion was regarded as reliable upon all matters concerning\\nthe order. As an evidence how studiously he applied himself, he first\\nentered the Grand Lodge as a Representative of Ivy Lodge (after\\nhaving presided in his own lodge) in September, 1877, at its session", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0814.jp2"}, "815": {"fulltext": "W. W. BLACKWELIi, P. G. C.\\nSupreme Representative of Kentucky.. Henderson Ky.\\nIvy Lodge, No. 21 K. of P.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0815.jp2"}, "816": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0816.jp2"}, "817": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 779\\nheld in the City of Covington, ^nd was, by that body, elected Grand\\nMaster of Exchequer for the term following. At the session of\\nthe Grand Lodsre. held in Lexinsfton in 1878. he was advanced to the\\nposition of Grand Vice Chancellor on the first ballot over five com-\\npetitors. At the session held in Henderson, September, 1879, he was\\nunanimously chosen Grand Chancellor of the State for the term\\nfollowing. At the September session, 1880, at Louisville, he received\\nthe honorable rank of Past Grand Chancellor for services rendered as\\nGrand Chancellor. At the session of 1881, held at Maysville, he was\\nelected Supreme Representative for four years, from January lst\\n1881, to December 31st, 1885, to represent the Grand Lodge of Ken-\\ntucky in the Supreme Lodge of the world. Since that time this commis-\\nsion has been extended six year s election, to 1889. He represented Ken-\\ntucky at the Supreme meeting, held at Detroit, Michigan, in August,\\n1882, and there received the Supreme Lodge Degree, the highest\\nhonor in the order. He also represented the Grand Lodge at the\\nSupreme meeting held in New Orleans in April, 1884, and at Toronto,\\nCanada, in July, 1886, and will, nothing preventing, represent Ken-\\ntucky a*t the Supreme meeting to be held in Cincinnati, in 1888. Mr.\\nBlackwell is the youngest Knight who has ever passed the executive\\nchair of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, being only thirty years of age\\nwhen elected Grand Chancellor. He is the only Supreme Represen-\\ntative ever elected south of the Ohio River. As another evidence of\\nhis worth, he was presented, at the session of 1880, held in Louisville,\\nwith a handsomely engrossed resolution of thanks for services\\nrendered as Grand Chancellor. This was done by a unanimous vote,\\nand is the first and only time the honor has ever been paid a Grand\\nChancellor. Mr. Blackwell is a member of the Supreme Lodge\\nFinance Committee, composed of five members, and ranks second in\\nthe list. He has twice visited Washington City for the purpose of\\nauditing the books of the Endowment Rank. By authority of the\\nSupreme Chancellor of the world, Howard Douglass, on the twenty-\\nfourth day of December, 1886, Mr. Blackwell was appointed aide-de-\\ncamp with the rank of Colonel, on the staff of Major General James\\nR Carnahan, Commander in Chief of the Uniform Rank, the grand-\\nest body of disciplined soldiers in the world. There are now over\\nfive hundred divisions, forty thousand Knights in uniform. It is pre-\\ndicted the grand pageant in Cincinnati, in 1888, will surpass any dis-\\nplay of military, ever witnessed on this Continent. Mr. Blackwell\\nhas just completed the compilation of the revised Constitutions of the\\nGrand and Subordinate Lodges, a duty assigned him by the Grand", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0817.jp2"}, "818": {"fulltext": "780 HISTORY OK HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nLodge. His report is a masterly onQ and has been attended by a\\nmultitude of perplexing surroundings. In honor of his distinguished\\nservices as a Knight, and high character as a man, on Friday evening,\\nSeptember 9th, 1887, at Marion Ky., Black well Lodge, No. 57, was\\ninstituted, named in his honor, and composed of the best men of the\\ntown and surrounding country. As a speaker, Mr. Blackwell has\\nfew superiors, and upon several occasi(5ns, has won the plaudits of\\nhis fellow Sir Knights, by his sound reasoning, interspersed by wit and\\nhumor. The time is not far distant, when he will be exalted to the\\ndistinguished position of Supreme Chancellor of the world, a position\\nhe is so eminently qualified and fitted for. On Tuesday, October 5th,\\n1869, at the residence of his wife s parents, in Evansville Indiana,\\nMr. Blackwell married Miss Marcia A. Stinson, and unto them has\\nbeen born one son, Ernest, a bright young man, a chip of the old blocks\\nAs Gas Commissioner, Mr. Blackwell has served the city with sat-\\nisfaction. He is a leading Odd Fellow. On the twenty-fourth day of\\nSeptember, 1887, Mr. Blackwell was tendered the Supreme Secreta-\\nryship of the Endowment Rank, K. of P., at a salary of $3,000, but\\ndeclined it.\\nGREEN W. PRITCHETT. tobacconist, strip and leaf dealer,\\nwas born near Corydon, in the year 1842. His father, Pressley\\nPritchett, was one of the early settlers of that part of the county, and\\nwas a farmer of influence, and held the office of Constable under the\\nold Constitution. His mother, Annie Powell, was a woman noted\\nfor her fine sense and domestic character. Both father and mother\\ndied, aged about forty-seven years. Green W. was educated at\\nPrinceton Academy, Princeton, Indiana, and returned to Corydon and\\nengaged in merchandising. In 1869 he married Miss Belle Powell,\\na lady of high character, and greatly respected for her social and do-\\nmestic qualities. They have three children, two girls and one boy. Mr.\\nPritchett has served his district as Magistrate several terms, and has\\nalso served as Trustee of the town of Corydon and of the Public\\nSchools at that place. In each mstance he has brought to bear a\\nconservative sound judgment, that has ever been characteristic of\\nthe man, and has placed him foremost among the men of intelligence\\nin his county. During his life he has evidenced a decided interest\\nin all matters of public moment, and has been mainly instrumental\\nin organizing several enterprises of value to the county, notably, the\\nCorydon Coal and Mining Company, Corydon Public Schools, Hen-\\nderson and Corydon Gravel Road Company, the Henderson Weekly\\nJournal, in all of which he has served as Trustee andJDirector. In", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0818.jp2"}, "819": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. ?8i\\npolitics he is a Democrat, thoroughly posted and influential. He is a\\nheavy purchaser of tobacco, which he prepares for the European mar-\\nket. He has been a successful man of business, and all of this is ow-\\ning to an intelligence he brings fo bear, gained from close reading and\\nobservation. As a writer, Mr. Pritchett knows few superiors. He\\nwields a graceful, and when he chooses, a caustic pen.\\nDR. H. H. FARMER, was born in Lunenburg County, Virginia,\\nin 1825, and immigrated with his father to Kentucky, Henderson\\nCounty, in the autumn of 1829. In 1833 his father was accidentally\\nshot, and two years thereafter young Farmer returned to his relations\\nin Virginia, where he remained until 1846, but always claiming Hen-\\nderson County as his home. He was educated mostly in Virginia\\nand graduated in medicine, at the Jefferson Medical College in 1846.\\nIn June of that year he commenced the practice of his profession in\\nHenderson County, but, three, years after, abandoned it for the more\\npleasing life of a farmer. Dr. Parmer has served his countv as\\na Magistrate, Assessor and County School Commissioner, in all of\\nwhich positions his eminent fitness won him the plaudits of his people.\\nFrom early manhood he was a Democrat in politics. In 1860 he was\\na warm Southern sympathiser, but opposed secession which he believed\\nwould end in nothing short of disaster to the Southern people. He\\ntook no part in the war, but remained with his family at his quiet,\\nhappy home in the county. Dr. Farmer cast his lot with the Demo-\\ncratic party until about 1881, when he gave up, in a great measure,\\npolitics, and does not now claim to belong to any political organiza-\\ntion. In 184 3 he joined the Baptist Church, and has, from that time\\nto this, proven himself an active, consistent, working member.\\nJUDGE THOMAS TOWLES was born in Spottsylvania County,\\nVirginia, on June 1st, 1784. His father, Stokeley Towles, was born\\nin Lancaster, Virginia, February 21st, 1750, and died May, 23d, 1800.\\nHis mother, Mary Smith, w^as born September 8th. 1755, and died\\nMay 6th, 1813. Judge Towles immigrated to Henderson County in\\n1805, and resided here to the date of his death, December 12th, 1850.\\nHe first married Miss Hopkins, daughter of General Samuel Hopkins,\\nin 1809. She died, leaving one son, Thomas, Jr., who was known as\\nthe brightest mind ever born in the county a lawyer of wonderful\\nmemory and marked ability. Judge Towles then married Elizabeth\\nAlves, daughter of Walter Alves, one of the signers of the Henderson\\nGrant, and Amelia Johnston, whose father was William Johnston, one\\nof the Richard Henderson Co., to whom the grant was made. Mrs.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0819.jp2"}, "820": {"fulltext": "782 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nTowles survived her husband two years, she dying June 28th, 1852.\\nBy his last marriage there were three children. Dr. John J. Towles,\\nMrs. Bettie T. Barret and Walter A. Towles, all married and have\\nchildren. Judge Towles was a lawyer of large practice, and held the\\nunrestrained confidence of the people of his town and county. He\\nwas the head and front of every enterprise, and no man gave more\\nliberally of his time and means. On the sixteenth day of January,\\n1816, he was commissioned by President Madison, one of the judges\\nfor the territory of Illinois. Much history associated with his life will\\nbe found elsewhere in this volume. He was a warm, personal friend\\nof the renowned John J. Audubon.\\nJ. W. PORTER was born in Donegal, Ireland, in the year 1835.\\nIn his young manhood, Mr. Porter immigrated to America, and for\\nquite a number of years followed peddling on foot for a living. He\\ntraveled mostly throughout the Southern States, and dealt largely in\\nsuch goods as Irish linens, embroideries and silks. After his first\\nyear s experience in thus merchandising, he employed seven or eight\\nmen and kept them constantly on the road. At the outbreaking of\\nthe War of the Rebellion, he was at Holly Springs, Mississippi, where\\nhe lost some fifteen hundred do lars worth of goods. He then started\\nacross the plains, and, arriving at Hot Springs Arkansas, sold his en-\\ntire stock to the men then in his employ. During the year 1855, Mr.\\nPorter visited I odd County, Kentucky, and while sleeping in the\\nsecond story of a country house, a terrible tornado swept over that\\npart of the county, demolishing the building in which he was sleeping.\\nStrange, as it may seem, his vest was torn half in two, and he blown\\none hundred yards, to find himself unhurt. In 1853 he first came to\\nHenderson County, and, in 1858, purchased of James Bottoms, tw^o\\nhundred acres of land lying in the Niagara Precinct, for which he paid\\nfifteen hundred dollars in gold, cash down. He returned to New York,\\nand there opened a grocery house, but owing to his strong Democratic\\nproclivities, was unsuccessful and returned to Henderson and settled\\nupon the land bought of Bottom. In 1867 he purchased of George\\nS. Morris ten acres of land, and built his present residence. In 1870\\nhe built his tobacco stemmery, and engaged in merchandising and the\\nstemming of tobacco, in which business he is yet engaged. His busi\\nness life has proven successful, and, by industry and prudence, Mr.\\nPorter enjoys a handsome estate. He has been three times married,\\nfirst, to Miss McLaughlin, of New York; then to Miss Nunn, daughter\\nof Hugh Nunn, of Henderson County, and lastly, to Mrs. Triplett,\\nwidow of Robert Triplett. He is the father of eight children, four of\\nwhom are living.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0820.jp2"}, "821": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\n788\\nR. W. AGNEW was born in Henderson County, in the year\\n1836. Robert Agnew, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was\\nborn on Rock Creek, waters of the Alamance, Guilford County, North\\nCarolina, on .the sixth day of Mty, 1776. His father. Doctor Robert\\nAgnew, was born in County Down, Ireland, on January 31st, 1734.\\nHe married Euphenia Shaw in the year 1763, and immigrated to\\nAmerica in the year 1771, and settled in Guilford County, where he\\ndied October 18th, 1793. Robert Agnew was the fifth child, and his\\nmother died when he was not six months old. He was then given to\\nAnn Shaw, of Christian County, Kentucky, his mother s first cousin,\\nwho cared for him until her death, three years afterwards. His father\\nhaving married his second wife, young Robert was taken back to\\nNorch Carolina, where he lived with his step-mother, a most estimable\\nwoman, until arriving at nineteen years of age. He then went to his sis-\\nter Sally, in Sumner County, Tennessee. This trip was over five hun-\\ndred miles through the wilderness, inhabited by Indians and wild\\nanimals, and seven days of the journey young Agnew was alone. He\\nremained a year or more in Sumner County, and then returned to his\\nnative home in North Carolina, where he attended school for a short\\ntime. Being of a restless disposition, he determined to go back to\\nTennessee, so on the twenty-second day of December, 1796, in ex-\\ntreme cold weather, he set out on his second journey, and on the\\ntwentieth day of January, 1797, arrived at his sister s in Sumner\\nCounty. He was still unsatisfied, he wanted to see more of the coun-\\ntry therefore, in company with two friends, on the twenty-eighth day\\nof January, 1797, he came to Henderson County, and being well\\npleased, determined to settle here. He returned to Tennessee, and the\\nfollowing is taken from a diary kept by himself Returning to Ten\\nnessee, I thought I would quit my rambles and settle myself. So it\\nhappened that on the first day of June I married Elizabeth White Har-\\ndin, of Robertson County. We then concluded to come and live in\\nthis country, my wife having a sister living here that was married to\\nJacob Landers, a pioneer. On Tuesday November 21st, 1797, we\\narrived in Henderson County, having brought but a small share of\\nproperty with us. It consisted of two horses, two cows and one calf,\\ntwo sheep, one bed, etc., and one flax wheel and other small articles\\nto commence worl^ with, but without one cent of money or provisions.\\nHowever, we went to work, and have never suffered to this time, 1839,\\nfor the necessaries of life. Before two years had roll d away our\\nhorses were all dead of the Yellow Water, which prevailed in the\\nworld at that time our sheep were all gone, but our cows did well.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0821.jp2"}, "822": {"fulltext": "i84 History of hfnderson county, ky.\\nRobert Agnevv raised eleven children, seven males and four fe-\\nmales. The males were John married Miss Asbby, of Hopkins\\nCounty Wiley married Miss Armstrong Andrew married Elizabeth\\nWalker; Whitfield married Elizabeth H. Nunn, all of Henderson\\nCounty. The father of our subject was Whitefield Agnew, who died\\nin 1845, at the age of thirty-seven years, leaving his son, R W. Ag-\\nnew, a youth of nine years, with his mother and five sisters dependent\\nupon their own exertions for a livelihood. His early privations pre-\\nvented his education, yet he applied himself at leisure times, and by\\nthis means gained a knowledge that has proved of incalculable benefit\\nto him. At the age of twenty-five years, Mr. Agnew married Mrs. M.\\nJ. Tillotson, widow of Marshall Tillotson, and daughter of John and\\nNancy Reeder, and unto them have been born five children, Robert\\nL,, Dora, Edna E., and William W. all living. By his industrv and\\neconomy, Mr. Agnew has accumulated a snug little estate, and al-\\nthough a hard worker, enjoys his pleasures. In politics he is a strong\\nDemocrat and worker, whose influence is felt in times of excited elec-\\ntions. He and his entire family are members of the Baptist Church.\\nDr. R. L. Agnew, a promising physician of Sebree, is his eldest son\\nand child.\\nTHOMAS E. WARD was born in Hardin County, Kentucky,\\non the fifteenth day of July, 1844. His great-grandfather settled in\\nMaryland prior to the Revolution, and he and four of his sons were\\nmembers of the famous Maryland line during the struggle for inde-\\npendence. After the war, his grandfather, Edward Ward, married\\nMiss Elizabeth Soaper, and, in 1789, removed to Kentucky and finally\\nsettled in Ohio County, where he died in January, 1856, at the\\nadvanced age of ninety -seven years, having raised a large family. His\\neighth child, the Rev. Ezra Ward, the father of the subject of our\\nsketch, was born in Ohio County, February 8th, 1808, and, when about\\neighteen years old, joined the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, was\\nsoon after licensed to preach, and, until his death, July 10th, 1864,\\nno man was more widely or favorably known in connection with the\\nministry of that church.\\nMr. Ward s great-grandfather on the maternal side, Captain\\nThomas McCoy, had held the rank of Captain in the British Army,\\nand had participated in the French and Indian wars prior to the\\nRevolution. At the close of those wars, he sold his commission and\\nsettled in South Carolma. He, also, was from Ireland. When the\\nRevolutionary War broke out, he joined the patriots, raised a company\\nand served under General Marion, and was sent by that officer with", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0822.jp2"}, "823": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 785\\nrecruits to General Sumpter, who was defeated, and Captain McCoy\\nand his son made prisoners. They were carried to Augusta, Georgia,\\nwhere one Colonel Brown was commanding. Brown had served with\\nMcCoy and recognized him. A feourt martial was immediately sum-\\nmoned and Captain McCoy was tried for treason, condemned and\\nhung on the same day. His son, a youth of sixteen, a prisoner, was\\nexecuted at the same time. Mrs. McCoy, having heard of the capture\\nof her husband and son, set out immediately for Augusta to see them.\\nShe arrived while they were still hanging, and had them taken down,\\nput in rude coffins, placed them in her wagon, and carried and buried\\nthem. Three months afterwards, Thomas McCoy, the maternal\\ngrandfather of our sketch, was born. He remained in Carolina until\\n1800, when he moved to Breckenridge County, Ky., where he settled\\nand lived until his death, in 1862. Elizabeth McCoy was the sixth\\nchild born of this marriage, and was married to Rev. Ezra Ward on\\nthe sixteenth day of January, 1839. They settled in Hardin County,\\nwhere they lived up to their death, she dying October 17th, 1855.\\nThere were seven children born of this marriage, of which Thomas E\\nwas the third. His childhood was passed on his father s farm, near\\nStephensburg, in Hardin County, where he enjoyed the usual chances\\nof securing an education at a country school taught three months in a\\nyear. The ups and downs of life were his, and. through multipled\\ntrials, gained his education. So anxious was he upon this point, he\\nhired himself to Rev. James Vinson, of Wolf Springs, Hardin County,\\nto work during mornings and evenings and on Saturdays, during ten\\nmonths, for his board and tuition. This school was broken up by the\\nwar, and, soon thereafter, young Ward enlisted as a private in the\\nForty-eighth Kentucky Federal Regiment, infantry, commanded by\\nColonel Burge, a Methodist clergyman. He remained in the service\\nfour months, mostly on detached duty, when, on a final organization,\\nhis Captain was left out, and he, with others, declined to be mustered\\nin. He then returned to Hardin County, and again entered Rev.\\nVinson s school, upon the previous terms, and there remained for seven\\nmonths, up to June, 1864. Carrying away the honors of the class of\\nthirty-four,he returned to farming, where he remained until January,1865\\nwhen he took charge of a school at Longgrove, Hardin County, and\\ntaught three months. He quit teaching, and, in November, 1865, en-\\ntered the employ(as man of all work) of Hon. W. L. Conklin, at Litch-\\nfield. He commenced the study of law and so applied himself that, upon\\nhis examination in May,1866, he received the compliments of the exam-\\n50", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0823.jp2"}, "824": {"fulltext": "786 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nining judges, and a license to practice. He prosecuted his studies to\\n1867, when he entered into partnership, in Grayson County, with Judge\\nMartin H.Cofer and continued with him to his election as Circuit Judge,\\nMr. Ward continued to practice in Grayson until November, 1872,\\nwith great success. Having married Miss Isabel Stapp, of Hender-\\nson, in June, 1872, he closed his business i- Grayson with a view of\\nremovins to Wichita, Kansas, but abandoned the idea on account of\\nhis wife s objection of going into a new country so far from home and\\nfriends. January 1st, 1873, -he came to Henderson, and, without\\ninfluential friends, money, or acquaintances, he went quietly to work,\\nand has succeeded as few young lawyers would or could have done.\\nCOLONEL CHARLES MYNN TAYLOR was born at Mt. Zion,\\non the Shenandoah River, near Winchester, Virginia, in the year\\n1799. His father, Major Edmund H. Taylor, was an officer of the\\nRegular Army, and at one time was in command of Harper s Ferry,\\nan important military post. He was actively engaged during the\\nIndian Wars, of the Northwest, was present at St. Clair s defeat, and\\nin a number of engagements under Generals Wayne and Harrison.\\nAt the close of the war he was called to service in many appointments\\nunder the government. He gave up army life when he married, and\\nmoved to Louisville, Kentucky, in 1800, where he possessed large\\nlanded interests. He was a man of wealth, large influence, elegant\\naddress, generous to friends, gentle to dependents and servants, and\\nmuch beloved by old and young. He was a first cousin of President\\nMadison, and a warm and intimate friend of General Harrison, and\\nGovernor Posey, who made his home with him while in Kentucky.\\nMrs. Taylor was Eloise Thruston, daughter of Colonel Charles Mynn\\nThruston, a descendant of the old English cavaliers, of North Wales,\\nEngland. He was a Minister of the Church of England, but, when\\nthe war broke out, he laid aside the gown, raised a regiment, and\\njoined the army and lost his right arm in the service. Colonel Thrus-\\nton was twice married, and, during a visit to England, his first wife,\\nwho was a Miss Buckner, died. By this marriage there were three\\nchildren born, Charles, John and Buckner. His second wife was Ann\\nAlexander, of Scotch descent she had eight children, six daughters\\nand two sons. Mrs. Powell, the mother of Admiral Powell, of Wash-\\nington, and Mrs. Taylor, being two of them. Colonel Thruston was\\na man of considerable wealth. In 1807 he left Virginia and moved\\nto Louisiana, with nine hundred negroes. At Natchez he lost over\\none hundred from sickness.\\nThe battle of New Orleans was fought on his plantation, and it is", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0824.jp2"}, "825": {"fulltext": "lilSTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 787\\nmentioned as a historical fact that not a single paling was knocked\\nfrom around his grave. Colonel Charles Mynn Taylor, the subject of\\nthis sketch, was a man of fine appearance, classically educated, quiet\\nand reserved in his manner. His ^-early life was spent in Jefferson and\\nOldham Counties, and, being an active Whig, was one of George D.\\nPrentice s warmest supporters. He married Miss Ann M. Barbour\\nin 1822, and removed to Henderson in 1837; purchased the Beverly\\nfarm known as the Taylor field, in the Third Ward of the city. In\\nthe fall of 1839, his house was destroyed by fire, and he then pur-\\nchased and removed to the Colonel Cabell farm twelve miles below\\nthe city, on the Mt. Vernon road. His life was devoted to his books,\\nfarming, and then hunting, a sport to which he was passionately at-\\ntached. His name was synonimous with hospitality and the joy of\\nhis life was in entertaining his friends, which included all who knew\\nhim. For years it was the custom of a party of gentlemen from Hen-\\nderson and Louisville to meet during the early fall at his home and\\nhunt for three or four weeks. He had no taste for official life, pre-\\nferring to live quietly upon his farm and enjoy the pleasures of the\\nwild woods. He was a man of social power, and exercised great\\ninfluence in his neighborhood. Colonel Taylor died in 1867, and on-\\nly two children survive him. Dr. Thomas W. Taylor, and Mrs. F. M.\\nBurbank. He had two sons born in Henderson, Captain James N.\\nTaylor, a distinguished officer in the Confederate Army, a man of\\nsplendid appearance, strong minded and universally popular. Captain\\nTaylor was for thirteen years a great sufferer, confined to his bed from\\nrheumatism, contracted while confined in prison. Alfred was a young\\nman of superior intellect and fine business capacity. He died in\\nCadiz, Kentucky, after a short illness. Dr. T. W. Taylor is a highly\\neducated physician, and successful practitioner. He has been twice\\nmarried, his last wife being Miss Louisa McDonald, a brilliant lady\\nand highly connected. Dr. Taylor has four living children by his first\\nwife, Charles, a dashing, successful man of business, Elizabeth, Fannie\\nand Saliie. Fannie married Captain William Colmesnil, a practical\\nrailroader, associated with the Ohio Valley, and Saliie married Mr.\\nPosey Marshal, a leading tobacconist of Henderson and Union\\nCounties. Mis. Mary F. Burbank, widow of D. R. Burbank, has four\\nliving children, Misses Annie and Mary, and Charles and Brecken-\\nridge. Mrs. B. inherited her husband s large estate, and, with her\\nchildren, spends the greater portion of her time in Europe, where they\\nwere highly educated.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0825.jp2"}, "826": {"fulltext": "788 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nRICHARD HENDERSON, for whom Henderson County, and\\nthe City of Henderson are named, was born in Hanover County, Vir-\\nginia, April 20th, 1735. His father was Colonel Samuel Henderson,\\nof Scotch, and his mother, Elizabeth Williams, of Welsh descent. The\\nfamily emigrated in 1756 to the presest home of the descendants,Gran-\\nville County, North Carolina. His parents were poor, and hence his\\neducation neglected. It is said, but the authority for it is not given,\\nthat he grew to maturity before he had learned to read and write.\\nCertainly, after he was of age, he improved his opportunities with won-\\nderful energy. The first position that opened up to him a new view of\\nlife, was that of constable followed soon after by that of under-sheriff\\nto his father, who had been made sheriff. These duties educated him\\nlargely in that practical knowledge of men and things for which he\\nbecame distinguished in after life. He read law for twelve months\\nwith his cousin, Judge John Williams. He then applied for license to\\nCharles Berry, Chief Justice of the Colony, whose duty it was to ex-\\namine applicants, and on whose certificate the Governor issued a\\nlicense to practice. He was asked how long he had read and what\\nbooks When the limited time was stated, and the number and names\\nof books he had read, the Judge remarked that it was useless to go into\\nany examination, as no living man could have read and digested those\\nworks in so short a time. With great promptness and firmness, Hen-\\nderson replied that it was his privilege to apply for a license, and the\\nJudge s duty to examine him, and if he was not qualified, to reject\\nhim if qualified, to grant the certificate. The Judge, struck with his\\nsensible and spirited reply, proceeded to a most scorching examina-\\ntion. So well did the young man sustain himself, that the certificate\\nwas granted, with encomiums upon his industry, acquirements and\\ntalents.\\nSuch energy and spirit knew no rest. He soon rose to the high-\\nest ranks of his profession, and honors and wealth followed. Under\\nthe law of 1767, providing for a Chief Justice and two associates for\\nthe province. Governor Tryon, about 1768, appointed Mr. Henderson\\none of the associate justices. While holding the Superior Court at\\nHillsboro. Orange County, Monday September 24th, 1770, the Regu-\\nlators (those who first resisted the aggressions and extortions of the\\ncrown officers) assembled in the court yard, insulted some of the\\ngentlemen of the bar, and in a riotous manner went into the Court\\nHouse and forcibly carried out some of the attorneys, and, in a cruel\\nmanner, beat them. Judge Henderson, finding it impossible to hold\\ncourt, left Hillsboro in the night. At the battle of Alamance, near", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0826.jp2"}, "827": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 789\\nthe Alamance River, not many miles distant, on May 16th, 1771, was\\nthe first blood spilled in resistance to exactions and oppressions of\\nEnglish officers in the name of the crown. The troubled times shut\\nup the courts of justice. He died January 30th, 1785.\\nJAMES P. WIGAL was born on the twelfth day of August,\\n1831, in the County of Oldham, Kentucky, one half mile north of\\nPewee Valley. When at the age of five years, his father removed from\\nKentucky to a point thirty miles southwest of Indianapolis, Indiana,\\nin Morgan County. He lived and worked with his father, who was\\nengaged in the gunsmith trade, until he arrived at the age of twenty\\nyears. He then learned the art of daguerreotyping. He found at the\\nend of two years that the profession of picture making was not as\\ncongenial to his taste as the handling of machinery, so he commenced\\nworking with engines, and soon became a proficient engineer and\\nmachinist. In 1857 he came to Henderson, and, for many years, was\\nemployed with Joseph Clore, in running the engine at his large saw\\nmill. During the war he served eight months in the One Hundred\\nand Seventeenth Indiana Regiment, most of the time in East Ten-\\nnessee and Virginia, on what may be called galloping service. At the\\nend of this term of service he returned to Henderson. There is no\\nman, considering his educational advantages, who has contributed so\\nmuch to the scientific world as has Mr. Wigal. On the eighth day of\\nMay, 1860, he was granted a patent for a saw dust feeder, an invention\\nof his, which is now used in every saw mill of importance in the coun-\\ntry. This machine catches the dust as it falls from the saw and carries\\nit direct to the furnace, doing the work of a fireman. On the twen-\\ntieth day of June, 1865, he was granted a patent for a steam gauge,\\nwhich, for simplicity and accuracy, has never been excelled. It is re-\\ngarded as the best gauge now in use. Other inventions of his are\\nwell known and highly regarded for their material worth, particularly,\\namong the number is an animal trap, for which a patent was\\ngranted January 14th, 1868. On the fourteenth day of February, 1874,\\nMr. Wigal married Miss Rodman, of this city. In February, 1881,\\nhe was elected Superintendent of the Henderson Water Works, in\\ncharge of all the machinery, and has the gratification of knowing that\\nunder his administration every department is moving with an ease and\\ncertainty, entirely satisfactory to his employers.\\nDR. ADAM RANKIN was born in the State of Pennsylvania,\\nand was among the first comers to Henderson. On the first day of\\nNovember, 1792, he married Elizabeth, daughter of James and Mary\\nSpeed, of Danville, Ky. By this marriage there were six children,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0827.jp2"}, "828": {"fulltext": "790 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nMary Huston, William, Elizabeth Speed, James Speed, Juliet Spen-\\ncer and Adam Rankin. William, the first son, married in Henderson\\non July 25th, 1832, Sarah Frances Gwatkin they had two children,\\nAdam and Gwatkin Rankin. Adam Rankin married Miss Mary T,\\nKelly on the twenty-fifth day of December, 1866, and they have one\\ndaughter, Elizabeth Powell. Gwatkin, although beyond the meridian\\nof life, is still unmarried. William Rankin was the first County Judge\\nof Henderson after the adoption of the New Constitution, and served\\nfor a number of years. He was one of the most popular men of his\\nday, being universally esteemed by all who knew him. He was an\\nintimate friend of John J. Audubon, and frequently accompanied him\\nupon his bird hunting expeditions. He died near Spottsville, January\\n22d, 1871. Adam, son of Wm. Rankin, was, for a number of years.\\nClerk of the Circuit Court, and so popular was he, no one could have\\ndefeated him had he chosen to stand for election or re-election. Owing\\nto impaired health, Mr. Rankin gave up the office. Gwatkin Rankin\\nis one of the most successful farmers in the county, and, being well\\noff financially, takes the world easy.\\nJuliet Spencer, the youngest daughter, and next youngest child\\nof Dr. Adam and Elizabeth Speed Rankin, married in Henderson on\\nthe fifteenth day of February, 1827, Dr. Thomas J. Johnson, from\\nFranklin County. They had six children, Benjamin, P^lizabeth Speed,\\nAdam Rankin, Thomas J., William Stapleton and Campbell Hauss-\\nman. Elizabeth Speed married Peter G. Rives, and she has three\\nchildren, Mary, Thomas J. and Lucie Mary married Dr. Willard\\nRedman, and they have one bright little son. General Adam Rankin\\nJohnson, of whom mention has been made elsewhere, married Miss\\nJosephine Eastland, of Burnett, Texas, January 1st, 1861. They have\\nseven children, Bettie Johnson, Robert E., Juliet, Adam R., William\\nC, Ethel, and Mary Redman. William Stapleton Johnson was born in\\nHenderson on the twenty-fourth day of February, 1840, and during\\nhis entire life has been .an active, intelligent, influential man. He\\nwas chiefly instrumental in the organization of the Henderson\\nBuilding and Loan Association, and has been its President from its\\norsfanization. He was also instrumental in the establishment of the\\nHenderson Mining Company, and during the sinking of the coal shaft,\\nand for some time subsequent, was the President. He is a Mason\\nand an active member of the Methodist church. He is a large dealer in\\ndrugs, medicines, c., and manufactures largely several very valuable\\ncures of his own notably, his eye salve, said to be the best known to\\n^his country.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0828.jp2"}, "829": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 791\\nMr. Johnson is also interested with his brother, General A. R.\\nJohnson of Texas, James R. Barrett and Adam Rankin, of this city,\\nin a cattle ranch in Texas. He is one of Henderson s thriftiest ai}d\\nmost far seeing business men. -On the twentieth day of May, 1863,\\nhe married Miss Bettie Robertson, a most excellent lady, and unto them\\nhave been born eight children, seven of whom are living, Juliet, Adam\\nRankin,William Stapleton, Sophie, Howell R, Thomas J.Rives. Camp-\\nbell Ha ussman Johnson (see sketch). Elizabeth Speed Rankin died\\non the fifteenth day of August, 1803, and Dr. Rankin married his\\nsecond wife, Miss Ann Gamble, on the twenty-third day of October,\\n1804. They had one son, John David Rankin, who married Miss\\nSallie Alexander, of Meade County, Kentucky. They had three\\nchildren, Adam, Sallie and Juliet. Adam and Sallie are both dead.\\nJuliet married Captain Paul J. Marrs, a sketch of whom will be found\\nelsewhere in this volume. Mrs. Ann Gamble Rankin died August\\n14th, 1806, and on the third day of September, 1807, in Henderson,\\nDr. Rankin married his third and last wife, Susan Anderson. There\\nwere six children by this marriage, Nathaniel Alexander, James Edwin,\\nLucy, Archibald, Susan Daniel and Weston. James Edwin married\\nin Henderson, on the third day of November, 1832, Miss Ann E.\\nWardlow, and unto them have been born eight children, Samuel,\\nJames Edwin, Alexander, Nannie, Sallie, Wardlow, Alice and Fannie.\\nOf that number only two are living in Henderson, J. Edwin and Ward-\\nlow, and only one has married. J. Edwin married Miss Fannie Grinter,\\ndaughter of Judge Thomas C. Grinter, of Cadiz, Kentucky, and they\\nhave a charming, bright family of six children, Mary G., Annie W.,\\nEddie, Thomas G., Chester A., the youngest not named.\\nCHARLES W. JOHNSON came to Hebardsville in 1869, and\\nengaged in merchandising in partnership with his father. For thirteen\\nyears he occupied a rented house, and one of insufficient capacity to\\ndo the business that had grown to such large proportions. In 1882\\nhe built his present handsome and roomy storeroom, 25x70 feet, and,\\nimmediatelv upon its completion, removed his stock and then added\\nlaro-ely to it. In 1881 Mr. Johnson married Miss Emma A. Hatchitt,\\nan Lccomplisheddaughterof Rev. A. Hatchitt, of Hebardsville, and\\nunto them have been born two children,\\nIn addition to his large mercantile interest, our subject handles\\nperhaps two hundred thousand pounds of tobacco annually, and farms\\nit upon a small, but paying scale, raising corn and tobacco. He has\\nproven one of the most successful of merchants and businessmen, and\\nfrom a moneyless condition in life, he has arisen to that of monied", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0829.jp2"}, "830": {"fulltext": "792 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\ninfluence, being now the possessor of ample property to successfully\\ncarry out any enterprise he may undertake. He is hard working, far\\nseeing, and of the soundest judgment. Politically he is a Democrat\\nof the Jackson type, and is one of the most influential workers in his\\ndistrict. He is highly esteemed by all of his neighbors and friends,\\nand, by honesty of purpose and fair dealing, enjoys a very large\\npatronage. There are no better men m Henderson than Charles W,\\nJohnson.\\nF. H. DALLAM came to Henderson in 1852, and engaged in\\nthe practice of law. He was a profound lawyer and exceptionably\\nsuccessful. I can pay him no higher tribute than by reproducing\\nwhat was said of him some years ago by one who knew him intimately\\nWhen he chose as he sometimes did, to the admiration of his\\nfriends to give wings to his glowing, imaginative powers, his was ever\\nan eagle s flight, impetuous, rushing and heavenward. A superior\\njudge of law, his opinions were always held in the highest estimation.\\nA skillful draughtsman his declarations, pleas, and other legal papers,\\nwere unsurpassed in power, comprehensiveness, beauty and finish.\\nAs an advisor, he was much sought and his opinions were distin-\\nguished by acumen and sound judgment, and by a conscientious\\nregard for the interests of his client. But it was in the social circle\\nthat Mr. Dallam exhibited his fine powers to the best advantage.\\nWell informed upon all topics of general interest conversant with\\nthe best authors, and singularly discriminative of their peculiar excel-\\nlence, learned in the lore of the philosophers, and in the spirit and\\ntext of, the poetry for which men strive and die, and maidens love\\nand mourn his colloquial powers were of the rarest and best, and\\ncharmed all who came within the magic circle of his influence. A\\ngeniality of temperament which knew no limit to its benign out-\\ngivings a kindliness of heart which ever sought to palliate the\\noffenses of his friends against propriety and good taste a disposi-\\ntion willingly to impart to others the selected fruits of his fine cul-\\ntivation and assured judgment and a sparkling vivacity of manner\\nwhich pervaded even his more serious utterances, secured to him\\nat once the affection, the respect, the gratitude and the admiration\\nof those who were thrown into familiar association with him. Of\\nacute sensitiveness, he readily granted to others that which he would\\nnot allow to be withheld from himself the consideration which is\\ndue to honest and conscientious expression and action, and the cour-\\ntesy which dignifies, and is inseparable from true, gentlemanly address\\nand intercourse. Honest, and of a high sense of honor, he rendered", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0830.jp2"}, "831": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0831.jp2"}, "832": {"fulltext": "AUDUBON S MILL.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0832.jp2"}, "833": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 793\\nunto Caeser the things that were Caeser s, and scorned to do aught\\nwhich would not bear the severest scrutiny and the sternest criticism.\\nMr. Dallam left a widow an.d two daughters, Miss Camilla Bar-\\nbour, who married, June 25th, 1867, Judge A. T. Dudley, and Miss\\nFlorence, who married April 7th, 1869 Mr. Samuel J. Alves. Henry\\nDallam, an only son, is living in Texas, unmarried.\\nMARTIN P. RUCKER.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The subject of this sketch is the\\nyoungest son of Nancy Burks and Tinsley Rucker, of Virginia, who, in\\nearly life, was a prominent tobacco dealer in Richmond. Many years\\nago, Mr. Rucker removed to Henderson from Jefferson County, and\\nengaged in business of latter years, he has led a farmer s life. Unto\\nhim and his wife (Miss Kate Funk), there have been born six children,\\nfour of whom are now living, Thomas G., John F., Laura H., and\\nMartin P. Thomas G. married Miss Belle Brown, of Daviess County,\\nand they have five children, Mary, Lulie, Charley, James and Lee-\\nLaura H. married William Rudy, of McLean County, and they have\\nseven children, Harry, William, Mary, Kate, Rosa, Bessie and Martin.\\nJohn F. and Martin are unmarried. The subject of this sketch is a\\nman of noble impulses, a good neighbor and friend. His wife is the\\nembodiment of womanly goodness.\\nJOHN JAMES AUDUBON.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The renowned man of whom\\nthis sketch treats, was born in the State of Louisiana, on the fourth\\nday of May, 1780, and was of French parentage. He early exhibited\\nnatural tastes for art pursuits, and was from earliest childhood devoted\\nto the feathered race. In 1797, after an extended visit to Europe, he\\nreturned to America and settled in Pennsylvania. About 1807, he\\nfloated in a canoe down the Ohio to Louisville, where he remained for\\nsome, time, and where he was married to Miss Louisa Bakewell. Dur-\\ning the year 1810, he removed to Henderson and commenced merchan-\\ndising, his storj house being a small log one-story affair, that stood on\\nthe southeast corner of Main and First Streets. His residence was\\nequally as insignificant, and was situated on the same square and in\\nthe rear of the present Odd Fellows building. Immediately opposite\\nhis house, on the west side of Second Street, was his pond, where he\\nraised turtles for family use, being passionately fond of turtle soup.\\nMr. Audubon was a warm hearted, liberal man, and for this reason, if\\nfor none other, was greatly esteemed. He was rather reserved, yet\\ndevotedly attached to his friends, and his unsuccessful life in Hen-\\nderson, is attributable to his over-confidence and big heartedness. He\\nwas by no means a close or exacting business man, but, on the con-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0833.jp2"}, "834": {"fulltext": "794 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\ntrary, let his business take care of itself, while he indulged his con-\\ntrolling passion for bird hunting. Men took advantage of him, and.\\nfrom this, he was continually pressed for means and met with frequent\\nreverses. On the sixteenth day of March, 1816, he and Thomas W.\\nBakewell, under the firm name of Audubon Bakewell, made appli-\\ncation to the Town Trustees for a ninety-five year lease upon a portion\\nof the river front, between First and Second Streets, for the purpose\\nof erecting a grist and saw mill. Prior to this time, December 22d,\\n1813, he purchased of General Samuel Hopkms, lots Nos. 95 and 96,\\non Third Street, between Green and Elm, and on the third day of Sep.\\ntember, 1814, lots Nos. 91 and 92, on Second Street, between Green\\nand Elm. The Town Trustees granted the petition of Audubon\\nBakewell, and soon thereafter they commenced the building of a mill\\nsuitable for the times. The mill was completed during the year 1817\\nand is yet standing, being the far end section of Clark s factory. It is\\na curiosity for these times, and the weather boarding, whip-sawed, out\\nof yellow poplar is scill intact on three sides. The joists are of un-\\nhewn logs, many of them considerably over a foot in diameter, and\\nraggedly rough. The foundation walls are built of pieces of flat and\\nbroken rock and are four and a half feet thick. Mr. Audubon oper-\\nated his mill on a large scale for those early times. His grist mill was\\na great convenience, and furnished a ready market for all of the over-\\nplus of wheat raised in the surrounding country. His saw mill also\\nwas a wonderful convenience, doing the sawing for the entire country.\\nThe timber and lumber used in building the old Kerr, Clark Co.\\nbuilding, on Main Street, was sawed by his mill.\\nDuring: all of this time Mr. Audubon continued his studv of birds,\\nand, it is said, that the walls of his mill presented the appearance of a\\npicture gallery, every smooth space presenting to the view the paint-\\ning of some one or more birds. In 1817 Mr. Audubon built at Hen-\\nderson, a small steamboat, for what purpose it is not known more,\\nperhaps, to gratify his erratic inclination than for any other reason.\\nThe Captain of the vessel ran her out of the Ohio into the Mississippi\\nRiver, and was followed by her owner in a rowboat to New Orleans,\\nwhere the little craft was recaptured and sold. In 1818 Constantine\\nS. Rafinisque, a native of Galato, near Constantinople, Turkey, and a\\nnaturalist of great reputation, descended the Ohio in an ark, as it was\\ncalled, and remained with Mr. Audubon for a number of weeks. The\\ntwo to use an ordinary expression had a picnic bird hunting.\\nBirds were far more plentiful and of a greater variety in those days\\nthan they have ever been since the woodsman commenced clearing the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0834.jp2"}, "835": {"fulltext": "kiSTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 795\\ncountry. During Mr. Audubon s entire life in Henderson, he was an\\nuntiring student of ornithology, frequently going into the woods and\\nremaining for two months. Upon one occasion he was known to fol-\\nlow a hawk, peculiar to this country for three days, in fact, until he\\nsucceeded in killing it. He was never Known to change his course\\non account of creeks or water courses those he would swim if neces-\\nsary to keep up a trail. At one time he had watched a flicker or\\nyellow hammer and finally saw it go into a hole in a dead tree. So\\nanxious was he to catch the bird, he immediately commenced to climb,\\nand in a short time found himself opposite the hole. No sooner said\\nthan done, he ran his hand in, and, to his horror, pulled out a snake, see-\\ning which, he let go and fell with the snake to the ground, fortunately,\\nwithout injury to himself. Mr. Audubon used to tell this story with\\na good deal of humor to his friends, who wondered at the risks he\\nwould take in pursuit of his favorite study. Mr. Audubon was a great\\nswimmer, and was very fond ot the sport. Upon the landing of the\\nfirst steamboat at Henderson, a great crowd congregated at the bank\\nto take a look at the wonderful thing. It was a sort of holiday, and\\none of the amusements indulged in by many men, was that of diving\\nrom the sides of the boat into the river. Mr. Audubon put in an ap-\\npearance and paralyzed the audience by diving from the bow end of\\nthe boat and coming up at the stern end after having passed entirely\\nunder the bottom. It has been told by those who knew Mr. Audubon\\nwell, that his wife was also an expert swimmer, that she used a swim,\\nming suit, and frequently swam the river for amusement. This story,\\nhowever, has been contradicted by a granddaughter of Mrs. Audubon;\\nnevertheless, old time residents, now dead, have declared to having\\nseen her swim the river time and again. Mr. Audubon continued to\\nreside in Henderson, happily, as all supposed, until the year 1823,\\nwhen it was discovered that the green eyed monster had domiciled\\nitself within his home. He became jealous of his wife, a beautiful\\nwoman, and from that time life was a burden to him. The two got\\nalong badly, and finally Mrs. Audubon determined to return to her\\nhome in Louisville. Mr. Ben. Talbott, father of the late Ben Talbott,\\ndeceased, tendered her the use of his carriage and driver, which she\\naccepted, and thus she was driven overland to her father s home.\\nThere were born unto Mr. and Mrs. Audubon two children, both boys.\\nSubsequent to his wife s departure, Mr, Audubon became embarassed\\nand determined to dispose of his effects and remove from the wilds\\nof Henderson. In 1824 he went to Philadelphia, and from thence to\\nEurope, where he succeeded in having Ornithological Biographies,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0835.jp2"}, "836": {"fulltext": "796 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nand Birds of America published. He returned some years after-\\nwards and settled in New York, where he died on the twenty-seventh\\nday of January, 1851, aged seventy-one years.\\nGENERAL SAMUEL HOPKINS, who, as agent and attorney,\\nin fact for Richard Henderson Company, located and caused to be\\nsurveyed the Town of Henderson, and for whom Hopkins County is\\nnamed, was a native of Albermarle County, Virginia. He was an\\nofficer of the Revolution, and bore a conspicuous part in that great\\nstruggle for freedom. He fought at the battles of Princeton, Trenton,\\nMonmouth, Brandywine and Germantown, in the last of which he\\ncommanded a battalion of light infantry, and was severely wounded,\\nafter the almost entire loss of his command in killed and wounded.\\nHe was Lieutenant Colonel of the Tenth Regiment, Virginia, at the\\nsiege of Charleston and commanded that regiment after Colonel Par-\\nker was killed. At the surrender of Charleston, May 20th, 1780, he\\nwas made a prisoner. In 1797 General Hopkins came West and\\nsettled at the Red Banks, now Henderson. In October, 1812, he led\\na corps of two thousand mounted men against the Kickapoo villages,\\nupon the Illinois River, but being misled by the guides, after wander-\\ning over the prairies for some days to no purpose, the party returned\\nto the Capital of Indiana. Chagrined at this result, in the succeeding\\nNovember, General Hopkins led a band of infantry up the Wabash\\nand succeeded in destroying several Indian villages. His wily enemy\\ndeclining a combat, and the cold proving severe, he was forced again\\nto retire to Vincennes, where his troops were disbanded. At the\\nclose of this campaign, the General returned to Henderson, and settled\\ndown upon the old Spring Garden farm, one and a half or two miles\\nout on the Owensboro Road, where he died in 1819. General Hop-\\nkins served several terms in the Kentucky Legislature and represented\\nthe Henderson District, 1813 to 1815, in Congress. He was commis-\\nsioned a Major General, during the War of 1812- 15, by President\\nMadison, who was his second cousin. General Hopkins was a double\\nsecond cousin of Patrick Henry, their mothers being double first\\ncousins. He was also a second cousin of Stephen Hopkins, who\\nsigned the Declaration of Independence, and second cousin of\\nColonel Taylor, father of President Zachary Taylor. He was the\\nfather of Captain Sam. Goode Hopkins, of the Forty-second Regiment\\nUnited States Dragoons, in the War of 1812- 15. He was also grand-\\nfather of Thomas Towles, Jr,, and Mrs, R. G. Beverly and Mrs. Col-\\nonel John T, Bunch.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0836.jp2"}, "837": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 797\\nREV. JOEL LAMBERT was born August 25th, 1796, in Meck-\\nlenburg County, Virginia. His father, Joel Lambert, was of English\\ndescent, and a farmer by pursuit. His mother, Miss Bennett, was a\\nnative of Virginia. His parents^removed to Kentucky during his early\\nchildhood, and settled permanently in Henderson County. He re-\\nceived a limited education, but the best afforded at that early day in\\nKentucky. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and served six\\nmonths in the New Orleans campaign, under General Jackson. After\\nthe restoration of peace, he returned home, and for several years\\nclerked in a dry goods store where he acquiied a reputation for ster-\\nling worth and honesty, and was trusted with what was called inter-\\nchanging transferring money from merchants between different\\npoints in the country. This business carried him largely through the\\nunsettled portions of the State to Frankfort, Lexington, Russellville\\nand other centers of trade, and was a position of great responsibility\\nand danger. Mr. Lambert, was never appointed Sheriff of the county\\nbecause he was never a magistrate, and, under the old constitution, the\\nsenior magistrate was always entitled to the office of Sheriff, and was\\nwith one exception, so appointed. It was also the custom of Magis-\\ntrates appointed to the sheriffalty to farm out the office, that is to say,\\nsell it to the highest and best bidder. Under this arrangement Mr.\\nLambert served from 1818 to 1832, either as principal or deputy, with\\ngreat credit to himself and general satisfaction to the county. Dur-\\ning his term of office it fell to his lot to officiate at several hangings,\\nand to escort several criminals overland on horseback to the peniten\\ntiary of the State.\\nWhen Charles C. Carr was hung, Mr. Lambert was acting Sheriff,\\nbut his young spirit was too tender to strike the fatal blow, which was\\nto send into eternity the soul of one who had done him no wrong.\\nYet he recognized his duty and made all preparations for the hanging.\\nDoak Pruitt, a somewhat noted character at that time, was employed\\nand broke the neck of the unfortunate Carr for the sum of five dol-\\nlars. Mr. Lambert officiated at the hanging of Calvin Sugg and Wil-\\nliam Wurnell, both desperate bad characters. Between the years\\n1832 and 35, Mr Lambert connected himself with the Cumberland\\nPresbyterian Church, and prepared himself to enter the ministry. For\\nseveral years he was pastor of the Madisonville Church, for a number\\nof years in charge of the Hebardsville Church, and for ten years\\nconnected with various charges, and, up to the day of his death, held\\nmissionary and irregular connection with his church. He was ever\\nan earnest and faithful worker in the church, and filled many import-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0837.jp2"}, "838": {"fulltext": "798 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, ICY.\\nant offices and appointments, being a member of its general assembly.\\nFor many years anterior to his death, Mr. Lambert was largely en-\\nsrasfed in farmins: and other business pursuits, and was always success-\\nful, even at his advanced age he gave his daily attention to his farm-\\ning interests, and was as exact in his habits as during his early man-\\nhood. In all of the multiplied phases of the Henderson Nashville\\nRailroad, there was no one man who did so much as Mr. Lambert\\ntowards its completion. From the beginning, he took an active part,\\nand, throughout all of its ramifications, his hand was to be plainly seen.\\nHe contributed liberally of his means, and of his time in fact, for\\nmany years occupied most of his time in endeavoring to bring the road\\nto a successful completion. Throughout his long and successful bus\\niness life, he never for a moment separated his religion from his sec-\\nular interests, and has been noted for his charity, his devotion to\\ngood works, and his support of every charitable interest in the com-\\nmunity, while he was unflinching in his adherence to his own church,\\nhe yet was possessed of broad and liberal views, characterized by\\ngreat charitableness towards others. On the third day of September,\\n1818, he was wedded to Miss Polly Husbands, daughter of John Hus-\\nbands, who was one of the very first settlers of Henderson, and served\\nas Magistrate in the first court after the formation of the, county.\\nHarmon Husbands, grandfather of Mrs. Lambert, died while impris-\\noned at Philadelphia for his opposition to the British Government.\\nOn the third day of September, 1868, Mr. and Mrs. Lambert cele-\\nbrated their golden wedding by entertaining a host of friends, and,\\nagain in the presence of God and those assembled, renewing those\\npledges which had been so safely guarded throughout their long mar\\nried life. There was never a happier twain. Of their thirteen chil-\\ndren, only three are now living, Mrs. George M. Priest, Samuel Hus-\\nband and Mrs. Manuel Kimmel. Mr. Lambert was noted for his pro-\\nbity of character, and was universally esteemed and honored in the\\ncommunity where he so long lived. He died on the twenty-sixth day\\nof June, 1878. His faithful wife still survives him.\\nHON. JAMES F. CLAY, was born in Henderson, on the twenty-\\nninth day of October, 1840. His father, James W. Clay, and mother,\\nClarissa Berry, were among the first settlers of Henderson. Of the\\nearly youth of James F. Clay, little can be said, except that he devel-\\noped an unusual taste for books, a good memory and a decided apt-\\nness in acquiring knowledge. He attended the best private schools\\nin Henderson, and had the advantage of strict, moral and intellectual\\ntraining at the hands of his parents. He was sent to Georgetown", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0838.jp2"}, "839": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 799\\nCollege, and graduated in 1860. His uncommon mental strength early\\ndistinguished him among his fellows, and, at the same time, attracted\\nta him the attention and friendship of leading citizens, who yet take\\ngreat pride in his success. Ui3bn his return home from college, he\\nbegan the study of law in the office of Governor Dixon, and, in 1862,\\nwas licensed to practice. Few men of the country have a greater\\ncommand of language, and the ability to use it with more force as a\\npopular speaker. He is a man of strong convictions is his own leader,\\nand, as a lawyer, displays great power in the court is unsurpassed be-\\nfore ajury, and is one of the most thoroughly read, eloquent and able\\nlawyers in the State. Mr. Clay was married in McLean County, Ky.,\\nOctober 29th, 1868, to Miss Bessie Eaves, second daughter of Judge\\nSanders Eaves. They have seven living children, Maggie, Charles,\\nLeslie, James W., Irene, Addison Young and Sanders. In 1871 he was\\nelected to the State Senate and served one term. In 1882 he was\\nelected to Congress and served one term. In both of these positions\\nhe distinguished himself as a legislator, and won the admiration and\\nesteem of his older colleagues. As an evidence of his ability, during\\nthe days of the St. Louis Southeastern Railway Company, Consoli-\\ndated, Mr. Clay was the retained attorney for the Company, and since\\nthe formation of the Ohio Valley Railway Company, he has been re-\\ntained attorney for that road. He served four years as attorney for\\nthe city, and has held other minor offices.\\nJOHN H. STEWART was born in the Town of Henderson, on\\nthe fifth day of August, 1851. His father, William Stewart, came\\nfrom Scotland at an early age, and settled in New Albany, Indiana.\\nOn the twenty-fifth day of April, 1848, he married Miss Sarah Eversol,\\nand, in 1850, removed to Henderson. Sarah Eversol was born June\\n15th, 1826. William Stewart, a tailor by profession, was a^man of\\nstaunch character, and of the utmost probity and honesty. He died\\nin 1853. Mrs. Stewart died June 21st, 1878. She was a woman re-\\nmarkable for her christian piety, and domestic character. When she\\nwas thirteen years of age she attached herself to the Methodist\\nChurch, and was ever a devoted member, letting nothing but sickness\\nprevent her from attending worship. At her death a friend wrote the\\nfollowing\\nIn 1^53 she was left a widow, with the care of three small chil-\\ndren to bring them up she struggled hard as only a mother can strug-\\ngle for her children. They have been the care of her life, and in her last\\nillness, they were not forgotten. On one occasion, after praying with", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0839.jp2"}, "840": {"fulltext": "800 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COtJNTV, KY.\\nand for her, I was so absorbed with her state that I forgot to make\\nspecial mention of her children. At the close of the prayer she took\\nme by the hand and said, pray for my poor children, that they may\\nbecome christians.\\nShe was a long sufferer, but her last end was peace, her faith firm,\\nher sun set in a cloudless sky, and arose amid the glories of an eter-\\nnal dav. The subject of this sketch married, October 31st, 1878, at\\nLexington, Kentucky, Miss A. B. Brady, and they have two children.\\nMr. Stewart has been twice elected, by the City Council, Cemetery\\nSexton, and is yet serving in that capacity. He is a staunch and\\nworking Democrat.\\nCAPTAIN JOSEPH ALLEN DUNCAN was born in Vander-\\nburgh County, Indiana, on the ninth day of April, 1837, and, at the\\nage of seven years, came with his parents to Henderson. He was\\neducated in the private schools of Henderson. At the age of twenty,\\non the eighteenth day of April, 1857, Mr. Duncan set upon life s\\njourney for himself, and some months thereafter, found himself in\\nCalifornia, where he resided until August, 1876. During his residence\\nin the Golden State, he was variously engaged, principally in hoteling,\\nsteamboating and minino; for gold. On the twelfth day of July, 1860,\\nhe married Miss Kate Driscoll, of Sacramento, and unto them have\\nbeen born three children, Harriet Ellen, Mary Josephine, and John\\nGeorge. The eldest daughter married Thomas Trusty, who, after a\\nfew years, departed this life. She again married Thomas L. Myers.\\nMary Josephine died just as she had attained to womanhood. John\\nGeorge is engaged in business with his father. The father of our sub-\\nject, John Duncan, was born near Fairfax, C. H., Virginia, in the year\\n1787; the mother, Harriet Stroud, was born in Lawrenceburg, Indiana,\\nApril 16th, 1809. They were married November 16th, 1835. In early\\nlife, John Duncan immigrated from Virginia to Pittsburgh, Penn., and\\nwas engaged in fiatboating to New Orleans until 1840, a porJ:ion of the\\ntime teaching school. Colonel Stroud, as he was known, the maternal\\ngrandfather of Captain Duncan, fought with the flatboatmen in the\\nrifle brigade under General Jackson at the battle of New Orleans.\\nIn 1831 he commenced farming in the bayou, opposite Henderson,\\nand died September 1st, 1844.\\nOn the first day of September, 1876, Captain Duncan returned\\nfrom C alifornia to Henderson and engaged in the hotel business. In\\n1878 he purchased his present hotel and has continued to provide for\\nhis guests in a bountiful way. Captain Duncan is a member of the\\nI. O. O. F., and of the encampment of the order of Red Men of the", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0840.jp2"}, "841": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 80l\\nA. O. U. W., and of the Select Knights of the same. In 1863 he was\\na member of the Cahfornia Volunteer Cavalry Service, Co. F. He\\nalso served for thirteen months as First Lieutenant of the California\\nState Guard, doing provost dutUj^and Indian fighting. In politics he\\nhas ever been a Republican. He has lately been appointed, by the\\nCity Council, a member of the Board of Health.\\nSAMUEL STITES, the subject of this sketch, was a son of\\nRichard Stites, (who was a Sea Captain,) and was born in Philadel-\\nphia, March 22d, 1792. During the summer of 1819 he immigrated\\nto Henderson and engaged in mercantile pursuits.\\nFor many years he controlled the large landed interest of Mr.\\nLyne Starling, of Columbus, Ohio, located in Henderson County, and\\nby his promptness and efficient business capacity, won the confidence\\nand highest esteem of that gentleman. On the twentieth day of Feb-\\nruary, 1823, Mr. Stites married Miss Rebecca Holloway, daughter\\nof Major John Holloway, of this county, and unto them were born four\\nchildren, namely: Mary Cameron married Edmund L. Davidson, of\\nSpringfield, Kentucky, and died, leaving one child, now Mrs. Susan\\nRay, of Louisville; Richard married Miss Ann Mary Hopkins, and\\ndied a few years since, leaving five children, Samuel, William, Camilla,\\nRichard and Hamilton. Samuel and Camilla are married, Rebecca\\nmarried Colonel Wm. S. Elam. She has three children, Lucie, Annie\\nand William. Lucie married James R. Barret; she has two\\nchildren, Henry Pendleton and Susie Rankin. Mr. Stites, after having\\nlived a most exemplary and successful life, died on the fifth day of\\nApril, 1862. His good wife, one of the strongest minded and most\\ncharitable of her generation, followed some years after.\\nJAMES ALVES was born in Orange County, North Carolina,\\non the sixth day of March, 1793, and, in early life, came to Henderson\\nwith his father, Walter Alves, one of the signers of the Richard Hen-\\nderson Co. ordmance, establishing the Town of Henderson. In 1815\\nhe married Miss Maria Davis, daughter of General Thomas Davis, of\\nNorth Carolina, and raised a large family of children, three of whom\\nare now living, namely: James, twice married, first, to Miss Bettie H.\\nand secondly to Miss Emily Sneed, daughters of Dr. Richard Sneed,\\nof North Carolina; Maria D., wife of James P. Breckenridge, and John\\nW., who married Miss Juliet Holloway. Each of these have children.\\nMrs. Arabella Alves, widow of Thomas, the eldest son, is living and\\nhas five children, all married; James S., Superintendent Henderson\\nMining Manufacturing Company; Maria, wife of Thomas L. Norris,\\n51", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0841.jp2"}, "842": {"fulltext": "802 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nof Kansas; Joseph B., Secretary and Treasurer Henderson Woolen\\nMills; Gaston M Secretary and Treasurer Henderson Mining and\\nManufacturing Company, and Eliza, wife of Honorable M. Merritt.\\nMrs. Alves, wife of James Alves, was born in the month of September,\\n1795, and, at the age of nineteen, married in Fayetteville, North\\nCarolina, and came with her husband to this county, where she de-\\nparted this life, many years after, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs.\\nBreckenridge, having arrived at a ripe old age. She was a most noble\\nwoman, possessing every grace requisite to adorn life. Her husband,\\nduring life, was a man of extended influence, greatly beloved and\\nuniversally esteemed. He died suddenly, on the thirtieth day of July,\\n1853, leaving to his children a large, and very valuable landed estate.\\nPROF. CASPER FREDERICK ARTES was born at Merken\\nSaxe, Meiningen, Germany, March 29th, 1816. He was recognized as a\\nyouth of remarkable talent, and at the University which he attended in\\nhis native town, his wonderful talents won for him the sobriquet of Little\\nMozart. During the Revolution of 1848, 49, in which he participated,\\nhe became dissatisfied, and determined to immigrate to America. In\\n1851 he came, bringing letters of recommendation to lea ^ing persons\\nin New York. He married at his native home Miss Catharine Bier-\\nschenk, and she and four daughters and one son accompanied him\\nacross the sea. After his arrival, owing to his limited means, he was\\nat a loss what to do, but, chancing upon a morning paper, he read an\\nadvertisement, signed Charles F. Lehman, Henderson, Kentucky,\\nPrincipal of the Female Academy, wanting a teacher of music; there-\\nupon he determined to come West and seek his fortune. Entering\\ninto correspondence with Mr. Lehman, whom he found to have been\\na Colonel in the German army, he engaged to come to Henderson.\\nLeaving his family in New York, he set out on his journey, and, in\\ndue course of time, landed in Henderson. He accepted the position\\ntendered him by Mr. Lehman, and returned to New York for his family,\\nwhom he soon brought to this place, then the far West, where there\\nwere few of his people to be found.\\nThe father of Prof. Artes was Burgomaster of his native place,\\nand at one time during the winter the Duke of Saxony visited his\\ntown, and, in recognition of his visit, the Burgomaster caused the\\nstreets to be cleaned of snow, the town decorated, and all the cordiali\\nties of a municipality accorded him. In recognition of this attention,\\nthe Duke dined with the Burgomaster, and, during his stay, requested\\nyoung Artes to go to the church and play the organ for him. With this\\nrequest he complied, and in return was granted a royal recognition. It", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0842.jp2"}, "843": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF iiE JDERSON COUNTY, KY. S03\\nis said that whenever there was to be a royal or ecclesiastical festival,\\nCasper F. Artes was invariably called upon to preside at the organ. A\\nfew years after his arrival in Henderson, Prof. Artes was employed as\\norganist of St. Paul s Episcopal Church, and, as remarkable as it may\\nseem, he performed that irksome duty for nearly thirty years, without\\nmissing one single Sunday service from any cause. On the twentieth\\nday of November, 1886, in the city of Evansville, Prof. Artes departed\\nthis life, leaving a devoted wife and large family of children to mourn\\nhis death. He was a master of the organ, a master of music and a\\nman of profound intelligence upon all matters requiring study. He\\nwas a man of strong impulses, devoted to his friends, and yet diffident\\nand deferential. Mr. Charles F. Artes, Evansville s leading and most\\nsuccessful jeweler, and a gentleman of the highest character, is the\\neldest son of Prof. C. F. Artes.\\nALEXANDER BUCHANAN BARRET was born in Louisa\\nCountv, Virginia, on the eighteenth day of March, 1811, and proved\\nto be, in after-life, ope of the most successful and notable business\\nmen of America. He, with a limited education at the age of four-\\nteen years, left home and found employment in the office of his uncle\\nin Richmond, Virginia, who carried on a large tobacco trade in this\\ncountry and Europe. In 1833 he was given a partnership, and sent\\nbv his uncle to Henderson to take charge of his tobacco interests in\\nthat locality. A few years after, this firm was dissolved, Mr. Barret\\nremaining and retaining the business and reputation of the old firm.\\nIn 1852 he joined with him his younger brother, John H. Barret, and,\\nin this association, the business continued until his death. He estab-\\nlished branch stemmeries at Henderson, Louisville, Owensboro, Clo-\\nverport and other points in Kentucky, at Clarksville and in Missouri,\\nand was, in his time without doubt, the most extensive tobacco mer-\\nchant in the world, controlling annually many thousands of hogsheads\\nin the markets of England. He was the largest planter in Hender-\\nson County, and invested largely and successfully in cotton, and ranked\\nas one of the largest land owners and real estate holders in the whole\\ncountry. Honor and uprightness were the leading principles by which\\nhe ruled his life, and it seems to have been his highest ambition to prove\\nto the world, that they were the surest, as well as the best, means to\\nfinancial prosperity. At the age of fifty, in New York City, he died June\\n15th, 1861. His remains were removed to Henderson, where his\\nmemory will long live in the hearts of the people. He died the wealth-\\niest citizen Kentucky has ever claimed. He was twice married.\\nHis first wife was Miss Juliana Harris, of Louisa County, Virginia,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0843.jp2"}, "844": {"fulltext": "804 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nbv whom he had two children, Alexander and Virginia. Alexander\\nmarried in London, England, Miss Emma Allen Chunnock, and some\\nvears afterward died. His widow and children are now residents of\\nWashington City Virginia is the wife of Major Theodore K. Gibbs,\\nson of Ex-Governor Gibbs, of Rhode Island, and resides in the City\\nof New York. Mr. Barret s second wife was Miss Black, of Dublin\\nIreland, who died several years since, without issue.\\nDAVID REDMAN BURBANK was born March 4th, 1806, in\\nBelsfrade, Maine. His mother s father was killed at the head of his\\ncompany, at the battle of Bunker Hill, and his father and paternal\\ngrandfather were officers under General VVashington, and served\\nthroughout the Revolution. His mother was Marv Bracket, a woman\\nof superior qualities of mind and heart. His parents, being highly re-\\nfined and intelligent themselves, placed great value on the education\\nof their children. David R. Burbank was educated at Waterbury\\nCollege, in his native State. He was a constant student and took\\nevery opportunity throughout his long business qareer to increase his\\nknowledge, therefore, was one of the most thoroughly informed men\\nof the country. He came to Kentucky in the fall of 1828, at a time\\nwhen the river was extraordinary low. The steamer upon which he\\nwas .a passenger, grounded at Scuffle^own bar, and, from thence to his\\ndestination, the young man footed it through the wild woods. He\\ncommenced his business career clerking for Atkinson Co., but sub-\\nsequently turned his attention to tobacco, and became, in the course\\nof time, one of the heaviest Western buyers, which resulted in his\\namassing a very large fortune. He was a remarkably successful bus-\\niness man, yet he did not permit one branch of business to absorb all\\nof his energies. He opened the first coal shaft built the first distil-\\nlery, one of the largest and most complete in the State undertook\\nthe manufacture of salt in fact, he strove earnestly to develop the\\nresources of the region where he lived, encouraged every worthy bus-\\niness undertaking, liberally aided all schemes for the common com-\\nmercial advancement, studied the condition of the mineral wealth of\\nthe State and led in its practical development. He appreciated and\\nsought the society of cultivated men, and, but for the multitude of his\\nbusiness cares, would have given himself largely to literary pursuits.\\nHe made several trips to Europe, and, in 1867, in company with Gen-\\neral John C. Breckenridge, made an extended tour through Egypt\\nSyria and the Holy Land, viewing the wreck and ruin of famous cit-\\nies of antiquity. Of all the qualities that endeared Mr. Burbank to\\nhis associates, the one for which he will be the longest and most grate-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0844.jp2"}, "845": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 805\\nfully remembered, was his benevolence. No charitable cause, at home\\nor abroad, ever sought his aid in vain. While on an inspection tour\\nover his Union County plantation, he was taken sick, and died Octo-\\nber 31st, 1872. His remains were brought to Henderson and interred\\nin Fernwood Cemetery, and a very handsome and imposing marble\\nshaft erected to his memory. Mr. Burbank was twice married. His\\nfirst wife was Ann Isabella Terry, daughter of Major Robert Terry.\\nShe died not quite two years after her marriage, leaving one son,\\nRobert T., who, at the age of sixteen, left college and joined General\\nWalker, at Nicaragua, where he died. He was a talented, adventur-\\nous boy, and aspired to military fame, but fell gallantly at the outset\\nof his career. He was aid-de-camp to General Henningsen, who\\ncomplimented him highly for gallant deportment on the field. In 1851\\nMr. Burbank married Miss Mary Frances Taylor, the only daughter\\nof Colonel Charles Mynn Thruston Taylor. Unto them were born\\nsix children, four of whom are now living, Annie, Charles M., Mary\\nTaylor, and Breckenridge. David, the eldest son, now dead, married\\nMiss Kate J., only daughter of Governor and Mrs. Archibald Dixon.\\nHON. JACOB HELD was born in Betzenger, County of\\nRentlingen, District of Black Forest, Kingdom of Wurtemberg,\\nGermany, and was educated at the common schools of that country.\\nOn the first day of September, 1834, he sailed for America, and ar-\\nrived at New York on the fourth day of November, of the same year.\\nFrom New York he removed to Philadelphia, and served an appren-\\nticeship as baker, up to April, 1838, when he removed to Evansville,\\nwhere he remained until April, 1839, at which time he removed to\\nHenderson. On the twentieth day of May, 1839, he married, in\\nEvansville, Miss Louise Lohmeyer, and, as a result of that union,\\ntwelve children have been born, seven sons and five daughters. Of\\nthat number two sons and two daughters have died. After coming to\\nHenderson, Mr. Held carried on a bakery store and was the first to\\nestablish a daily delivery of breads, etc., to families in the town. In\\n1852 he built the three-story brick storehouse, corner Water and\\nSecond Streets, and, for a number of years, carried on a large business\\ntherein. He was mostly instrumental in building the Henderson\\nEvansville Telegraph Line, and was its first President. He served as\\nCouncilman of his ward, and, in 1874, was elected Mayor and served\\none term with credit to himself and city. He is one of the oldest\\nOdd Fellows living in the city, and served his lodge as Noble Grand\\nin 1844 and 1857. In religion he is a Lutheran in politics a\\nRepublican. He is the owner of Held s Park, including six and a", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0845.jp2"}, "846": {"fulltext": "806 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nhalf acres, a beautiful spot and favorite resort. His residence is at\\nthe park, and there, too, he carries on a nice grocery trade. When\\nMr. Held came to Henderson, it was only a village with one\\ndilapidated church the old Union Church thai stood on the Square\\nand in which Rev. Thomas Evans preached one dray and one\\ndelivery wagon James Rouse was the owner of the dray, Nathaniel\\nTerry owned the wagon nnd furnished the village with its winter s supply\\nof wood, Mr. Held, all of his life, has been extremely liberal with\\nhis friends and patrons, and has contributed largely to the building\\nup and improvement of the city. His wife has been a hard working,\\nself-denying, faithful helpmate, and, in their old age, the two enjoy\\nlife with a loving confidence that has never been diminished.\\nGEORGE A. MAYER.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The old gentleman of whom this is but\\nan imperfect sketch, was born in the City of Mosbach, Germany, Jan-\\nuary 1st, 1797. He received what may be termed a liberal educa-\\ntion in his native country, and, on the twenty-ninth day of February,\\n1824, married Miss Margaretta Strohauer, unto whom there were\\nborn nine children, only three of whom attained to their majority,\\nLouisa, Jacob F. and Virgin ius M., the latter being born on the high\\nsea during his mother s coming to this country. Mr. Mayer, before\\nleaving Germany, became a member of the Milhausen Immigration\\nSociety, whose agent in this country was John Roebling, the great Mas-\\nter Engineer, who was latterly chief in charge of the building\\nof the Brooklyn bridge, the grandest iron and steel structure\\nknown to inventive genius. Mr. Roebling, by accident lost his life\\nbefore the completion of the work, and was succeeded by his son.\\nMr. Mayer arrived at New York in August, 1832, and settled at\\nPittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he remained until the early part of\\n1834, when he removed to Evansville, Indiana. He had learned the\\ntrade of gunsmithing in the old country, and, from this, determined\\nto earn his livelihood in this new land. He remained in Evansville\\nbut a short time, but while there, built, on the corner of Main and\\nSecond Streets, the first two-story frame building, and the first build-\\ning erected in L-^masco by a German in that town. While he resided\\nin Evansville, there were only four or five hundred inhabitants, and\\nnot exceeding eighty houses, all told. In February, 1835, he removed\\nto Henderson, and was among the first occupants of the present resi-\\ndence of F. W. Reutlinger, corner of Fourth and Elm Streets. He\\nimmediately embarked in gunsmithing in an old frame shanty situated\\non the northeast side of Mill or Second Street, between Main and\\nWater. He continued in this building for several years, when he re-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0846.jp2"}, "847": {"fulltext": "G. A. MAYER.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0847.jp2"}, "848": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0848.jp2"}, "849": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 807\\nmoved lo the old Fulwiler brick on Main Street, now adjoining C. H.\\nJohnson s book store. By close attention to business, honest work,\\nand reasonable compensation, Mr. Mayer held the entire gunsmithing\\ntrade of the country for several counties, and his prudence led him to\\nlay aside enough to increase his business and make himself financially\\ncomfortable. His trade continued to increase until he found it neces-\\nsary to have a more roomy store house, and, to that end, he purchased\\nand built the present house, now occupied by his son, Jacob F.\\nMayer. In this house he continued to do business in partnership\\nwith his sons, Jacob F. and Virginius M., whom he had educated most\\nexcellent business men and mechanics, until old age bade him desist\\nfrom further labor and spend the remainder of his days in rest and\\nquiet. Of his three childien, Louisa married French Gobin, an influ-\\nential and esteemed citizen, and they had two children, one of whom\\nis now living, Maggie J., who married Joseph B. Johnston, and they\\nhave had six children, four of whom are now living, Eugenia, an ac-\\ncomplished young lady, just grown Joseph Russell, Robert Evans^\\nand Gilbert Ludson. Mrs. Gobin died March 18th, 1874.\\nJacob F. Mayer has been twice married, first to Miss Lucie Bond,\\nof Iowa, by whom he has three living children, Fred. V., Walter and\\nHarry. Fred, married Miss Elsie Wymond, of Evansville, and has one\\nchild, a daughter. Mr Mayer married, secondly. Miss Mattie Wood-\\nruff, of New Jersey, a highly cultured and devoted Christian lady, by\\nwhom he has had four children, three of whom are living, Frank,\\nHerbert and Maurice. Virginius I\\\\L Mayer married Miss Lottie\\nLotze, of Cincinnati, a lady of high, social and domestic character, and\\nunto them have been born three children, Amanda, a charming young\\nlady just budding into womanhood, and George Adolphus and Virgin-\\nius, both very promising. Mr. Mayer removed several years since\\nfrom Henderson and is now handsomely domiciled in Cincinnati.\\nLike their father, both Jacob F. and Virginius M. have accumulated\\nerch a handsome estate. The first wife of the subject of this sketch\\ndied in Henderson, on the twentieth day of January, 1853. On the\\ntwentieth day of December, 1854, he married Elizabeth Worsham\\nwidow of Philip Ludson Johnston. She died June 4th, 1875.\\nMr. Mayer was scrupulous in all his dealings, and has always,\\nthrough his business life, aimed to give perfect satisfaction, and to\\noblige, to the fullest extent, his patrons. He has throughout his en-\\ntire life, shown himself a man of marked energy and sound judgment.\\nIt is not astonishing, therefore, that, in his career and character are\\nto be found elements composing a man very useful as a citizen and", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0849.jp2"}, "850": {"fulltext": "808 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\nvery successful in business affairs. During his life in Germany, he\\nwas a member of the Army Reserve Force his brother David was\\nin Napoleon s Russian Campaign, was present at the burning of Mos-\\ncow, and was one of the number who perished in Napoleon s memor-\\nable retreat. For seven or eight months in 1848, Mr. Mayer was\\ntotally blind, cataracts having formed over his eyes, but he subse-\\nquently recovered, and now, at his old age, enjoys a good eyesight.\\nHe is a great reader, loves his smoke and glass of wine, and awaits\\nthe coming of his Maker with a spirit becoming a philosopher.\\nAMON RATHBONE JENKINS, physician and surgeon, and\\nson of Thomas Morris Jenkins and Mary Ann King, was born in the\\nCity of Henderson on the twelfth day of September, 1860. His early\\neducation was obtained from schools tauo ht bv Professors Rousseau,\\nKirby and Posey. His paternal grandfather was born in England,\\nand came to this country in 1810, settling in the City of Columbus,\\nOhio. His paternal grandmother was a native of Maryland. His\\nmaternal grandfather was John Boyle King, born in 1876, on Boyle\\nfarm. County Cork, Ireland came to America at an early age, and\\nwas a distinguished soldier in the War of 1812. His maternal grand-\\nmother, Madeline Hager King, of the family of Ormdorffs, Hagers\\nand Boharques, early colonist, was born in Maryland.\\nThe subject of this sketch early conceived a taste for medicine\\nand began its study even before he had finished his High School\\neducation. He entered the office of Dr. Arch Dixon, and there\\nprepared himself to enter upon a regular collegiate course. In 1878\\nhe matriculated at the Louisville Medical University^ and attended its\\nwinter course. Returning home he was employed in the active study\\nof his profession, and many experiments were made by him upon liv-\\ning animals to tell the physiological action of remedies and to prove\\nor disprove the accepted theories in regard to them. He returned to\\ncollege in the autumn of 1879, and could have graduated with honor\\nthe following spring, but, being under age, was compelled to attend a\\nthird course, graduating in 1881, Dr. Jenkins then returned to Hen-\\nderson, and immediately began an active practice, turning his attention\\nparticularly to surgery. In 1883 he went abroad, spending a year in\\nBerlin, Prussia, where he was enrolled as a regular student in Ffed-\\nerick Wilhelm Koeniglicher Universitaet in Berlin, under the tutelage\\nof such masters as Virchen, Von Langenbeck, Van Bergman, Koch,\\nSchroedin and Prof. Esmarch, in Kiel. He returned to Henderson in\\n1884, and again practiced his profession with zeal and energy until\\n1885, when he again returned to Berlin, where he perfected himself", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0850.jp2"}, "851": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 809\\nin the art of surgery, witnessing and assisting in all of the capital\\noperations in the entire domain of surgical attainment. At the pres-\\nent time he is in active practice in tliis, his native city, and has\\nachieved a reputation far greater than that of many who have devoted\\na lifetime. Unless misfortune should overtake him, his name will be\\nwritten high up on the roll of fame, along with the brightest and best\\nin the annals of American Surgery. At the meeting of the Mississippi\\nValley Medical Association, held at Crab Orchard Springs, Kentucky,\\nin July, 1887, he was elected its Vice President. The Doctor is a reg-\\nular correspondent to the principal medical and surgical journals- of\\nthis country, England and Germany.\\nJENKS WATTERMAN WILLIAMS was born in Henderson\\nCounty, on the tenth day of August, 1826, and was educated from the\\ncommon schools of the county. His paternal great-grandfather was\\none of the Transylvania Company, and the first signer of the ordinance\\nestablishing the Town of Henderson. Subsequently, he led the com-\\npany to Henderson, and, on his return to North Carolina, was taken\\nsick and died, at Frankfort, of cramp colic. The father of Jenks W.\\nWilliams was John Williams, born in Granville County, North Caro-\\nlina, March 28th, 1785. The exact time of his coming to Henderson\\nis not known, but thought to have been between 1800 and 1807. On\\nthe fifth day of November, 1807, he married in this county, Susanna\\nStarks. Susanna Starks Williams, the mother of Jenks W,, was born\\nJune 9th, 1790, in Granville County, North Carolina. There were\\nten children born unto Mr. and Mrs. Williams, Jenks W. being the\\nyoungest son. The father of our subject settled a farm near Grave\\nCreek Church, and cultivated it up to the time of his death. On Fri-\\nday, July 10th, 1812, he was baptised, and, on the following Sunday,\\nreceived into Grave Creek Baptist Church. Subsequent to that time\\nhe was authorized to preach the Gospel. Although not educated in\\nmedicine, he was, for a number of years, the principal and only physi-\\ncian of the entire country surrounding his home, and, through his\\nunheard of philanthrophy, declined to charge anyone who needed\\nor asked his services. He was known oftentimes to ride miles, doing\\ngood without asking a reward of any character whatever. His mission\\nwas to do good, and for that he is now reaping his reward in a better\\nlife. This good man departed this life July 21st, 1840, leaving a large\\nfamily of children and a loving Christian wife. Twenty years subse-\\nquent, to-wit June 11th, 1860, after a life of toil and self-sacrifice,\\nMrs.Williams died. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Samuel\\nFarrel Williams, born in North Carolina, and immigrated to Henderson", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0851.jp2"}, "852": {"fulltext": "810 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nin 1793. He fought at the battle of New Orleans, and died in Hen-\\nderson County in 1838. His paternal grandmother was Rebecca\\nStevens Dudley, of English descent. She immigrated to Henderson\\nfrom North Carolina at an early age, and died in 1833.\\nJenks W. Williams, on the sixteenth day of January, 1855, mar-\\nried Miss M\u00c2\u00bbry Weaver, daughter of Littleberry Weaver, a beautiful\\nwoman, and one who has shown marked motherly talent in raising her\\nchildren. She is a woman full of energy in the face of adversity or\\nprosperity, and has performed life s duties nobly and as becoming a\\ngood, true wife. She was born in the City of Louisville on the tenth day\\nof A))ril, 1839, and came to Henderson when only three years of age. By\\nher marriage, seven children have been born, five living, Lillian Jas-\\nper, P21iza, Mary, Jenks and Sallie. Lillian married Joseph Bennett and\\nhas two children, Jenks W. and Lida Sallie married John P. Moore,\\nof New York, and has one son, John. The mother of Mrs. Williams\\nwas a daughter of Colonel Robert Smith. She died in 1883 at the\\nhome of her son Albert.\\nJenks W. Williams, from early life, has made the town his home,\\nand has proven himself a useful citizen. He has held several offices,\\nand in every instance has proven himself worthy of the trust. During\\nthe year 1866, 67, 68 and 69, he served as Jailer of Henderson\\nCounty in 1857 and 58 as Constable in 1886 as City Councilman.\\nFor ten years he was engaged in the tobacco business with Joseph\\nAdams, and subsequently in the same capacity with other tobacco-\\nnists. In 1869, while Jailer of the county, the Ku-Klux attempted to\\nmob a prisoner confined in the jail. Mr. Williams was found at his\\npost, and, mainly through his influence, be that what it may, the mob\\ndispersed, leaving the prisoner still in the jail. For several years\\nMr. Williams was proprietor ot the Commercial Hotel on Third Street,\\nand then of the Hord House, until 1884, when he rented his\\npresent house, on Main, near First Street. This house he fitted up in\\nhandsome style. It contains twenty furnished rooms, and a dining\\nroom of eating capacity for sixty-two persons. The hotel is a credit\\nto his energy and taste, and is largely patronized. Mr. Williams is\\nvery much like a well regulated clock never idle.\\nPHILIP LUDSON JOHNSTON, of Pennsylvania, erne to Hen-\\nderson in 1839 or 40, and, being a practical distiller, engaged in that\\nbusiness in the Horse Shoe Bend with two of his brothers. This was\\nthe first sweet mash distillery built in the county. On the twenty-\\nfifth day of February. 1841, he married Miss EHza Worsham, and, only\\na short time afterwards, returned to his native State, Town of Ea:ston,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0852.jp2"}, "853": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 811\\nwhere his first child, a son, Eugene Ludson, was born on the eigh-\\nteenth day of February, 1842. A short time after the birth of his first\\nchild, Mr. Johnston removed to lUinois, and settled at Russellville, on\\nthe Wabash. There he purchased a tract of land, and, again with his\\nbrothers, commenced distilling. On the twenty-sixth day of Septem-\\nber, 1845, his second son, Joseph B. Johnston, was born, and a very\\nshort time thereafter Mr. Johnston again removed to Henderson and\\neno-a^ed with his brother-in-law, Elijah W. Worsham, in sawing lum-\\nber and grinding grain for the town and surrounding country. Their\\nmill was run by steam, and was situated on the river front, above the\\npresent mill of Joseph Clore. Mr. Johnston confined himself closely to\\nhis work, and his unrestrained energy and constant exposure of himself\\nbrought on pneumonia, from which he died in 1850. His wife and\\ntwo sons survived him. Mrs. Johnston, on the twentieth day of De-\\ncember, 1854, married George A. Mayer, and lived to the fourth day\\nof June, 1875, at which time she died. Eugene L. Johnston, the eldest\\nson, was educated in Pennsylvania and Kentucky, and, when yet quite\\nyoung, entered the Banner office in Henderson to learn the art of\\ntype setting. At the breaking out of the War of the Rebellion, he\\nespoused the cause of the South, and on the fifth day of August, 1861,\\nin Henderson, enlisted as a private in Captain James Ingram s Com-\\npany, and marched overland away to Dixie. He was shortly after-\\nwards appointed Orderly Sergeant, and his company was attached to\\nthe Fourth Kentucky Regiment. On the fourth day of December,\\n1861, his company was detached from the regiment and assigned to\\nthe Light Artillery Service under the command of Captain Rice\\nGraves. He fought at Fort Donelson, and on the sixteenth day of\\nFebruary, 1862, was taken prisoner and sent to Indianapolis. A few\\ndays prior to the battle, his commanding officer desired to send him\\nSouth on a recruiting expedition, but the honor was declined, owing\\nto his anxiety to participate in the coming deadly conflict. On\\nSunday night, May 18th, 1862, he effected his escape, and walked to\\nMadison, where he procured a skiff and worked his way to Louisville.\\nFrom there he passed on down through Owensboro and Henderson to\\nUniontown, where he procured a horse and rode again into Dixie,\\nhalting at Chattanooga, where the Confederate Army was stationed.\\nHe soon after joined the Third Grand Division, General Wood com-\\nmanding, and was appointed Acting Ordinance Sergeant, under Major\\nT. R. Hotchkiss. During the months of July, August, September,\\nOctober, November and December, his command was mostly upon the\\nmarch, going from place to place, watching the enemy. Tuesday,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0853.jp2"}, "854": {"fulltext": "812 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nDecember oOth, the great battle of Stone River was begun by heavy\\nskirmishing. Wednesday there was a heavy artillery engagement,\\nbeginning in the morning and lasting most of the day. There was also\\nheavy fighting between the infantry and artillery during the day, and\\nthe slaughter on both sides was terrible. Thursday there was again\\nheavy fighting. Friday, January 2d, Eugene L. Johnston was killed.\\nWhen he enlisted and left his home he carried with him a neat fold-\\ning memorandum book, in which he kept a correct diary account of\\nthe doings of his command. Not a day escaped him, and his minutes\\nwere liberal and well written. He gives an interesting description of\\nthe battle of Stone River up to Thursday night before his death, and\\nclosed by heading the next page Friday, January 2d. 1863. Poor boy\\nthat was the last line ever written by him. Twenty years after, the\\nfinder of young Johnston s book, by some means discovered the resi-\\ndence of his brother, Joseph B. Johnston, and mailed him the book\\nwith the following written on the inside of the cover\\nFound on the battle field of Stone River, near Murfreesboro,\\nTennessee, Friday evening, January 2d, 1863, by the subscriber and\\nforwarded to J. B. Johnston July 26th, 1883, after a period of over\\ntwenty years between dates.\\nR. C. Lane, Capt. Co. H. 40th, Ind. Vet. Vol. Infantry.\\nParis, Illinois.\\nWhen Captain Lane discovered the body lying upon the battle-\\nfield, it was after nightfall, and the book found open in his hand. Mr.\\nJohnston prizes the little book as only a brother can, and will ever\\nhold Captain Lane in kindly remembrance. Joseph B. Johnston,\\nsecond son, followed the footsteps of his brother Eugene, and he, too,\\nlearned the art of type-setting, but this work was too monotonous for\\nhis active spirit. His first venture was in partnership with R. P.\\nEvans, in the drug business. A short time after he went West,\\nand clerked, during 1864 and 65, in St. Louis and St. Joe, Missouri.\\nReturning home he again entered the drug business in partnership\\nwith H. S. Park. In 1867 he sold his interest to Cabell Towles,\\nand accepted a clerkship with G. A. Mayer s Sons, where he remained\\nfor three years. He then built the brick storehouse on the northeast\\nside of Second, between Main and Water Streets, and opened a build-\\ners emporium, where he continued seven years, or up to 1880. He\\nthen joined the firm of French Mayer Co., and established the\\nspoke and handle factory, corner Fourth and Green Streets. Several\\nmonths after, he sold his interest to Edwin Robards. Then, in part-\\nnership with his uncle, E. W, Worsham, he built the Peerless Distillery,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0854.jp2"}, "855": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 813\\nand made two crops of whisky, when he was elected City Clerk and\\ngave up distilling. He is now serving his fourth term, and it is due\\nto him to say, that he has, by systematic improvement in books and\\nforms, so simplified the work that^it is now a pleasure where it used\\nto be irkesome. Mr. Johnston s strict attention and intelligent capacity,\\nwill, no doubt, secure him the clerkship so long as he may choose to\\naccept it.\\nOn the twenty-ninth day of April, 1869, Mr. Johnston married\\nMiss Margaret Gobin, a lady of most excellent domestic character,\\nand unto them have been born six children, four of whom are living.\\nEugenia, Joseph Russell, Robert Evans and Gilbert Ludson. Miss\\nEugenia is of the sweet girl graduate class, and is greatly admired for\\nher excellent character and womanly graces. The other children are\\npromising. Mr. Johnston has been, throughout life, an active, intelli-\\ngent man of business, and, by his honesty, sincerity, and open frank-\\nness, numbers a host of friends. He is an active member of both the\\nOdd Fellows and Knights of Pvthias Lodges.\\nCOLONEL JACKSON M CLAIN was born in Henderson\\nCounty, on the fifth day of October, 1816. His father, James Mc-\\nClain, was born in Henderson, and was a leading farmer and influen-\\ntial citizen to his death, in 1839. His mother was Miss Butler, her\\nfather also being a farmer. Colonel McClain was educated at the\\ncommon and private schools of his county, and being a young man of\\nstrong mind and retentive memory, he learned rapidly and with ease\\nto himself. At the age of twenty-three, his father died and left his son\\nwith his large estate to look after, and the younger members of the\\nfamily to educate and raise. He performed these arduous duties with\\nsignal ability, and to the satisfaction of all parties concerned.\\nColonel McClain is a very large land owner, and has farmed it\\nfor a great many years on a large scale. The war robbed him of a\\nlarge number of valuable slaves, but, notwithstanding that, with his\\nusual indomitable will-power, he has annually, with the uncertain labor\\nat his command, grown large crops. He is a continual thinker, apply-\\ning his mind to the successful management of his business affairs.\\nHe is a man of sound judgment upon all matters, and his long and\\neventful career has proven it. In 1841 he was married to Miss Mary\\nWatson, and unto them was born one child, Annie. She married Col-\\nonel A. H. Major, a highly educated gentleman, and he died several\\nyears past, leaving a family of four children, Kate, Jackson, Samuel\\nand Ella. Mrs. McClain died, and again, in 1869, Colonel McClain\\nmarried Miss Carrie S. Hunt, of Warsaw, Illinois. She died a few", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0855.jp2"}, "856": {"fulltext": "814 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nyears since leaving five sons, Jackson, Hunt, William, Henry and\\nGeorge. He again married, Mrs. Helen Trafton his present wife.\\nColonel McClain has served as a Director in the Henderson\\nNashville Railroad Board, and was largely instrumental in the success\\nof the enterprise. For several years he served as a Director of the\\nFarmers Bank, and, on the second day of August, 1862, was elected\\nits President. He has served several terms as a member of the\\nPublic School Board, and has oftentimes been sought to take charge\\nof trust funds, estates, c. He is an uncompromising Democrat and\\nfor many years has served as a member of the County Committee.\\nHe is a member of the Episcopal church.\\nWILLIAM P. BEVERLY was born in King George County,\\nVirginia, on the twenty-second day of August, 1818, and was educated\\nat the Mitchell School, Fredericksburg. His father, William Beverley,\\nwas born in Caroline County, Virginia, in 1790, and married Sarah\\nAnn Posey, youngest child of General Thomas Posey a sketch of\\nwhom will be found on page 648 of this volumn. Mrs. Beverly was\\nborn in 1800, and died in 1851. William Beverley immigrated to Hen-\\nderson County in 1832, and settled upon one hundred and twenty\\nacres of land, Wfrig in the south end of the town, and now built up with\\nbusiness and dwelling houses. He died in Henderson in 1845. Our sub-\\nject s paternal grandfather was Colonel Robert Beverley, a distin-\\nguished citizen, and influential planter of King George County, Vir-\\nsinia. He married Marv Buckner, and thev both died in that State.\\nHis maternal grandfather, General Posey, married Mary Alexander.\\nWilliam Beverly, father of our subject, was a soldier in the War of\\n1812. William P. Beverley married Miss Kate Posey McCombs, an\\nadopted daughter of General Posey, who graduated from Mrs. Tevis\\nFemale Academy, at Shelbyville. They have six children living,\\nCamelia Buckner, Sarah Ann, Thomas, Hood, William Alexander and\\nLucie. Camelia B. married Robert D. Chambers, now deceased, and\\nhas one daughter. Miss Beulah. Sarah Ann married VVilliam L. Posey,\\nand has five children, Thomas Henry, William Alexander, Lucie Sey-\\nmour, Louisa McLean and Robert Gaines. Thomas is yet single, and\\nhas been, for a number of years, an accomplished painstaking, and\\npleasant Deputy Clerk in the County Clerk s office. William Alexan\\nder is a hard working, money making farmer. Hood is an expert\\ntypo, having served several years at the case. He recently returned\\nfrom a business venture in the far West, and has again settled in\\nHenderson. Miss Lucie is a handsome, intelligent young lady and\\nmuch beloved by her friends. Mr. Beverley came to Henderson with", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0856.jp2"}, "857": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 815\\nhis father in 1832, and has continued to reside here. He is the owner\\nof a large farm, lying on the Henderson and Spottsville Road, through\\nwhich the Louisville Henderson Railroad will pass, and another\\nsmaller farm on the Green River* Road. The larger farm is operated\\nby his son, William Alexander, while the smaller one is under his own\\nimmediate supervision. In religion, Mr. Beverley is a staunch Pres-\\nbyterian, and is an Elder in the Second Church. In politics he is a\\nDemocrat. During the greater part of his life Mr. Beverley has fol-\\nlowed the occupation of farming, living upon his farm, but of latter\\nyears has resided in the city, and owing to a severe accident has\\nfor several years been unable to undergo any active labor. He has\\nbeen an active, hard working, intelligent farmer, and, as a result, has\\nlaid up a handsome competency to comfort him and his devoted wife\\nin their old age.\\nROBERT ALLISON BRADSHAW was born in Shelbyville,\\nKentucky, on the twentieth day of December, 1833. He was sent to\\nschool at that place till arriving at the age of twelve years, when he\\nwas removed to Daviess County. His father, William A. Bradshaw,\\nwas born in Shelby County in 1809, and was raised by his uncle,\\nJames, in Shelbyville, until fourteen or fifteen years of age, when he\\nwas sent to Owensboro and placed, as a clerk, in the dry goods store\\nof James Bradshaw and Anthony Kirkpatrick. Here he remained\\nuntil he was twenty-three or four years of age, when he returned to\\nShelbyville. In 1813, he married Miss Fanny Buntin Allison, of Vin\\ncennes, Indiana. He then returned to Shelby County, and engaged in\\nfarming up to 1844. Then, again, he returned to Owensboro, and there\\ndied November, 1876. His wife died in the same place in 1856, leav-\\ning six children, Robert Allison\u00e2\u0080\u0094 subject of this sketch\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mary Eliza-\\nbeth, Sally, William, Catharine and Frank. The maternal grand-\\nfather of our subject was Dr. Robert Allison, a native of Kentuckv.\\nIn 1812 he married Miss Mary A. Buntin, of Vincennes, and removed\\nto Henderson, Kentucky, his then home. Subsequently he removed\\nto Shelbyville, and then to Vincennes, where he died, 1820, leaving\\n7 7 O\\nhis widow and three children His wife, the grandmother of our sub-\\nject, was the daughter of Captain Robert Buntin, the command-\\nant of Post Vincennes. When a child, she was exceedingly popular\\nwith the officers of the army, and spent much of her time with an aunt,\\nwho was the wife of Colonel Francis Vigo, a noted Spanish merchant,\\nand for whom the County of Vigo, Indiana, is named. She was a\\ngreat favorite of the Colonel, and witnessed the council of General\\nHarrison and Tecumseh. She was well acquainted with General", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0857.jp2"}, "858": {"fulltext": "816 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nHarrison, Judge Parke, Territorial Representative in Congress, Col-\\nonel Hamar, General St. Clair, and others. When thirteen years of\\nage she was sent to school at Lexington, Kentucky. An Indian trail\\nwas the only road between the two places, and the trip required two\\nweeks time. Her wardrobe was carried in saddle-bags by the horse\\nshe rode. She had two school girls as companions, with her brother\\nas escort, each, of course, riding on horseback, while a fifth horse\\ncarried a tent and camp equipage. Mrs. Allison was three times\\nmarried, and spent the greater portion of her life in the South. In\\n1827, although having been baptised by a Catholic Bishop, Mrs. Al-\\nlison united herself with the Presbyterian Church, and proved a de-\\nvoted member to the day of her death. She was an untiring reader,\\nand most exemplary woman. Robert Allison Bradshaw married in\\nOwensboro on the twenty-ninth day of January, 1856, Miss Rebecca\\nMay Bell, and unto them have been born seven children six of them\\nare yet living, Robert Bell, Mary Eliza, Frankie Allison, May Belle,\\nWilliam Archer. Sallie Kate, and John Matthews.\\nRobert Bell Bradshaw, eldest son, was born on the fifth day of\\nNovember, 1856, in Daviess County. He was educated in Owens-\\nboro, and subsequently married in 1883, at Vincennes, Indiana, Miss\\nAlice Stewart, granddaughter of Rev. Dr. Alexander, who was the\\nofficiating clergyman. A pleasant coincident in the family is the fact\\nthat Dr. Alexander, just fifty years prior to that time, officiated at the\\nmarriage of his grandfather, William A. Bradshaw, in the same place^\\nMr. and Mrs. Bradshaw have two daughters, Nora Belle, and Clara.\\nMary Eliza married James Samuel Taylor of Henderson, now of\\nRichmond, Virginia, a prominent tobacconist, and has one daughter,\\nLaura Holloway.\\nRobert A. Bradshaw lived in Owensboro thirty-two years, and, in\\n1876, moved to Uniontown, Union County, where he resided up to\\n1883, when he removed to Henderson. Before arriving at legal age\\nhe made several trips with horses and cattle to Natchez and New\\nOrleans. For twenty years of his life in Owensboro, and during his\\nentire residence in Uniontown, Mr. Bradshaw followed the tobacco\\nbusiness, and has been thus engaged in Henderson since his residence\\nhere. In politics Mr. Bradshaw was an old line Whig, then a Know-\\nnothing, and since the war a consistent Democrat. He was never an\\noffice holder, from the fact he was never an applicant for one. In\\n1873, at Owensboro, he joined the Presbyterian Church. He was an\\nElder of the Uniontown Church, and on the ninth day of November,\\n1883, was elected an Elder of the Second Presbyterian Church of this", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0858.jp2"}, "859": {"fulltext": "tilSTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 817\\ncitv. He has for a number of years been a member of the Knights of\\nPythias and Knights of Honor. Mr. Bradshaw is a quiet, reserved\\nman of business, the soul of honor, far seeing, and judicious in all\\nthat he does.\\nMISCELLANEOUS.\\nASSESSMENT OF HENDERSON COUNTY as reported for\\n1887: Land, number of acres, 2,509,111; value, $3,722,540. Num-\\nber of horses, 3,347 value, $244,020. Mules, 3,250; value, $200,470.\\nCattle, 4,533; value, $58,798. Sheep, 3,337; value, $5,757. Hogs,\\n13,570 value, $41,408. Stores, 176 value, $249,055. Watches and\\nclocks, S23,109. Gold and silverware, $6,627. Jewelry, $1,687. Pianos,\\n$23,055. Carriages, c., $86,937. Credits of money at interest,\\n$722,068. Money on deposit, $148,508. Bonds, $175,207.\\nGrand total personal property, $2,868,642\\nland 3,722,540.\\ncity and town lots 1,928,850.\\n^8,520,032.\\nTotal pounds of tobacco, 12,307,925. Corn, 1,323,108. Hay,\\n4,428 tons. Wheat, 147,962 bushels. Oats, 31,612.\\nCOLORED LIST.\\nTotal personality, $44,605. Land, $47,984. City and town lots,\\n$34,760. Grand total, $127,349.\\nCITY ASSESSMENT for 1887, as reported: For city purposes,\\n$3,963,767. Water Works, $3,725,372. Railroad, $3,973,767. School\\nand bond, $4,006,617.\\nCOLORED LIST.\\nFor City, Water Works, Railroad and School, $72,705, each.\\nThe population of Henderson, including the Cotton Mill district\\nfor the year 1887, is estimated between ten and eleven thousand.\\nThere has been established this year, 1887, a colored high school,\\nRev. J. C. Templeton, President; Wm. H. Hall, Secretary; Samuel\\nGivens, Treasurer and George H. Bell Superintendent and Principal.\\nDuring this year,1887,there has been, perhaps, the most protracted\\nand destructive drouth that has ever been known in the Ohio Valley.\\nThere is no memory or record that reports its equal in those respects,\\n52", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0859.jp2"}, "860": {"fulltext": "818 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nand in the one of destructiveness could hardly have been equaled far\\nbeyond the memory of the oldest living. There had never been any-\\nthink like so much farm wealth exposed to injury. It may be estimated\\nthat the corn has been reduced 50 per cent. grass and hay, 60 per cent.\\ntobacco, 70 per cent. and the potato yield 60 per cent. There\\nhas been no rain to amount to anything during the last six months.\\nHIGH WATER MEASUREMENTS made by O. F. Nichols,\\nresident engineer, in charge of building the railway bridge across the\\nOhio:\\nElevation corner Fourth and Water Streets, above maximum,\\nhigh water.\\nHigh water, 1832, 46 feet.\\n1867, 43.2\\n1882, 43.1 February, 23d.\\n1883, 46.3 19th.\\n1884, 46.7 16th.\\nThe above estimate is accurate and shows that the water of both\\n1883 and 84 ^as higher than ever known before. The water of 1884,\\nit will be seen, r is the highest ever known, and Henderson stood\\ntwenty feet above that, while the cities and towns above and below\\nher were inundated.\\nOutlawry. One of the most heartless acts of outlawry ever perpe-\\ntrated in the county, was the whipping of Cora Walker, in June, 1862.\\nMr. Walker was a miserly sort of man, and it was thought possessed a\\nlarge sum of money hidden away. Seven men appeared at his cabin\\nin the dead hour of night, and, taking him out, demanded his money.\\nHe refused, and thereupon was soundly whipped, hickory withes\\nbeing used as instruments of torture. He finally gave up what he had,\\nbut with this the gang was not satisfisd, and demanded more. Failing\\nto get it, the lash was again applied, and then the poor man left to\\nmake the best of it. From this whipping a severe fever set up, and\\na few days after Mr. Walker died. He was a brother-in-law of Mr.\\nJ. T. Sandefur, of Geneva, and died at his home.\\nA Characteristic Verdict. At an inquest held over the\\nbody of a free woman of color, many years ago, by Captain Henry\\nDixon, Coroner, the following ingeniously humorous verdict was ren-\\ndered:\\nWe, of the jury, think it was an act of provide nee, zXX except Walter\\nC. Langley, and Young E. Allison, who think it was from some other\\ncause, unknown to us at present. The jury was composed of Jacob\\nB. Hopkins, John Watson, Hobert B. Sthrestly, Francis J. Hopkins", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0860.jp2"}, "861": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 819\\nJohn Logan, Wm. R. Abbott, Payne Dixon, John Moffit, S. Pentecost\\nJohn H. Sublitt, Walter C. Langley, and Young E. Allison.\\nHigh Water. During the high water of February, 1884, when\\nthe entire country above ancT below and opposite Henderson was\\ncompletely inundated, Henderson stood twenty feet yet above the\\nwater line. There was immense suffering in the overflowed districts,\\nand no community responded more liberally than did Henderson.\\nHon. C. C. Ball, Mayor, chartered a boat, and, at great personal\\nsacrifice, went to the rescue of the unfortunate as far down as Mt,\\nVernon, Indiana.\\nMurders. There have been committed in Henderson County,\\nsince December 14th, 1818, forty-eight murders or killings, of which\\njudicial notice has been taken. Fifteen of this number were committed\\nwithin the present city limits, and, of the entire number, forty-eight,\\nthere were nine verdicts for murder in the first degree and one for\\nlife imprisonment. Charles C. Carr was hung December 14th, 1818,\\nfor the murder of Lemuel Cheaney Samuel Calvin Sugg, May 4th,\\n1826, for the murder of Elijah Walton Hannah Hazelwood, April 30th,\\n1834, for the murder of a child of Sandy Hicks Joseph Wurnell,\\nNovember 5th,1837, for the murder of Abner Jones; Henry McAllister,\\nsame day, for murder of David Fuquay Philip Tyson, colored,\\nNovember 2d, 1849, for the murder of Captain Abraham Tyson John\\nMurphy, August, 1859, for the murder of James Casey Daniel\\nBarret, colored, February 6th, 1863, for the murder of James Kissee;\\nJames McElroy, July 1st, 1887, for the murder of Walter Mart.\\nThere have been several earthquakes during the year 1887, but\\nnone more noticeable than the one of August 1st.\\nOld Dick Henderson, who was driven to a tree by the wolves,\\nin early times, while enroute to fiddle for a dance, died at the city\\npoor house three years since. A highly flavored sketch of Dick s\\nescapade has amused the thousands of students of Goodrich s school\\nreader.\\nHenderson Postoffice was established in October, 1801. The\\nfollowing is a complete list of Postmasters, c.:\\nGeorge HoUoway, October 1st, 1801 John Husbands, June 6th\\n1802; Sibilla Husbands, September 26th, 1812 Samuel A. Bowen\\nAugust 6th, 1818 Hugh Brent, June 9th, 1821 James Hillyer,\\nApril 7th, 1823; re-appointed, October 29th 1825 David H. Hillyer,\\nMay 2d, 1833 Philo H. Hillyer, August 14th, 1835 James E Ricketts,\\nFebruary 7th, 1854; Jeptha M. Dodd, October 27th, 1857 John\\nMcBride, March 28th, 1861; re-appointed, April 11th, 1865 John P.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0861.jp2"}, "862": {"fulltext": "820 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nBalee, August 10th, 1869; Harvey S. Park, April 19th, 1871, re-ap-\\npointed, April 23d, 1875, re-appointed, December 15th, 1879; re-\\nappointed, January 8th, 1884; Robert E. Cook, November 2d, 1885.\\nThis office was established a money order office, August 1st, 1866, and\\nfrom that time to August 1st, 1867, issued 353 money orders. Ten\\nyears afterwards, to-wit: from August 1st, 1876, to July 30th, 1877, it\\nissued 3,883 money orders. On the first of September, 1871, it was\\ndesignated as one of ten in the State as a Brittish International Money\\nOrder Office. As one of fourteen in the Slate as a German Interna-\\ntional Money Order Office, and on September 1st, 1875, as one of\\nseven in the State, as a Canadian Money Order Office. During the\\nfirst seven years, only two hundred and seventy-one orders were issued.\\nAs an evidence of the increase, in 1886 there were issued three\\nthousand money orders, and twenty-five hundred postal notes, amount-\\ning to a total of $60,000 for the year. Five thousand letters, and an\\nequal number of papers are received, mailed and distributed daily.\\nMUSICAL Mozart Society. The idea of organizing the\\nabove named society was conceived by Professor and Mrs. J. M. Bach,\\nwho, with a few kindred spirits, enlisted public interest, and success-\\nfully organized the society on the twentieth day of September, 1886.\\nThe following named composed its Charter Members Professor J.\\nM. Bach, S. L. Marshall, Ingram, Crockett George M. Atkinson, Wil-\\nliam Peters, C. T. Blackwell, Mrs. J. M. Bach, Mrs. George M. At-\\nkins, Misses Annie Beaty, Annie M. Starling and Elizabeth Perkins.\\nOver sixty names are now enrolled in its membership. The society\\nhas made but one public appearance^\u00e2\u0080\u0094 that on the eighteenth evening\\nof February, 1887, at the new Opera House, in the sparkling little\\noperetta of Margueretta, written by Mr. Crockett, and music by\\nProfessor J. M. Bach.\\nHenderson Band. As far back as 1845, Henderson had what\\nit was pleased to call a Band of music. At the Crittenden barbecue,\\nheld some years after, the Henderson Band furnished the music on\\nthe occasion. Messrs. Jacob F. Mayer, V. M. Mayer, Robert G.\\nRouse, Jr., Jacob Kohl, and Monroe Hicks, all yet living, were mem-\\nbers of the organization. Since the disbandment of that organization\\nHenderson has had many musical ups and downs one year a band,\\nnext year no band, and so on. Within the last eight months, however,\\na band has been organized, and Henderson rejoices in knowing that\\nit is fast coming to the front as a first class musical organization. The\\nfollowing compose its membership Louis P. Kleiderer, Leader, solo\\nB^ cornet John Lindstrum, E^ cornet Alfred Lindstrum, second", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0862.jp2"}, "863": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 821\\ncornet; Ed. Hoffman, E/^ claronet Otto Tonini, B^ claronet Jack\\nEvans, tuba Thomas Sandefur, baritone, Wm. FuUviler. first tenor\\nWm. Marsh, second tenor Jal^ Hoffman, first alto Robert L. Car-\\nmen, second alto Jim Carey, snare drum James Harrison, bass\\ndrum George Long, Drum Major.\\nLOUISVILLE HENDERSON RAILWAY.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 During the\\nweek ending Saturday, September 4th, 1887, contracts were entered\\ninto for the building of this road between Henderson and Owensboro.\\nGreen River will be bridged at a point near Spottsville, and it is con-\\ntemplated to complete the entire road by August 1st, 1888. When\\nthis road is completed and placed in good condition, the time con.\\nsumed between the two cities will not exceed four and one-half hours.\\nA citizen of Henderson will be able to breakfast at home, dine in\\nLouisville, transact business three or four hours in Louisville, and re-\\nturn before bedtime.\\nHENDERSON STREET RAILWAY.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 On Monday, Septem-\\nber 19th, 1887, the first dirt was broken upon the line of the first\\nstreet railway ever constructed in Plenderson. Work was begun one\\nhundred feet west of the intersection of Green and Washmgton\\nStreets. At the end of the first week very nearly three squares of\\ntrack were completed, and, but for a strike among the laborers, afar\\ngreater amount of work would have been done. The officers of this\\ncompany are: David Banks, Jr., President; Paul H. Banks, Secre-\\ntary and Elijah G. Sebree, General Manager.\\nCITY OFFICIALS.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hon. Phelps Sasseen, Mayor; A. S. NuniV,\\nAlex. Fenwick, Frank Sugg, R. C. Soaper, Paul J. Marrs, P. P. John-\\nson, Edward Manion, M. M. Kimmel, .Councilmen J. B. Johnston,\\nCouncil Clerk Chas.T. Starling, Treasurer Ezra C. Ward, City Judge;\\nR D. Vance, City Prosecuting Attorney Hon. J no. L. Dorsev,\\nCouncil Advisor John Kriel, Marshal.\\nHENDERSON NEWSPAPERS.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The News, Ben. Harrison\\nPublisher and Editor, is the oldest established paper in Henderson,\\nhaving been successfully published for near a quarter of a century.\\nIt is Democratic in politics, and bold and outspoken in all matters of\\npublic concern. Mr. Harrison is one of, if not the oldest, editor in\\nthe State, and wields a pen unsurpassed for grace and pleasing diction.\\nThe News was for a number of years the official organ of the city.\\nThe Journal was incorporated in November, and appeared\\nfirst, December 10th, 1883. It was organized by a stock company, and\\nwas sold in June, 1884, to Messrs. John A. Lyne ^nd Starling L. Mar-", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0863.jp2"}, "864": {"fulltext": "822 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nshall. It is a folio 31x41 inches, and Democratic in politics. Its first\\neditors were, Hon. M. Yeaman and E. L. Starling. The Journal is\\nnow the official organ of the city.\\nThe Gleaner A history of the Gleaner will be found in the\\nsketch of its founder. C. C. Givens, published elsewhere in this\\nvolumn.\\nThe Reporter, purchased and removed by Judge J. F. Sim-\\nmons, several years since, to Sardis, Mississippi, was established in\\nHenderson in 1853, by Colonel C. \\\\iW. Hutchen and E. W. Worsham.\\nFor thirty years it was a tower of strength in Henderson. The Re-\\nporter was the immediate successor of the Banner^ published by\\nHutchen Rickett. The Columbian was the first paper published\\nin Henderson, then the South Kentuckiuft. There have been several\\nother papers published The Courier, Commercial, Tri- Weekly Sun,\\nDaily Times, Sentinel^ Free Lance, c.\\nCOUNTY OFFICIALS FROM 1799 TO 1887.\\nclerks OF COUNTY AND QUARTER SESSIONS COURT.\\nJohn D. Haussman, 1799 Ambrose Barbour, 1800, 1, 2.\\nCLERKS OF COUNTY AND CIRCUIT COURTS.\\nAmbrose Barbour, 1803, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,\\n15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22; Harrison Grigsby, 182-J, 23, 24\\nWilliam D. Allison, 1824, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34,\\n35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50,\\n51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60.\\nCIRCUIT CLERKS.\\nPeter G. Rives, 1860; Tignal J, Hopkins, 1860, ^61, 62; Adam\\nRankin, 1862, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 1870, 71, 72, 73. 74;\\nDavid Banks, Jr., 1874, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 1880, 81, 82, 83 S.\\nA. Young, 1883, 84, 85, 86, 87.\\nCOUNTY CLERKS.\\nY. E. Allison, 1860, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66; James P. Breck-\\nenridge, 1866, 67, 68 Francis E. Walker, 1869, 70, 71, 72, 73\\nGeorge W. Smith, 1873, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 1880, 81, 82, 83,\\n84, 85, 86, 87.\\nSHERIFFS.\\nAndrew Rowan, 1799; Charles Davis, 1800, 81, 82; Daniel\\nAshby, 1803, 4 Eaneas McCallister, 1805, 6; Uriah Blue, 1807, 8\\nFielding Jones, 1809. 10 Dan l McBride, 1811, 12; Elijah King,\\nJ813, 14; Joseph Fuquay, 1815, 16; John Davis, 1817, 18; Jacob", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0864.jp2"}, "865": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 823\\nNewman, 1819, 20; Samuel Hopkins, 1821, 22 John Holloway,\\n1823, 24; Fa yett P osev, 1825, 26; Robert Smith, 1827, 28; Ben.\\nTalbott, 1829. 30; Thomas Lambert, 1831, 32; John Green, 1833,\\n34, 35, 36; James. Alves, 183^ 38; Garland Curly, 1839. 40 John\\nGreen, 1841, 42; Haywood Alves, 1843, 44; Robert Smith, 1845,\\n46; George W. King, 1847, 48; William Green, 1849, 50 J. M.\\nStone, 1851, 52; G. A. Sugg, 1853, 54, 55, 56; James H. Priest,\\n1857, 58; G. A. Sugg, 1859, 60 Decius Priest, 1861 Isom Johnson,\\n1862; D. N. Walden, 1863, 64 Wm. S. Hicks, 1865, 66, 67 Isom\\nJohnson, 1868, 69, 70, 71, 72 John M. Johnson, 1873, 74, 75,\\n76; B. F. Gibson, 1876, 77, 78, 79 Willam Hatchitt, 1879, 80,\\n81, 82, 83 John E. Hickman, 1883, 84, 85, 86, 87.\\nJAILERS.\\nJohn Haney. 1804, 5, 6, 7 Ephriam Sellers, 1808, 9 Joseph Fu-\\nquay, 1810, 11, 12, 13, 14 15, 16, 17 William Williams, 1818,\\n19, 20; WilHam Jett, 1820, 21, 22, 23; James Rouse, 1823, 24,\\n25, 26, 27, 28 29 30; Thomas P. Lambert, 1830, 31, 32, 33, 34,\\n35, 36; William Abbott, 1836, 37, 38, 39. 40, 41, 42; Joseph D.\\nGobin, 1842, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 Mrs. Frances Gobin,\\n1850; L. W. Brown, 1851, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61,\\n62; Ed. McBride, 1862, 63, 64, 65; J. W. Williams, 1866, 6v, 68,\\n69; R. B. Cabell, 1870, 71, 72, 73; J. E. Denton, 1874, 75, 76;\\nA. B. Sights, 1876, 77, 78 E. M. Johnson, 1878, 79, ,80; 81, 82,\\n83, 84, 85, 86, 87.\\nCOUNrV JUDGE.\\nWilliam. Rankin, 1851, 52, 53, 54 Y. E. Allison, 1854, 55, 56,\\n57 Grant Green, 1858, 59 L. W. Trafton, 1859, 60, 61, 62 C. W.\\nHutchen. 1862, 63, 64, 65; P.H. Lockett, 1866, 67, 68, 69, 70,\\n71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82; James R. Dab-\\nney. 1882, 83, 84, 85 John F. Lockett, 1886,. 87.\\nCOUNTY ATTORNEY.\\nThomas Towles. 1840, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 Towlesand\\nHaggin, 1848, 49, 50, 51 W. L. Stone, 1852, 53; D. C. Simrall\\n1854 W. L. Porter, 1854, 55, 56; P. H. Lockett, 1856, 57, 58, 59\\n60, 61 James B. Lyne, 1862, 63, 64, 65 John W. Lockett, 1865\\nMalcolm Yeaman, 1865 J. H. Powell, 1866, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72\\nJ. A. Coleman, 1872 H. H. Shouse, 1874, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79\\nWilliam P. McCIain, 1880, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87.\\nCOUNTY surveyor s.\\nDan l Talbott, 1799. 1800, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,\\n13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 25, 26, 27, 28,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0865.jp2"}, "866": {"fulltext": "824 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, RY.\\n29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40; D. N. Walden,\\n1840, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55,\\n56, 57, 58, 59; Chas. Dixon, 1859, 60; J, D. Robards, 1860; R.\\nS. Eastin, 1860, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, m, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72,\\n73, 74, 75, 76 R. Scroggin Eastin, 1877, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83;\\nJudson H. Elam, 1882, 83 R. Scroggin Eastin, 1884, 85, 88 A.\\nC. Walker, 1887 Chas. W. Quinn, 1887.\\nCOMMISSION OF TAX.\\nAneas McCallister, 1800, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Fayette Poieyj, 1806,\\n7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 Wm. Williams, 1819,\\n20, 21, 22 Joel Lambert and James McMahan, 1822 H. T.\\nGrigsby, 1823, Dan l McBride, 1824, 25 Levin Arnett, Chas. W.\\nAllen, Dan l McBride, Richard G. Hart. Thos. McMullin, John New-\\nman, Newman Windsor, John Miller, 1826 A. Hallam, G. T. Har-\\nrison, Larkin White, Joseph McMullin, M. M. Yeargin, Levin Arnett,\\nJohn Newman, John Miller, Elisha Powell, Y. E. Allison, 1827 Jas.\\nBell and Samuel Hopkins, 1828 Jas. McMahan and Baxter D.\\nCheatham, 1829; Joseph A. Barnett and William Green, 1830, 31,\\n32; William Green and Arthur Quinn. 1833; Wm. R. Abbott, 1834;\\nJoel Lambert and Burney Hancock, 1835 W. R. Abbott, 1836 and\\n37; W. R. Abbott, Arthur Quinn and Wm. F. Quinn, 1838, 39:\\nArthur Quinn, W. F. Quinn, James Rouse, 1840, 41, 42; John O.\\nCheaney and Henry M. Cheaney, 1843; Levin W. Arnett and Joseph\\nC. Arnett, 1844 Levin W. Arnett, Stephen Arnett, Nelson Felch,\\n1845; Levin W. Arnett, Stephen Arnett, Alex. R. Bailey and Arthur\\nQuinn, 1846; W. E. Lambert, D. N. Walden and T. F. Cheaney,\\n1847; J. M. Stone, Abram Hatchett, 1848; Thos. J. Lockett, W. E.\\nLambert, A. H. Baily, 1849 Thos. J. Lockett. Joseph C. Newman,\\n1850; Thos. J. Lockett, Abram Hatchett, 1851.\\nASSESSORS.\\nThos. J. Lockett, 1852, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58 Joseph H.\\nHancock, 1859, 60, 61, 62 Alvan Jones, 1863; C. M. Pennell 1864;\\nHector Green, 1865 John T. Moore, Jess Robertson, 1866; William\\nSuggett, 1867, 68, 69, 70, 71; H. H. Farmer, 1872, 73; OB.\\nSmith, 1874, 75, 76, 77; A. M. Bunch, 1878, 79, 80, 81; O. B.\\nSmith, 1882, 83, 84, 85, 86; James H. Lockett, 1887.\\nCORONERS.\\nDan l Smith, 1800, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; Thos. Bell, 1809, 10, 11,\\n12 Evans Barnett, 1818, 19, 20, 21, 22; Hampton Jones, 1823,\\n24; Henry Dixon, 1825, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33; Arthur\\nQuinn, 1834, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41 James Rouse, 1842, 43,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0866.jp2"}, "867": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 825\\n44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50; James Rouse, 1851, 52, 53, 54, 55,\\n56, 57, 58 W. F. Quinn, 1859, 60, 61 John C. Stapp, 1862, 63,\\n64, 65 R. G. Rouse, 1866, (ij. 68, 69 John Kriel, 1870, 71, 72,\\n73, 74, 75; Tom Ryan, 1882; J. R. Church, 1883 D. W. Cum-\\nmings, 1884, 85, 86, 87.\\nPOOR HOUSE SUPERINTENDENTS,\\nJames W. Gibson, 1857 and 58; Isham Cottingham, 1859, 60,\\n61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68. 69, 70, 71 F. C. Denton, 1863,\\n64, 65, 66; Green W. Pritchett. 1872; Ben. F. Gibson, 1873, 74,\\nD. W. Denton. 1875, 76; H. H. Lawrence, 1877; J. W. Shortridge,\\n1878, 79; John G. Gibson, 1880, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87.\\nCOMMON SCHOOLS COMMISSIONERS.\\nJohn McCullagh, 1840, to 1872 H. H. Farmer, 1872, 73, 74,\\n75, 76, 77, 78, 79; Ezra, C. Ward, 1880, 81, 82, 83 A. L. Smith,\\n1884, 85 Wm. Hatchitt, 1886, 87.\\nCOUNTY TREASURERS.\\nFrancis E. Walker, 1837, 38, 39, 40; William Rankin, 1840,\\n41, 42, 43, 44. 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51 James M. Stone,\\n1872 to 1883, inclusive, 1884, 85, 86, 87.\\nPUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS.\\nJohn B. Hart, 1867 to 1875; P. B. Mathews, 1875 to 1877; Ed.\\nR. Moore, 1877 to 1878; F. L. Turner, 1878 to 1884 John T. Hand-\\nley 1884, 85, 86 F. M. Hutchinson, 1886, 87.\\nSUPERINTENDENT OF ROADS\\nJ. T. Wilson, 1873; John W. S- Farley, 1874; M. F. Walden,\\n1875; J. T. Farley, 1877, 78; C. S. Royster, 1878, 79; A.L. Smith,\\n1880, 81, 82, 83. Road law changed. Judge J. R. Dabney, 1883,\\n84, 85, 86. Law again changed and Esq. James V. Lilly elected,\\n1886, 87.\\nauditor s AGENTS.\\nA. J. Dudley, 1869 to 1881 John F. Lockett, 1881, 82, 83, 84,\\n85 James Alves, 1886, 87.\\nJAIL PHYSICIANS.\\nDr. J. A. Hodge, 1873 to 1878 Dr. James H. Letcher, 1878 to\\n1880; Dr. J. A. Hodge, 1880 Dr. A. Dixon, 1881, 82, 83; Dr. S.\\nC. Smith, 1884; Dr. B R. Helm, 1885, 86, 87.\\nPAYMASTER FORTY-FIRST REGIMENT STATE MILITIA.\\nAmbrose Barbour, 1813 to 1822; John Miller, 1822 to 1829; Dr.\\nThos. J. Johnson, X829 to 1850.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0867.jp2"}, "868": {"fulltext": "826 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY,\\nPHYSICIANS COUNTY POOR HOUSE.\\nDr. Sam C Smith, 1873, 74, 75, 76, 77; Dr. A. S. Jones, 1878,\\n79, 80; Dr. Sam C. Smith, 1881, 82; Dr. Rice, 1883, 84, 85, 86, 87,\\nINSPECTOR OF OILS.\\nJohn Geibel, 1875; J. Henry Lyne, 1876, 78, 79, 80; Thomas\\nF. Cheaney, 1880 81, 82, 83; Dr. Nathan Oberdorfer, 1884, 85,\\n86, 87.\\nCOUNTY JUSTICES, FROM 1799 TO 1887.\\nOLD CONSTITUTION.\\nCharles Davis, 1799, 1800, 1, 2, 3, 4; Jacob Barnett, 1799, 1800,\\n1, 3; Daniel Ashby, 1799, 1800, 1, 2, 3; John Husbands, 1799,\\n1800, 1801; Eaneas McCallister, 1799, 1800, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;\\nJacob Newman, 1799, 1800, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; Silas\\nMcBee, 1802, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; Elijah King, 1803, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,\\n10; John Waggner, 1803, 4, 5, 6; Thomas Prather, 1804, 5, 6, 7,\\n8, 9; J^n Posey, 1804, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; Daniel McBride, 1804, 5, 6,\\n7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15; Fielding B. Jones, 1803, 4, 5, 6,\\n7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13; Benjamin Talbott, 1805, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,\\n11, 12, 13, 14, as, 16, 17, ^8, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26,\\n27, 28, 29; Philip Barbour, 1810, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17;\\nJames Bell, 1807, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13; Henry Garrard, 1807, 8, 9,\\n10; Joseph Delanv, 1808, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16; John\\nDavis, 1816, 17, 18. 1821, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27; John Holloway,\\n1816, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23; John Faulkner, 1816, 17, 18;\\nRobert Smith, 1816, 17. 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 1829,\\n30, 31, 32, 33, 34 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44;\\nSamuel A. Bowen, 1816, 17, T8, 19, 20; James M. Hamilton, 1816,\\n17, 18, 19; Charles Jennings, 1816, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23,\\n24, 25, 26; Fayette Posey, 1816, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24,\\nJ2h; Samuel Hopkins, 1816, 17, 18, 19, 20; William Clary, 1816, 17,\\n18; John Miller, 1819, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29,\\n80, 31; William Jones, 1819, 20, 21; Walter Alves, 1819; Willie\\nSugg, 1819, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24; Robert Terry, 1820, 21, 22, 23,\\n24, 25, 26; Charles Winfrey, 1821, 22, 23, 24, 25; Charles W.\\nAllen, 1821, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27; Nathaniel F. Ruggles, 1821,\\n22, 23, 24; John Green, Jr., 1821, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29,\\n30, 31, 32; Augus in Green, 1822, 23 24; John Christian, 1822, 23,\\n24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 3,5; Thomas Towles,\\n1823, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 38,\\n39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45; Jonathan Taylor, 1824; James Alves,", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0868.jp2"}, "869": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 827\\n1824, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 81, 32, 33, 37, 35, 36, 44, 45, 46,\\n47, 48, 49, 50; James Powell, 1825, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32,\\n33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, Samuel Davis, 1825, 26, 27, 28,\\n29, 30, 31, 32, 33; 34; Garland Cosby, 1825, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30,\\n31, 32, 33, 34. 35, 36, 37, 38, 39; John J. Hart, 1825, 26, 27,\\n28; John Newman, 1825, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35,\\n36, 37, 38, 39, 40; George McCormick, 1825, 26, 27; George H.\\nAnderson, 1825, 26, 27, 28; James Lyne, 1827, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32;\\nHaywood Alves, 1827, 28, 29, 30, 3l 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38,\\n39. 40, 41, 42. 43, 44; William R. Abbott, 1828, 29, 30, 31, 32,\\n33; Barney Hancock, 1829, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38,\\n39, 40; John H. Collins, 1830, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35; Joseph McMullen,\\n1830, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39; John D. Anderson. 1831,\\n32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44; George W.\\nKing, 1831, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 30, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44,\\n45, 46, 1849, 50, 51; Joseph Cowan, 1832, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37,\\n38, 39, 40, 41; William Green, 1833, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40,\\n41, 42, 43, 44, 45. 46, 47, 48, 49; James S. Priest, 1834, 35,\\n36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45; John E. McCallister, 1835,\\n36, 37, 38, 39. 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50;\\nEdmund L. Starling, 1835, 36. 37. 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44,\\n45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50; Hull Higginson, 1835, 36, 37, 38, 39,\\n40, 4L 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50; John G. Holloway,\\n1837, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50; William\\nRankin, 1837, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49,\\n50; George F. Edwards, 1839, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48,\\n49. 50; George Brown, 1839, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48,\\n49, 50; Young E. Allison, 1841, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47. 48, 49,\\n50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 59, 66, 67, 68. 69; Owen Thomas, 1841, 42.\\n43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51; Furney A. Cannon, 1843, 44,\\n45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50; Gabriel Lilly, 1845, 46, 47, 4\u00c2\u00ab, 49, 50,\\n51; James D. Hatchett, 1847, 48, 49, 50, 51; William P. Grayson,\\n1847, 48, 49, 50, 51; Thomas P. Lambert, 1847, 48, 49, 50, 51;\\nJames H. King, 1849, 50, 51; Leven W. Arnett, 1849, 50, 51; W.\\nB. Rudy, 1849, 50, 51.\\nNEW CONSTITUTION.\\nRobert Dixon, 1851, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60; John\\nT. Moore, 1851, 52, 53, 54; James H. King. 1851, 52, 53, 54, 55;\\nJames Thomas, 1851, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58; John E. Gibson,\\n1851, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60; Russell K. Thornberry,\\n1861, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60; Benjamin Talbott, 18 51", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0869.jp2"}, "870": {"fulltext": "828 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nJohn T. Grider, 1851, 52; Wm. E. Bennett, 1851, 52, 53, 54, 55,\\n56, 57, 58, 59, 60; Isom Johnson, 1851, 52, 53, 54, 55; H. L.\\nCheaney, 1851. 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60; Wm. S. Hicks,\\n1851, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59; L. Weaver, 1851, 52, 53,\\n54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60; Isaac M. Freels, 1851, 52; George W.\\nKnight, 1852. 53; Thomas H. Powell, 1853, 54, 55. 56, 57, 58,\\n59, 60; Samuel W. Pruitt, 1854, 55; Wm. H. Cunningham, 1854,\\n55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60; Robert B. Cabell, 1854, 55, 56, 57, 58,\\n59, 60; E. T. Hazel wood, 1855, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63,\\n64, 65, 66; Isham Cottingham, 1855, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62,\\n63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70; Joseph Snow, 1856, 57, 58, 59,\\n60; Hiram Turner, 1856, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66,\\n67, 68, 69, 70, 71; P. D. Cheatham, 1856, 57, 58, 59, 60; P. H.\\nHillyer, 1856, 57, 58; B. T. Martin, 1857, 58, 59, 60; Wm. F.\\nMason, 1859, 60; James Wilson, Jr., 1759, 60; Jesse Lame, 1859,\\n60 61, 62; Harbert A. Powell, 1859. 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66,\\n67, 68, 69, 70; J. J. Quinn, 1859, 60; John H. Poole, 1859, 60,\\n61; F. E. Walker, 1860, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66; P. A. Blackwell,\\n1860; H. H. Farmer, 1860, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66; J. A. Moss,\\n1860, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 60, 70; J. A. Keith, 1859,\\n60, 61, 62; S. S. Sizemore, 1860, 61, 62; W. W. Shelbv, 1860, 61,\\n62, 63, 64, 65. 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74; Martin\\nBasket, 1861. 62, 63; John H. Shackelford, 1862, 63, 64, 65, 66,\\n67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74; Ben F. Gibson, 1863, 64, 65, 66,\\n67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73; W. H. Hancock, 1863, 64; Hugh P.\\nRandolph, 1863, 64, 65, 66; Thomas R. Long, 1863, 64, 65, 66,\\n67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75. 76, 77, 78; Richard Keach,\\n1863, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74; Asher Cheaney,\\n1863. 64, 65, 66; Charles C. Fades, 1863, 64, 65, 66; P. H. Lockett,\\n1863, 64, 65, 66; Wm. M. Stembridge, 1864, 65; John F. Toy, 1864,\\n65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74; C. S. Royster, 1865, 66,\\n67, 68, 69, 79, 71, 72, 73, 74; Wm. E.Green, 1865, 66, 67, 68;\\nCharles C. Ball, 1865, 66; James H. Powell, 1865, 66; Jesse Basket,\\n1867, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77; A. Oliver, 1867,\\n68, 69, 70, 71; J. R Wilson, 1867, 68, 69, 70; Wm H. Sandefur,\\n1867, 68, 69, 70, 71; J. A. Priest, 1867, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73,\\n74, 75, 76, 77; Robert T. Walton, 1870, 71; J. M. Stone, 1870, 71,\\n72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87;\\nE. H. Lewis, 1870, 71, 72, 73, 74; Thomas J. Jordon, 1870, 71,\\n72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80; George W. Griffin, 1871, 72,\\n73, 74; E. M. Johnson, 1871, 72^ J. E. Denton, 1871, 72, 73; G.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0870.jp2"}, "871": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY. 829\\nW Pritchelt, 1871, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78; W. S. Cooper, 1871,\\n72 73 74- A. F. Parker, 1871, 72, 73; J. T. Farley, 1872, 73; A.\\nA. Hicks, 1872, 73; W. H. Webster, 1874, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80,\\n81, 82. SS, 84, 85, 86, 87; Samuel W. Rankin, 1874; J. T. Wilson,\\n1874; John Watson, 1874; Thomas Spencer, 1874, 75, 76, 77, 78,\\n79 80 81, 82, 83; Harvev Dixon, 1875, 76, 77, 78; John R.\\nBailey, 1875, 76, 77, 78; Richard A. Miller, 1875, 76, 77, 78;\\nWiUiam Hatchett, 1875, 76, 77; James V. Lilly, 1875, 76, 77, 78,\\n79 80 81 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87; Radford Dunn, 1875, 76, 77;\\nR M. Schaeffer, 1875, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83; D. W.\\nDenton, 1875, 76, 77; J. R. Seigler, 1875, 76; Theo. Lewis, 1875,\\n76, 77; Talbert Kelly, 1875, 76, 77, 78, 79; George T. Baldwin,\\n1876, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87; Alney A. Lewis,\\n1878- A C. Walker, 1878, 79, Peter P. Brown, 1878, 79, 80, 81,\\n82 83- Wm. McMahan, 1878, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86,\\n87- W H Carlin, 1878, 79; A. Hatchitt, 1878, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83,\\n84 85, 86, 87; J. W. Otey, 1878, 79, 80. 81, 82, 83, 84, 85,\\n86 87; E. R. Hopkins, 1878, 79, 80, 81, 82. 83; U. J. Jerdon,\\n1878, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83; John_A._Bennett, 1878; R. E. Farley,\\nPeter Abell, 1879, 80, 81, 82, 83; R. S. Eastin, 1879, 80, 81, 82,\\n83; Thomas Long, 1879, 80, 81, 82, 83; M. J. Heist, 1879, 80,\\n81- E. R. Swan, 1881, 82, 83; Wm. Hampton, 1879, 80; J. W.\\nEalkins, 1879, 80, 81, 82, 83, S4, 85, 86; George Lyne, 1879, 80,\\n81, 82, 83, 84; W. E. Rovster, 1880; Wm. H. Wells, 1880, 81, 82,\\n83^ J. A. Melton, 1881, 82, 83; J. C. Allen, 1883, 84, 85, 86; P.\\nC. AUin, 1883, 84, 85, 86, 87; Louis Remole, 1883, 84, 85, 86,\\n87; W. A. Sandefur, 1883, 84, 85, 86, 87; W. F. Hazelwood, 1883,\\n84 85, 86, 87; Louis Hancock, 1883, 84, 85, 86, 87; James B.\\nCollins, 1883, 84, 85; James T. Lewis, 1883, 84, 85; Wm. Wagner,\\n1883, 84, 85, 86; Thomas Crow, 1883, 84, 85, 86, 87; L. M.\\nCrofton, 1883, 84, 85, 86, 87; Thomas H. McKinley, 1883, 84, 85,\\n86, 87; John T. Bask^tt, 1885, 86, 87; John T. Moore, 1887; Walter\\nA. towIcs, 1885, 86, 87; J. H. Connaway, 1885, 86, 87; J C. Utley,\\n1886, 87; R. M. Schaeffer, 1887; J. T. Seitz, 1887; R. A. Haskins,\\nI887 C. W. Long, 1887; Lloyd R. Green, 1887; H. A. Jones, 1887.\\nCONSTABLES.\\nJonathan Anthony, 1799, 180(1, 1, 2, 3 Asa Webb, 1760, 1800,\\n1, 2; Jacob WinemiUer, 1799, 1800, 1, 2; John Orr, 1803, 4, 5;\\nFred Buck, 1804, 5; John Mann, 1804, 5; John Mobley, 1805, 6,\\n8, 8, 9, 10, 11. 12, 13, 14 David Wright, 1806, 7 Peter Cravens,\\n1806, 7 Swepton Jones, 1806, 7 John Cooper, 1807, 8 Ephraim", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0871.jp2"}, "872": {"fulltext": "830 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KV.\\nSellers, 1808, 9, 10, 11; Benjamin, 1809, 10; Stephen Grimes,\\n1809, 10; Richard Jones, 1809, 10; Wm. Liggett, 1809, 10: Lewis\\nReed, 1810, 11 John Wheeler, 1810, 11 Nathan J. Floyd, 1810, ll\\nPhiHp McNamar, 1812, 13; M. Book, 1812, 13; Edward Bennett,\\n1813, 14; Lewis Lambert, 1814, 15 Jas. Roberts, 1814, 15; Joseph\\nPatterson, 1814, 15; Wm. Walker, 1816, 17 Jas. Powell, 1814, 15,\\n16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24; Thos. D. Anderson, 1814, 15,\\n16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 Berryman Ezel, 1814, 15, 16,\\n17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24; Peter D. Green, 1815, 16, 17, 18,\\n19; Robert McCreary, 1815, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24,\\n25, 26; Joel Lambert, 1817, 18; Elijah Shelton, 1817, 18, 19, 20,\\n21 Geo. Wiggins, 1815, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 William Wil-\\nliams, 1817, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22; Philip Cheaney, 1819, 20, 21,\\n22; William Wilson, 1819, 20, 21, 22 Joseph Lewis, 1820, 21, 22,\\n23; Robert D. Farris, 1820, 21; Baxter Cheatham, 1820, 21, 22,\\n23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 William Hallerfield, 1816, 17, 18, 19,\\n20, 21, 22, 23 Thos. H. Horndon, 1820, 21 John W. Green,\\n1822, 23; Augustine Green, Jr., 1822, 23; Gabriel Horton, 1822,\\n23, 24, 25; Doak Previtt, 1810, 11, li!, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,\\n19, 20, 21, 22, 23; Edwin Jones, 1823, 24, 25, 26 and out;\\nJames Rouse, 1823, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32. 33, 34,\\n35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, resigned; James Cheatham, 1824,\\n25, 26, out; John Green, Jr., 1821, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27;\\nHumphrey Davis, 1826, 27, 28, Isaac Strain, 1826, 27, 28, 29,\\n30, 1, 2, 3. 4, 5, 6 Andrew Hallam, 1826, 27 Francis Hill,\\n1827, 28; Larkin White, 1827, 28. 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35,\\n36, 37, 38 Garland Cosby, 1827, 28, 29, 30, 31, out Robt. G.\\nRouse, 1827, 28, 29, 38; Jas. C. Hicks, 1828, 29; Hull Higgin-\\nson, 1828, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 H. B. Davis, 1828, 29\\nAdam Rouse, 1828, 29; John H. Stanley, 1829, 30; Joseph H. Bar-\\nnett, 1829, 30, 31, 32; Jesse B. Green, 1829, 30, 31, 32, 33\\nJohn C. Green, 1830, 31, out Nathaniel Powell, 1830, 31, 32, 33,\\n34, 35, 36, 37, out; Wm. D. Nunn, 1831, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37,\\n38, 39, 40, 41, 42 Jas. H. Green, 1831, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37,\\n38, 39, died; William F. Quinn, 1831, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38,\\n39, 40, 41; Franklin Higginson, 1831, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37,\\nout; Arthur Quinn, 1834, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43,\\nresigned; Wm. R Abbott, 1834, 35, 36, 37, 38; Willis Pruitt,\\n1836, 37; John Pritchett, 1836, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42; John McCor-\\nmick, 1837; James D. Hatchitt, 1837; John Fades, 1837, 38; Sam l\\nF. Negley, 1837, 38, 39, 40; Jas. D. Walden, 1837, 38; Thomas", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0872.jp2"}, "873": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF HENDERSON COtTNTY, KY. 83 1\\nSandefur, 1838, 39; John B. Hast, 1838, 39, 40; Jas. Thomas,\\n1838, 39; Joseph Crenshaw, 1838, 39; John C. Watkins, 1838, ^39,\\n40, 41, 42;* Stephen Gregory, 1839; Andrew J. Eakins, 1829, 40^\\nDaniel Hazlewood, 1839, 40, ^1, 42, 43 Nicholas P. Newland,\\n1839, 40; Thos. B. Lewis, 1840, 41; Albert G. Collend, 1840, 41,\\nJohn J. Quinn, 1841, 42, 43, 44, 45; L. F. Danfoth, 1842, 43, 44,\\n45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50; John A. Griffin, 1841, 42; Robert B.\\nWhayne, 1842, 43; Albert G. Saunders, 1842, 43; Nathaniel J.\\nHicks, 1842, 43 James A. Powell. 1842, 43 Wm. E. Lambert,\\n1843, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50; Alfred Hay, 1843, 44; John\\nStone, 1843, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48; Thos. F. Cheaney, 1843, 44, 45.\\nMartin S. Hancock, 1843, 44, 45 Hezekiah P. Brown, 1843 Elijah\\nArnett, 1843, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50; Joseph A. Priest, 1843,\\n44; H. E. Rouse, 1844, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, ^50 W. S. Hancok,\\n1844, 45. 46, 47, 48, 49, 50; David G. Stone, 1845, 46; Jacob\\nA. Rudy, 1845, 46; Pressley Pritchett, 1846, 47, 48, 49, 50 Geo.\\nA. Sugg, 1846, 47, 48, 49, 50; D. N Walden, 1846, 47, 48, 49,\\n50; Thos. S. Knight, 1848, 49, 50 B. F. Martin, 1851. 52, 53,\\n54, 55, 56; Harbert A. Powell, 1851, 52; Geo. A. Sugg, 1851,\\n52 Achilles Norment, 1851, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60;\\nH. E. Rouse, 1851, 52; Joseph M. Priest, 1851, 52; E. T. Hazel-\\nwood, 1851, 52, 53, 54, 55; Arthur Quinn, 1852, 53, 54, 55 John H.\\nPool, 1852, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 69; Jacob S. Rouse, 1852, 53;\\nWm. Campbell, 1852, 53; Wm. G. Denton, 1854, 55, 56, 57; John\\nT. Whitledge, 1853, 54, 55 Thos. R. Long, 1854, 55, 56, 58, 58,\\n59, 60; L. F. Danforth, 1854, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60; Rowlan\\nWells, 1854, 55, 56, 57 58, 59, 60; Robert E. Williams. 1855, 56\\nJ. J. Grayson, 1855, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60 Thos. S. Knight, 1855,\\n56, 57, 58, 59, 60 Rich Keach, 1855, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60; Decius\\nPriest, 1856, 57 Sam D. Sutton, 1856, 1857, 58, 59, 60 Henry\\nD. Williams, 1856, 57, 58, 59, Wm. G. Norwood, 1857. 59, 59,\\nJ. P. Balee, 1857, 58, 59, 60, B. F. Gibson, 1857, 58, 59, 60 Joel\\nParker, 1857, 58, 59, 60 Jenks W. Williams, 1857, 58 David W.\\nGriffin, 1868, 59, 60, George W. Smith, 1858, 59, 60 John A.\\nWatkins, 1859 J. A. Overfield, 1859, 60, 61 Rufus W. Levis, 1859;\\nW. S. Hicks, 1859, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65 J. T. Hoskins, 1859, 60,\\n61, 62, 63, 67, 68, 69, 70 Homer Hill, 1859, 60 Thomas\\nO. Robertson, 1860 61, James E. Long, 1861; James T.Williams,\\n1861 A. S. Hicks 1861, 62; Thad B. Rowland, 1862, 63; A. S.\\nCheaney, 1862, 63 Sol S. Sizemore, 1863, 64, 65, 66, 67 William\\nS. Cooper, 1863, 64; Harrison A. Powell, 1863, 64, 67, 68, 69, F.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0873.jp2"}, "874": {"fulltext": "832 HISTORY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, KY.\\nM. Cosby, 1863, 64; John F. Cosby, 1864, 65; J. A. Moss, 1865,\\n66; J. M. Sugg, 1865, 66; James E. Long, 1865, 66; John F. Wat-\\n,son, 1865, 66 W. H. McKinney, 1865, 66, William Porter, 1866,\\n69 Samuel P. Broadwell, 1866, 67 F. C. Denton, 1866, 67 James\\nH. Powell, Jr., 1866, 67; A. Keach, 1866, 67; E. H. Lewis, 1866,\\n67, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77 J. E. Denton, 1867, 68; Basil\\nSpurgeon, 1867, 68, 69 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80;\\nW. B. Cheaney, 1868, 69; R. Scroggin Eastin, 1868, 69 James M.\\nWillingham, 1869, 70; R. N. Royster, 1869, 70, 71 Charles C.\\nFades, 1869, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77; S. A. Young, 1869,\\n70, 71, 72 G. G. Lilly, 1871, 72 James C. McCarty, 1871 John\\nR. Walton, 1870, 71, 72, 78, 79, 80 Robert Blanford, 1871, 72;\\nDavid J. Royster, 1871 Orville Collins, 1872, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77;\\nRobert E. Royster, 1872 John R. Church, 1872, 73, 74, 76, 77,\\n78, 79, 80 S. W. Street, 1873, 74, 75 J. W. Brisby, 1873, 74\\nJohn H. Bromley, 1873, 74, 75 Geo. R. Long, 1874, 75 Evans W.\\nGibson, 1874, 75, 76 Walter S. Cannon, 1875. 76, 77 M. M.\\nJohnson, 1875, 76 S. W. Spencer, 1875, 76, 77, 78, 79 John W.\\nDuncan, 1875, 76; Joseph P. Lilly, 1876, 77, 78, 79, 80; Reuben\\nGiles, 1876, 77 L. B. Walker, 1876, 77, 78, 79 Thomas H. Bev-\\nerly, 1877; W. T. Stanley, 1877. R. H. Tillotson, 1877; Orlanda F.\\n\\\\Walker, 1877, 78, 81; C. H. Craddock, 1877, 78, 79, 80, 81; J.\\nW. Stone, 1877, 78; G. A. Ligon, 187\u00c2\u00bb, 79, 80; L. M. Crafton,\\n1878; V. B. H. Everitt, 1878, 79 F. Cunningham, 1878, 79, 80; G.\\nB. Overfield, 1879, 81; M. P. Kounsler, 1879, 80 Geo. M. Edwards,\\n1879, 80; John T. Vickers, 1880; John E. Hickman, 1880; R. H.\\nAbbott, 1880; E. W. Cotton, 1880, 81 Charles R. Long, 1880, 81,\\n82; James R. Seitz, 1880, 81 David M. Whayne, 1880, 81; E. G.\\nWalton, 1880, 81 H. A. Rowland, 1881, 82. 83, 84, 85, 86, 87\\nE, B. Lawrence 1881, 82 W. R. Blake, 1882; Samuel D. Sutton,\\n1882; F. Jackson, 1882; W. H. Lockett, 1882, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87;\\nNoble Day, 1882, H. W. Fenley, 1882, J. W. Buckman, 1882 B. R.\\nCurry, 1882; Thos. McGuire, 1883 Oliver C. Chapman, 1883 Henry\\nDixon, 1884; S. C. Day, 1884; Charles, B. Simms, 1884; B. F. Den-\\nton, 1885; S. D. Sutton, 1885, R. H. McMullin, 1885 E. Higon,\\n1885 H. A. Jones, 1885, S. C. Day, 1885; J. R. Moss, 1885; W.\\nB. Walker, 1885; J. V. Griffin, 1885; Ben. F. Cheatham, 1886;\\nW. A. Collins, 1886; A. G, Jones, 1886; L. E. Church, 1886; C. H.\\nVivian, 1886.\\n[the end.]", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0874.jp2"}, "875": {"fulltext": "ADVERTISEMENTS.\\n833\\ng s g s g\\nESTABLISHKD 1859.\\nTHOS. SOAPER\\n-DEALER IN-\\nCARPETS, OIL CLOTHS,\\nLace CtJ.rta.ins, Ladies and Gents\\nFine Siloes, Wall Paper, c.\\nHENDERSON,\\n^\u00c2\u00a7\u00c2\u00a7gg\u00c2\u00a7\u00c2\u00a7gg^\u00c2\u00a7\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00a7\\nKY.\\n63", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0875.jp2"}, "876": {"fulltext": "834 ADVERTISEMENTS.\\nKSTABLISHKD 1850.\\nG. A. MAYER S SON,\\n-DEALER IN-\\nWTf Jk TS T^ 1^ 1^\\\\ W A T^^\\nN\\nCUTLERY, GUNS,\\nAgjricultural Implements,\\nMILL SUPPLIES\\nAnd Builders Material.\\nMIAMI POWDER,\\nBUFFALO SCALES,\\nOLD S WAGONS,\\nCHAMPION (all Iron) FENCE.\\n119 Main Street,\\nHENDERSON, KY.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0876.jp2"}, "877": {"fulltext": "ADVERTISEMENTS. 835\\n-DISTILLERS OF\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nPEERLESSI\\n04HAND MADE SOUR MRSHdo\\no ^WHISKEY.\\nOffice and Wholesale Store,\\nNo. 225 MAIN STREET,\\nNext door to Farmer s Bank,\\nHENDERSON, KENTUCKY", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0877.jp2"}, "878": {"fulltext": "836 ADVERTISEMENTS.\\nESTABLISHED 1882.\\nL,F\\n-DEALER IN-\\nGhsiGe SpsQepies\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094AND\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nFamily Supplies.\\nTeas,Coffees, Fresh Oysters, Game\\nAnd Palatable Nick Nacks of every description to be\\nfound in a first-class Grocery Emporium.\\nThe Best of Cigars and Tobacco in Stock.\\nNe^v Opera House Block,\\nHENDERSON, KY.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0878.jp2"}, "879": {"fulltext": "ADVERTISEMENTS.\\ni^\\nN. OBERDORFER\\n6 ill\\nm\\nAND DEALER IN\\nPAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, BRUSHES,\\nIperfumeri? an5 ZoMct Uvticlce.\\nMalvina Cream and Malvina Lotion Removes Sunburn and Freckles.\\nFrizetta, the Latest Preparation for the Hair.\\nPRESCRIPTIONS FILLED AT ALL HOURS\\nDay or Night, by a Registered Pharmacist.\\nCorner First and Elm Sts.,\\n4finr\u00c2\u00a5 4f", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0879.jp2"}, "880": {"fulltext": "838\\nADVERTISEMENTS.\\nRsbepli 0ix8H,\\n1^\\nGO.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094PROPRIETOR OF-\\n^m\\nCO\\nex\\npa.\\nh^\\nTX\\ntl\\nC\\nr-i\\nS\\no\\n^MH^\\nt5.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a23\\nCd\\nV;\\nT/3\\n5:\\no\\nCO\\n7 Q\\nAND OWNER OF\\nIprincipe, XTip Uop anb Xong Zimc,\\nIn addition to my stable I keep constantly on hand a large\\nand varied stock ot\\nUndertakers Materials.\\nManaged and in charge of a competent and expert Director.\\nCorner First and Elm,\\nHENDERSON, KY", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0880.jp2"}, "881": {"fulltext": "ADVERTISEMENTS. 839\\nISeS.^ IBST.\\nW.S.JOHNSON,\\nWholesale and Retail\\ni5i5gigt3GTrgongGngc ngcHgiii WPff3 ^t^ ns^^\\nr\u00c2\u00a9rIST\\nAND DEALER IN\\nBaints, Oils, Uap^nish,\\nWindow Glass, etc,\\nA FULL AND COMPLETE LINE OF FINE\\n^Toilet iriiclss, Iriisk, [onbs, Soaps ani Perfiss.-^\\nPrescriptions a Specialty.\\nOnly competent, registerfed Prescriptionists are entrusted with this important\\nbranch of the business, and only purest and freshest medicines used\\n-PROPRIETOR OF-\\nJohnson s Eye Salve, Cholera Medicine,\\nCough Syrup, Hog Cholera Medicine.\\nCorner Main Second Streets,\\nH^NP^RSON, KY.", "height": "3862", "width": "2354", "jp2-path": "historyofhenders00star_0881.jp2"}, "882": {"fulltext": "840 ADVERTISEMENTS.\\nGEO. A. DELVIN. ROBT. A. HO LLOW A Y\\nDelvin ScHolloway,\\nfflAGHINISJPS,\\nBLiAGP^SMITHS\\nAND fflOULDEI^S.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Manufacturers and Dealers in all kinds of-\\nMacliinery, BlacksiuitliiBg, Steam Pipe\\nBrass and Iron Fittings.Wrought Iron Fencing,\\nAnd Iron and Brass Castings of Kvery KLind.\\nHaving established a permanent Factory at Henderson, we are\\nprepared to furnish\\nTHE o COMBINATION FENCE\\nTo Farmers and others: The Fence is composed of six, eight and ten\\nannealed steel and galvanized wire, with forty pickets per rod, at prices from\\nforty to seventy -five cents per rod, saving the farmers more than $200 per mile\\nIt is cheap, strong, durable, pig tight, horse high and bull strong, easily put\\nup, easily removed, suitable for fields, roads, stock lots, orchards, hay stacks,\\ntown lots, and well adapted to bottom lands. Will resist a strain of 10,000\\npounds per rod. Thousands of miles of this Fence have been sold in Mis-\\nsouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Illinois. Our Fancy Fence cannot be surpassed\\nfor strength and beauty. It is now being used everywhere. Come and see us.\\nOffice Stud. lE^e^otox-yz\\nCor. Elm R. R. Sts. 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